9 years ago
Reviews (10 posts found)
‘Frozen’ Tries And Fails To Be Both Traditional And Modern
Disney's latest animated feature is stuck between playing it safe and trying something new.
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Spike Lee’s ‘Oldboy’ Remake Disappoints
In 2003, Oldboy struck at precisely the right time for movie lovers. It was able to introduce a whole slew of canny viewers to the then-blossoming world of Korean cinema. It put director Park Chan-wook and his Vengeance Trilogy on the map. For the film, famed ...
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There’s Very Little To Admire About ‘The Great Beauty’
Sorrentino's meditation on beauty and potential is a reductive, smug mess that doesn't know where to point its satire.
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‘At Berkeley’ Paints a Complicated Potrait of College Life
A four-hour exploration of the challenges facing modern-day universities and students.
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‘In The Name Of’ Is A Beautiful, Quiet Exploration of Repressed Desire
Malgorzata Szumowska's latest film is a restrained, intimate look at a priest struggling with his sexuality.
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‘Narco Cultura’ Is A Powerful Lamentation For An Epidemic of Violence
A powerful look at how a musical subgenre is glorifying and exploiting the epidemic of drug violence in Mexico.
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‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ Feels Like Capitol Propaganda
The second film in the blockbuster franchise still feels like part of the problem it's satirizing.
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‘Delivery Man’ Delivers Little of Worth
Good intentions can't hide the ugliness at the core of this comedy starring Vince Vaughn.
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Border Documentary ‘Of Kites & Borders’ Highlights Mexican Children’s Dreams Amid Squalor
Of Kites and Borders is one of those rare documentaries made in the developing world that manages to uplift, in spite of a dismal context. The hopes of children form the backbone of the film, and as a result, it feels universal and miraculously optimistic, sug...
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‘The Best Man Holiday’ Is Corny But Refreshingly Ambitious
Malcolm D. Lee's sequel falls into rote sentimentality but not before displaying a fun and refreshingly ambitious sensibility.
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