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Review of Saving Mr. Banks (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

It may be the most self-congratulatory bit of hagiography Hollywood has ever produced, and that's saying something…

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Review of Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

No one gets away from 'Captivated' clean: not the viewer, not the participants, not even the filmmaker…

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Review of Boyhood (1951)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Boyhood' reveals itself as something deeper, more noteworthy and ambitious than even its remarkable production would suggest, for Linklater…

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Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

They manage to accomplish what few reboots have: to tell an origin story that honors the original work and pleases the superfans, while working…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

It's as odd and schizophrenic a picture as you're likely to see in the focus-grouped, play-it-safe moviemaking climate of the moment, and the…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

It's as odd and schizophrenic a picture as you're likely to see in the focus-grouped, play-it-safe moviemaking climate of the moment, and the…

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Review of Veronica Mars (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

It's basically a two-hour episode of the show. And I mean that as the highest compliment…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

It's a thorny, thoughtful movie that asks provocative questions and isn't cocky enough to boast of knowing the answers…

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Review of Herø (2001)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

One half of the relationship at the center of 'Her' may lack a physical form, but it is nonetheless a film about the universality of romance…

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Review of Forrest Gump (1994)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

A weirder, darker, and better movie than its reputation suggests…

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Review of Life After Beth (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Plaza gives the film its motor, and if Baena's control of the material is occasionally uncertain, 'Life After Beth' plays best when it feeds…

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Review of Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

A thunderbolt reminder of the kind of quick-thinking, quick-talking, quick-witted characters that Keaton used to specialize in, and Iñárritu…

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Review of Her (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

One half of the relationship at the center of 'Her' may lack a physical form, but it is nonetheless a film about the universality of romance…

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Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

The duration between the first film and its sequel doesn't fully explain the new film's flaws, it's quite instructive when examining the reactions…

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Review of The Drop (1965)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

The Drop' reminds us of what Gandolfini always did well: providing support, heft, and color, in the tradition of our finest character actors…

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Review of The Room (2003)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

If there is a 21st-century Edward D. Wood Jr., it is probably Tommy Wiseau…

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Review of The Raid 2 (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

The violence is so stylized, so energetic, and so magnificently choreographed that it abstracts into something beyond mere brawling; it's about…

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Review of Tales of the Grim Sleeper (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Like the best of Broomfield's work, it's both an explanation and investigation, the filmmaker puzzling out a complicated story as he goes,…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Scorsese is fascinated by procedure, by drawing back the curtain and showing us how things happen, though he keeps the picture nimble and entertaining…

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Review of Heathers (1989)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 17 Jun 2016

Heathers' still pulses with the visceral thrill of getting away with something - both on- and off-screen…

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