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Review of Chasing Mavericks (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Oct 2012

The characters here are swamped not only in huge surf, but in the unmitigated corn of a hopelessly mawkish screenplay…

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Review of Long Shot: The Kevin Laue Story (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 24 Oct 2012

Cornball adjectives like inspiring and uplifting are for once entirely accurate in describing this engaging documentary…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Oct 2012

Cloud Atlas is consistently entertaining and surprisingly effective, as well as the shortest three hours most moviegoers will ever spend in…

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Review of Alex Cross (2012)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 18 Oct 2012

Detroit cop battles serial killer in a listless adaptation of a James Patterson novel…

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Review of Citadel (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 18 Oct 2012

This taut thriller wrings maximum suspense from all-too ordinary, real-life terrors while gradually edging into full-blown horror territory…

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Review of The Sessions (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 18 Oct 2012

This warm, witty, sensuous and quite wonderful study of a disabled artist terrifically avoids any triumph of the human spirit sentimentality…

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Review of The First Time (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 18 Oct 2012

This comedy about two teens losing their virginity aims for hilarity but instead achieves ho-hum status…

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Review of Tai Chi Zero (2012)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2012

Hyped as a steampunk kung fu movie that revolutionizes the genre, Tai Chi Zero spends most of its time spinning its wheels…

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Review of Question One (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2012

Sincere, moving entry about the battle for same-sex marriage…

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Review of Yogawoman (2012)

By Marsha Mccreadie (81) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2012

A pleasant and pretty polemic narrated by a serene Annette Bening, Yogawoman presents the ancient practice of yoga as a cure-all for the physical…

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Review of Special Forces (2011)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Imagine Saving Private Ryan relocated to Afghanistan and Pakistan and you have the gist of first-time feature filmmaker Stéphane Rybojad's…

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Review of Gayby (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Your enjoyment of this baby-obsessed queer farce will depend largely upon your tolerance for seeing yet another group of gay urbanites incessantly…

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Review of Hotel Noir (2012)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

This film noir homage should have been fun, but it's cheaply shot and indifferently conceived…

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Review of The Big Picture (2010)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Sprawling crime drama about a high-achieving young Parisian lawyer forced to dump a seemingly picture-perfect life and go on the run is a suspenseful…

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Review of A Whisper to a Roar (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Ben Moses' documentary argues that even thwarted and deeply flawed elections are empowering because they engage ordinary citizens in the political…

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Review of Argo (2012)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Suspenseful, astounding true story of an improbable rescue mission during the 1979 Iran hostage crisis…

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Review of The Big Picture (2013)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Sprawling crime drama about a high-achieving young Parisian lawyer forced to dump a seemingly picture-perfect life and go on the run is a suspenseful…

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Review of Taken 2 (2012)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Hard-luck bodyguard Liam Neeson is back in action, this time tracking down his abducted wife in Istanbul in an efficient sequel to the hit Taken…

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Review of Trade of Innocents (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

A message movie whose only subtlety is found in the portrayal of Adderly, a sexual predator who actually believes in some twisted way that…

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Review of Gayby (2010)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Oct 2012

Your enjoyment of this baby-obsessed queer farce will depend largely upon your tolerance for seeing yet another group of gay urbanites incessantly…

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