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Review of The 5th Wave (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 22 Jan 2016

Say this for Cassie Sullivan (Chloë Grace Moretz): no matter how bad things get during the alien-wrought apocalypse, her hair looks great…

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Review of Son of Saul (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 15 Jan 2016

a riveting, fascinating account of one man's struggle, in the face of terrible suffering, to salvage human dignity through a single act…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 15 Jan 2016

[Bay] is hell on manly banter amid the explosions (Just another Tuesday night in Benghazi), and also moments carefully calculated to make you…

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Review of Anomalisa (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 15 Jan 2016

A very fine portrait of the despair at the heart of a comfortable middle-aged white man in America circa right about now…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Jan 2016

Not a total misfire, but this first feature from Jason Zada fails to capitalize on its fine setup, its competent cast, and its exquisite location…

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Review of The Forest (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Jan 2016

Not a total misfire, but this first feature from Jason Zada fails to capitalize on its fine setup, its competent cast, and its exquisite location…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Jan 2016

The journey is long and painstaking, the better to give you a sense of just what is being opposed to what…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise…

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Review of Carol (1974)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Carol (1970)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Carol (1990)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 16 Dec 2015

What [Abrams has] done is to remake Star Wars: A New Hope; tweaking it for the passage of time; improving on the acting, the effects, and the…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Eventually, [Hooper] surrenders to the visual and psychological displays attendant on Redmayne's prolonged transformation from Einar to Lili…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

There's a hollow at the heart of things, a strange decency and politeness for a film that strives to depict, in epic form, man's dark and visceral…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Nov 2015

If the story sounds simple, that's because it is…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Nov 2015

Not even Rocky can deliver a line like, It's you against you; he's just in the ring without sounding ridiculous…

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