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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 16 of 98

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Review of Frank (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jan 2015

An oddball rock-and-roll-themed comedy-drama in need of the cult it may never attract…

Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jan 2015

A highly entertaining, immaculately produced drama about a genius-hero whose stiff-upper-lip resolve can't block a kick in the teeth when,…

Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jan 2015

A highly entertaining, immaculately produced drama about a genius-hero whose stiff-upper-lip resolve can't block a kick in the teeth when,…

Review of The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jan 2015

Director Tom Harper frames the occasional lovely creepy shot, but the grayness is so enveloping it turns many night scenes and interiors into…

Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jan 2015

Lacking the faith in God and Hollywood kitsch that motivated Cecil B…

Review of The Interview (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

The movie more or less vaporizes the Supreme Leader in graphic slow motion…

Review of Big Eyes (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

In the unlikely and quintessentially American true story of Margaret and Walter Keane, Burton has found a way to interrogate his own career and art…

Review of Into the Woods (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

Walt Disney and Stephen Sondheim make unusual bedfellows, despite a shared interest in folklore and fairy tales and other bedtime stories…

Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

A detective story in which a skunky marijuana fog replaces the acrid haze of gun smoke and the spill of stems and seeds is more likely than…

Review of Unbroken (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

Zamperini's brother offers this message: A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory. In really interesting movies, the opposite is true…

Review of Selma (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Jan 2015

At its best, the new movie about King cracks the civil rights leader and his associates from their plaster-saint cocoons…

Review of Flaming Star (1960)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

A treasure trove of content for Presleyologists who interpret Elvis as a repository and reflector of America's conflicted and evolving attitudes…

Review of White Christmas (1954)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

Something of a forced march, but worth seeing for its old-school studio vibrancy and for Curtiz's ability to compose for depth as well as breadth…

Review of Annie (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

One song is performed by Annie and Stacks while they are strapped into seats in a helicopter, not a promising scenario for those who remember…

Review of Very Extremely Dangerous (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

This harrowing documentary might be described as 'Grey Gardens' on the highway to hell -- it's a portrait of an ornery rockabilly old-timer-on-the-edge…

Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

Has the added benefit of giving 92-year-old Christopher Lee one last (perhaps) chance to be a bad-ass onscreen…

Review of Wild (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

The film overall is tough and physical, thanks in large part to Witherspoon's convincing work as a woman scuffing calluses from her heart with…

Review of The Babadook (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

Suggests the pressures faced by working women can be more harrowing than any horror movie…

Review of Tales from the Crypt (1972)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Dec 2014

The first killer Claus may be the 'homicidal maniac' in a Santa suit who menaces Christmas Eve murderess Joan Collins in this British anthology…

Review of Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Dec 2014

The Christmas-morning thrill of discovery is appropriately evoked in this warm and spirited if scattershot documentary…

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