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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 10 Nov 2013

Dallas Buyers Club is one of the most compelling films of the year with magnetic performances from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto…

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Review of As I Lay Dying (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 06 Nov 2013

Some of the filming techniques are overused and the monologues are a bit too circuitous, but As I Lay Dying has the ability to be quite striking…

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Review of Last Vegas (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 01 Nov 2013

Unfunny, overly hoary, and easily foreseeable, Last Vegas is like being stuck on that road trip with your grandparents that lasts way too long…

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Review of The Counselor (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 24 Oct 2013

There are some really interesting aspects to The Counselor, but its intricate attempts only get more and more tangled up in its knots of cryptic…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 24 Oct 2013

12 Years a Slave is an outstanding triumph in filmmaking since it's so unbelievably captivating yet will leave you feeling so undeniably uncomfortable…

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Review of We Are What We Are (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 19 Oct 2013

We Are What We Are is built around sloppy yet fantastic kills with a fairly satisfying explanation for everything, but it jerks the viewer…

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Review of Plush (2011)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 17 Oct 2013

Plush feels too familiar to leave any sort of impression…

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Review of Plush (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 17 Oct 2013

Plush feels too familiar to leave any sort of impression…

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Review of Escape Plan (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 17 Oct 2013

With dumb action at its core that feels a quarter of a century past its prime, Escape Plan fails to be a breakthrough hit even though Arnold…

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Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 12 Oct 2013

Captain Phillips is an action thriller filled with intense, chaotic, mayhem, absolute pandemonium, and nefariously determined villains…

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Review of Europa Report (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 09 Oct 2013

While it does look and feel genuine at times and you're not ever able to shake that wondrous sensation of potential discovery, Europa Report…

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Review of Dracula 3D (2012)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 03 Oct 2013

Argento's Dracula 3D is an absolute travesty of a film completely devoid of creativity or imagination…

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Review of Runner Runner (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 03 Oct 2013

Runner Runner is a lifeless dramatic crime thriller that is never able to wake up from hibernation…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 02 Oct 2013

A dizzying vision of space, amazing cinematography, and staggering sensation of being alone…

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Review of Good Ol' Freda (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 26 Sep 2013

Good Ol' Freda feels like a peek behind the curtain of one of the biggest bands in history…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 26 Sep 2013

Don Jon is obnoxiously funny, effortlessly identifiable, unusually tender, obscenely amusing, and an enjoyable R-rated comedy that is sure…

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Review of The Last Tycoon (2012)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 19 Sep 2013

The Last Tycoon is one of the most explosive films to come to DVD and Blu-ray this year, but it's a bit disappointing that it features two…

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Review of Prisoners (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 19 Sep 2013

Prisoners is one of the most contemplative and fulfilling films of the year…

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Review of Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 12 Sep 2013

Insidious: Chapter 2 has a slower pace and a lighter tone than the original film…

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Review of Adoration (2013)

By Chris Sawin (379) for Examiner.com (1,617) on 07 Sep 2013

Adore is able to capture the indecisive nature of human desire rather effortlessly, but it's as if the drama purposely makes that indecisiveness…

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