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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 35 of 98

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Review of Promised Land (2012)

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

It's like a well-meaning sermon from a progressive but unexciting minister; you may agree with the message, but you undertand why some people…

Review of Goké, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

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

An astonishment from start to finish, from its vivid opening shot of a passenger plane in an obviously artificial sky that resembles a 'sea…

Review of Les Misérables (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2012

Offers proof yet again that the Hollywood musical has become almost a lost art, like lye soap and cursive handwriting…

Review of The Collection (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2012

Most of the rampant gore effects are too sloppy to be interesting…

Review of Django Unchained (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2012

May be the first Tarantino film that doesn't reinvent, transform or elevate its sources into something bracingly fresh, much less necessary…

Review of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2012

With their recurring characters and suburban Anytown USA setting, these films represent a throwback to the assembly-line days of 'Andy Hardy…

Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2012

The absolute highlight: the return of Andy Serkis, master of motion-capture performance, as the scary, disturbing, pathetic Gollum…

Review of Hitchcock (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Dec 2012

An accurate subtitle might be 'Dial M for Marriage…

Review of Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Dec 2012

The film is about the power and limits of art…

Review of The Sorcerers (1967)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Dec 2012

Karloff's mind-control process is analogous to cinema itself: an experience that allows people to embrace second-hand sensation, 'to do things…

Review of A Royal Affair (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Dec 2012

Despite the presence of illicit sex, insanity, a smallpox epidemic and a climactic double beheading, this is a rather bloodless 'Affair…

Review of Life of Pi (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Dec 2012

Like its source novel, the film is captivating as long as it sticks to literalizing its we're-all-in-the-same-boat notion of man's relationship…

Review of Red Dawn (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Dec 2012

As idiotic as its inspiration, but it lacks the live-free-or-die integrity that 'Zen anarchist' John Milius brought to the original production…

Review of Rise of the Guardians (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2012

A visual feast and a serious miscalculation: The movie tells us that if kids don't get toys and colored eggs, they stop believing, and Christmas…

Review of Killing Them Softly (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2012

America's 'just a business,' and business is bad…

Review of Wreck-It Ralph (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2012

This witty and brilliantly executed Disney production is looser and less insistent on your emotional acquiescence than its Pixar counterparts…

Review of Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Nov 2012

Screwball' is a slang term for 'crazy,' and perhaps this is what inspired writer-director David O…

Review of The Colossus of New York (1958)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Nov 2012

In the climactic scene, the juxtaposition of the robot with the death rays, the dead bodies and the Bible quote on the wall adds up to something…

Review of Lincoln (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Nov 2012

Day-Lewis' wise, rustic, gnarled Lincoln truly seems a creature from another age; remarkably, there's no vanity in the actor's somewhat hobbled…

Review of Flight (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Nov 2012

As excerpted in the trailer, the harrowing crash sequence suggests a revamp of the disaster genre…

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