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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 27 of 98

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Review of The Armstrong Lie (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Dec 2013

Suggests, not as forcefully as it should, that the real addicts here are not the cyclists but the sports industry professionals, sponsors,…

Review of Kill Your Darlings (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

A muddled and silly enterprise that wastes a wonderful central performance by Daniel Radcliffe as the young Allen Ginsberg…

Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

Enjoyable but inconsequential addition to the Marvel Comics movie universe…

Review of Despicable Me 2 (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

The beautiful digital animation is state of the art but the story and comedy are utter cliche…

Review of Black Nativity (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

Lemmons' refusal to go for cheap laughs and easy uplift places her at odds with the cliched and predictable aspects of her own screenplay…

Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

Works wonderfully as a 1970s-style portrait of a charming if not entirely likable outsider-lowlife; it's less successful as an 'issue' movie…

Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

The movie pares its man-vs.-the elements, man-vs.-himself theme to the barest bones, yet it's timely as well as timeless, as Chandor acknowledges…

Review of Philomena (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

Charming yet tough and not blinkered by its own good intentions, 'Philomena' is an ideal vehicle for the beloved Judi Dench…

Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2013

Conjures a convincingly scary and self-serving future dictatorship that connects it more truly to the 1970s tradition of protest science-fiction…

Review of Ender's Game (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Nov 2013

Applies a futuristic twist to the idea that young people are exploited as 'cannon fodder' for old men's wars…

Review of Computer Chess (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Entirely original and unprecedented -- a formalist coup that is at once visionary and retro, thoughtful and hilarious…

Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Not only the most powerful movie yet produced about our national shame but also the rare film about history and race that does not seek to…

Review of How I Live Now (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Unlike in a horror movie, dead bodies are something to mourn, not to ogle, and the mood is tense and melancholy -- more World War II (there's…

Review of Drinking Buddies (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

The story meanders, purposefully, and doesn't lead to the places a similar studio film would go; Swanberg recognizes that disillusionmnet and…

Review of The Poor & Hungry (2000)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Brewer's storytelling instincts are sure, his visual sense is keen and he gets convincing performances from all his actors -- a rare achievement…

Review of Wadjda (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

You forget that women's voices shouldn't be heard by men outside,' a teacher says near the start of the film, in an early indicator that the…

Review of Forty Years from Yesterday (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Small and affecting, a chamber piece of quiet grief…

Review of Furever (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Pet owners are likely to be alternately fascinated and repulsed, but Finkel doesn't belittle or shame her subjects; instead, she asks us to…

Review of Short Term 12 (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Cretton is not afraid to be uncool; he embraces the strong emotions that scare some indie filmmakers and that scar -- in some cases literally…

Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Nov 2013

Early in the film, a literature teacher defines tragedy as 'the unavoidable'; if Adele can't help her love for another woman, is her sexuality,…

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