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Review of Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 12 Feb 2015

A great movie? Not even close. Is it the best movie that could have been made from its source material? It probably is…

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Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 05 Feb 2015

Weirdness, exposition, weirdness, exposition, and almost none of it makes a lick of sense…

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Review of Cake (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 22 Jan 2015

The tiresome story of a rotten, awful human being, who gets a redemption arc that's equal parts unsatisfying and unearned…

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Review of A Most Violent Year (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 22 Jan 2015

A Most Violent Year is a special film, buoyed mostly by a pair of standout lead performances, both strongly against type…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 15 Jan 2015

Puts forth a lot of different, and even contradictory ideas about violence, war, duty and family. Much more complex than you probably think…

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Review of Blackhat (2015)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 15 Jan 2015

Slow, boring and inconsequential, with a butt-ugly visual style and stakes that are both low and ever-changing…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 14 Jan 2015

Selma, on top of all of its many other virtues, is an inspiring movie about politics being done right…

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Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 11 Jan 2015

First things first: the plot doesn't matter. It it all adds up to a breathtaking achievement- my pick for the best film of 2014…

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Review of Force Majeure (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

Force Majeure is wonderfully alive- and even very funny…

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Review of Top Five (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

Very funny, yes, but it also represents a clear statement from Rock about his career. It's his best film by a considerable margin…

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Review of Frank (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

It's a Music Movie and a Depression Movie, and a standout performance by Michael Fassbender even though he's wearing a silly paper mache thing…

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Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

Not that much artistry, not that memorable, and no one will confuse them with the best of Pixar or even Disney. But they're just fine…

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Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

There will be many more movies about Snowden. But likely none will be as well-done as Citizenfour…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

How do you screw up the parting of the Red Sea? How does Ridley Scott…

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Review of Actress (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 16 Dec 2014

Here's another doc that starts out about one thing then pivots into another direction entirely…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 25 Nov 2014

Prestige biopics don't get much better than The Imitation Game. This is a special film…

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Review of Joe (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 25 Nov 2014

Nicolas Cage, in 2014, gave about 15 horrible performances and one great one…

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Review of Whitey: United States of America v. James J. Bulger (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 25 Nov 2014

To produce a documentary about a trial in which there are no cameras in the courtroom, and there's zero access to the man on trial, is quite…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 25 Nov 2014

I have something of a soft spot for the first one, but yikes. The dropdown is roughly comparable to that of the first Hangover to the second…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Stephen Silver (684) for EntertainmentTell (372) on 25 Nov 2014

Prestige biopics don't get much better than The Imitation Game. This is a special film…

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