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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 34 of 98

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Review of West of Memphis (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Mar 2013

The film suggests these powerless, poorly educated young men were scapegoated because they would be missed by nobody of importance -- the justice…

Review of 56 Up (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Mar 2013

We might say that '56 Up' serves much the same function as 'Amour,' but it responds to the inevitability of decline with compassion, not dread…

Review of Osombie (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Mar 2013

Poor undead Osama bin Laden and his zombie insurgents: When you're expecting 72 virgins after death, it must be especially frustrating to be…

Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Mar 2013

The action is exciting, but the stereotyping is irresponsible: Many of the primitive, savage, 'ugly' giants are vaguely ethnic (some have kinky…

Review of Snitch (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Feb 2013

Contrary to the suggestion of its misleading trailer, it's not really an action movie but a slow-burning and legitimate neo-noir -- the type…

Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Feb 2013

Do you know what I hate about the Americans…

Review of Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Feb 2013

She was a fashion-industry icon and taste-maker for decades, working at Harper's and then Vogue in an era when magazine publishing was as adventuresome…

Review of Side Effects (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Feb 2013

As smart and stylish as one would expect, but like Soderbergh's other recent artsy genre essays - 'Haywire,' 'Contagion' - its duller than…

Review of Amour (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 18 Feb 2013

Georges' irreversible decision may be courageous, but it requires no sacrifice on the part of his creator: for Haneke, it's business as usual…

Review of Bullet to the Head (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Feb 2013

With a cracked-asphalt voice, a shaved-wildebeest hide, the veined musculature of Swamp Thing and the apparent flexibility of a tree trunk,…

Review of Gangster Squad (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Jan 2013

Re-edited in the wake of the Aurora massacre, the film definitely misses its excised Grauman's Chinese Theatre shootout, which might have helped…

Review of Mama (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Jan 2013

For about two-thirds of its length, it promises to be a masterpiece of its type…

Review of Quartet (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Jan 2013

Coasts on the charm of its performers, the gloss of the visuals (the cinematography by John de Borman keeps us alert to Hedsor House's loveliness)…

Review of The Last Stand (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Jan 2013

Satisfied customers may include undiscriminating action fans, Luis Guzman completists and Wayne LaPierre (one bad guy meets his reward when…

Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

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

It delivers a mixed message: Like the Wachowskis' previous films (yes, even 'Speed Racer'), it's about people fighting to free themselves from…

Review of The Impossible (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jan 2013

A more accurate name for this New Age disaster movie might be 'The Lucky' or 'The Coincidental.' If we accept the Brits' survival as something…

Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jan 2013

Chastain's Maya is a red-tressed Pre-Raphaelite madonna with the cleft chin and chiseled features of an action hero…

Review of Jack Reacher (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Jan 2013

A less robotic lead would have been appreciated, but McQuarrie has delivered an efficient action-crime film with Reacher as the sort of unstoppable,…

Review of Wuthering Heights (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Jan 2013

Cuts beneath the romantic accretion of decades of movie and TV adaptations to penetrate the dark heathen heart of Emily Bronte's 1847 novel…

Review of Not Fade Away (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Jan 2013

The threat of nuclear annihilation and the potential saving grace of rock and roll are linked at the beginning and end of this movie about…

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