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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 16 Dec 2015

[SPOILER-FREE] Can be dimwittedly obvious and self-plagiarizing, with little of real-world consequence and less that's new to say [but it's…

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Review of Youth (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Dec 2015

For a long two hours, Sorrentino flatters old white men, devalues women, and annoys with his lush coffee-table-book photography as he plays…

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Review of Legend (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 09 Dec 2015

Helgeland revels in the violence and depravity, setting a dubious tone that, in that final act, has as much of a struggle as Reggie in going straight…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 Dec 2015

Depict[s] a writer's process of scavenging and soul-stealing...[as well as] being 'in the oil business' to the exclusion of morality and ethics,…

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Review of Trumbo (2007)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Dec 2015

Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero...Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Dec 2015

Plays not as straight hagiography but rather as a portrait of a flawed hero...Cranston gives a floridly theatrical leading performance in keeping…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Nov 2015

Sweet in that canned-with-heavy-syrup way: kids will dig it, but it's not exactly a delicacy…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 23 Nov 2015

Questionable as a film (sparring with formula), good as a movie, and brilliant as a franchise-extender…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 Nov 2015

If the franchise continues to feel a bit dull--heavy on the drama and light on the excitement, with pageantry long in the rear-view--there's…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 17 Nov 2015

Even if you don't like the film--though it's a fair bet you will--it will prime you for a spirited discussion about the choices of its hero,…

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Review of Brooklyn (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 17 Nov 2015

Even if you don't like the film--though it's a fair bet you will--it will prime you for a spirited discussion about the choices of its hero,…

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Review of The 33 (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Nov 2015

There's too much stilted acting here and too little psychological insight to render an interesting, or even credibly true, story of humanity…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 10 Nov 2015

Smart and stinging, Spotlight excels not only in depicting the stonewalling around the scandal but also the double-talk conversations from…

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Review of Spectre (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Nov 2015

The Craig Bonds...continue...questioning the dark and destructive psychology of this masculine icon, this preternaturally skilled but insanely…

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Review of The Assassin (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 03 Nov 2015

A Hou film and, therefore an aesthete's delight...The Assassin breathes more than it talks, patiently taking in its landscapes and its silk-curtained…

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Review of Suffragette (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 03 Nov 2015

Revives history we could all stand to know better, and proves most useful in clarifying both what was at stake and the rules of the game…

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Review of My Fair Lady (1964)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 27 Oct 2015

The well-nigh-irresistible...My Fair Lady...comedically softens Shaw's ending but nevertheless nearly single-handedly transcends the material's…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Oct 2015

Though the [film]...cannot pretend to be free of its own leanings, Vanderbilt allows a reading of Mapes' tragic errors amidst its melancholy…

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Review of Room (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Oct 2015

For two hours, Larson and Tremblay make their struggles our struggles, Ma and Jack's perceptions challenging our own...the most potent pairing…

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Review of Truth (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 Oct 2015

Though the [film]...cannot pretend to be free of its own leanings, Vanderbilt allows a reading of Mapes' tragic errors amidst its melancholy…

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