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Review of The Words (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 05 Sep 2012

Even with one story line and time frame too many, the movie conjures a mean Faustian bargain and leaves a classic dramatic question hanging…

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Review of Lawless (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 28 Aug 2012

Lawless turns the literary tone of its source novel into something faster, leaner and more populist…

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Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 08 Aug 2012

Gilroy has been around the franchise from the start, and he finds a satisfying medium between the previous directors' disparate styles, the…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 18 Jul 2012

Yes, The Dark Knight Rises. And rises. And rises some more…

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Review of Take This Waltz (2011)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 11 Jul 2012

Both the small moments and the end product of Waltz are quietly sublime…

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Review of Ted (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 27 Jun 2012

You can overlook an awful lot in a comedy when it makes you laugh…

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Review of Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jun 2012

The Art of Rap was made by a hip-hop fiend for hip-hop fiends…

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Review of Prometheus (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 06 Jun 2012

If you have fond, 33-year-old memories of averting your young eyes from a propulsive parasite critter, Prometheus might just be your kind of…

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Review of Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 06 Jun 2012

Woodstock, and hippie grandmas everywhere, demand better…

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Review of Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 06 Jun 2012

A riot of splashy colors, silly 3-D gimmicks, big, broad kid-friendly gags - and those professionally pesky penguins…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 30 May 2012

The only one who comes out of this odd pairing unscathed is Walt Disney, looking smarter than ever for boiling the tale down to its mythical…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 16 May 2012

Given its aggressiveness in all cinematic matters, My Way manages to color in the personal stakes with enough clarity to keep you caring about…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 16 May 2012

Given its aggressiveness in all cinematic matters, My Way manages to color in the personal stakes with enough clarity to keep you caring about…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 16 May 2012

Given its aggressiveness in all cinematic matters, My Way manages to color in the personal stakes with enough clarity to keep you caring about…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 11 May 2012

If nothing here offends you, take a bow on behalf of your stout constitution. If nothing here makes you laugh, you might need to loosen up a tad…

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Review of The Avengers (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 02 May 2012

Whedon knows how to be self-aware without getting overly cute about it…

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Review of Bernie (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 02 May 2012

Watching Bernie is a little like sitting on a shady front porch and gossiping with the town tattlers…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 11 Apr 2012

You needn't be a fanboy to enjoy the moment when the ride really takes off and the spectacle flowers. A scary imagination will do just fine…

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Review of Footnote (2011)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 28 Mar 2012

It speaks to anyone who's been on either end of a grudge or family antagonism…

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Review of Friends with Kids (2012)

By Chris Vognar (609) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 08 Mar 2012

Not even the outcome's predictability (hint: romantic comedies have happy endings) can dampen the frothy results…

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