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Review of Snowpiercer (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Jul 2014

As with The Host, the political satire is teased out gradually as the story progresses and never intrudes on one's enjoyment of the movie's…

Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Jun 2014

This isn't the movie it should have been, but it serves its purpose as a souvenir of the stage show…

Review of Lucky Them (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Jun 2014

This pleasant but eminently forgettable indie comedy is the sort of thing that makes you wonder whether the big names in the cast were having…

Review of The Rover (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Jun 2014

It's impressive for its ingenuity in suggesting, on a relatively low budget, a 21st century in which the world monetary system has disintegrated,…

Review of Obvious Child (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jun 2014

The heroine can't seem to come up with any material that doesn't involve bodily functions; she never goes near the subject of motherhood, which…

Review of The Signal (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jun 2014

This sci-fi puzzler by cinematographer-turned-director William Eubank often recalls the work of Shane Carruth (Primer, Upstream Color) in its…

Review of Night Moves (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jun 2014

As in Wendy and Lucy, the natural and social environs are impeccably authentic, in this case conveying the bohemian radicalism of the Portland…

Review of Obvious Child (2009)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Jun 2014

The heroine can't seem to come up with any material that doesn't involve bodily functions; she never goes near the subject of motherhood, which…

Review of Just a Sigh (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 May 2014

Devos manages to keep it afloat in the second half as the actress peels away for her own adventure and writer-director Jérôme Bonnell develops…

Review of The Cold Lands (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 May 2014

Writer-director Tom Gilroy has worked with Yelich previously and makes his youthful character the quiet, watchful center of this 2013 indie drama…

Review of The Dance of Reality (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 May 2014

Whatever childhood traumas Jodorowsky may need to exorcise are ultimately subsumed by the movie's wild invention and carnivalesque cheer…

Review of Fed Up (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 May 2014

Thumbnail portraits of morbidly obese kids introduce a plaintive note to the argument, especially since, as the documentary notes, many school…

Review of For No Good Reason (2012)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 May 2014

This is most worthwhile for its scenes of Steadman at work, flinging ink all over the place and turning the splatter marks into his signature…

Review of Palo Alto (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 May 2014

The movie often recalls Larry Clark's early work in its effortless authenticity, though in contrast to his emotional brutality, the tone here…

Review of Young & Beautiful (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 May 2014

Ozon is grasping for something about the rudeness of sexual impulse and how intimates necessarily learn to look the other way, yet he comes…

Review of Belle (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2014

This British historical drama is getting the inspiring true story treatment, though the inspiring parts aren't true and the true parts aren't…

Review of Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 May 2014

The languid pace effectively communicates the characters' crushing boredom, yet the dramatic interest never flags…

Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Apr 2014

Amazing is a word so overused it no longer has any impact, which makes it the perfect adjective for this second installment of the second franchise…

Review of The Railway Man (2013)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2014

The cast is excellent and the screenplay, by Frank Cottrell Boyce and Andy Paterson, is delicately attuned to the emotional cost of war and…

Review of Cuban Fury (2014)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Apr 2014

Frost is credited with the original idea, a fanciful phrase given the highly formulaic story, but he and Jones are charming together…

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