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Review of The Thing (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 30 Dec 2011

Pointless prequel to the 1982 sci-fi/horror classic. One of the five worst films of 2011…

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Review of Pariah (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 23 Dec 2011

Authentic and moving…

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Review of Albert Nobbs (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 20 Dec 2011

As good as the performances are, I found the screenplay and Rodrigo Garcia's direction tonally inconsistent…

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Review of London River (2009)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 16 Dec 2011

Powerful. Director Rachid Bouchareb draws excellent, haunting performances from Blethyn and Kouyate…

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Review of Shame (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 23 Nov 2011

(Fassbender gives a) fully-committed performance…

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Review of A Dangerous Method (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 23 Nov 2011

While A Dangerous Method is handsomely-produced and -designed, what should have been an intriguing story fell pretty flat for me…

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Review of Carnage (2002)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

A vast improvement over its source material…

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Review of Carnage (2014)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

A vast improvement over its source material…

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Review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

Superbly crafted, deeply unsettling...A Bad Seed for the 21st century, it raises provocative questions about nature vs…

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Review of Carnage (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

A vast improvement over its source material…

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Review of Melancholia (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

Von Trier employs an all-star cast, evocative imagery and Wagner's prelude to his opera Tristan und Isolde to spectacular, haunting effect…

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Review of Carnage (1984)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 12 Nov 2011

A vast improvement over its source material…

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Review of Eating Out: Drama Camp (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 24 Oct 2011

The Eating Out series isn't known for comedic or sexual subtlety, but what Drama Camp lacks in restraint it makes up for with good humor and hot guys…

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Review of Tomboy (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 22 Sep 2011

Exquisite. Young lead actress Zoe Heran gives one of several beautifully-nuanced performances in this sensitive, compassionate movie…

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Review of Contagion (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 15 Sep 2011

A well-made, effective chiller...I would have admired and respected it better, though, if it wasn't so subtly judgmental toward (Gwyneth) Paltrow's…

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Review of Happy, Happy (2010)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 15 Sep 2011

A subplot involving (children & slavery) is extremely discomforting. Still, the film is touched with truthful, graceful moments…

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Review of Circumstance (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 25 Aug 2011

While I didn't find much new in the film's girl-girl romantic dynamics, it's setting and social-political commentary are certainly above the norm…

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Review of Higher Ground (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 25 Aug 2011

A stellar cast...Joshua Leonard is also excellent as Farmiga's (character's) husband. I love the movie's haunting final shot…

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Review of Darwin (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 17 Aug 2011

Illuminating...To its credit, the documentary never leads viewers to laugh at the (eccentric) subjects' expense…

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Review of The Tree of Life (2011)

By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 07 Aug 2011

Easily Malick's warmest movie and may well endure as his masterpiece...It is also a profoundly theological work. The best film of 2011 (tie)…

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