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Review of Noah (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Apr 2014

An auteurist monument to monomania inspired by Judeo-Christian culture's most famous report of a divine reboot…

Review of The Raid 2 (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Apr 2014

The choreography and performances overall are adrenalizing -- virtuosic and precise, and an entirely legitimate justification for the existence…

Review of The Nut Job (2014)

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

A tired assembly of the expected celebrity voices (Liam Neeson is a despotic raccoon) and already dated pop-culture references (the end credits…

Review of The Face of Love (2013)

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

Does 'The Face of Love' belong to Annette Bening…

Review of Bad Words (2013)

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

Spell it b-o-g-u-s, because 'Bad Words' reveals very early that it won't even remain true to the dubious integrity of its ugliness…

Review of Frankie & Alice (2010)

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

It may be based on true events, but it seems more truly inspired by the star-producer's desire for an ostentatious showcase to demonstrate…

Review of The Great Flood (2012)

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

The damage gives the images an appropriately mud-spattered, post-disaster appearance; sometimes the splotchy, jumpy degradation transforms…

Review of Tim's Vermeer (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Mar 2014

Jenison's compulsiveness and ingeniousness are interesting, and his research may prove to have some art-scholarship value, but another impresson…

Review of The Book Thief (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

This extremely moving drama suggests the Holocaust story Ray Bradbury might have written: Events are seen through a child's eyes; books are…

Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

Like the tool-stuffed pastries baked by the film's winsome young Agatha, 'The Grand Budapest Hotel' is an irresistible frosted confection with…

Review of Gloria (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The movie insists on the value of the everyday. Gloria's heroism is her dignity, her intelligence, her perseverance…

Review of Non-Stop (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The premise is sure-fire, but director Jaume Collet-Serra's grip on the material is not as tight as the cabin pressure; moments of sentiment…

Review of 300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

As Persia's sexiest naval commander, Eva Green is to this 'sidequel' as Cate Blanchett is to 'Blue Jasmine,' and I mean that as a compliment…

Review of Non-Stop (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The premise is sure-fire, but director Jaume Collet-Serra's grip on the material is not as tight as the cabin pressure; moments of sentiment…

Review of Gloria (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The movie insists on the value of the everyday. Gloria's heroism is her dignity, her intelligence, her perseverance…

Review of The Visitor (1979)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The movie suggests that contrary to Cassius' claim, the fault is not in ourselves but in our stars -- that, as the paranoid and psychotic have…

Review of Tennessee Queer (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

The title is provocative but the comedy is accessible and the attitude generous in this made-in-Memphis feature... Call it 'Mayberry LGBT…

Review of Divergent (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2014

Divergent' is too busy warning us about the dangers of conformity to develop a distinctive personality of its own…

Review of Adult World (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Mar 2014

The movie is rated R, yet sensitive 12-year-old girls and the boys scared to talk to them probably represent the ideal audience for this wan…

Review of Finding Hillywood (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Mar 2014

Described on its website as 'a feature documentary about the beginning of Rwanda's film industry,' this is a paean to the therapeutic 'ppower…

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