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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

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

Some fans may not cotton to its over-the-top evisceration and reanimation of genre history, but I found it exhilarating, like one of those…

Review of The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

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

The design is stunning and cunning: In one shot, a breath of cigarette smoke comes to brilliant cumulous life as Hester blows it into an otherwise…

Review of W.E. (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Apr 2012

An ambitiously conceived and beautifully designed and costumed but disjointed work; each scene is impressive on its own, but the movie -- like…

Review of In Darkness (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Apr 2012

What lingers aren't Holland's recreated atrocities but simpler, unexpected moments, as when a little girl who has become used to life in a…

Review of American Reunion (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2012

I've always been more or less indifferent to the 'American Pie' series, but seeing the characters again, I was filled with admiration for the…

Review of Mirror Mirror (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2012

The sets and especially the costumes delight the eye, even if the action they are meant to support is rather static…

Review of Chico & Rita (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2012

Brash and jazzy and -- to use a word not often associated with animated feature films -- sexy…

Review of We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2012

Smug but fascinating: The movie is a woman's cry of anguish for an unjust world that enables men at all levels of age and power to get away…

Review of The Mill and the Cross (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2012

Both painting and film are brought to vivid, extraordinary life by the power of the artist's will: This is Intelligent Design we can believe in…

Review of The Hunger Games (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 29 Mar 2012

I found the sardonic satire of the movie's first half in the Capitol (a city that suggests a meeting of L…

Review of Thirteen Women (1932)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Mar 2012

A rarely seen, undervalued and racially provocative semi-horror film that anticipates the 'body count' movies of future decades, this is a…

Review of Norwegian Wood (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Mar 2012

As melancholy and fragile and at times even as lovely as the John Lennon composition from which it borrows its name…

Review of 21 Jump Street (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Mar 2012

Funny and clever but ultimately dispiriting, with a finale that affirms the queasy wink-wink legalized bullying of its early police-vs.-citizens…

Review of Project X (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 19 Mar 2012

Although much of this obvious yet ingenious film is filler, it may be a game-changer in its genre, and its fiery, almost apocalyptic final…

Review of We Bought a Zoo (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Mar 2012

Directed by the Norman Rockwell of the classic-rock set, Cameron Crowe, this overdetermined and painfully protracted movie needs more animals…

Review of John Carter (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Mar 2012

Comical Woola, a faithful dog-like creature that travels at Road Runner superspeed, steals every scene…

Review of Pina (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Mar 2012

Undefeated' won the Oscar, but the most truly inspiring of the Documentary Feature nominees is 'Pina.' I know next to nothing about dance,…

Review of Amigo (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 Mar 2012

Naysayers might argue that the film's anti-war message is so obvious it doesn't bear repeating; but if that's the case, why do we tolerate…

Review of Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Mar 2012

Entertaining and extremely moving in its depiction of a man devoted to an odd craft that exists, essentially, to make people happy…

Review of Gone (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Mar 2012

So lame the only scare during the first hour is the old cat-jumping-into-frame trick…

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