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Review of A Murder in the Park (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

A staggering and infuriating expose of advocacy journalism run amok…

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Review of Mr. Turner (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

J.M.W. Turner might well be the role Spall is forever linked to, like Sir Ben Kingsley and Gandhi…

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Review of The Gunman (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

You just leave the theater suspecting in most alternate universes that this movie is totally awesome, but the one we get is just okay…

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Review of Being Evel (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Junge assembled some spectacularly dramatic and telling footage that evokes an era that is no so long ago, but feels so very far away…

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Review of What We Do in the Shadows (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Just about every monster movie convention gets tweaked here and there, but it never feels like Shadows is forcing the issue to tick off another box…

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Review of These Final Hours (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

In a strange way it makes a hopeful statement, arguing that redemption is still possible up until the very point we are engulfed in continent-buckling…

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Review of The Devil's Violinist (2013)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Violin prodigy and classical crossover artist David Garrett can certainly play. Acting is a little iffier…

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Review of Son of a Gun (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Son is a pretty entertaining little shoot 'em up, almost entirely thanks to McGregor…

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Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Yes, we should be concerned about what our government is up to, but we should also be skeptical of Citizenfour…

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Review of Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

There is nothing objectionable in screenwriter Chris Hurford's adaptation of Byng's children's book and there is a good deal of merit to its…

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Review of Our Man in Tehran (2013)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Taylor and Weinstein give the audience a detailed understanding of the rituals of diplomacy and the secret inner workings of the intelligence…

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Review of Monk with a Camera (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

For a film so focused on the spiritual life, Camera is surprisingly lively…

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Review of Bad Turn Worse (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

It has a humid sense of place, a few effective twists, and most importantly a terrific primary villain…

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Review of Dying of the Light (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

It's just not that bad, especially compared to some of the recent gems in the Cage filmography. Frankly, it probably doesn't even crack the bottom 20…

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Review of The Better Angels (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Visually, Angels is a true work of art. Each and every frame of Matthew J. Lloyd's black-and-white cinematography is suitable for framing…

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Review of Desert Dancer (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 May 2016

Characters' brief moments of freedom are stirringly depicted in Richard Raymond's based-on-fact bio-picture, Desert Dancer…

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Review of Woman in Gold (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 May 2016

With Gold, Curtis does justice to a fascinating story with far-reaching political and cultural implications…

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Review of Lost and Love (2015)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 May 2016

Much as he did in Ann Hui's quietly moving A Simple Life, Andy Lau completely lets go of his movie star trappings to give a raw, earthy performance…

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Review of Closer to the Moon (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 May 2016

All the major facts of Moon are historically accurate, but the reasons behind the events remain a bit murky…

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Review of Amour Fou (2014)

By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 19 May 2016

Fatally labors under excessively Teutonic discipline…

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