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Review of Amy (2015)

By Jamesl (133) on 25 Jul 2015

As a nonfan, I gave this film an 8. If I had been a fan, we would be at a 9…

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Review of Amy (2015)

By Jamesl (133) on 24 Jul 2015

As a nonfan, I gave this film an 8. If I had been a fan, we would be at a 9…

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Review of Ex Machina (2015)

By Jamesl (133) on 26 Apr 2015

A real snoozer that had no intrigue, interest, or limited appeal to me…

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Review of Salma (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 16 Feb 2015

This film did not live up to the subject matter. In fact, I have seen better shows on television than this…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 16 Feb 2015

This film did not live up to the subject matter. In fact, I have seen better shows on television than this…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 05 Feb 2015

The lack of historical accuracy wore down my enjoyment of this film after a couple of days…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 04 Jan 2015

Angelina botched this film. It had no inspiration, left out the last part of his life which was what I was looking to see…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 25 Dec 2014

This film is all hype and no delivery…

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Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 09 Dec 2014

This film did not work for me. I found Jake's character to be more like a pushy, immature teenager than a sociopath…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 03 Dec 2014

I thought this was the best film of the year. I knew within the first fifteen minutes that it had potential to soar and it did…

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

By Jamesl (133) on 09 Nov 2014

I have seen everyone of the director's films and this just does not live up to the hype…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 14 Oct 2014

I am a big Fincher fan but this film fell apart at the pivotal plot point…

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Review of A Most Wanted Man (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 27 Jul 2014

A thinking person's movie. Slow and methodical but I'm guessing the way it really happens…

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Review of Life Itself (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 12 Jul 2014

Although I was moved and had a tear in my eye, I could have done with less of the hospital scenes…

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Review of Only Lovers Left Alive (2013)

By Jamesl (133) on 24 May 2014

Another boring film from this director. Stylish and well filmed simply isn't enough if you don't have a reason for the movie…

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Review of Joe (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 20 Apr 2014

I really liked this film. As one person said, it reminded me of Winter's Bone…

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Review of Enemy (2014)

By Jamesl (133) on 23 Mar 2014

Pure nonsense and garbage. It made no sense to me and people in the theater turned to me at the end to ask me what the hell it meant…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By Jamesl (133) on 20 Jan 2014

A lackluster film that had no energy or drive. I thought I was watching something that went straight to cable not an Oscar nominated film…

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Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

By Jamesl (133) on 16 Jan 2014

The Coens are living off their past success as this movie has nothing to offer. Frankly, it is boring and the star is a lost cat…

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Review of Out of the Furnace (2013)

By Jamesl (133) on 17 Dec 2013

This movie had so much potential but ran out of gas…

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