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Movie Reviews by Tirdad Derakhshani - Page 11 of 18

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Review of The Captive (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 19 Dec 2014

For all its problems, The Captive does try to hit the themes that have obsessed Egoyan for three decades: desire, death, memory, and time…

Review of Diplomacy (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 12 Dec 2014

We know how the story ends: Nordling persuades Choltitz to back down…

Review of Top Five (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 12 Dec 2014

A truly refreshing break from the Hollywood humdrum, the film is a perfect vehicle for Rock's range of talents, giving him plenty of breathing…

Review of Low Down (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 14 Nov 2014

Fanning's performance rescues the film from mediocrity…

Review of Camp X-Ray (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 07 Nov 2014

Camp X-Ray raises quite a few fascinating questions about power, sexism, and war, yet fails to explore them in any real depth…

Review of The Way He Looks (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 07 Nov 2014

Those who give into its spell will find this a gentle, moving, and deeply intelligent portrait of the awkward, fumbling steps teens make into…

Review of Jessabelle (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 07 Nov 2014

An ineffective, derivative, and awkwardly executed mash-up of ghost flicks and voodoo movies…

Review of The Guest (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

The filmmakers don't bother hammering home a backstory or explaining why David is crazy…

Review of The Guest (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

The Guest borrows from other genre pictures with such intelligence and clarity of purpose, it manages to feel fresh, exciting…

Review of The Blue Room (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

Adapted from the devilishly clever 1955 novel by master crime author Georges Simenon, The Blue Room is a dazzling deconstruction of the mystery…

Review of Art and Craft (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

A thoroughly enjoyable and fascinating documentary about Landis' amazing feats as a forger and con man…

Review of White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

Araki's films have never been known for their subtlety. Think Douglas-Sirk-meets-Johnny-Rotten…

Review of Before I Go to Sleep (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

Firth is brilliant as a preternaturally patient man - every day he has to tell her the same exact story. But he has a creepy way about him…

Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 31 Oct 2014

Yet, despite a mesmerizing performance by Gyllenhaal - he's as transfixing as a cobra in a snake charmer's dance - and a terrific turn by Riz…

Review of Dear White People (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 23 Oct 2014

Writer-director Justin Simien's searing, sharp-edged, and wildly intelligent comedy about race relations on an American college campus…

Review of The Best of Me (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 16 Oct 2014

The Best of Me is neither worse than his other films nor particularly better. At 118 minutes, it is, however, one of the longest…

Review of Kill the Messenger (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 09 Oct 2014

It hobbles its otherwise fascinating premise by descending into hagiography…

Review of Lilting (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 09 Oct 2014

Hong, who makes his feature debut here, has a masterful command of rhythm, beautifully weaving each strand of the narrative around that momentous…

Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 02 Oct 2014

Sadly, Annabelle, a cheap, sleazy, low-budget prequel meant to explain the origins of that particular doll, is as undistinguished, uninteresting,…

Review of Drive Hard (2014)

By Tirdad Derakhshani (358) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 02 Oct 2014

You know there's something fundamentally wrong with Drive Hard less than five seconds in: It opens on a shot of star Thomas Jane sporting an…

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