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Review of I Am Divine (2014)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 23 Oct 2013

There have been other docs about John Waters and his coterie, and a lot of this may be familiar ground to some, but Schwartz's comprehensive…

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Review of Not Yet Begun to Fight (2012)

By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 23 Oct 2013

Hour-long documentary about an organization teaching fly fishing to wounded combat veterans creates a saintly subject and feels incomplete…

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Review of Carrie (2013)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2013

Where Sissy Spacek's Carrie was a frightened fawn...Moretz's is a whipped dog, beaten but not completely whipped…

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Review of I'm in Love with a Church Girl (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2013

Screenwriter Galley Molina based the film on his own experience, going from drug pusher to minister, but, for all that, this cliche-besotted…

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Review of Carrie (2002)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 17 Oct 2013

Where Sissy Spacek's Carrie was a frightened fawn...Moretz's is a whipped dog, beaten but not completely whipped…

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Review of Torn (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Oct 2013

The filmmakers' big achievement here is the way they deal with [the story], never once resorting to the mawkishness or ugly rabble-rousing…

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Review of Torn (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Oct 2013

The filmmakers' big achievement here is the way they deal with [the story], never once resorting to the mawkishness or ugly rabble-rousing…

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Review of The Institute (2013)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Oct 2013

All of which is genuinely interesting, even if you find incomprehensible the idea of devoting significant portions of your waking time and…

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Review of Escape Plan (2013)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 16 Oct 2013

On the plus side, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger are canny survivors who know a thing or two about commanding a screen…

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Review of Camille Claudel 1915 (2013)

By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Oct 2013

Despite beautiful cinematography and Juliette Binoche in the title role, Bruno Dumont's biopic is a dull fictionalized depiction of three days…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Daniel Eagan (552) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Oct 2013

All Is Lost has moments of beauty, but the movie as a whole feels detached, almost clinical…

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Review of Babygirl (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

Despite the filmmakers' good intentions and some agreeable urban atmosphere, this is an unmemorable portrait of a young virgin…

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Review of Metallica: Through the Never (2013)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

If Through the Never's attempts at creating a story-and-performance hybrid are only partially successful...its concert footage remains its…

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Review of Baggage Claim (2006)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

As the end credits finally rolled, the best review was uttered by a woman in the row behind me: This is the kind of movie they'll show on Starz…

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Review of Walter: Lessons from the World's Oldest People (2013)

By Eric Monder (171) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

The leisurely, intimate [Walter] could have been truly touching but misses the mark…

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Review of Wedding Palace (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

Writer-director Christina Yoo has fashioned a film that can only be described as somewhat bizarre in its mash-up of American and Korean rom-com…

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Review of All Is Bright (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

The entire enterprise feels as phony as a fake Yule tree…

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Review of Hôtel Normandy (2013)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

Yes, it's a total cliché, but how kind of wonderful that the French are upholding this sort of corny but sweetly human traditional stuff even…

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Review of Dracula 3D (2012)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

In the grand scheme of Argento's films, Dracula will never be more than a footnote...But fans of horror all'Italia won't want to miss it…

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Review of Runner Runner (2013)

By Maitland Mcdonagh (2,150) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 13 Oct 2013

Runner Runner gives both [Justin Timberlake and Ben Affleck] room to show what they can do, and rather than pump up the volume, they play it…

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