7 years ago
Reviews (10 posts found)
‘After Tiller’ Is A Masterpiece That Tackles Abortion With Compassion
Andrew Johnson reviews AFTER TILLER, a new documentary from directors Martha Shane and Lana Wilson about late-term abortion practitioners.
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Bruised Hearts Attempt to Rediscover Love in Nicole Holofcener’s ‘Enough Said’
The sheen of middle-class comfort that coats much of Nicole Holofcener’s Enough Said in plastic only calls more attention to the wear in the faces of Eva (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Albert (James Gandolfini), two middle-aged divorcés who hit it off at a party ov...
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‘A.C.O.D.’ Wastes Good Premise and Better Cast
As many a concerned editorial from the past few decades or so has pointed out, around half of all marriages in America now end in divorce. There are a good deal of films about divorce, and a good deal besides that which focus specifically on the effects that d...
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Weightless Documentary ‘Linsanity’ Will Delight Fans of the Basketball Phenomenon
This might be the shortest time yet between the rise of a prominent public figure and a biographical documentary about them getting made. The makers of Linsanity lucked out, since they'd been filming basketball player Jeremy Lin since his days playing for Harv...
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Enigmatic Documentary ‘The Institute’ More Head-Scratching Than Mind-Bending
A city already as inviting and majestic as San Francisco is transformed into a grand-scale playground in The Institute, a chronicling of a mysterious organization and its unwitting “inductees” in the late 2000s. Strange flyers posted around town led potential ...
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‘Escape From Tomorrow’: A Hellish Descent Through the Happiest Nightmare on Earth
In 2003, the Big Thunder Mountain Railroad rollercoaster at Disneyland, California derailed and killed a man. I know this because I was there, during one of my countless visits to the park, around the time the ride was closed as a result. I must've been around...
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‘Gravity’: Alfonso Cuarón’s Return to Filmmaking Is Unimpressive and Regressive
This review was apart of our coverage of the Toronto International Film Festival.
Earth looms so large in the opening scene of Gravity that it takes a few moments to realize a small white dot on the edge of the frame is actually a space shuttle. The shot d...
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‘Runner Runner’: A World of Beautiful People and Corruption You Hardly Care For
The star power one possesses when able to disappear for a few years and come back with a vengeance is limited to a few number of performers. Justin Timberlake is one of those few; his ability to go off the celebrity radar and come back in both the music and fi...
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‘Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs 2’ Serves Up Nothing But Tasteless Leftovers
Four years ago audiences were treated with one of the funniest and most original animated films that cinemas have seen in a long time, and a personal favorite of mine, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Based on the children's book of the same name, the film w...
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‘Baggage Claim’ Is An Ugly, Backwards Movie With A Lot Of Pretty People
'Baggage Claim' is a hodgepodge of clichés that not even an ensemble cast can save, and a love letter to people that hope the sexual revolution was just a phase.
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