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Review of The Emperor's New Clothes (2015)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 17 Dec 2015

When a documentary feels obliged to spend a few minutes explaining what “300 years” means, it crosses the line from simple and straightforward…

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Review of Concussion (2015)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 17 Dec 2015

Smith’s Omalu makes a compelling character, supported by his mentor Cyril Wecht (Albert Brooks) and former team doctor Julian Bailes (Alec…

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Review of Sisters (2015)

By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 17 Dec 2015

Fey and Poehler are clearly the center of the film, and watching their lively games of verbal ping-pong is always an enjoyable way to spend…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By A.a. Dowd (854) for AV Club (2,778) on 17 Dec 2015

There’s a sense that the whole doesn’t quite equal the sum of the parts, no matter how spectacular some of them are…

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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 16 Dec 2015

This is the writer-director’s take on the betrayed promise of America: a perverse vision of sadistic men comforted by false causes…

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Review of The Ridiculous 6 (2015)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 12 Dec 2015

While it’s not consistently funny, and is as enamored as any other Sandler movie with making reference to its own limp running gags (including…

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Review of The Big Short (2015)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Dec 2015

In the end, McKay’s edu-tainment tactics work, even if the laughs aren’t as hearty as his broader work with Ferrell…

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Review of Don Verdean (2015)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Dec 2015

Both Rockwell and Clement are back for the latest Hess production, Don Verdean, which can’t even work up enough comic energy to be considered bad…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 10 Dec 2015

Even though In The Heart Of The Sea’s framing device often feels like it was written by someone who’d never read a word of Melville, its…

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Review of Balls Out (2014)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 09 Dec 2015

Though it's far less fratty than its bare-bones marketing suggests, it has a retrograde campus-comedy vibe, right down to the Orion Pictures…

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Review of A Very Murray Christmas (2015)

By Alex Mclevy (31) for AV Club (2,778) on 07 Dec 2015

This special trades on the lifetime pass of goodwill Murray has earned, granting him the right to gather together a bunch of his fellow stars…

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Review of Life (2014)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

While the script is sometimes too heavy footed, on the whole Life has an unassuming quality that wears well over the course of its two hours…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

We’re talking maximum sound and fury, and while no movie that stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard could signify nothing, this one…

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Review of The Letters (2014)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

A blandly positive biopic, with the crude shape of a melodrama, but none of the passion. The Letters feels dutiful, not artful…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

While no movie that stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard could signify nothing, this one doesn't signify a whole lot…

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Review of The Lady in the Van (2015)

By Jesse Hassenger (800) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

Though director Nicholas Hytner does his best to enliven the material, Bennett very much comes across as a dull man’s Charlie Kaufman, even…

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Review of Every Thing Will Be Fine (2015)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

The second interesting thing about Every Thing Will Be Fine is that it’s very bad, and that its bizarre throwaway lines and shrugged-off…

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Review of Chi-Raq (2015)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

Chi-Raq, Lee’s modernized take on Lysistrata, is mostly bad art; it’s about an hour too long, sometimes leadenly unfunny, and set in Chicago,…

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Review of The Letters (2015)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Dec 2015

A blandly positive biopic, with the crude shape of a melodrama, but none of the passion. The Letters feels dutiful, not artful…

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Review of Victor Frankenstein (2015)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for AV Club (2,778) on 25 Nov 2015

The first words spoken in Victor Frankenstein are “You know the story,” and anyone who simply mutters “Yep,” gets up, and heads back…

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