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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Butler's presence makes perfect sense. He's an empty, mindless vessel. Just like his movie…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Raimi's 'Oz' is nothing more than a grand theft of a 74-year-old vision, thinly veiled in over-saturated colors and populated with action-figure…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's exactly the sort of cheesy, awkward sci-fi junk Cruise's savior L…

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Review of Beyond the Hills (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You'd swear Mungiu has inherited the spirit of Ingmar Bergman. All that's missing is the stark black-and-white photography…

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Review of The Sweeney (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It goes nowhere, lost in the thick, indecipherable cockney accents and seemingly endless shootouts and car chases…

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Review of Stoker (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You never know where Park is going to take you next, even when you're not so sure you want to go along…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

For 50 years, we've placed our stock in Bonds, but never have our investments yielded the sort of windfall 'Skyfall' delivers over two-and-a-half…

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Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

The film never makes a convincing argument against fracking, probably because it's too busy being cloying…

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Review of West of Memphis (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It effectively condenses what took the 'Paradise Lost' films nearly eight hours to reveal into a tight, snappy 149 minutes that affords you…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's the nuances that lift it into the upper echelon, especially the subtle way it poses questions about our growing dependence on psychopharmaceuticals…

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Review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You know a director is in trouble when you can barely keep your eyes open to ogle a scantily clad Olivia Wilde…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's nothing but a collection of superhero clichés made marginally palatable by Robert Downey Jr.'s endless charm and charisma…

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Review of Mud (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Andrew Dominik's follow-up to 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford' too often fails to engage with its uneven mix of…

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Review of The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

A huge leap forward for Cianfrance, who is rapidly distinguishing himself as a true auteur…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's the nuances that lift it into the upper echelon, especially the subtle way it poses questions about our growing dependence on psychopharmaceuticals…

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Review of Life of Pi (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Some of the most gorgeous 3D images this side of 'Avatar…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

The story devolves into little more than mindless action sequences in which the trills are cheap and the production values even cheaper…

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Review of Warm Bodies (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

A wildly imaginative redressing of 'Romeo and Juliet' in stylish zombie clothing…

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Review of The Sapphires (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

The mood is so charming and the music so inspiring that you continually cut it a break…

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