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Review of St. Vincent (2014)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

St.Vincent is one of the most insincere feel-good movie you'll see this year…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Unfortunately, here as so many times before, Fey and her collaborators get distracted from their exploration of womanhood by a bunch of other…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

It almost feels pointless to praise Lawrence's acting after how much great work she's done, but this film is further proof of why she's so…

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Review of Annie (2014)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

There is a lot of money up on the screen, from the stars...to the sets, but there's absolutely nothing of worth in the movie…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Wild may just be the best movie of the year…

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Review of The Boy Next Door (2015)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

in an awards season filled with existential crises and heavy historical dramas, maybe [The Boy Next Door] exactly the fun, sexy break we all need…

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Review of Human Flow (2017)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Human Flow is not an easy film to watch. It feels like an accusation, a condemnation…

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Review of They Remain (2018)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

it eventually delivers on all the darkness it sets up, but the journey up to that moment is such a waste of a good idea and decent actors…

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Review of Lemon (2017)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

If Lemon is about one thing (and I'm not sure it is), it's about the way people demean each other to make themselves feel better…

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Review of Peter Pan Live! (2014)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

I suppose Meron and Zadan can't really be blamed for wanting to make a legitimately good show, but in succeeding, they've also taken all the…

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Review of Focus (2015)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Despite their 22-year age difference, [Smith and Robbie] connect in that old Hollywood bantering way where a smile and a clever turn of phrase…

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Review of The Book of Life (2014)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

So, if you're looking for a solid family movie this Halloween or Day of the Dead, The Book of Life isn't it…

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Review of Stronger (2017)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Rather than show how Jeff is bolstered by the people of Boston or his family, the film goes for something much darker, more nuanced…

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Review of Furious 7 (2015)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

While the movie succeeds spectacularly where Walker and his character Brian are concerned, it's far from the franchise's best installment…

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Review of How to Be Single (2016)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Still, for a movie that's built largely on rom-com tropes, it's actually surprising how much [the characters] avoid cliché…

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Review of The Square (2017)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Östlund is questioning the very function of art and while we can read the film in myriad ways, its unlikely that we're supposed to choose…

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Review of Spectre (2015)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Spectre is perhaps not as accessible to the average viewer, but it might be more rewarding as an entry in not just the franchise, but Daniel…

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Review of Grease Live (2016)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Still, regardless of its flaws, Grease: Live was fantastic television…

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Review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 25 Dec 2018

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri doesn't give easy answers and every victory-including the ending-is qualified…

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Review of On Her Shoulders (2018)

By Marisa Carpico (82) for The Pop Break (82) on 21 Dec 2018

Hopeful as On Her Shoulders ultimately feels, it's hard not to let what's happening now dampen it…

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