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Review of Trance (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 Mar 2013

It's all provocatively kooky, and ample spoilers forbid ample explanation, but Trance also draws out Boyle's less dazzling commercial side,…

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Review of Mold (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2013

Küf's strongest elements may be its seemingly aimless subplots, which are essentially dismissed just as they're introduced, with minimal warning…

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Review of Mold (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2013

Küf's strongest elements may be its seemingly aimless subplots, which are essentially dismissed just as they're introduced, with minimal warning…

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Review of Mold (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2013

Küf's strongest elements may be its seemingly aimless subplots, which are essentially dismissed just as they're introduced, with minimal warning…

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Review of Mold! (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Mar 2013

Küf's strongest elements may be its seemingly aimless subplots, which are essentially dismissed just as they're introduced, with minimal warning…

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Review of Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 27 Feb 2013

This epic waste of $190 million plunders the grab bag of overused plotlines, failing to put its own stamp on much of anything…

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Review of Identity Thief (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 06 Feb 2013

Melissa McCarthy is riveting in simply-penned moments of remorse and confession, adding tearful depth to her ace timing and formidable physical…

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Review of LUV (2013)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 14 Jan 2013

As a film that largely works as a subdued twist on the familiar drama about crime and family, LUV needed more intimacy and focus…

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Review of Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 20 Dec 2012

The movie is something of a compositional nightmare, worlds away, one might say, from the artistry so associated with Cirque…

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Review of The Guilt Trip (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Dec 2012

Mothers and sons deserve an amiable comedy they can share, but this one proves to be faulty long before the requisite freeway breakdown…

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Review of Save the Date (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Dec 2012

What's worst about the film is how it appropriates its main character's noncommittal selfishness to support its own quaint, anti-establishment themes…

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Review of Quartet (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 03 Dec 2012

For a movie that aims to make four artists' last spotlit hurrah a revel-worthy moment, Quartet shouldn't urge the viewer to welcome the closing…

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Review of Quartet (1981)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 03 Dec 2012

For a movie that aims to make four artists' last spotlit hurrah a revel-worthy moment, Quartet shouldn't urge the viewer to welcome the closing…

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Review of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 15 Nov 2012

Characters are better employed; emotions are, for once, palpable; and the selfishness of Bella, author Stephenie Meyer's avatar, is finally…

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Review of Price Check (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Nov 2012

The script is teeming with informed jargon about the business of supermarket pricing, and with actors like Posey as its vessel, the dialogue…

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Review of Lincoln (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 02 Nov 2012

Steven Spielberg's film may further the heroism so associated with its subject, and favor a liberal viewpoint that leers down at the Confederates,…

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Review of Fun Size (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Oct 2012

It pairs modern attitude with John Hughesian tropes, and it's odd enough, in spurts, to boast originality…

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Review of The Sessions (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Oct 2012

It's the rare film to sell sex as something truly tender and life-affirming, and Helen Hunt, in particular, is lovely and poignant…

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Review of Flight (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Oct 2012

A unique, audacious studio movie, kicking off as a star-driven spectacle before whittling itself down to a raw and riveting character study…

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Review of Gayby (2012)

By R. Kurt Osenlund (158) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Oct 2012

While Jonathan Lisecki is well in tune with his film's niche market, his knack for comedy, both visual and verbal, is universally hilarious…

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