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Review of Janis: Little Girl Blue (2015)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Dec 2015

Though sluggish in the middle section, the film is nonetheless effective in illustrating how a star as incendiary as Joplin could dim and ultimately…

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

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 20 Nov 2015

Mockingjay - Part 2 is morose, gruesome, and, at times, exhilarating…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 26 Oct 2015

Suffragette falls short on inclusivity and depicting flaws within the movement, of which there were many…

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Review of Trainwreck (2015)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 15 Jul 2015

Trainwreck thunders into theaters with enough hilarity and heart to make Amy Schumer, if there had been any doubt, a bonafide movie star…

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Review of Girlhood (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Feb 2015

Through Girlhood, Céline Sciamma captures the emotional minefield of adolescence and, more specifically, the intensity of female friendship,…

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Review of Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 13 Jan 2015

In look and feel, Hector and the Search for Happiness is a cross between The Secret Life of Walter Mitty and Eat Pray Love and is only marginally…

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Review of Listen Up Philip (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 09 Jan 2015

The film's scarce glimpses of humanity should add up to more, but ultimately, Listen Up Philip leaves us wondering why we bothered to care…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 09 Jan 2015

Clipping by at a speedy 145 minutes, Gone Girl suffers only slightly from a script heavy on the exposition and leading dialogue, because, ultimately,…

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Review of Laggies (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 09 Jan 2015

A shrewd little dramedy directed by a woman, written by a woman and told from a woman's perspective, which on those merits alone constitutes…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Jan 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a superbly nuanced performance, imbuing Turing with just the right amount of strangeness to make him endearing but…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Jan 2015

Benedict Cumberbatch gives a superbly nuanced performance, imbuing Turing with just the right amount of strangeness to make him endearing but…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Consequence of Sound (1,431) on 08 Jan 2015

Although well-acted, cleverly executed, and spiked with a couple of series-high moments, Mockingjay, Part 1 is not nearly as exciting as the…

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