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Review of Sleeping with Other People (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 29 May 2016

Somewhere along the line, somebody sanded down Headland's rough edges…

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Review of Tig (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 29 May 2016

York and especially Goolsby have a background in reality television, and that pedigree is all too apparent in the way the film is shot and…

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Review of Tootsie (1982)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 29 May 2016

It's a movie with a lot on its mind - while never toppling over under the weight of its good intentions…

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Review of The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

Spheeris doesn't stand at the remove some documentarians do; you feel like you're in the scene, at those shows, and in those rooms…

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Review of Roar (2014)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It can best be described as a cross between a nature special, a home movie, a snuff film, and a key exhibit at a sanity hearing…

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Review of The Terminator (1984)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

Much of Terminator's greatness is due to its low-budget aesthetic and lo-fi energy; perhaps out of necessity, Cameron's sense of storytelling…

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Review of Tomorrowland (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

The aesthetics are easy to ape, but one should never underestimate the value Spielberg places on tight, clear, logical storytelling…

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Review of Live from New York! (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It isn't just a rehash of the same old stories and clips…

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Review of Cinderella (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It's such a rote recitation of a story we've heard a thousand times that it's hard to imagine why on earth they're telling it to us again…

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Review of Maggie (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It's a serious, heartfelt, dramatic turn, and he totally nails it. I'm as surprised as you are…

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Review of Roar (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It can best be described as a cross between a nature special, a home movie, a snuff film, and a key exhibit at a sanity hearing…

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Review of Grandma (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It is one of those performances, like Bruce Dern in 'Nebraska' or Julie Christie in 'Away from Her,' that seems a culmination of everything…

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Review of Roar (1981)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It can best be described as a cross between a nature special, a home movie, a snuff film, and a key exhibit at a sanity hearing…

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Review of Cinderella (2013)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It's such a rote recitation of a story we've heard a thousand times that it's hard to imagine why on earth they're telling it to us again…

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Review of Leprechaun (1993)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

The basic problem with 'Leprechaun' is that it just isn't scary, not even a little bit, not for the tiniest second, and that's the result of…

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Review of Love & Mercy (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It is (among its many virtues) wonderfully not boilerplate…

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Review of Spy (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

At its core, this action-packed, globe-trotting, gender-switched Bond spoof is about lookism…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

A machine that roars at full throttle for two solid hours…

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Review of Gymkata (1985)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

This really happened in Hollywood in the 1980s, which gives you some idea of exactly how much cocaine was flowing through that place back then…

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Review of Aloha (2015)

By Jason Bailey (832) for Flavorwire (598) on 27 May 2016

It seems less that Crowe's gifts have escaped him than that they've become disproportionate with his excesses, and we're less forgiving of…

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