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Review of Paranormal Activity 4 (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 19 Oct 2012

Paranormal Activity 4 plays to people who are unwilling to think, don't want to or actually can't engage a well-constructed and deep plot that…

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Review of 10 Years (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Sep 2012

10 Years, which should have abandoned its attempted comedy and focused on its somewhat effective drama, unintentionally backfires by proving…

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Review of The Possession (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 01 Sep 2012

Just a nugget of truth doesn't amount to a true gold rush…

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Review of The Campaign (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 09 Aug 2012

This primarily predictable film is nonetheless a deliciously side-splitting meal that mostly maintains its delicacy throughout while only infrequently…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 19 Jul 2012

Pour one part Michael Bay (eye candy) plus another part Quentin Tarantino (rich writing) and the resulting mutation is Christopher Nolan and…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 30 May 2012

Too often a film fails on its ability to skillfully write, portray or act out a compelling story, but its redeeming savior is expensive special…

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Review of Detention (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 12 Apr 2012

Kahn's fast-paced, Aaron Sorkin-like Detention deserves cult-hit status…

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Review of John Carter (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 10 Mar 2012

There's no surer-fire way for a film to ink its own $250-million obituary than by contrasting itself to two of Hollywood's most titanic films…

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Review of Chronicle (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 03 Feb 2012

This film's fanboy ejaculate loves you short time as it spews the buildup of what could be interpreted as a story and ultimately ends without one…

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Review of Contraband (2012)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 14 Jan 2012

A film can't just rely on the surefire ingredients a big-budget film needs to become a box-office success…

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Review of Young Adult (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 09 Dec 2011

You can typically always hear Diablo Cody's unique, pop-culture writing style directly through her characters. But not this time…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 18 Nov 2011

The bloated franchise's worst film without question, the fourth Twilight popcorn flick is a futile exercise on the disappointment of anti-climactic…

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Review of Real Steel (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 07 Oct 2011

Big Hollywood names aside (Jackman, Spielberg and Zemeckis), this family film overcomes an initially harebrained-sounding plot with just enough…

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Review of The Lion King (1994)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 16 Sep 2011

While The Lion King is one of the best Disney movies of all time, The Lion King 3D is a manipulative exploitation to bring paying parents back…

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Review of 30 Minutes or Less (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 10 Aug 2011

Devastatingly mistaking makeshift witticisms for authentic philistine comedy translates into a film that's unfunny as a used tampon is appetizing…

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Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 22 Jul 2011

This film succeeds where most comic book adaptations fail: a love story you actually feel, a mostly cohesive story and a believable superhero…

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Review of The Hangover Part II (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 25 May 2011

Business and creative people go together as well as fine wine at a burger joint…

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Review of Thor (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 06 May 2011

While initially it might feel nonsensical for a superhero to derive supreme power from a hammer forged out of a dying star, the way Thor wields…

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Review of Water for Elephants (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Apr 2011

Based on the spinal column of a richly worthwhile novel, a catastrophically miscast lead duo and a vegetarian screen story only serve up scant…

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Review of Limitless (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 18 Mar 2011

While so many films have already taken us down this rabbit hole, Limitless will be remembered for forgetting to make us care we've fallen down…

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