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Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

The Austin, Texas-centric, green-screen addled cult of Robert Rodriguez has finally collapsed in on itself…

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Review of Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

As the series' least terrible entry to date, Age Of Extinction is all at once refreshing and generally pointless…

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Review of Taken 3 (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Its hilarious, mind-bendingly stupid climax is nearly worth the price of admission alone…

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Review of Straight Outta Compton (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

It's an over-ambitious pop culture spread that should please hip-hop history buffs and absolutely delight those with a healthy distaste for authority…

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Review of RED 2 (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Red 2 is at least as good as its predecessor, if not noticeably better…

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Review of Seven Psychopaths (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Although Psychopaths is an enjoyably confounding experience, some will be put off by its parade of esoteric ideas. But what a parade it is…

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Review of Top Gun (1955)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Top Gun works best as a sort of time capsule, a window into a pretty spectacular decade for big-budget filmmaking…

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Review of Rush (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Nearly as narratively compelling as it is viscerally thrilling, Rush is Howard's most efficient film since Apollo 13…

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Review of Room (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Room is lowest common denominator goop, so interested in feeling that it neglects to say or do…

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Review of Snitch (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Snitch is passable thanks to a sturdy second act and a decent performance by Dwayne Johnson, but it's never captivating…

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Review of This Is the End (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Come for the cameos, stay for Danny McBride, and come back again for the handful of genuinely deranged sequences that you'll hardly believe…

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Review of Safety Not Guaranteed (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Plaza and Duplass do great, believable work, and it's a debut that both writer (Connolly) and director (Trevorrow) can proudly hang their hats on…

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Review of Trumbo (2007)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

The movie's greatest treat is Cranston, whose star-making turn in AMC's Breaking Bad has finally afforded him the starring big screen turn…

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Review of San Andreas (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 16 Apr 2016

Empty, cynical destruction porn that's twice as dumb as it should be and not half as enjoyable…

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Review of Prince Avalanche (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

There's some terrific stuff going on here, its minimalist bent and gorgeous photography combining to form a quietly immense dramedy that should…

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Review of People Like Us (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

The movie is an appeal to the most general audience possible, lacking the necessary spark to find the right audience…

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Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

What it gets right is so right that the occasional clunky piece of dialogue or the slip of an accent isn't enough to derail a lovely piece of cinema…

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Review of Paranoia (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

Director Robert Luketic [does] nothing beyond his contractual obligations (which presumably read, Um, make a movie, I guess)…

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Review of Pitch Perfect (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

The multitude of references to [The Breakfast Club] backfires in a major way, but it's a worthwhile lesson to burgeoning filmmakers - don't…

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Review of The Purge (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 15 Apr 2016

There are some jump scares, one highly predictable twist, and a fair amount of violence, but The Purge pretty much begins and ends with its concept…

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