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Review of Life (2017)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 26 Mar 2017

Derivative, it seems, is not just a financial term -- it's also an apt way of describing this flat, unoriginal, overlong, poorly written knock-off…

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Review of The Sense of an Ending (2017)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 18 Mar 2017

Strangely enough, an ending is precisely what this meandering, bloated, self-important melodrama needs, but its lack thereof, one might suppose,…

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Review of Get Out (2017)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 12 Mar 2017

Despite some occasional pacing issues during the first hour, this satirical sci-fi thriller described as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner…

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Review of Kedi (2017)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 27 Feb 2017

While it might be easy to mistake this documentary for an extended cat video, Kedi delivers so much more -- excellent cinematography, gentle…

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Review of Julieta (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 21 Feb 2017

A soapy, schmaltzy, formulaic, predictable melodrama that, in some regards, doesn't feel fully fleshed out…

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Review of The Founder (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 30 Jan 2017

A surprisingly good January release (why was this put out now…

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Review of Toni Erdmann (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 27 Jan 2017

While the sentiments are in the right place, this overlong, episodic, painfully obvious offering consistently disappoints just when you think…

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Review of Split (2017)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 22 Jan 2017

A positively awful movie and a sad cinematic commentary on the career of someone who was once one of Hollywood's shiny rising stars…

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Review of Things to Come (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 21 Jan 2017

A smartly written, exceedingly well-acted character study of a successful and respected philosophy teacher who seems to have it all but loses…

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Review of Paterson (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 21 Jan 2017

A quiet, deceptively modest offering about a bus-driving poet that, while initially seemingly lost and unfocused, grows on viewers as time…

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Review of 20th Century Women (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 15 Jan 2017

Despite a number of fine performances and a handful of well-written, memorable moments, the overall production meanders in search of the glue…

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Review of Patriots Day (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 15 Jan 2017

Despite a number of truly compelling sequences, several fine performances (especially that of Alex Wolff) and a lot of good intentions, this…

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Review of Silence (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 06 Jan 2017

Despite gorgeous cinematography, a fine supporting performance by Liam Neeson, and a handful of moderately interesting spiritual and historical…

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Review of Silence (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 06 Jan 2017

Despite gorgeous cinematography, a fine supporting performance by Liam Neeson, and a handful of moderately interesting spiritual and historical…

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Review of Silence (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 06 Jan 2017

Despite gorgeous cinematography, a fine supporting performance by Liam Neeson, and a handful of moderately interesting spiritual and historical…

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Review of Neruda (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 02 Jan 2017

An inventive, semi-surrealistic chronicle of the manhunt for Chilean poet and Communist politician Pablo Neruda after the government issued…

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Review of Hidden Figures (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 01 Jan 2017

A flat-out winner and incredible crowd-pleaser that fires on virtually every cylinder…

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Review of Other People (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 27 Dec 2016

A charming, funny, moving comedy-drama about life's triumphs, tragedies and relationships and our search to understand them…

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Review of Lion (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 27 Dec 2016

Despite a compelling Dickensian first act, this fact-based docudrama unfortunately lapses into a predictable, dull, overly sentimental slog…

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Review of Fences (2016)

By Brent_Marchant (762) on 26 Dec 2016

A faithful theater-to-screen adaptation that, refreshingly, doesn't feel stagey (as often happens with such translations)…

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