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Review of The Lost City of Z (2017)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 13 Apr 2017

[James] Grey chose to shoot the film on film, no easy feat considering the Colombian jungle locations and the need for daily film development,…

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Review of The Assignment (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 06 Apr 2017

Hill has been mulling The Assignment's story since the 1970's, and that in itself may prove a cautionary tale: If it's taken you almost 50…

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Review of Song to Song (2017)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 24 Mar 2017

Malick hasn't had much interest in plot for years now, and of his last three movies, this one is the most obviously script-less, with scene…

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Review of Paterson (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

If your preference is movies filled with action and conflict, it's going to be annoyingly inert…

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Review of The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

I'm reluctant to call this presentation of female sexuality 'brave,' because I don't think it's brave so much as just plain true…

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Review of Rules Don't Apply (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Beatty seems unsure if he wants the story to be about Hughes or about the young lovers, so he never gives full focus to either…

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Review of The Girl on the Train (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

A formidable thriller, and more impressively, an adaptation that actually improves on the blockbuster book it was based on…

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Review of The Conjuring 2 (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

It falls into the old sequel trap of giving us more that actually feels like less…

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Review of Finding Dory (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

The film's number of memorable new characters are enough to mask its story problems…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Walks a delicate balance between science fiction spectacle and art house head trip…

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Review of Doctor Strange (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

When Doctor Strange works, it's for the same reasons most of the Marvel movies do: They aren't afraid of humor, and they know what's funny…

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Review of Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Boring, drab, and completely lacking in any of the fun, silliness, and excitement inherent in a Mission: Impossible movie…

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Review of Moana (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

By giving us a heroine that acts the way heroes always have, perhaps Disney has finally given us a 'princess' movie that can cross that mythical…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

There are so many moments that left me wanting to clap with joy, and the ending managed to both break my swelling heart and make it swell again…

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Review of The Accountant (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

It leaves so many plot holes and loose ends flailing about I wonder if the hope is to turn this into a franchise…

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Review of Moonlight (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Chiron's entire life is filled with so much pain and hardship that you can't help but feel an increasing sense of fear and tension that suddenly,…

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Review of Keanu (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Keanu seems like exactly the kind of story a comedian would write after watching John Wick while stoned…

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Review of Crimson Peak (2015)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Crimson Peak wants to be a lot of things, and it doesn't succeed at all of them…

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Review of Sully (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

It's ironic that a movie being advertised as 'the story you didn't know' is actually at its best (…

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Review of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (2016)

By Rain Jokinen (125) for SFist (94) on 23 Mar 2017

Sadly, it will have to be chalked up as another failure…

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