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Review of Labor Day (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 31 Jan 2014

Labor Day is a sincere and earnest attempt to get at the deeper meaning of a rather soapy premise; unfortunately, the movie is only partially…

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Review of Ride Along (2014)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 17 Jan 2014

Occasionally satisfying and funny, but mostly just watered-down action/comedy tropes and uninspired slapstick - all less imaginative than similar…

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Review of Grudge Match (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 24 Dec 2013

Grudge Match has just enough thoughtfulness and emotional perceptiveness to make up for the many cliche elements - offering decent but unremarkable…

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Review of Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 24 Dec 2013

A solid memoir in its scope, scale and respectful (yet critically-objective) tone; but as biographical cinema, is far less revolutionary than…

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Review of American Hustle (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 20 Dec 2013

American Hustle offers a, crowd-pleasing experience - one with profound social commentary, laugh-out-loud comedy, and even unexpected moments…

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Review of Black Nativity (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 27 Nov 2013

Black Nativity is ungainly in execution, yet still infused with enough passion and reverence for Hughes' original work to be more success than…

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Review of Frozen (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 27 Nov 2013

Overall, Frozen is another fine addition to the Disney animated feature pantheon, offering a witty and heartfelt princess fairly tale with…

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Review of Philomena (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 22 Nov 2013

Dench and Coogan are the beating heart of Philomena, which despite a few storytelling flaws, ultimately presents a stirring and enjoyable moviegoing…

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Review of Nebraska (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 15 Nov 2013

Nebraska is an engaging, funny and altogether touching road trip that moviegoers of different ages might want to consider taking…

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Review of Dallas Buyers Club (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 08 Nov 2013

Dallas Buyers Club works best as a showcase for McConaughey and Leto's great performances - not so much as a thoughtful examination of historical…

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Review of 12 Years a Slave (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 01 Nov 2013

12 Years a Slave doesn't add much to the ongoing conversation about slavery but it's a well-made meditation about a man who endures a terrifying…

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Review of Free Birds (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 01 Nov 2013

Free Birds has neither the heart nor the necessary spark of artistic madness, to make up for its perfunctory story design…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 24 Oct 2013

A noble-minded, but only partly successful film - one that will probably be a riveting moviegoing experience for some, but an unsatisfying…

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Review of Machete Kills (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 10 Oct 2013

Of course Machete Kills is supposed to be bad, but it's also supposed to be entertainingly dumb and loony - which is where it falls short…

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Review of Parkland (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 03 Oct 2013

By the end, Parkland does little more than exploit JFK's murder through a cinematic recreation - one that fails to shed new light or insight…

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Review of Baggage Claim (2006)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 26 Sep 2013

A harmless romance-fantasy that avoids normal rom-com gender double-standards, misogyny, and/or misandry - but with gooey life-lessons that…

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Review of Baggage Claim (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 26 Sep 2013

A harmless romance-fantasy that avoids normal rom-com gender double-standards, misogyny, and/or misandry - but with gooey life-lessons that…

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Review of Battle of the Year (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 19 Sep 2013

There's not nearly enough quality material to make Battle of the Year recommendable to anyone other than the most hard-core of dance fanatics…

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Review of Thanks for Sharing (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 19 Sep 2013

The good elements outweigh the bad in Thanks for Sharing and the final result is a commendable examination of addiction, sex and the nature…

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Review of The Family (2013)

By Sandy Schaefer (333) for ScreenRant (1,013) on 12 Sep 2013

The Family offers a solid blend of dark satire, social commentary, off-beat humor, quirky aesthetics, and a decent (albeit unremarkable) amount…

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