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Review of The Last Lions (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Mar 2011

Many of the sequences are intense, like those in which the lioness refines its hunting strategies in unfamiliar territory…

Review of Skin (2009)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Mar 2011

Ella Ramangwane gives a fine performance as the young Sandra…

Review of Remember Me (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Mar 2011

Allen Coulter (Hollywoodland) directed this morose and sluggish drama, which gets more mileage from Pattinson's anguished profile than from…

Review of Shorts (2009)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Mar 2011

Magic vies with technology in this exuberant adventure comedy, which unfolds achronologically in a series of zany, effects-laden vignettes…

Review of Rango (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Mar 2011

This features the usual slapstick, double entendres, and riffs on classic films, but what elevates it above a cheeky romp is the skilled CGI…

Review of Beastly (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Mar 2011

Loosely adapted from Alex Flinn's young-adult novel, this Beauty and the Beast update is a pallid, formulaic teen romance that might have benefited…

Review of I Am Number Four (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Feb 2011

Producers Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg deploy an arsenal of noisy special effects to demonstrate the invaders' high-tech superiority, which…

Review of Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Feb 2011

Terra-cotta gnomes, the sort that decorate people's lawns, are the characters of this bizarre feature animation, which lampoons the British…

Review of Sanctum (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Feb 2011

After a sluggish half hour, this well-crafted adventure kicks into high gear and never lets up…

Review of Biutiful (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jan 2011

Cinematographer Rodrigo Pietro grounds the ghostly encounters in grainy imagery, his unobtrusive handheld camera and deeply saturated colors…

Review of The Rite (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 Jan 2011

Horror fans may be disappointed by this handsome exorcism drama, which aspires to the serious religious feeling of William Friedkin's The Exorcist…

Review of Season of the Witch (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jan 2011

As usual, Cage alternates between leaden line readings and thunderous outbursts, making his accomplished costars Ulrich Thomsen and Stephen…

Review of Country Strong (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Jan 2011

Shana Feste's screenplay seldom rises above the level of daytime TV; the only actor who triumphs over her trite dialogue is Tim McGraw in a…

Review of Burlesque (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Jan 2011

The current burlesque revival is a throwback to ostensibly more innocent times, and writer-director Steven Antin finds something redemptive…

Review of Takers (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Jan 2011

Laughable subplots about Elba's addicted sister (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) and Dillon's crooked partner (Jay Hernandez) only slow the action,…

Review of Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Dec 2010

Based on two of his previous shorts, this lurid vision is good for a few laughs-some intended, some not…

Review of Gulliver's Travels (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Dec 2010

Jack Black is the title character in this thin adaptation of the Jonathan Swift classic…

Review of Resident Evil: Afterlife (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Dec 2010

True to series form, plot is nearly indiscernible, but this fourth installment in the sci-fi/horror/action franchise created by writer-director…

Review of The Sentinel (2006)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Dec 2010

Director Clark Johnson (S.W.A.T.) has a flair for action, which compensates for the flattening effect of Gabriel Beristain's cinematography…

Review of Cool It (2010)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Dec 2010

Thanks to her fearless, charismatic star, Ondi Timoner has directed one of the more hopeful movies of the year…

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