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Review of Sing (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 21 Dec 2016

More enjoyable than Finding Dory, more clever than the overrated Zootopia, and more memorable than Moana, Sing is a real holiday treat…

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Review of Mifune: The Last Samurai (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 15 Dec 2016

What resonates most from Mifune are the film clips, of course. Watching him on screen remains an exhilarating experience…

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Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 05 Dec 2016

In its attempt to please both children and adults equally, Zootopia is a failure…

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Review of Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 15 Nov 2016

For Field, Doris may just herald a career rebirth…

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Review of The Family Fang (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 15 Nov 2016

On the basis of Bad Words -- a film destined to be a cult classic -- and The Family Fang, Jason Bateman is undoubtedly a real-deal director…

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Review of Trolls (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 03 Nov 2016

Mitchell and Dohrn keep Trolls funny and light, and the 93-minute result is sure to be every 4- to 10-year-old's favorite film of the fall…

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Review of The Stone Roses: Made of Stone (2013)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

As fascinating and enjoyable as the end result is, Made of Stone spends too much time trying to justify its existence, and not enough time…

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Review of Certain Women (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 26 Oct 2016

Rarely has a film so successfully highlighted the inner lives of the type of female characters so often ignored in movies…

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Review of Byzantium (2013)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

Throughout, Jordan’s direction is stylish and smart, while its cast succeeds in making its characters truly involving…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

You want to see, hear, and feel slavery? Here is the system, in all its awful components…

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Review of While We're Young (2015)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

Noah Baumbach’s While We’re Young is wise, funny, fiercely intelligent and always involving…

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Review of Prisoners (2013)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

Prisoners might be the most shockingly dark studio release since Fight Club, a grim, unsettling, occasionally convoluted, but undeniably gripping…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 26 Oct 2016

Philomena has a few modest missteps, and a frustrating moment or two (Philomena is more forgiving than Martin – and the audience – want…

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Review of Supersonic (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 25 Oct 2016

Supersonic is about the rise of the band, the period from birth to its two concerts (to 250,000 attendees) at Knebworth…

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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 05 Oct 2016

Disaster done right can be entertaining, and Deepwater is a solid example…

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Review of Storks (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 21 Sep 2016

My goodness, Storks is a strange movie. It's also a bad one, and a reminder that not all children's films are created equally…

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Review of Una (2017)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 15 Sep 2016

For Rooney Mara, it’s a new high, giving a performance that can only be described as extraordinary, and she makes Una a sharp, discomforting…

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Review of For the Love of Spock (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 07 Sep 2016

It's a fascinating, insightful experience with just a few notable failings…

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Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 10 Aug 2016

It is free of cynicism; devoid of pop songs, sassy kids or fart jokes; and centered around concepts of real-life magic and wonderment…

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Review of Lights Out (2016)

By Christopher Schobert (126) for Buffalo News (278) on 20 Jul 2016

Lights Out does not break new ground. But you're going to jump, you're going to smile, and you'll undoubtedly enjoy the ride…

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