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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 42 of 98

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Review of Deadline (2012)

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

The acting is the strong suit of this 'cold case civil rights murder' drama, with songwriter J.D…

Review of A Separation (2011)

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

A devastating portrait of two families in crisis, with their class differences representing the title's true 'separation…

Review of Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2011)

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

Under the turbocharged bad-trip direction of 'Crank' auteurs Neveldine and Taylor, this impossible and absurd scenario seems inspired not by…

Review of Pariah (2011)

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

The bright, bold and unusual colors heighten the emotional impact of Rees' story without interfering with the realism…

Review of Too Hot to Handle (1977)

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

Not lacking in the exploitation trifecta of violence, nudity and absurdity -- sometimes all three at the same time, as when star Cheri Caffaro's…

Review of Haywire (2011)

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

As with 'Contagion,' Soderbergh's arthouse cool does more to dampen the appeal of the genre material than to validate, elevate, critique or…

Review of The Grey (2012)

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

The final act is marred by too much unnecessary backstory and 'characterization,' not to mention a leap-from-a-cliff episode that shatters…

Review of TNT Jackson (1974)

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

Bell obviously was hired for her pneumatic assets rather than her fighting prowess: Her large two-toned afro fails to disguise the use of a…

Review of Firecracker (1981)

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

This 'TNT Jackson' remake is more enjoyable than its predecessor, thanks to an outrageous sequence in which Kesner progressively loses her…

Review of Albert Nobbs (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Jan 2012

Like Albert, the movie dreams of a world in which the impromptu epitaph delivered by the hotel doctor might be obsolete: 'Dear Jesus, I don't…

Review of Underworld: Awakening (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Jan 2012

The directors ignore the hokey and increasingly busy mythology of past entries to serve up a nonstop bloodbath: The violence is surprisingly…

Review of A Dangerous Method (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Jan 2012

The doctors become heralds of a savage century in which unconscious urges find such destructive expression that even kids who've barely heard…

Review of Red Tails (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

A lack of irony can be refreshing, even thrilling, but 'Red Tails' is flat, in a way that has become almost a Lucas trademark…

Review of Carnage (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

An extremely black comedy of physical confinement and social breakdown from a man well acquainted -- in his life and his art -- with the shifting…

Review of The Devil Inside (2012)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

To pad the running time, the end credits roll at a snail's pace; they do reveal the interesting fact that the possessed woman's 'contortionist…

Review of The Artist (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

Terrific entertainment -- not an academic exercise but an unabashed crowd-pleaser…

Review of Offbeat (1961)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

To pad the running time, the end credits roll at a snail's pace; they do reveal the interesting fact that the possessed woman's 'contortionist…

Review of The Iron Lady (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

This isn't a great movie, but Streep is great in it…

Review of Carnage (1984)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

An extremely black comedy of physical confinement and social breakdown from a man well acquainted -- in his life and his art -- with the shifting…

Review of Shame (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Jan 2012

The genitals are exposed while the motivations are mysterious in 'Shame,' an elegantly composed but overwrought film about a man who wants…

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