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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Here's the trouble with mainstream science fiction filmmaking these days: there's no expectation that an audience is capable of putting things…

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Review of Garden State (2004)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Braff captures the specific, self-involved ennui of the aimless 20-something, and he doesn't do it from a point of smug detachment…

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Review of Phil Spector (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Mamet's film isn't sure what the hell to make of Spector. But, strangely, that's part of what makes it so compelling…

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Review of Stoker (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

There is a freedom to his filmmaking; he's trying things, odd moods and unexpected edits and unconventional compositions…

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Review of The Hangover Part III (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

It's such tired schtick, such a nakedly calculated play to be controversial, for an increasingly irrelevant filmmaker to get attention…

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Review of The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Nolan somehow never loses control - this is an accomplished and tremendously confident filmmaker, both in the execution of his thrilling chases…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Beyond all the explosions and action set pieces and 3D wizardry, you can still hear a writer with a distinctive, entertaining voice…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

It is, when the end credits roll, a sold, sturdy little mystery - sleek, and more than a little junk-foody…

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Review of Man of Steel (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Snyder is an adrenaline junkie forever jonesing for a fix; he does less building to the action beats than backing each one into the next…

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Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Ultimately, it comes down to the difference between narrative and advocacy, and advocacy (in most cases) isn't terribly dramatic…

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Review of Disco Godfather (1979)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Call it whatever you want; I call it a schlock masterpiece…

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Review of Before Midnight (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Before Midnight' has all the best qualities of 'Sunrise' and 'Sunset' (a love of conversational dialogue, long takes that value the joy of…

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Review of Gangster Squad (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Those who are calling it shallow and cartoony and clichéd are missing the point. It is all of those things, purposefully - gleefully, even…

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Review of Side Effects (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

It is, when the end credits roll, a sold, sturdy little mystery - sleek, and more than a little junk-foody…

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Review of It's a Disaster (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

What an odd, funny, invigorating little movie…

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Review of A Good Day to Die Hard (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

It is, for anyone who loved the original films, an abomination…

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Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

A great American film: complicated, nuanced, searching, piercing, difficult - and yet thrilling and satisfying all the same…

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Review of Admission (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

It is neither a broad comedy nor a dopey rom-com; it's actually, surprisingly enough, a seriocomic drama in something resembling the Alexander…

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Review of Pain & Gain (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

Maybe he's trying to do 'GoodFellas'-style dark comedy (the copious voice-overs would certainly suggest it), but put as charitably as possible,…

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Review of Don Jon (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 20 Jun 2016

He's got a good ear for guy-talk dialogue, and a welcome sense of candor-he's putting some stuff out there about guys and porn…

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