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Review of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1938)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 06 Feb 2016

The animation is spectacular, the songs are catchy, the dwarfs are delightful, and the movie is revolutionary in that it was the first full-length…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

The only element missing is a monstrous, Jules Verne-approved squid to drag various seamen to their watery graves some 20,000 leagues under the sea…

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Review of Jack's Back (1988)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

The plotting is too haphazard to completely overcome any deficiencies…

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Review of The Happy Ending (1969)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

Simmons is excellent -- she earned an Oscar nomination, as did the song What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life…

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Review of The Ice Pirates (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

For a far superior mix of science fiction and satire, just watch Mel Brooks' Spaceballs again…

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Review of Of Mice and Men (1992)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

The 1939 interpretation starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Burgess Meredith remains the definitive version, but this 1992 take is a gem in its own right…

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Review of From the Terrace (1960)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Jan 2016

Satisfying in many regards, this handsome soaper is nevertheless undermined by a script (by Ernest Lehman, no less) that doesn't flow as much…

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Review of Ghosts Can't Do It (1989)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Jan 2016

Donald Trump, America's favorite fascist, earned the Razzie Award for Best Supporting Actor, but he's hardly the worst this film has to offer…

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Review of Anomalisa (2015)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Jan 2016

This may not match the acerbic brilliance of the Kaufman-scripted gems Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, but…

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Review of Bolero (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Jan 2016

I daresay even waterboarding is less punishing than watching this…

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Review of Dirty Grandpa (2016)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Jan 2016

To be sure, there's often nothing quite as liberating as a raunchy, foul-mouthed comedy, but the R-rated moments have to be woven into the…

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Review of Ghost Warrior (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 Jan 2016

Hiroshi Fujioka inspires sympathy as the befuddled hero, but Janet Julian's emoting as his L.A. friend is torturous to behold…

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Review of The Detective (1968)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 Jan 2016

Some of the content involving homosexuality now seems dated, but as a police procedural, it's a compelling watch…

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Review of Kings Go Forth (1958)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 Jan 2016

The wartime material is fairly standard (if well-executed), but the simmering theme of racism is honestly handled, and Sinatra is excellent…

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Review of The House Where Evil Dwells (1982)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 Jan 2016

Director Kevin Connor initially establishes a flavorful mood, but it gets frittered away thanks to some increasingly silly sequences and the…

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Review of Born Free (1966)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 09 Jan 2016

Director James Hill tackles the material in a manner that relies more on naturalistic behavior than cheap theatrics (i.e…

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Review of The Brain That Wouldn't Die (1962)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 09 Jan 2016

One of those so-bad-it's-good-to-experience-at-least-once-in-a-lifetime efforts, this grade-Z cheapie is pretty wretched yet deserves extra…

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Review of Zombie High (1987)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Dec 2015

Actual zombies are nowhere to be found in Zombie High, which instead comes off as a poor hybrid of The Stepford Wives and a vampire flick…

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Review of Carol (1974)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Dec 2015

A perfect bookend piece to director Todd Haynes' 2002 Far from Heaven, which was merely one of the great motion pictures of the 2000s…

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Review of Carol (1970)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Dec 2015

A perfect bookend piece to director Todd Haynes' 2002 Far from Heaven, which was merely one of the great motion pictures of the 2000s…

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