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Review of The Monster (2016)

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for Complex (39) on 22 Feb 2017

The Monster lacks bite in the actual horror department, but like many other good horror films before it (Rosemary's Baby, The Shining), it…

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Review of The Wedding Ringer (2015)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 16 Jan 2015

Never fully embraces its potential as a bawdy frat house comedy, seemingly content to stick with safe, easy jokes and a formulaic plot that…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 17 Dec 2014

The meat of the story has already been told; all that's left now is the third-act battle and the tying up of threads whose beginnings we may…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 14 Nov 2014

The Farrellys let themselves wander, undisciplined, through the convoluted story, with grins on their faces but no purpose in their eyes…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 07 Nov 2014

As gentle, reliable, and pretty to look at as the falling of the leaves. It also has approximately the same level of dramatic tension…

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Review of Annabelle (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 02 Oct 2014

It's not in the same league as The Conjuring, which was more agile in its treatment of familiar plot devices, but it's a worthy entry for a…

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Review of The Giver (2014)

By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Complex (39) on 26 Sep 2014

The fatal irony at the heart of The Giver is too hilariously blatant to ignore: here is a dystopian teen drama about the perils of sameness…

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Review of Starred Up (2014)

By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Complex (39) on 26 Sep 2014

What makes Starred Up such a riveting experience is that, despite the often unintelligible brogues in which its characters speak, the film…

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Review of The Two Faces of January (2014)

By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Complex (39) on 26 Sep 2014

A tightly rolled cigarillo, the kind of thing you smoke on holiday while overlooking the ocean from your hotel balcony…

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Review of The Boxtrolls (2014)

By David Ehrlich (1,229) for Complex (39) on 26 Sep 2014

The antidote to the modern animated movie…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 03 Sep 2014

You may not be prepared for the masterful way that Miller keeps us off-balance and uneasy, or for the gnawing sense of doom that gradually builds…

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Review of Mommy (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 02 Sep 2014

A blast of pure cinema, an intense, intimate drama ... that vividly captures a range of exhilarating emotions from elation to despair…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 02 Sep 2014

A blast of pure cinema, an intense, intimate drama ... that vividly captures a range of exhilarating emotions from elation to despair…

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Review of Mommy (2015)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 02 Sep 2014

A blast of pure cinema, an intense, intimate drama ... that vividly captures a range of exhilarating emotions from elation to despair…

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Review of Birdman (2015)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 01 Sep 2014

Manic energy and overriding sense of fun... The lunatic performances by Keaton and Norton are the highlights…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 01 Sep 2014

Manic energy and overriding sense of fun... The lunatic performances by Keaton and Norton are the highlights…

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Review of Two Days, One Night (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 01 Sep 2014

A simple yet riveting drama... Cotillard's tender, heartbreaking performance ... makes the message impossible to forget…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 01 Sep 2014

A perfectly good but utterly unremarkable drama that wouldn't garner much attention if it weren't the directorial debut of The Daily Show host…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for Complex (39) on 01 Sep 2014

Witherspoon gives an unvarnished, all-in performance, free of vanity and entirely devoted to telling Strayed's grueling, triumphant story…

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