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Review of Final Destination 5 (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 10 Aug 2011

Definitely marks an uptick after the last horrendous installment and it has moments that work but it ultimately fails to add anything new to…

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Review of The Change-Up (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Aug 2011

There are moments in The Change-Up that honestly made me feel like a twelve-year-old boy took over his dad's screenwriting project…

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Review of Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Aug 2011

The biggest surprise in a long time simply delivers what it promises and then goes way beyond that to become one of the most memorable summer…

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Review of Cowboys & Aliens (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 28 Jul 2011

With so many revisions from a number of writers, it feels like everyone added their own color to the piece until it all faded to gray…

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Review of A Little Help (2010)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 28 Jul 2011

Despite the best efforts by Jenna Fischer playing against type as a smoking, drinking newly-single mother, A Little Help is a mess…

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Review of Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 27 Jul 2011

A film that unabashedly believes in the craziness and the stupidity of what we call love…

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Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 22 Jul 2011

This film succeeds where most comic book adaptations fail: a love story you actually feel, a mostly cohesive story and a believable superhero…

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Review of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Jul 2011

The film features two of the least effective lead performances of the year, which keeps the audience from engaging in the story emotionally…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 13 Jul 2011

It's hard to imagine fans leaving the final Potter film with deep disappointment in this satisfying conclusion…

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Review of The Ward (2010)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 06 Jul 2011

We've seen everything here before and in a better film…

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Review of Page One: Inside the New York Times (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 29 Jun 2011

A film that can sometimes feel oddly episodic and that is clearly telling a story that's still being written, but one that could start a number…

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Review of Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 27 Jun 2011

There's little debate that the Chicago-set climax of Michael Bay's third film based on Hasbro's line of toys delivers what it promises…

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Review of Super 8 (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 07 Jun 2011

Halfway through Super 8 I stopped thinking about the films that inspired Abrams to make it and started envisioning the works that would be…

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Review of Super 8 (1988)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 07 Jun 2011

Halfway through Super 8 I stopped thinking about the films that inspired Abrams to make it and started envisioning the works that would be…

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Review of X-Men: First Class (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 01 Jun 2011

Features a spectacular mix of well-choreographed action, revisionist history, themes of tolerance, and great performances…

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Review of The Tree of Life (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 26 May 2011

If you truly give in to the beauty of this amazing film, you might even find yourself changed by it. How often can you say that at the cinema…

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Review of Midnight in Paris (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 26 May 2011

Allen's most insightful and enjoyable screenplay since the mid-'90s, Midnight in Paris is a lovely summer surprise…

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Review of 13 Assassins (2010)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 26 May 2011

It absolutely, undeniably delivers the goods. And those goods are soaked in blood…

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Review of The Hangover Part II (2011)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 25 May 2011

Business and creative people go together as well as fine wine at a burger joint…

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Review of Bridesmaids (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 12 May 2011

Star Kristen Wiig (and she really should be a Star with a capital S after this breakthrough performance) finds the humanity usually missing…

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