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Review of Final Destination 5 (2011)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 11 Aug 2011

Generally technically slick, briskly paced and painless to watch, assuming you're not the sort to squirm miserably at the sight of anatomical mayhem…

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Review of Littlerock (2010)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 10 Aug 2011

Mumblecore to the core, Littlerock takes an eternity to get started, but eventually gains in (very) low-key interest…

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Review of 30 Minutes or Less (2011)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 10 Aug 2011

Filthy, fun and ridiculous sum up this buddy action-comedy about a pizza-delivery guy's race against time after thugs strap him with a bomb…

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Review of The Help (2011)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 08 Aug 2011

Lushly produced, sunny drama about the dark reality of entrenched segregation and racial prejudice in early-'60s Jackson, Mississippi…

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Review of Mysteries of Lisbon (2010)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 Aug 2011

To paraphrase a Jerome Kern song, lovely to look at but less than delightful to know is this lengthy costumer with its pasteboard characters…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Chris Barsanti (896) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 03 Aug 2011

This by-the-numbers prequel that looks set to re-launch Fox's ape-supremacy franchise removes some of the stink left by Tim Burton's misbegotten…

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Review of The Whistleblower (2010)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 31 Jul 2011

Well-told but troubling story impressively wrapped for audiences who show up in theatres for do-good cinema of a high order…

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Review of Point Blank (2010)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 28 Jul 2011

A genre gem that deserves a cross-quandrant embrace…

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Review of Sleep Furiously (2008)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 28 Jul 2011

A paean to a way of life that, regardless of Dylan Thomas' furious injunction, is going gently into that good night…

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Review of House of Boys (2009)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 28 Jul 2011

The message is everything in this film that one wants to recommend to the young and uneducated in a forgetful age, despite its lack of originality…

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Review of Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 27 Jul 2011

Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone and Julianne Moore all shine in this multi-generational comedy full of romantic complications…

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Review of El Bulli: Cooking in Progress (2011)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 27 Jul 2011

El Bulli suggests that food embraced the Adrià way is akin to a religion: You're a believer or you aren't, as scientific rigor and originality…

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Review of Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 27 Jul 2011

Can a Hollywood movie be highly derivative and refreshingly original at the same time? Would Indiana Jones and James Bond make a good buddy flick…

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Review of The Myth of the American Sleepover (2011)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 25 Jul 2011

Sleepover may very well describe audience reaction to this soporific, unoriginal teen study…

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Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 Jul 2011

Stirring World War II story of old-fashioned rightness and integrity, saved from corniness by star Chris Evans' sincere performance and director…

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Review of Another Earth (2011)

By Erica Abeel (109) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 18 Jul 2011

In a remarkably assured debut, Mike Cahill and Brit Marling, his star and co-writer, churn a mesmerizing tale of redemption through a sci-fi…

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Review of Daylight (2011)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Jul 2011

A slow burn of a thriller that ultimately packs a far greater wallop than many flashier examples of the genre…

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Review of Sarah's Key (2010)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Jul 2011

Gripping, twisty Holocaust drama unravels with teasing suspense and emotional payoffs, as a present-day journalist investigates the tragedy…

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Review of Winnie the Pooh (2011)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Jul 2011

Adult filmgoers without towheads in tow may pooh-pooh this delightful, no-frills adaptation, but kids will have a wonderful time…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

By Harry Haun (78) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Jul 2011

The Citizen Kane of whiz-kid film franchises reaches an emotional and exhilarating end…

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