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Review of The Invisible Woman (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 16 Jan 2019

The Invisible Woman is a quietly compelling chronicle of an uneven but binding relationship…

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Review of August: Osage County (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 16 Jan 2019

We are intrigued by these people, but it's tough to spend much time with most of them…

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Review of The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 16 Jan 2019

The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box is an example of what happens when the filmmakers are less than scrupulous with the story's connective…

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Review of Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 16 Jan 2019

Saving Mr. Banks ends up being both a Disney entertainment and an insider's Hollywood movie, along with simply being pretty swell all round…

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Review of The Monuments Men (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 16 Jan 2019

It's certainly enjoyable seeing this great group of actors...get to work with each other, given time to build moments and reactions, albeit…

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Review of Rob the Mob (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

In broad strokes, Rob the Mob tells an intriguing tale, but its emphasis seems to fall on the wrong details…

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Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Its biggest assets are a sense of joy and a sense of wonder that allow the movie to linger in the mind after it ends…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

For those who either enjoy seeing inventive variations on a theme and/or who can take Maleficent on its own terms -- and for anyone who likes…

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Review of War of the Worlds: Goliath (2012)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

War of the Worlds: Goliath isn't fabulous cinema, but it's still got a specific vision and a great voice cast, attributes that make it both…

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Review of Transcendence (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Transcendence is neither a success nor a failure…

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Review of Tom Holland's Twisted Tales (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

[Tom Holland's Twisted Tales is] mostly undemanding horror fun that will make some older viewers nostalgic for the days when anthologies like…

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Review of Million Dollar Arm (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Million Dollar Arm makes us want to spend time with its people, and while the movie is successful in many other respects as well, this is its…

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Review of A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

There are hilarious things within A Million Ways to Die in the West, there are cringe-worthy things, and there are many elements in between…

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Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

There are horror elements in Only Lovers Left Alive, but mostly it's there so that we can enjoy seeing Swinton and Hiddleston et al in top form…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Godzilla emerges as a good if somewhat unexpected somber movie that stands even taller when we acknowledge all the pitfalls it avoids…

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Review of Devil's Knot (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

The courtroom drama is powerful enough to make us wish that they'd given less time to Ms…

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Review of Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return seems as though it wants a sense of wonder, but it's far too schematic (and clumsy of tongue) to soar as fantasy…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Is The Amazing Spider-Man 2 worth watching? Yes, especially on the big screen, when we can feel ourselves flying along…

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Review of Battle of the Damned (2013)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Battle of the Damned is far from a classic, but if you are in the mood to see fast zombies up against faster feet, fists and firearms, it certainly…

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Review of Rio 2 (2014)

By Abbie Bernstein (403) for Assignment X (330) on 15 Jan 2019

Light and likable, Rio 2 doesn't dazzle us with originality, but it's attractive and it's fun, good enough reasons to go see it with the family…

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