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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 16 May 2013

Here's the thing about director Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby: It actually remains quite faithful to the book…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 04 May 2013

Like Iron Man 2, the movie is generally engaging, occasionally dull, frequently cluttered, and recommended with only the greatest of reservations…

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Review of Repo Man (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 04 May 2013

A playful mood informs Repo Man, yet Cox also takes time to comment on the seamy side of LA, the crushing realities of living in a comformist…

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Review of The Vampire Lovers (1970)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 04 May 2013

Sheridan Le Fanu's classic 1872 novella Carmilla has served as the basis for numerous vampire flicks, although it's probably safe to state…

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Review of Irreconcilable Differences (1984)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 04 May 2013

Writer-director Charles Shyer and writer Nancy Meyers fill their movie with fresh dialogue and Hollywood-insider tidbits, and the roles couldn't…

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Review of Mud (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Apr 2013

With Mud, Jeff Nichols demonstrates once again that he's that rare breed of filmmaker who prefers to bury himself in the dirt of rural America…

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Review of Pain & Gain (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Apr 2013

Not able to get out of the way of a promising movie, Michael Bay, with the apparent support of scripters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely,…

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Review of The Company You Keep (2012)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 26 Apr 2013

Clearly, Redford has no trouble drawing talent; if he's ever interested in remaking Meteor or Midnight in Paris, he's halfway there…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 21 Apr 2013

The filmmakers fail to answer a sizable number of questions, electing instead to let audience members fill in the blanks to such an extent…

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Review of Trance (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 12 Apr 2013

Like any good thriller worth its weight in red herrings, Trance keeps the audience guessing for the vast majority of its running time…

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Review of Ginger & Rosa (2012)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 12 Apr 2013

Despite some narrative missteps, Ginger & Rosa should be seen simply for Fanning's exceptional performance, the sort of revelatory turn that…

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Review of 42 (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 12 Apr 2013

The subject of this competent biopic is still overdue for a comprehensive, warts-and-all movie (after all, here was a black man who campaigned…

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Review of Evil Dead (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 05 Apr 2013

Even as a huge fan of The Evil Dead, it's impossible to wholeheartedly embrace this one when just last year we were treated to a cabin-in-the-woods…

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Review of Jurassic Park (1993)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 05 Apr 2013

Spielberg treats us as he does his characters, leading us into a strange land and expecting us to make it out with all our faculties intact;…

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Review of The Real Jurassic Park (1993)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 05 Apr 2013

Spielberg treats us as he does his characters, leading us into a strange land and expecting us to make it out with all our faculties intact;…

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Review of On the Road (2014)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Mar 2013

Salles approaches Kerouac's raw, restless and spontaneous work in such a staid and conservative manner that the movie might as well be a lesser…

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Review of Bachelorette (2012)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Mar 2013

It would be a major mistake to think that Bachelorette is simply a rip-off of Bridesmaids with a healthy dose of Mean Girls stirred into the…

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Review of G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 30 Mar 2013

The movie ricochets between interesting characters and idiotic ones, between clever plot developments and ludicrous ones, between smart dialogue…

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Review of Spring Breakers (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Mar 2013

The latest gonzo endeavor from writer-director Harmony Korine, Spring Breakers manages to be a fever dream, a wet dream, a daydream and a nightmare…

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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By Matt Brunson (2,422) for Creative Loafing (2,337) on 23 Mar 2013

A better Die Hard movie than A Good Day to Die Hard, this still registers as a stale action flick whose primary worth is as a heartland alternative…

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