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Review of Hands of Stone (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 31 Aug 2016

It's well-mounted and well-acted by a cast that includes Rubén Blades as Durán's manager, Usher Raymond IV as Sugar Ray Leonard, John Turturro…

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Review of Ben-Hur (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 31 Aug 2016

The story is shredded to the bare bones, then the bones picked clean of drama and common sense. Even the chariot race is ho-hum…

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Review of Mechanic: Resurrection (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 31 Aug 2016

As Statham demonstrated with his hilarious turn in the Melissa McCarthy gem Spy, there's something about his humorlessness that is itself amusing…

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Review of Equity (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 24 Aug 2016

Briskly directed by Meera Menon and smartly written by Amy Fox, Sarah Megan Thomas and Alysia Reiner, the movie is slick, well-crafted and…

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Review of Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Aug 2016

With the aid of director Stephen Frears, Streep rises above her text and manages to earn the sympathy Martin so clumsily demands for her…

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Review of War Dogs (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Aug 2016

The mind-boggling chutzpah of these two sleazeballs (plus Hill and Teller's strong performances) keep us watching in fascination…

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Review of Sausage Party (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 10 Aug 2016

The novelty of a raunchy adults-only cartoon has a naughty charge…

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Review of Nerve (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 10 Aug 2016

Directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman set a lively, suspenseful pace, aided by Madeleine Gavin and Jeff McEvoy's razor-sharp editing…

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Review of Café Society (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Aug 2016

The stars blossom in Allen's hands -- Eisenberg may be the best Woody-clone yet, and Stewart has never been anywhere near this interesting before…

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Review of Jason Bourne (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Aug 2016

Following the convoluted story is getting to be more trouble than it's worth, but Greengrass holds our interest with some high-adrenaline action…

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Review of Ghostbusters (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Jul 2016

McCarthy and Wiig shine, of course; Jones, too, but McKinnon steals the picture…

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Review of Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Jul 2016

Director Mandie Fletcher is powerless to strike sparks; the fire has gone cold…

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Review of The Infiltrator (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Jul 2016

Interesting story -- but been here, seen this…

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Review of Captain Fantastic (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Jul 2016

In the final analysis, Ross gives us little reason to care what happens to this smug hippie and his half-savage, know-it-all brood…

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Review of Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jul 2016

The result feels just as long as the original (though, in fact, it's 25 minutes shorter), and the visual effects are surprisingly cheesy in…

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Review of The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Jul 2016

Characters and their celebrity voices are too numerous and fleeting to register strongly; two standout exceptions are Jenny Slate as a sweetly…

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Review of Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Jul 2016

Within that standard formula it's expertly made -- well-acted by all, with director Susanna White ratcheting up the suspense with a sure Hitchcockian…

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Review of The BFG (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Jul 2016

Take the kids to see this bottomless treasure chest of wonders or I'll never forgive you. And neither will they…

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Review of The Shallows (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Jun 2016

It's a one-woman show for Lively just as Gravity was for Sandra Bullock, well-written by Anthony Jaswinski and showcased by Jaume Collet-Serra's…

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Review of Central Intelligence (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jun 2016

The script by Ike Barinholtz, David Stassen and director Rawson Marshall Thurber is a good one, with good laughs, a clever plot and some perceptive…

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