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Review of Getaway (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

The wretchedness on display here is stunning, as if the screenplay was spat out by a musty, old Commodore 64 possessed by the spirit of Ed Wood…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

A series that just a few years ago seemed to bubble with personality and intrigue and depth is closed out here as coldly as possible…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Take this one with a chaser of your favorite Die Hard memories and hope that the series goes out on a higher note. John McClane deserves better…

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Review of Hit & Run (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

It's a B movie with B movie stars and aspirations that never rise beyond Let's have fun on camera and hope it translates onscreen…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Godzilla circa 2014 towers over the majority of its monster movie brethren…

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Review of The Heat (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

It takes a special kind of film to evoke uproarious laughter from the sight of Sandra Bullock being repeatedly stabbed in the leg, but The…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Rampant racism, misogyny, and homophobia serve as placeholders where actual jokes might have been, with Jennifer Aniston suffering the worst of it…

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Review of The Boss (2016)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

No good, impossibly living down to the comedic wasteland that was Tammy…

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Review of Hotel Transylvania (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Classic Saturday morning cartoon material, very silly and very much aimed at 5 year-olds…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

It's not one spectacularly bad decision that sinks The Great Gatsby, but a series of mediocre ones, leaving us with a film as forgettable as…

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Review of The Heat (2006)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

It takes a special kind of film to evoke uproarious laughter from the sight of Sandra Bullock being repeatedly stabbed in the leg, but The…

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Review of Grown Ups 2 (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Few of the characters' actions make any sense, be it in the context of Hollywood clichés, real life, or anything even resembling reality…

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Review of Goosebumps (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

[Treats] its audience to a steady stream of enjoyable human-versus-monster setpieces and delightful dummy-based physical comedy…

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Review of Hope Springs (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

There are parts of the film that work beautifully, all of which feature Jones' innate ability to emote with a look, a gesture, or a sigh…

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Review of G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Amidst a couple of nice action beats, there's plenty of stilted dialogue, poorly drawn characters, and heaps of generic rock music…

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Review of Gravity (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

The film's impressiveness begins and ends with its sizzle-reel mentality, never amounting to much more than a dazzling technical exercise starring…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Whimsical, frothy fun doesn't go down any easier than this, let alone with a performance as marvelous as Fiennes…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Instead of expounding on the exposed nerve of the book, Fincher's adaptation settles for mere abrasion…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Whereas The Hunger Games made for some interesting political commentary, Catching Fire is content to rest on its laurels, adding nothing to…

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Review of Get On Up (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 11 Apr 2016

Worthy of its subject and the dollars of music and film fans alike. As roundly entertaining as any biopic in recent memory…

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