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Review of Pixels (2010)

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

Bad movie Pixels is just the latest pock mark on Adam Sandler's still downtrending career, only noteworthy in its unprecedented slothfulness…

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Review of The Purge: Anarchy (2014)

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

An ugly, stupid, pointless debacle that doubles down on the disappointment of its predecessor…

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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

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

As warm and inviting as a baby blue blanket, handily walking a line between old and new…

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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 Paper Towns (2015)

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

Destined to play second banana to last year's critical and commercial darling The Fault In Our Stars. But as second bananas go, it's not a bad one…

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Review of Pixels (2015)

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

Bad movie Pixels is just the latest pock mark on Adam Sandler's still downtrending career, only noteworthy in its unprecedented slothfulness…

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Review of Poltergeist (2015)

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

The techno-centric storyline does little to separate it from the last decade of subpar horror…

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Review of Premium Rush (2012)

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

It's weightless and graceless, complete with a stock love story, a cloying human interest angle, and no shortage of poor acting…

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Review of People, Places, Things (2015)

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

Clement's predilection for center stage is real and actually kind of astounding, pole-vaulting James Strouse's low-key romantic comedy into…

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Review of ParaNorman (2012)

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

By placing weighty, real world lessons aimed at kids in this specific cinematic world, the gloominess is only intensified…

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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

[The movie] takes delight in its own unoriginality, dancing on the grave of every loud, dumb, preposterous action film of the past twenty years…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

For as high it soars in its opening twenty-five minutes, its midsection falls just as flat, before its director takes back the reigns in time…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

Is it better to bore an audience or to annoy them? Oblivion answers that question enthusiastically - Why choose one when you can have both…

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Review of Noah and the Last Days (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

As misguided a film as you're likely to see from a genuinely great filmmaker…

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Review of Maleficent (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

Its highs are modest, but it never shortchanges its audience on spectacle or thoughtfulness or loving but frustrated nostalgia for its source…

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Review of Out of the Furnace (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

The narrative is so straightforward that it requires the kind of flashbang storytelling that Cooper clearly isn't interested in…

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Review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

Its Sundance buzz wears off well before the end credits roll…

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Review of The Martian (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

The most colossally mediocre sci-fi movie of the decade, all in pursuit of empty backslapping and a grade school level celebration of science…

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Review of Men, Women & Children (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

If Reitman's aim was to push buttons, make us think, and give his cast a stage for some stellar performances, he's succeeded wildly…

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Review of Martian (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 14 Apr 2016

The most colossally mediocre sci-fi movie of the decade, all in pursuit of empty backslapping and a grade school level celebration of science…

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