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Review of Populaire (2012)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 08 Sep 2013

Populaire pays homage to the genre while bringing a modern sensibility (and a Rocky-esque training montage): A girl can have it all…

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Review of Our Nixon (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 04 Sep 2013

As fascinating as this peek into daily life at the Nixon White House is, the real power of Our Nixon is its poignant insight into how the impeachable…

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Review of One Direction: This Is Us (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 04 Sep 2013

Spurlock, who revolutionized activist documentary filmmaking with Super Size Me, has set the genre back with this cinema equivalent of a glossy…

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Review of Best Kept Secret (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Sep 2013

This is no sappy portrait of a saint: Mino is tenacious, critical and defensive, and in one memorable scene, a colleague tries to get her to…

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Review of American Milkshake (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Sep 2013

The script is short on details and insight, and when asked to comment on this condition — or the script's sketch of a culture on the cusp…

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Review of Instructions Not Included (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 Sep 2013

There's a lot of movie here with unexpected developments, held together by the irresistible chemistry between Derbez and his adorable pint-sized…

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Review of I Declare War (2012)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Aug 2013

An entertaining and insightful portrait of boyhood…

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Review of Zipper: Coney Island's Last Wild Ride (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 28 Aug 2013

Documentarian Amy Nicholson puts a human face on the deterioration of the iconic New York amusement park by focusing on the fate of her favorite ride…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 22 Aug 2013

For all their horsing around, the truth is Wright is an accomplished filmmaker who embeds story in the very mechanics of cinema…

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Review of The Frozen Ground (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 22 Aug 2013

Unfortunately, with a confusing script pocked with plot holes, The Frozen Ground misses an opportunity to create a lasting testament to their…

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Review of Wampler's Ascent (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Aug 2013

Focused on the task at hand and exhausted from the effort, Stephen is often authentically moving, but on the ground, a manufactured awareness…

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Review of The Grief Tourist (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 21 Aug 2013

Dark Tourist gets bogged down in insufferably slow-moving scenes — interestingly, when Jim is interacting with others, despite consummate…

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Review of Standing Up (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Aug 2013

It's unclear who this blandly titled drama is aimed at — devoid as it is of humor or any real hazard and lacking the provocative undertones…

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Review of The Canyons (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 13 Aug 2013

Partly funded by Kickstarter and notoriously troubled, The Canyons is hardly worth the effort, an impotent attempt at contemporary noir that…

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Review of Stuck in Love (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 05 Jul 2013

[Boone's] semiautobiographical film is a confident, at times wonderfully nuanced, and often well-paced rewrite of his own parents' divorce…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 Jun 2013

The international location, political intrigue and 007 flourishes in [the] score all suggest a fundamental shift in the series-or…

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Review of 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 Jun 2013

20 Feet from Stardom is a thorough--to the point of feeling a bit long--document on the craft…

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Review of We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (2013)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 30 May 2013

The film is fascinating and provocative, deftly navigating complex personalities and shifting allegiances…

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Review of Black Rock (2012)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 May 2013

The ladies in Black Rock are supposed to be annoying…

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Review of Stories We Tell (2012)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 23 May 2013

With Stories We Tell, actress-turned-director Sarah Polley has proven herself a consummate filmmaker, transforming an incredible personal story…

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