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Review of Limelight (2011)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

The movie was produced by Jen Gatien, its subject's daughter, so its agenda should be fairly obvious. But it's an engrossing story nonetheless…

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Review of Blackthorn (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

Shepard is the whole show here, as weathered and elemental as the harsh Bolivian locations; the movie's best scenes are those that pit him…

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Review of Footloose (2011)

By Sam Worley (1) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

The movie plays like a slightly degraded version of the original: the dialogue is a little lamer, the acting a little poorer…

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Review of Happy, Happy (2010)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

Sewitsky aims for quirky humanism along the lines of Finland's Aki Kaurismaki; she's helped along considerably by Kittelsen's sunny performance,…

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Review of Special Treatment (2010)

By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

Though the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments…

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Review of Dust to Glory (2005)

By Hank Sartin (101) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Oct 2011

The action is exciting, but the rapid-fire narration jumps around too quickly, making it difficult to keep straight the personalities meant…

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Review of Face/Off (1997)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Oct 2011

Woo's third Hollywood movie, Face/Off, is the first to balance his visual imagination with the emotional intensity of his Hong Kong films…

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Review of Salt (2010)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Oct 2011

There's one nifty and original sequence--an assassination attempt during a state funeral where the pipe organs in the church all go haywire--but…

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Review of The Ghost Writer (2010)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Oct 2011

This is a polished, palatable intrigue, with a knockout performance from Olivia Williams as the PM's hardened wife and a highly persuasive…

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Review of The Ides of March (2011)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

Clooney directed with an actor's appetite for vivid star turns, and he certainly gets them from Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Paul…

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Review of Take Shelter (2011)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

A molar-grinding performance from Michael Shannon anchors this slow but ultimately haunting drama…

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Review of Puncture (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

This lacks the heft of The Insider (1999) or the snap of Erin Brockovich (2000), but it's a thoughtful entry in the growing subgenre of whistle-blower…

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Review of Take Shelter (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

Writer-director Jeff Nichols maintains a cagey balancing act for much of the movie, refusing to specify whether his protagonist is a prophet…

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Review of The Ides of March (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

Clooney directed with an actor's appetite for vivid star turns, and he certainly gets them from Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Paul…

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Review of Margaret (2011)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

Even in its truncated state, this is pretty gripping stuff; just think of it as an epic commercial for the director's cut DVD…

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Review of The Way (2010)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Oct 2011

Estevez strains to prove his earnestness at every turn, undermining the film's good intentions with a surfeit of explanatory dialogue and a…

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Review of The Big Easy (1986)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Oct 2011

[McBride] gets tense, sexy performances from Dennis Quaid and Ellen Barkin and makes the most of his New Orleans locations…

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Review of The Notebook (2004)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 02 Oct 2011

The connection between the two narratives is supposed to be a big, heartbreaking surprise, though I figured it out well in advance and spent…

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Review of Dream House (2011)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Sep 2011

The story unfolds briskly in the polished mode of a classic horror movie, then tanks after a plot twist at the midpoint alters the mood and…

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Review of Hitman (2007)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Sep 2011

In the finest tradition of adolescent identification figures, he's not only ruthless, dispatching numerous baddies with hair-trigger shots…

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