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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 17 May 2014

Dull and wanting with a misdirected focus on cliché human drama instead of kaiju stomping…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 07 Apr 2014

Miles beyond the great 2011 chapter…

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Review of Journey to the West (2014)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 07 Mar 2014

The cast is extremely funny and the movie will entertain viewers new to his work, but happy as I am to see anything from the multi-talented…

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Review of RoboCop (2014)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 17 Feb 2014

It's been a while since I've wanted to throw a shoe at a movie screen, and it's been never since I've wanted to hug Paul Verhoeven…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 30 Dec 2013

Nearly three hours of repeated debauchery and nasty deeds fails to bring Goodfellas-style bite and tension to a situation where the worst that…

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Review of American Hustle (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 27 Dec 2013

An incongruous jumble, American Hustle's supporting cast and Lawrence's stellar turn lingers in the eye, not the movie as a whole…

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Review of Oldboy (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 30 Nov 2013

Dreary, flat, oversimplified, uninspired. Surely the failure of Oldboy will prove many right who decried this remake years ago…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 20 Oct 2013

Some might dread its violence, but in its truth in showing us the American slavery experience, 12 Years a Slave is glorious in its brutality…

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Review of The World's End (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 30 Sep 2013

Retaining the hilarious chaos and offhand hipness expected of Mssrs…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 08 Aug 2013

More admirable for its ideas than its execution, the film manages to balance its iniquities with capable performances that keep Elysium from…

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Review of Pacific Rim (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 12 Jul 2013

Del Toro's love letter to otaku everywhere is kept from perfection by doltish dialog and overly dark battle scenes, but Pacific Rim is an incredibly…

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Review of World War Z (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 23 Jun 2013

With its lowest common denominator super-fast flesh eaters and SFX set pieces, there are worse mindless enjoyments than World War Z…

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Review of Man of Steel (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 23 Jun 2013

An unceasing torrent of CGI explosions, destruction and superhuman Kryptonian combat, Man of Steel is more bang for your summer movie buck,…

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Review of 20 Feet from Stardom (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 22 Jun 2013

With its pulsating soundtrack and compelling subject matter 20 Feet from Stardom is an exuberant celebration of some of modern music's most…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 02 Jun 2013

For anyone who ever wanted to see a Will Smith summer blockbuster where Smith does nearly all his acting sitting down while his miscast, out-of-his-depth…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 26 May 2013

Maintaining its reverence for the source material while employing an exuberant and clever script with one heck of a plot twist, Star Trek…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 11 May 2013

Baz Luhrmann's vision of the Roaring Twenties dazzles as a purely sensory piece of sight and sound…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 04 May 2013

While not a complete failure as visceral eye-candy, Iron Man 3 substitutes schmaltz for inspiration and novelty…

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Review of The Company You Keep (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 24 Apr 2013

Redford's idealism is at the forefront of The Company You Keep, but it's the portrayal of decades-old friendships and trust by an ensemble…

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Review of New World (2013)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 31 Mar 2013

Tense, dark, violent and brilliantly acted, if New World is any indication of what's in store for the future of the Asian cop drama; harder,…

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