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Review of Beasts of No Nation (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

The first two acts are so beautifully harrowing, so warm and generous in the face of abject horror that its third act turn to mediocrity feels…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Coogler and company get the essence of Rocky, from the Italian Stallion's rambling, close-mouthed monologues to the woodwind and horn-based…

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Review of Crimson Peak (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

In someone else's hands, Crimson Peak might have come off as a costume drama shot out of a cannon, but del Toro's is, crucially, a costume…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Although Tom Hooper's film is ostensibly about Lili Elbe (nee Einar Wegener), it's Alicia Vikander as Elbe's spouse Gerda whose star rises…

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Review of Congo (1995)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

A goofy mess whose screws aren't loose, but missing entirely…

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Review of Bad Words (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

The film's dialogue is so crude, its star so inherently - and paradoxically - likable, and its plot so lightweight that it essentially cancels…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Packs motion picture, stage play, graphic novel, and gossip column into one surprisingly accessible 100-minute package, tying it together with…

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Review of Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Its heroes are weird, broken people, its villains facades of prosperity and authority, and the stakes conversely high - the fate of the world…

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Review of Cinderella (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

The story doesn't work nearly as well in live action, losing the buffer zone of disbelief inherent in Disney's classic animated version…

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Review of Danny Collins (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Even if Pacino's singing voice leaves much to desired, his performance doesn't. Much like the film itself, it's all in the execution…

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Review of Big Hero 6 (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Big Hero 6 is a mish-mash of mixed messages, from its compassion over violence, through violence finale to its clumsily appropriated Japanese…

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Review of Calvary (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

More traumatic than enjoyable, but there's great beauty in both its scenery and the way McDonagh and his cast cut through us with surgical precision…

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Review of Draft Day (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

For all of the typical sports movie clichés that pop up in Draft Day, the pic's place as an NFL-sanctioned puff piece is what's most alarming…

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Review of Dead Man Down (2013)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Not all of it hits its mark, but when the picture starts to gain momentum at the hour mark, its distinctiveness sets in. And it's almost startling…

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Review of Carrie (2002)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

It's a small miracle that the picture doesn't lean too heavily on one particular topic du jour - bullying - and a major miracle that it's a…

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Review of The Drop (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

Free of the extraneous nuts and bolts that so often come with crime dramas, turning simple moments like a well-placed umbrella into something…

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Review of The Babymakers (2012)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

For the creators of Super Troopers and Beerfest, two comedies with devoted followings, The Babymakers is a pretty serious setback…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

The period trappings remain impeccable throughout, crackling even when the script doesn't…

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Review of Carol (1990)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

The period trappings remain impeccable throughout, crackling even when the script doesn't…

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Review of Boyhood (2014)

By J. Olson (540) for Cinemixtape (540) on 08 Apr 2016

There's no hand-holding here on the part of Linklater, who presents these events devoid of theatrics, as true to life as fiction can be…

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