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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 61 of 98

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Review of Up in the Air (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

A solid adult comedy-drama, with lead characters sturdy enough to have been played by Cary Grant and Bette Davis in another era, and actors…

Review of It's Complicated (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

More sitcom than screwball, Meyers' films are more interesting to talk about -- Why aren't more movies aimed at this demographic…

Review of Avatar (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

Works as both a socially conscious Western update and as a true SF film, revealing the influences of such fine genre writers as Philip Jose…

Review of Nine (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

If you remember the lugubriously comical Bela Lugosi accent used by Jason Segel when performing his 'Dracula' puppet opera in 'Forgetting Sarah…

Review of Sherlock Holmes (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

This latest Holmes -- frequently stripped down to suspenders and pantaloons, the better for bareknuckle brawling -- may displease Arthur Conan…

Review of Avatar (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

Works as both a socially conscious Western update and as a true SF film, revealing the influences of such fine genre writers as Philip Jose…

Review of Sherlock Holmes (2011)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Dec 2009

This latest Holmes -- frequently stripped down to suspenders and pantaloons, the better for bareknuckle brawling -- may displease Arthur Conan…

Review of The Princess and the Frog (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 11 Dec 2009

Say it loud, I'm green and I'm proud: 'It's not slime, it's mucus,' Tiana asserts during the film's final act, after Disney's first African-American…

Review of Invictus (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 11 Dec 2009

Risks dullness and embraces preachiness to pursue an idea that is given lip service by politicians but is rarely addressed in motion pictures…

Review of The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2009

Bella's tedious moping takes center stage until a poorly delivered telephone message (what a lame dramatic device…

Review of Ninja Assassin (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2009

Never tries to be anything but a slick update of the cheap martial arts thrillers distributed by Cannon Films in the 1980s…

Review of Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2009

A celebration of 'wild animals with true natures and beautiful talents.' (In other words, artists and children?)…

Review of Old Dogs (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Dec 2009

Add scary music, and some scenes could come straight from a horror movie, with no need for re-editing, as when Williams is trapped in a tanning…

Review of An Education (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Nov 2009

The message proves surprisingly conventional, but its delivery is entirely pleasurable…

Review of Planet 51 (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Nov 2009

A trite compendium of everything that's wrong with non-Pixar computer-animated feature films…

Review of Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Nov 2009

Sapphire's story and the film's performances are powerful enough to compensate for Daniels' miscalculations and phony tricks…

Review of The Blind Side (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Nov 2009

Sarah Palin isn't the only gun-toting, ex-cheerleader, conservative Christian sports mom back in the news…

Review of All About Steve (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2009

I'm going to eat you like a mountain lion,' says the sex-starved Bullock as she attacks Cooper in his van, moments after meeting him, in one…

Review of The Box (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2009

The first half is a brilliantly realized exercise in sustained tension; the suspense fades as the story becomes increasingly bizarre…

Review of The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Nov 2009

Not the acerbic, Strangelovian satire one might expect but a pleasant, good-natured film that adopts the happy hippy vibe of Bridges' far-out…

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