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Review of In Between (2016)

By Leah Pickett (132) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

They grapple with various issues connected to their race and gender, yet Hamoud keeps the tone relatively light, the women's wit and vibrancy…

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Review of Metamorphoses (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

[Honre'] does succeed, though, in conveying the joy of storytelling, which has made Ovid's work endure; the engagingly knotty structure is…

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Review of Métamorphoses (2014)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

[Honre'] does succeed, though, in conveying the joy of storytelling, which has made Ovid's work endure; the engagingly knotty structure is…

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Review of Free Fire (2017)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

Wheatley and Amy Jump, his frequent screenwriting partner, can't afford to let the action flag for long, so the characters never amount to…

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Review of Heart and Souls (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

There's enough whimsy and Capracorn here to choke a horse, and things get even more complicated when the four dead people enter the body of…

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Review of Sarah Silverman: Jesus Is Magic (2005)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2017

It's the most exciting stand-up performance I've seen in years, yet in all honesty I can't say it made me laugh that much…

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Review of Turtles Can Fly (2004)

By Jim Healy (3) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Apr 2017

There's no denying his (Ghobadi's) talent for suspense or his ability to get riveting performances from nonprofessionals…

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Review of Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Apr 2017

One can certainly be amused and entertained by writer-director Michael Davis's hyperbolic action frolics--I was--but not without feeling pretty…

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Review of Rush Hour (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2017

The contrast between Tucker's motormouth and Chan's man of few words should be funnier, but the plot -- which is cliched without quite becoming…

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Review of Beerfest (2006)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2017

This gets off to a pretty good start, with most of the laughs coming from beefy Kevin Heffernan and nerdy Steve Lemme…

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Review of After Hours (1985)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Apr 2017

Martin Scorsese transforms a debilitating convention of 80s comedy--absurd underreaction to increasingly bizarre and threatening situations--into…

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Review of The Black Cauldron (1985)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 13 Apr 2017

It's quite good, though by the impossible standards the film sets for itself it inevitably falls short: the character design is a little smudgy,…

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Review of Patch Adams (1998)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

The perfectly acceptable shtick executed by Williams--whose I-know-you-better-than-you-know-yourself seduction techniques ought to make him…

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Review of Mission Control: The Unsung Heroes of Apollo (2017)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

This is the usual mix of talking heads and archival footage, but Fairhead also inserts detailed CGI sequences that vividly illustrate the technical…

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Review of Queen of the Desert (2015)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

Bell was an extraordinary figure, tailor-made for a dazzling presence like Kidman, but Werner Herzog, directing his own script, unwisely structures…

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Review of Colossal (2017)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

Hathaway is miscast in a snarky role that Anna Kendrick would have knocked out of the park, but the players are less important here than Vigalondo's…

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Review of Gifted (2017)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

As scripted, Evelyn is too vicious to be persuasive, and Flynn undercuts her morally by stressing her lust for recognition…

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Review of American Anarchist (2016)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

[Powell] comes off as a tragic figure: a teacher haunted by his most spectacular lesson, and a man of learning who, where his own guilt was…

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Review of The Fate of the Furious (2017)

By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

[Gray] has the common sense to slow things down now and then, letting the charismatic players (among them Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez, Dwayne…

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Review of RV (2006)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Apr 2017

This miserable comedy is enlivened occasionally by Jeff Daniels and Kristin Chenoweth as a cheerfully tacky couple who keep crossing paths…

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