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Review of True North (2007)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

A sobering and sad story of the terrible cost of a lack of moral fiber…

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Review of Megamind (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

Megamind is full of good ideas. But they never coalesce into a satisfying whole…

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Review of To the Sea (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

A remarkably pure cinema experience, not just because it's about selfless parental devotion but because the film itself has been stripped down…

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Review of Nowhere Boy (2009)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

The real subjects -- and strengths -- in this narrowly focused biopic are the two women who, more than any one else, were responsible for molding…

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Review of Due Date (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

Ultimately it's a collection of gags that don't add up to much…

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Review of Last Train Home (2009)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 04 Nov 2010

Heartbreaking and humanistic in the best sense…

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Review of The Tillman Story (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 28 Oct 2010

Leaving The Tillman Story you won't know whether to weep or put your fist through a wall…

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Review of Hereafter (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Oct 2010

Here a mature filmmaker at the top of his game muses on life after death. But this is no starry-eyed, gullible wallow in the bathos of eternal bliss…

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Review of Stone (1974)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Oct 2010

There are momentary flashes of dramatic power here, but ultimately Stone runs aground on its unfulfilled ambitions, which are both lofty and…

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Review of Mademoiselle Chambon (2009)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Oct 2010

Stephane Brizi's Mademoiselle Chambon is a remarkably moving effort, thanks to two superbly down-to-earth performances…

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Review of Stone (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Oct 2010

There are momentary flashes of dramatic power here, but ultimately Stone runs aground on its unfulfilled ambitions, which are both lofty and…

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Review of Stone (2012)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 21 Oct 2010

There are momentary flashes of dramatic power here, but ultimately Stone runs aground on its unfulfilled ambitions, which are both lofty and…

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Review of Red (1996)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of Waiting for "Superman" (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Waiting for 'Superman' isn't just a well-made, persuasive documentary. It's a turning point. At least you come out of the theater hoping so…

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Review of Red (1993)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of Red! (2013)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of RED (2010)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of Red (2014)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of Red (2008)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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Review of Red (2013)

By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 Oct 2010

Director Robert Schwentke does as much as he can with the cartoonish story and stunts but after a while can no longer maintain the illusion…

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