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Review of A Most Violent Year (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 07 Feb 2015

Abel is a grounded, seductive and determined character. More afraid of failure than of death itself…

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Review of The Judge (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 07 Feb 2015

Great performance by Robert Downey Jr. I enjoyed the journey from the beginning of the movie to the end…

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Review of Obvious Child (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

I enjoyed the idea of this movie more than its execution. The humor simply did not land with me…

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Review of The Equalizer (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

Brutal but effective. Denzel is a force to reckon with…

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Review of This Is Where I Leave You (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

Bateman and Fey deliver with some good supporting performances…

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Review of Obvious Child (2009)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

I enjoyed the idea of this movie more than its execution. The humor simply did not land with me…

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Review of 22 Jump Street (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

These boys can do no wrong in my book. Even though some of the jokes feel a bit labored and action slow, the chemistry between Tatum and Hill is gold…

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Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

Dark but delivers messages about family, belonging and our existence well and with heart…

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Review of Left Behind (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

It is not that bad of a movie at least its better than the stupid movie annabelle that they call a horror genre whit is not even scathe…

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Review of And So It Goes (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

It's fumbling, slow meandering quality at the beginning prevented me from watching it until the end…

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Review of Left Behind (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

It is not that bad of a movie at least its better than the stupid movie annabelle that they call a horror genre whit is not even scathe…

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Review of Let's Be Cops (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

Starts with comic promise and quickly descends into boredom…

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Review of The Expendables 3 (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

I am clearly the wrong audience for this. My husband loved it. I found it borderline unbearable. The dialogue is terrible…

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Review of Two Night Stand (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 22 Jan 2015

I loved Teller in Whiplash. And here he keeps it mostly real bit it's not enough…

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Review of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

By Maria J (86) on 06 Dec 2014

It's been a long time since I've seen the first two. but there's not much you need to know if Jason's shooting at people…

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Review of Pride (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 15 Sep 2014

Deserving of its 90% audience rating, I came out of this movie humming Shame on you! If you can't dance too…

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Review of Lucky Them (2013)

By Maria J (86) on 04 Jun 2014

I felt slowly drawn into this movie as it unfolded…

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Review of Veronica Mars (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 04 Jun 2014

Not as memorable as Season 1 or 2 but way better than Season 3…

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Review of Jimmy's Hall (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 04 Jun 2014

It took me awhile to feel drawn into the story and the characters but when I did I felt the movie to be quietly moving and one that lingered…

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Review of G.B.F. (2014)

By Maria J (86) on 04 Jun 2014

This movie is fun, sassy and proceeds at a good clip. Shame I barely cared about any of the characters and was left feeling somewhat cold…

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