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Review of The Comedian (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 30 Jan 2017

Surprise, this is a romantic comedy...this stand-up gives you no reason to sit down…

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Review of Pinocchio (1940)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 28 Jan 2017

Expertly balances whimsy, adventure, terrifying perils, music, comedy, and warmth on the way to a reassuring worldview of moral order, of virtue…

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Review of A Dog's Purpose (2017)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 25 Jan 2017

In this sort of Quantum Leap for dogs, a soulful, gender-confused, repeatedly reincarnated canine goes on a magical journey of Hollywood formula…

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Review of Gold (2017)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

In its broader themes of 'selling a story' to investors and the blinding power of money, Gold has little new to offer, but in its particulars...finds…

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Review of Gold (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

In its broader themes of 'selling a story' to investors and the blinding power of money, Gold has little new to offer, but in its particulars...finds…

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Review of Inferno (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

You won't ever find me calling Inferno a good movie, but I won't deny that, in dribs and drabs, it gets closer to the marks of fun and quality…

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Review of Dionne Copland's Inferno (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

You won't ever find me calling Inferno a good movie, but I won't deny that, in dribs and drabs, it gets closer to the marks of fun and quality…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (2015)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

Arty,' to be sure, but it's not pretentious: rather, it's expressive of the scattered state of mind, the reflective state of mind, that attends…

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Review of Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 24 Jan 2017

Could be fairly branded exploitation pictures in their quantity of sex and violence (and nudity and gore), but they also qualify as comic-book…

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Review of 20th Century Women (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 Jan 2017

Empathetic and self-searching...a highly witty, deeply humane look at people who may be too conscious for their own good, people who think…

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Review of Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 Jan 2017

Silly and rarely believable in any of its particulars...Andy Daly, though? Really funny…

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Review of Silence (2017)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Jan 2017

Slow going...But Silence also represents consummate filmmaking…

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Review of Silence (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Jan 2017

Slow going...But Silence also represents consummate filmmaking…

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Review of Hidden Figures (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 03 Jan 2017

Could hardly be more historically important, culturally significant, or inspirational, and as a PG-rated film, it's especially valuable as…

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Review of A Monster Calls (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 03 Jan 2017

There's a simple power to the clean lines of Ness' story, and it's greatly amplified by the work of the actors…

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Review of Why Him? (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 27 Dec 2016

Nothing if not formulaic, but it has its passing charms...Ultimately, the hacky plot (partly credited to Franco's buddy Jonah Hill) is also…

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Review of Assassin's Creed (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 27 Dec 2016

Despite its style points, fails to resonate on a higher octave than its low hum of dark doings, leaping around, and fisticuffs…

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Review of Jackie (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 21 Dec 2016

The serviceable movie you make about this subject…

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Review of Sing (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 21 Dec 2016

Sing is pleasant enough...but scrutinize it, and you'll find that it's neither very musically accomplished nor very funny…

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Review of Sing (2016)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 21 Dec 2016

Sing is pleasant enough...but scrutinize it, and you'll find that it's neither very musically accomplished nor very funny…

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