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Review of A Werewolf Boy (2012)

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

Drenched in fairy tale romance and beautifully acted with one of the screen's most charismatic teen couples, I'll take A Werewolf Boy's sweet,…

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Review of The Last Stand (2013)

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

Less the unpredictable zeitgeist fans expect of innovative director Kim Ji-woon and more like the stunt action comedies of the 1970s and 80s…

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Review of Mama (2013)

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

While neither groundbreaking or memorable and burdened by a weird resolution, somehow its pop-up shocks and younger cast's beguiling performances…

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Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 03 Jan 2013

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is a story stretched too thin; dragged out by drudging slowness and obvious padding that its handful of thrilling…

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Review of Django Unchained (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 27 Dec 2012

The director pulls off this look at the horrors of slavery with respect for its subject…

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Review of Rise of the Guardians (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 24 Nov 2012

Lovely to look at with thrilling action and a funny script, Rise of the Guardians delivers a sweet and hopeful message about the importance…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 26 Oct 2012

While the pure ambition of telling a story in such bravura, non-linear fashion is surely to be applauded, Cloud Atlas is a model of form over…

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Review of Frankenweenie (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 08 Oct 2012

Frankenweenie gets back to basics with Burton's trademark oddball style, absurdist charm and ghastly-but-sweet humor and shows the director…

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Review of Hotel Transylvania (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 29 Sep 2012

Charming, with a lot of laughs and even more heart, Hotel Transylvania is a fun time out at the movies the entire family can enjoy…

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Review of Lawless (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 31 Aug 2012

Weird, gory and über-violent, Lawless is strangely pleasing in pulpy, thoroughly B-movie way, held to the earth by the thinnest thread of…

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Review of The Expendables 2 (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 17 Aug 2012

Reveling in the pure, visceral enjoyment of watching stuff blow up on a big screen and rampant destruction where nobody really gets hurt, leave…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 19 Jul 2012

The Dark Knight Rises is by far the worst of the trilogy and surprising in its ineptitude…

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Review of Brave (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 23 Jun 2012

Brave's wonderful animation, hilarious comedy, excellent voice cast and Pixar's first female lead character is compromised by its lack-of-faith…

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Review of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 22 Jun 2012

With its outrageous premise of turning Honest Abe into a slayer of the undead, one would expect to see the president snuffing out vamps in…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 02 Jun 2012

Led by a perfectly cast Charlize Theron devouring the scenery as the evil queen, Snow White and the Huntsman is an entertaining spin on the…

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Review of Patang (2011)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 13 May 2012

Beautifully acted and hypnotically staged, Patang is a feast for the senses that doesn't fail to deliver its story of family love and healing…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 12 May 2012

Not funny enough to be called a comedy nor remotely frightening or dramatic enough to portray the original TV show's scarier leanings…

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Review of The Dictator (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 10 May 2012

Good for more than its share of riotous laughs if a bit disjointed, The Dictator's timely material and Baron Cohen's outrageous, perceptive…

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Review of The Avengers (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 05 May 2012

Whedon's obvious love for The Avengers' characters, world and fandom makes for a superhero epic that's packed with exciting action, faithful…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

By Diva Velez (291) for TheDivaReview.com (290) on 14 Apr 2012

Utterly novel and audacious, The Cabin in the Woods completely rewrites the scary movie as we know it…

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