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[Review] Premium Rush

It is easy to dismiss a movie like Premium Rush sight unseen. The trailer involves a lot of philosophizing about the virtues of the fixed-gear bike cut with som...

[Review] Samsara

Samsara is not a traditional movie experience by any means, specifically due to the manner in which it defies the standard approach of both narrative and docume...

[Review] The Expendables 2

Sylvester Stallone is a senior citizen. And he’s not too old for this shit. The Expendables 2 is a glorious summer guilty pleasure – unapologetically badass, it...

[Review] The Master

In Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master, Joaquin Phoenix plays one of the most unique alcoholics I've ever seen in a movie. What Aaron Johnson did to pot in Oliver...

[Review] Sparkle

I can't wait for the Director's Cut. No, not Criterion's much ballyhooed 216-minute edit of Michael Cimino's Heaven's Gate. I'm talking about Salim Akil's Spark...

[Review] Side by Side

Christopher Kenneally's Side by Side is a comprehensive and diplomatic documentary about the ongoing combat between two feisty fields of filmmaking -- the one, ...

[Review] The Odd Life Of Timothy Green

Though it sports a somewhat intriguing one-line premise (a married couple who can't get pregnant literally bury their hopes for the child in their garden, only ...

[Review] ParaNorman

When it came to following up Henry Selick's near-perfect stop-motion feature Coraline, Laika animation studio had a lot on its plate. Selick's 2009 film is one ...

[Review] The Campaign

It appears director Jay Roach learned a lot from 2010's Dinner for Schmucks. Although not a film without its moments, it never came together, thanks to a series...

[Review] Hope Springs

I can't tell you how gratifying it is to see Meryl Streep in a role like this. As immaculately convincing as she can be when called upon to step into the shoes ...