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All posts by Andrew Johnson
‘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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‘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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‘Carrie’ Repeats The Past With Less Thrilling But More Profound Results
The remake of the 1976 film feels redundant, but it also has a lot more to say.
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‘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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‘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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‘Insidious: Chapter 2’ Is Scarily Ambitious But Not Fully Successful
While it isn’t quite as satisfying as a lot of his other work, it may ultimately be more memorable, just because of Wan’s willingness embrace the sillier elements of the genre other filmmakers might wish to play down.
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‘The Invader’ Is A Beautiful, Provocative Look at Race, Sex, Class
The Invader is a mini-masterpiece, a hypnotic exploration of identity, sex and class politics set against the backdrop of urban anomie.
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History of Film: Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Back To The Future’
Back to the Future was released on July 3, 1985, right in the middle of the decade. It was number one at the box-office for 11 weeks running and ended up the top-grossing film of the year. Why did it do so well? Because it was really damn good, that’s why. Thi...
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‘The Lone Ranger’ Is A Repulsive Racist Mess
The opening scene of The Lone Ranger takes place in San Francisco in 1933, as a young boy wanders the hallways of a Wild West diorama at a local carnival. He passes two taxidermy beasts, a buffalo and a grizzly bear, and then encounters what may be the most te...
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‘The Lesser Blessed’
Growing up is never easy, and it may be even harder in the Northwest Territories.
This Friday, American audiences in select cities will get a chance to see The Lesser Blessed, a small (but not slight) coming-of-age film from director Anita Doron that makes ...
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