8 years ago
FYRC (10 posts found)
For Your Reconsideration: ‘Man of Steel’
A funny thing happened this summer. A new Zack Snyder film landed, though this one had immensely more favorable pre-release buzz than any of the director’s previous efforts. The trailers all landed with considerably positive feedback, and everything about the ...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘To the Wonder’
Reaching out is both the quintessential gesture and the central image of Terrence Malick’s films – his latest one being no exception. To the Wonder offers numerous shots of extended hands brushing against objects as different as rock, grass and a lover’s skin....
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’
Antoine Fuqua's DIE HARD rip-off is the kind of Action Movie Fantasy we should celebrate.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Touchy Feely’
Lynn Shelton's latest feature didn't receive the attention it deserves.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Mud’
This overlooked gem may contain McConaughey's best performance of the year.
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Wolf Children’
Christopher Runyon shines a spotlight at the most underseen Japanese animated film of the year, Mamoru Hosada's 'Wolf Children.'
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘The Dirties’
Oftentimes a critic's impassioned praise for a smaller, independent film is not enough to get people into the seats, and therefore the movie's impact is mostly missed. This happens to be the instance for the little-seen but highly powerful Canadian film, The D...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘Stoker’
Expectations were high for Stoker, the English-language debut of famed Korean director Chan-Wook Park. Upon its release in the cinematic doldrums of March, however, critics and audiences were largely unimpressed. Many rightly praised the technical prowess of P...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘The Great Gatsby’
There have been many “In Defense Of” pieces about The Great Gatsby over the last year. Baz Luhrmann’s extravagant adaptation of the F. Scott Fitzgerald novel was initially condemned for the simple sin of being too much: too much hip-hop music and Lana del Rey...
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For Your Reconsideration: ‘The Lone Ranger’
Maligned by critics and the public alike, Jake Mulligan contends 'The Lone Ranger' is worth another look.
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