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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 8 of 98

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Jan 2016

At times, it's hard not to remember poor Z-budget auteur Ed Wood, pleading to caress his girlfriend's angora sweater in 'Glen or Glenda,' an…

Review of Joy (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Jan 2016

Another crazy, messy episode of David O. Russell's This American Life…

Review of The Big Short (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Dec 2015

A testament to the perils of facile digital editing…

Review of Macbeth (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Dec 2015

When a film version of 'Macbeth' jettisons the witches' 'Something wicked this way comes' cauldron speech for long stretches of showy slow-motion…

Review of Macbeth (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Dec 2015

When a film version of 'Macbeth' jettisons the witches' 'Something wicked this way comes' cauldron speech for long stretches of showy slow-motion…

Review of Heart of a Dog (1988)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Dec 2015

Anderson's salutation to Lolabelle may crush the animal lovers in the audience: 'Hello little bonehead, I'll love you forever…

Review of Heart of a Dog (1976)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Dec 2015

Anderson's salutation to Lolabelle may crush the animal lovers in the audience: 'Hello little bonehead, I'll love you forever…

Review of Heart of a Dog (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Dec 2015

Anderson's salutation to Lolabelle may crush the animal lovers in the audience: 'Hello little bonehead, I'll love you forever…

Review of The Letters (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2015

The Letters' was rated PG for its 'images of human suffering.' But if you really want to see human suffering, take a picture of whatever hapless…

Review of Chi-Raq (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2015

The movie is at its most irresistible when it embraces the glorious fun of words. (The chief spouter is one-man Greek chorus Samuel L…

Review of The Letters (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 03 Dec 2015

The Letters' was rated PG for its 'images of human suffering.' But if you really want to see human suffering, take a picture of whatever hapless…

Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Dec 2015

Affirms Katniss Everdeen's status as the most significant of the reluctant teen heroes who have battled adult tyranny in the fantasy movie…

Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Dec 2015

Motivated by the archetypal Disney trauma (the death of a parent), this odd coming-of-age adventure is part frontier survival saga, part vision…

Review of Victor Frankenstein (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Dec 2015

Director Paul McGuigan says Mary Shelley's 1818 novel is 'dull as dishwater,' so he's jettisoned it for something dumb as dog dirt: an action…

Review of Creed (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Dec 2015

The title itself -- with 'Creed' replacing 'Rocky' -- is significant: It's a recognition of America's changing demography, and a rebuke to…

Review of Minions (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

Divorced from the be-thankful-for-family homilies that motivate the 'Despicable Me' movies, this first solo outing for the lozenge-shaped scene-stealers…

Review of Trumbo (2007)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

Its 'Saturday Night Live'-esque parade of improbable celebrity impersonations kept me entertained: You'd probably have to attend a Halloween…

Review of Trumbo (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

Its 'Saturday Night Live'-esque parade of improbable celebrity impersonations kept me entertained: You'd probably have to attend a Halloween…

Review of Spotlight (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

The movie is essentially a procedural; it never detours from the investigation to spend time with a priest or a victim at home…

Review of The Night Before (2015)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Nov 2015

I liked the movie's conception of an inclusive holiday season in which Tracy Morgan can be Santa, in which a mushroom-tripping man can chant…

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