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Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By Lyn (176) on 04 Jul 2014

The worst thing about Jersey Boys, you already know if you've read bios of your favorite musicians, artists, actors: that the artistic endeavors…

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Review of Out of the Furnace (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 31 May 2014

I'm not sure Christian Bale, Casey Affleck or Woody Harrelson have every been any better than they are in this movie…

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Review of Like Crazy (2011)

By Lyn (176) on 31 May 2014

One of the critics compared this to Blue Valentine, which is ridiculous…

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Review of Gloria (1980)

By Lyn (176) on 31 May 2014

I guess I've been spoiled by other movies in this genre -- about the middle-aged woman still looking for love…

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Review of Gloria (2014)

By Lyn (176) on 31 May 2014

I guess I've been spoiled by other movies in this genre -- about the middle-aged woman still looking for love…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Lyn (176) on 20 May 2014

Enjoyed The Grand Budapest Hotel, though it won't be anywhere near the top of my best of Wes Anderson list…

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Review of The Past (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 02 Apr 2014

That last scene ... wow. Not a spoiler to just say that it takes a story that already was complex and adds another layer…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 30 Mar 2014

Kind of shocked at how uninteresting this Scorsese bacchanal was. Did not learn anything. Did not feel anything…

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Review of The Great Beauty (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 28 Mar 2014

Not sure I would have understood a movie like this at age 25…

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Review of A Royal Affair (2012)

By Lyn (176) on 25 Mar 2014

Can't get enough of Mads Mikkelsen, who was so riveting in Oscar-nominated The Hunt (2013) and so riveting here as well…

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Review of Concussion (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 06 Mar 2014

It would be interesting to throw this film into the whole gay marriage discussion, since it demonstrates (among other things) that gay unions…

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Review of Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 28 Feb 2014

A wiser, more mature movie about lesbian love & sex might have been interesting to watch…

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Review of Cutie and the Boxer (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 26 Feb 2014

A really interesting film -- reflecting on it, I'm impressed that it managed to raise so many issues about the intersection of art, marriage,…

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Review of White House Down (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 23 Feb 2014

Channing Tatum does OK and there are some nifty explosions. That's about it for the upside…

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Review of The Hunt (2012)

By Lyn (176) on 20 Feb 2014

One reviewer notes that for some, this film may prove stressful. More like excruciating, I would say…

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Review of The Hunt (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 20 Feb 2014

One reviewer notes that for some, this film may prove stressful. More like excruciating, I would say…

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Review of Enough Said (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 16 Feb 2014

Julia L-D deserves a lot of credit here…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 15 Feb 2014

It's interesting to see Robert Redford's workmanlike performance here -- with little action, no dialogue, zero glamour…

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Review of 42 (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 06 Feb 2014

A straight-up biopic, but if you like baseball, you'll enjoy it…

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Review of Frances Ha (2013)

By Lyn (176) on 02 Feb 2014

Frances Ha is like an episode of Girls in which the girls suddenly, thankfully, are not annoying nymphomaniacs…

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