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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 59 of 98

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Review of The Karate Kid (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 10 Jun 2010

Taken on its own terms, the remake succeeds as a slick, button-pushing crowd-pleaser, and is certain to engross kids who are near the age of…

Review of MacGruber (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 06 Jun 2010

The latest R-rated movie aimed at the funnybones of 12-year-old boys…

Review of Shrek Forever After (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 May 2010

The winking nonstop pop-culture references are as annoying as ever, but the witch army is cool, and there's no denying that Donkey, Puss in…

Review of Sex and the City 2 (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 May 2010

To the list of insults, real and imaginary, committed by the Great Satan against the Arab world, add 'Sex and the City 2,' in which Carrie…

Review of Robin Hood (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 May 2010

If Errol Flynn's archer was a New Deal advocate of wealth redistribution, Russell Crowe's dour AWOL soldier is a Robin of the Hood that Tea…

Review of Racing Dreams (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 May 2010

Reveals a fascinating subculture that is unknown to most moviegoers, where tweens with a need for speed can spend up to 48 weekends a year…

Review of Harry Brown (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 May 2010

At heart, this is pure exploitation trash -- a pensioner 'Death Wish,' with a septuagenarian vigilante bumping off some of the most cartoonishly…

Review of Iron Man 2 (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 May 2010

Fails to resolve the fascist implications of Stark's claim to have 'privatized world peace'; here, Stark's human and machine sides correlate…

Review of Just Wright (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 May 2010

Director Sanaa Hamri deserves credit for making us care about the film's entirely predictable proceedings, and for bringing a pair of rare…

Review of Date Night (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 May 2010

Shawn Levy tries to smash the fun with an unnecessary over-the-top car chase, but the stars are so likable they keep our interest on track…

Review of The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 09 May 2010

Intended on some level as a very very black absurdist comedy of perversion and repulsion -- John Waters meets David Cronenberg…

Review of A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 06 May 2010

The idea that repressed or concealed knowledge of child abuse can emerge years later to traumatize victims and family members has rarely had…

Review of Greenberg (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 06 May 2010

Woody Allen is an influence, but Baumbach's comedy of discomfort is distinctive -- it speaks to the peculiar anxieties of the 'mean' era that…

Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 29 Apr 2010

A lurid, painstakingly rendered episode involving the 'girl's' sexually abusive probation officer is redundant and suspect; it offers a chance…

Review of City Island (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 29 Apr 2010

Resembles a Norman Lear television comedy, for better and worse; it's 'realistic' but not exactly naturalistic…

Review of The Art of the Steal (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 Apr 2010

A model of documentary filmmaking and activist cinematic journalism: unfailingly entertaining, expertly constructed and undeniably -- perhaps…

Review of Letters to God (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2010

A sometimes moving, sometimes awkward blend of sentimental family drama, cancer awareness and Christian proselytizing…

Review of The Runaways (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 08 Apr 2010

The drop of menstrual blood that hits the pavement in the first shot signals that this flashy, colorful film will offer a particularly female…

Review of Repo Men (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Mar 2010

The premise of this health-care-crisis sci-fi actioner is ingenious and witty…

Review of Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 12 Mar 2010

Violent, profane, ambitious, pretentious, overcooked and entertaining…

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