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Review of To the Wonder (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 09 Apr 2013

Artistry aside, I do still wonder: for a movie with this much dancing and twirling, how come it still feels like a ton of bricks…

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Review of Stoker (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 27 Feb 2013

Once this Gothic thriller stops trying so hard, and lets its natural freak flag fly, this horror becomes quite the entertainment…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 13 Feb 2013

A bazillion shots are fired, a gazillion vehicles and buildings are blown up. Oops: sorry! Did I forget to say SPOILER ALERT…

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Review of Identity Thief (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 07 Feb 2013

If this is the best we can offer two very fine actors, we're in trouble. As an industry and a culture…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 06 Feb 2013

In his purported farewell to big screen directing, Steven Soderbergh has delivered a salute to some film masters that's also pretty darn fun…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 06 Feb 2013

In his purported farewell to big screen directing, Steven Soderbergh has delivered a salute to some film masters that's also pretty darn fun…

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Review of Gangster Squad (2013)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 08 Jan 2013

Terrific actors, an irresistible story: so how come this pulpy shoot-em-up never equals the sum of its oh so snazzy parts…

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Review of The Guilt Trip (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 21 Dec 2012

Does it give it away where I'm coming from that I invited my son to join me at the screening of this mother/son road comedy…

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Review of Les Misérables (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 15 Dec 2012

I feel like one of those reality show judges, sadly grimacing as I deliver the news. Audience boos me. How could I not like this…

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Review of Django Unchained (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 15 Dec 2012

Expanding on his theme of historical revenge, Quentin Tarentino is at his bloody best here…

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Review of This Is 40 (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 13 Dec 2012

Judd Apatow goes for broke in this supposed follow up to his hit romantic comedy, Knocked Up…

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Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 05 Dec 2012

The Lord of the Rings trilogy behind him, Peter Jackson has begun yet another, this time adapting the Tolkien epic, The Hobbit…

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Review of Life of Pi (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 19 Nov 2012

Ang Lee's mounting of the best selling novel is an awesome movie event: a loving interpretation of the mystical story as well as a jaw dropping,…

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Review of Lincoln (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 09 Nov 2012

Often fascinating and beautiful to look at, Steven Spielberg's latest forms an imperfect union of history and storytelling…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 06 Nov 2012

Outlandishly ambitious, this sure-footed re-boot isn't just among the best of the Bond series, but among the best movies of the year…

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Review of Flight (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 31 Oct 2012

It's almost harder to tell which is more frightening: the remarkable crash scenes in this thriller or the self-delusion of Denzel Washington's…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 23 Oct 2012

For a movie about big ideas, this occasionally entertaining fantasy sure gets bogged down in the small stuff…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 06 Oct 2012

Ben Affleck's very dramatic, funny, and even timely period thriller just may the most wholly satisfying movie of the year…

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Review of The Paperboy (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 01 Oct 2012

I'm all for filmmakers reaching out of their comfort zone, but what's with this insistent attraction to scummy, sweaty lowlifes…

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Review of Looper (2012)

By Joanna Langfield (398) for The Movie Minute (398) on 25 Sep 2012

I knew this was my kind of sci-fi movie when Bruce Willis yells at Joseph Gordon Levitt, insisting that they stop talking about how time travel…

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