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Review of Night Moves (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Oct 2014

I'm a great admirer of Reichardt's work, but having watched 'Night Movies' twice, I have to concede that it's something of a dud…

Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

Fincher's compositions offer the characters no exit; the widescreen keeps them in view, no matter how extreme their deceits and disguises…

Review of I Am Ali (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

The movie loses momentum the more it relies on what is supposed to be its novel aspect, the participation of Ali family members…

Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

Devotees of the book may have some concerns, but for those willing to take this movie on its own terms, as what reviewers used to call a 'four-hanky…

Review of The Guest (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

A worthy heir to the horror traditions John Carpenter and Joseph Ruben, whose 'The Stepfather' provided the template for this story in which…

Review of The Guest (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

A worthy heir to the horror traditions John Carpenter and Joseph Ruben, whose 'The Stepfather' provided the template for this story in which…

Review of Annabelle (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

With Alfre Woodard as yet another of those hardworking and self-sacrificing movie black women who takes one for the team, 'the team' being…

Review of Dracula Untold (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

This Vlad is not just an impaler but a hugger, at least when his young son is around…

Review of Chef (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Oct 2014

A feel-good people-pleaser that is less 'food porn' than Favreau career metaphor…

Review of Five of a Kind (1938)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

They sing! They dance! They act…

Review of The Good Lie (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

The poster suggests a redux of 'The Blind Side,' times three. At top is Reese Witherspoon, airbrushed and beaming with charity…

Review of The Good Lie (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

The poster suggests a redux of 'The Blind Side,' times three. At top is Reese Witherspoon, airbrushed and beaming with charity…

Review of The Skeleton Twins (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

Yet another wan indie comedy-drama that plays like an adaptation of something plucked from the slush pile of short story submissions in the…

Review of Call Her Savage (1932)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

Prostitution, 'half-breeds,' cross-dressing, cat fights, dog-wrestling, 'wild poets,' wagon-train lechery and rampant bralessness are among…

Review of The Equalizer (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Oct 2014

Note to mobsters: If you hope to eliminate an ex-agent whose very particular set of skills make Neeson seem as lethal as Cera, do not stage…

Review of Tusk (2014)

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

For all the cornball Canadian comedy that interrupts the horror, the cry of 'Coo-loo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo-coo' is less relevant here than 'Goo…

Review of The Trip to Italy (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Sep 2014

Is it inappropriate to laugh in the presence of a petrified victim of the volcanic eruption at Pompeii, even if that 'presence' is footage…

Review of The Drop (1965)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Sep 2014

A convincing crime thriller and a worthy final feature for the late James Gandolfini…

Review of Into the Storm (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Sep 2014

The rotating funnel clouds are almost spectacular enough to make up for the rote drama (a strict dad butts heads with his teenage son, yawn)…

Review of The Drop (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Sep 2014

A convincing crime thriller and a worthy final feature for the late James Gandolfini…

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