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Review of Foreign Correspondent (1940)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 20 Feb 2014

It doesn't always proceed as smoothly as some of Hitchcock's best films, but it is never anything less than grandly entertaining…

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Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 19 Feb 2014

A hectic bum-rush of clever pop-culture and corporate satire that works just well enough to help us forget that it is essentially a 100-minute…

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Review of Thief (1981)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 12 Feb 2014

James Caan gives a standout performance, investing in Frank a sense of determination that runs contrary to the fatalistic drive of the narrative…

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Review of It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 09 Feb 2014

Lives up to its intentions as an epic madcap farce, and it offers enough comic variation through the multiple characters and situations that…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 06 Feb 2014

Equal parts uplifting tearjerker, odd-couple comedy, and righteous screed against abuse of power in the name of religion…

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Review of Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 03 Feb 2014

Bad Grandpa's biggest, most eyebrow-rising surprise may very well be the fact that we actually grow to care about him and Billy by the final reel…

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Review of Lone Survivor (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 29 Jan 2014

Nothing if not a deeply felt paean to the characters' toughness, bravery, and, most importantly, humanity…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 10 Jan 2014

No one generates narrative momentum quite like Scorsese when he's in his element, and The Wolf of Wall Street provides the kind of meaty material…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 08 Jan 2014

More tightly paced and action-oriented than its predecessor…

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Review of Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 06 Jan 2014

While it hardly breaks new ground cinematically or truly challenges any prevailing notions about the cultural impact of Walt Disney, Saving…

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Review of American Hustle (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 01 Jan 2014

The actors act up a storm and the tacky period detail, from hideous sofas to men in curlers, fills the screen, but in the end it all feels…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 11 Dec 2013

If the film maintains our attention, it is simply because we connect with the base desire to survive, which embodied by someone like Robert…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 11 Dec 2013

Benefits from the impressive acting chops of Jennifer Lawrence, whose intensity and sense of self makes Katniss into a prototypical action…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 24 Nov 2013

Avoids an easy sense of moralizing and propels us deep into the characters' experiences…

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Review of Maniac Cop 2 (1990)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 21 Nov 2013

Its action sequences have a real sense of grit and danger due to their pre-CGI use of actual city locations and stuntpeople lighting themselves…

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Review of Carrie (2002)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 26 Oct 2013

Ends with what has to be the cheesiest, most inexplicably silly image of any film this year, a desperate stab at giving this retread a memorable…

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Review of Carrie (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 26 Oct 2013

Ends with what has to be the cheesiest, most inexplicably silly image of any film this year, a desperate stab at giving this retread a memorable…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 19 Oct 2013

A fascinating and often compelling film, and a clear sign that Gordon-Levitt is a filmmaker of note whose future is bright if he continues…

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Review of I Married a Witch (1942)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 16 Oct 2013

Any rough spots are smoothed over by Lake and March's considerable charms, which turn out to be this fantastical comedy's best special effects…

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Review of Autumn Sonata (1978)

By James Kendrick (1,607) for Q Network Film Desk (1,607) on 14 Oct 2013

Has a steady, accumulating power, and while it ranks high among Bergman's dramas, it is not quite a masterpiece, at least not on the level…

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