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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Nov 2014

When the gags a movie is most confident in — the ones it uses three or four times, as if they were sure things — involve pushing unsuspecting…

Review of 21 Years: Richard Linklater (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 07 Nov 2014

An amiable but wholly unnecessary movie that plays like a feature-length version of those reels one watches while eating rubber chicken at…

Review of Zero Motivation (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 31 Oct 2014

Comic subplots are less zany than flatly hopeless, occasionally acting as deflating metaphors for army life…

Review of The Heart Machine (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 28 Oct 2014

A thoughtful, emotionally tricky debut benefitting from two strong lead performances…

Review of Happy Valley (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 22 Oct 2014

Less an investigation into or comprehensive summary of the Penn State sex-abuse scandal than a look at the feelings it elicited, Amir Bar-Lev's…

Review of The Great Invisible (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 20 Oct 2014

A powerful documentary that reminds those of us who've moved on to other worries that this one is far from finished -- and that a government…

Review of Private Violence (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Oct 2014

Though the film addresses some questions that remain a sticking point in helping abused women, it sheds little new light on them for viewers…

Review of Open Windows (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 06 Oct 2014

It's pretty silly stuff, leaving the film to rely on more conventional car chases, woman-in-peril scenarios and mistaken identity to keep things…

Review of Kite (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 05 Oct 2014

Ralph Ziman's Kite repackages an assortment of genre tropes into an instantly forgettable Luc Besson-aping slog that would be unneeded even…

Review of Bitter Honey (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Oct 2014

Intelligently assembled by Lemelson, a UCLA anthropologist, it addresses a Westerner's concerns without condescending to its subjects; though…

Review of The Supreme Price (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Oct 2014

Though it doesn't answer every question it raises and may occasionally confuse the uninitiated, the polished film easily stirs indignation…

Review of Fishing Without Nets (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 24 Sep 2014

Cutter Hodierne's Fishing Without Nets is a tense drama with well-drawn characters and only as much action as its story requires…

Review of Memphis (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Washington Post (9,851) on 17 Sep 2014

Even those who find it a bore will agree it's a pleasure to look at, and not only because Beal cleans up nicely as a suit-wearing slacker in…

Review of Art and Craft (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Sep 2014

The film will appeal to art lovers, but some viewers who can hardly tell their Cezannes from Chagalls will find the story fascinating as well…

Review of The Man On Her Mind (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 15 Sep 2014

Offering a silly conceit that requires either finesse on screen or a cast whose magnetism overrides disbelief, Mind has neither…

Review of Space Station 76 (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 14 Sep 2014

Though it doesn't quite hit the target, Plotnick's vision of the future of the past is peculiar enough to resist quick dismissal…

Review of Love & Mercy (2015)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 12 Sep 2014

A deeply satisfying pop biopic whose subject's bifurcated creative life lends itself to an unconventional structure…

Review of The Cobbler (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 11 Sep 2014

In a movie built on the idea of walking in someone else's shoes, shouldn't learning to see others as more than stereotypes be fairly central…

Review of The Connection (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 10 Sep 2014

A procedural epic whose complicated narrative is propelled by visceral action sequences and an unusually thrilling soundtrack…

Review of Alumbrones (2014)

By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 10 Sep 2014

Its undiscriminating focus, accepting artists whose degree of talent varies widely, may not help it with audiences seeking a fine-art doc,…

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