9 years ago
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“Hector and the Search for Happiness”
What makes people happy? If you want a pleasant enough film to neatly present a response to the age-old complex question that isn’t answered with the number 42, look to Hector and the Search for Happiness. Hector (Simon Pegg) is a frazzled psychiatrist worn do...
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“Lilting”
Grief is often a foreign, alienating concept, even to those who’ve previously experienced it. Every loss is unique, and each aftermath is a formerly unexplored terrain. In writer/director Hong Khaou’s quiet, yet confident and instantly affecting debut feature ...
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“The Two Faces of January”
There’s something refreshing about new movies that rehash classic genres without feeling the need to have a clever spin on the tried-and-true formula. As far as thrillers go, The Two Faces of January may lack in flashy gimmicks or post-modern twists, but has s...
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“Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart” Review
If there's one thing Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart isn't short on, it's imagination. The film, produced by Luc Besson, France's mad scientist of commercial filmmaking, is a lovingly madcap bricolage of ideas run rampant; it borrows from countless genres, nic...
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“Pride”
The best thing that can be said about Pride, and this really is a compliment, is that it’s one of the least offensive mainstream movies about queer people and issues that’s yet been made. While most of the cast and above-the-line crew is straight, it probably ...
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“Stop the Pounding Heart” Review
Stop the Pounding Heart, the latest feature by independent director Roberto Minervini, focuses on Sara, a 14-year old girl living in the heart of America, where bull riding is the pastime of choice and the Confederate flag can still be freely waved. She’s one ...
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“The Maze Runner” Review
At what point are we allowed to be offended by the continued content-ification of blockbuster movies? When even the most competently made of childish action entertainment, like the new YA adaptation, The Maze Runner, leaves audiences groaning at the admission ...
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“A Walk Among the Tombstones” Review
From a distance, A Walk Among the Tombstones looks an awful lot like "generic Liam Neeson actioner #1,075", but that's only a half-accurate first impression. Oh, Neeson grumbles and sneers, dispassionate to the world around him and ambivalent about his mortali...
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“Keep On Keepin’ On” Review
Keep On Keepin’ On is one of those documentaries with a story that would cause most viewers to roll their eyes if it were put into a fiction film. A legendary jazz musician mentors a young musical prodigy, all while he suffers from failing health and the stude...
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“Pump” Review
Environmentally and socially conscious documentaries often remind us, with a healthy dose of urgency and even anger, that there's no time to waste when encouraging the responsible consumption of natural resources and exploring new alleys of achieving environme...
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