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Review of Blue Jasmine (2013)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Aug 2013

This also benefits from one of the strongest casts he's assembled in years: Cate Blanchett is exceptional in the lead, and there are strong…

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Review of The Act of Killing (2012)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Aug 2013

[A] unique and unforgettable documentary…

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Review of We're the Millers (2013)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Aug 2013

The filmmakers lack the courage of their convictions, falling back on moments of egregiously false sentimentality whenever the material threatens…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 06 Aug 2013

The visual style evokes numerous bone-crushing blockbusters of recent years, but part of what makes this so invigorating is the way it turns…

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Review of Superman Returns (2006)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Aug 2013

Singer draws heavily on the 1978 hit that launched the Warner Brothers franchise, with Brandon Routh dully impersonating Christopher Reeve…

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Review of The Fourth Kind (2009)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Aug 2013

Osunsanmi's big formal innovation tunrs out to be the split-screen pairing of patently bogus archival black-and-white video that shows alleged…

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Review of The Ten Commandments (2007)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Aug 2013

The panoramic backgrounds have a silky beauty, but the characters are cheaply rendered with doll faces, enlarged musculature, tiny joints,…

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Review of Tetro (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Aug 2013

Coppola's fondness for the operatic gets the better of him as the action approaches a climax, but the movie is girded by a sense of knotty…

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Review of Biggie & Tupac (2002)

By Ted Shen (33) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Aug 2013

A wily and dogged inquisitor, Broomfield cajoles and confronts a variety of witnesses, charting a web of intrigue that also involved the LAPD,…

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Review of It's Complicated (2009)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Aug 2013

The comedy approaches true hilarity only when Meyers resorts to the surefire gimmick of having the oldsters get massively stoned at a party,…

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Review of Chicken Run (2000)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Aug 2013

A scene set inside the chicken-pie-making machinery proves that the Rube Goldberg formula is infallible…

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Review of Still Mine (2012)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Aug 2013

Writer-director Michael McGowan (Saint Ralph) shows affinity for the subtle undercurrents of a long, happy marriage, but the friction between…

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Review of Charlotte's Web (1973)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Aug 2013

This passable live-action feature from Christian mogul Philip Anschutz (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe) also relies heavily on the voices,…

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Review of The Cool School (2008)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Aug 2013

The cultural cock-strutting gets to be a bit much, but Neville handily captures the excitement of an art scene percolating, breaking wide open,…

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Review of The Rise (2012)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jul 2013

This British heist picture is familiar but energetic genre filmmaking, more interesting in its particulars than in its overall conception…

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Review of The Hunt (2013)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jul 2013

Vinterberg orchestrates the material impressively, increasing tension little by little until it becomes overwhelming…

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Review of Push (2009)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Jul 2013

A ragbag of shopworn ideas nicked from Philip K. Dick, this sci-fi thriller never stops finding new ways to make no sense…

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Review of I'm Still Here (2010)

By Cliff Doerksen (83) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Jul 2013

To judge from this agonizing documentary, sniveling man-child Joaquin Phoenix was put on earth to make us appreciate Crispin Glover for the…

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Review of What's Love Got to Do with It? (2002)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jul 2013

As a powerhouse showcase for the acting talents of Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne and as a potent portrayal of wife beating and the…

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Review of What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Jul 2013

As a powerhouse showcase for the acting talents of Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne and as a potent portrayal of wife beating and the…

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