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Review of Trainwreck (2015)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 16 Mar 2015

A protagonist of stunted emotional growth is simply assumed from Apatow at this stage, but Schumer’s perspective and voice translates to…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2014

Eastwood wisely trains the camera on Cooper's face and keeps it there — he knows his actor can carry the story’s emotion when other aspects…

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Review of Salma (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2014

Selma is vital correspondence, filmmaking lived on the streets where brutal facts were ignored then reported, and now snatched back from history…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 12 Nov 2014

Selma is vital correspondence, filmmaking lived on the streets where brutal facts were ignored then reported, and now snatched back from history…

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Review of The Gambler (1974)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 Nov 2014

A genre exercise such as this needs invention, and while Wyatt trots out a slick stamp on proceedings with a game cast, his version never works…

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Review of The Gambler (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 11 Nov 2014

A genre exercise such as this needs invention, and while Wyatt trots out a slick stamp on proceedings with a game cast, his version never works…

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Review of Evolution of a Criminal (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 06 Oct 2014

The entire film could start to feel like a feature-length justification, but Darius manages to sidestep that path by never letting himself…

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Review of Cut Bank (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Aug 2014

It roars to a bitterly funny pitch every so often, but from the lack of life in the picture and such a stacked cast, you get the sense that…

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Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Aug 2014

Wall-to-wall fantasyland showbiz, expertly shot and boasting fine performances, but it is in the spirit world between stage and screen where…

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Review of Man from Reno (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 23 Aug 2014

In noir, nobody is certified as who they claim to be…

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Review of Transcendence (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 Apr 2014

Jack Paglen’s script casts artificial intelligence and its dangers as the central trouble for its ensemble cast, but Pfister chooses to explore…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Mar 2014

When focused on the natural world and the internal thoughts of its characters, Noah positively crackles with the energy of a filmmaker inspired…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Mar 2014

When focused on the natural world and the internal thoughts of its characters, Noah positively crackles with the energy of a filmmaker inspired…

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Review of War Witch (2012)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 17 Dec 2013

Blending a surrealist perspective of battle-tinged faith with the harrowing tale of one girl's resilience, the film is a laser-focused fable…

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Review of Oldboy (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 26 Nov 2013

While Lee edges in enough unique elements to argue a second look at the brutal revenge tale, his lean, blackly comic result is transcendent…

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Review of Delivery Man (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 22 Nov 2013

There are themes of familial connection and responsibility drenched across every frame of it, but aside from a few performances and amusing…

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Review of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 20 Nov 2013

To his credit (and without affectation), Gondry doesn’t cloak the fact that he is often perplexed by his subject…

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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 14 Nov 2013

Together, all four cast members help draw a line across the narrative—separating when we were watching a mildly engaging depiction of names,…

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Review of Out of the Furnace (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Nov 2013

The film is luckily powered by a powerful trio of performances at its core, and a unique, unpredictable structure that constantly reframes…

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Review of Ender's Game (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Oct 2013

As a mainstream sci-fi film, this enjoyable, occasionally poignant effort too often feels messy in the wrong ways…

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