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Review of Two Days, One Night (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 23 Dec 2014

Two Days, One Night is a focused, frankly heartbreaking take on personal morals, selfishness, and what we're willing to sacrifice for others…

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Review of Unbroken (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 21 Dec 2014

Zamperini's bravery and will to live gets pounded into cinematic submission in Unbroken, and it's more relief than inspiration when it finally ends…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 18 Dec 2014

Featuring three fine performances and intriguing, coldly effective storytelling, Foxcatcher is compulsory viewing for genre fans…

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Review of Whiplash (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 16 Dec 2014

Sharp, powerful, and engaging from the first frame on, Whiplash is as intense and satisfying as any movie in years…

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Review of Nightcrawler (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 11 Dec 2014

Headlined by career best work from Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler is one of the darker and craftier thrillers to come along in quite awhile…

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Review of Citizenfour (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 10 Dec 2014

Dry yet fascinating, and always carrying an air of hushed immediacy, Citizenfour nicely documents a revelatory piece of recent history…

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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 08 Dec 2014

A joy and sight to behold from beginning to end, The Grand Budapest Hotel is pure filmmaking delight. It's one of 2014's best…

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Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 04 Dec 2014

Seedy, drug-fueled, and absent any type of sense we're used to in film, Inherent Vice is a film destined to divide any audience that watches it…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 02 Dec 2014

Wild doesn't trek over new ground, but its stream-of-consciousness narrative style and an Oscar-worthy turn from Reese Witherspoon make it…

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Review of American Sniper (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 28 Nov 2014

American Sniper is at its freshest and most insightful when examining the physical and mental effects warfare takes on a soldier…

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Review of The Babadook (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 26 Nov 2014

Thick with atmosphere and rife with foreboding happenings, The Babadook is one of the best horror films so far this decade…

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Review of The Boxtrolls (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 25 Nov 2014

The Boxtrolls is a weird, completely original experience recommended for fans of this morbid animation sub-genre…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 25 Nov 2014

In The Theory of Everything, director James Marsh has crafted an emotional, affectionate tribute to Stephen Hawking, love, and life itself…

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Review of The Great Invisible (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 20 Nov 2014

The Great Invisible is a stirring, sad, and well-made account of a catastrophe that will be haunting us for decades, whether we believe it or not…

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Review of Force Majeure (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 18 Nov 2014

Force Majeure is a challenging, character-driven slow burn and one of 2014's best films…

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Review of Happy Christmas (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 17 Nov 2014

Happy Christmas is watchable throughout, but to say it's worth the journey is another matter…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 14 Nov 2014

Dumb and Dumber To contains enough laughs, clever references to the original film, and two all-in performances from Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels…

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Review of Chef (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 03 Nov 2014

Chef is far from groundbreaking or even original, but it is the kind of well-made comfort food that we don't get often enough at the movies…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 23 Oct 2014

While at times repetitive, John Wick builds up plenty of goodwill with its lean, no-nonsense story and some highly-impressive action set pieces…

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Review of Dear White People (2014)

By Bill Clark (530) for FromTheBalcony (528) on 23 Oct 2014

Dear White People stares race relations right in the face with a combination of biting satire, understated anger, and a whole lot of thoughtfulness…

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