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Review of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 24 Dec 2013

Stiller sensed the narrative needed some pumping up visually and so he pulls out a number of filmmaking tricks - some work and some feel like…

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Review of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 23 Dec 2013

Pumps with the adrenalized energy of its subject matter, alternating between its incredible screenwriter's way with words and its filmmaker's…

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Review of Her (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 19 Dec 2013

It's sweet, it's genuine, it's remarkably not cynical, it's optimistic, and it's absolutely beautiful in what is lacking from so many visions…

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Review of Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 19 Dec 2013

A tonal tightrope act by the Coens that is comedy, drama, musical, and something completely new at the same time. It's a must-see in every way…

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Review of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 17 Dec 2013

Anchorman 2 is funny, sometimes very much so, and justifies the wait for a new adventure for cinema's favorite newscaster…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 12 Dec 2013

Smaug expands this universe in ways that are narratively engaging, while also providing enough of that gorgeously shot and perfectly choreographed…

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Review of American Hustle (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 11 Dec 2013

It is a wildly entertaining piece of work that features one of the best ensembles of the year…

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Review of Out of the Furnace (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 06 Dec 2013

This is macho storytelling, the kind of movie that thinks it's saying something about men who punch, drink, and hunt but lacks the realism…

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Review of Contracted (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 28 Nov 2013

None of it feels remotely believable but also isn't broadly defined enough to be satire, falling in that dull gap in the middle…

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Review of Oldboy (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 26 Nov 2013

It's an echo of Park's film and will be quickly dismissed in the legacy of its director…

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Review of Frozen (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 26 Nov 2013

With great voice work, fantastic music, and a script that feels like its themes emerge naturally from its story and characters instead just…

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Review of Delivery Man (2013)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 22 Nov 2013

Has Vince Vaughn peaked…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 19 Nov 2013

In terms of pure story, Catching Fire is what a sequel should be - a development of themes from the first movie instead of mere repetition…

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Review of The Book Thief (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 15 Nov 2013

A well-intentioned piece of work that nonetheless fails, sometimes spectacularly, to connect in the ways that its creators intend…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 09 Nov 2013

If Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry were alive today to witness Thor: The Dark World, he'd tell it to focus on being a superhero film rather…

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Review of Thor: The Dark World (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 07 Nov 2013

It is a film that simply fades into the background of other films, both already produced and still-to-come…

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Review of Ender's Game (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 31 Oct 2013

Ender's Game has so little edge that it's completely round…

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Review of All Is Lost (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 23 Oct 2013

A showcase for Robert Redford like he hasn't had in years and further proof that the writer/director of Margin Call is one to watch…

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Review of Paraíso (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 20 Oct 2013

Hough sleepwalks through Cody's worst effort to date as a writer and only supporting turns by the always-game Russell Brand and never-bad Octavia…

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Review of Paradise (2011)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 20 Oct 2013

Hough sleepwalks through Cody's worst effort to date as a writer and only supporting turns by the always-game Russell Brand and never-bad Octavia…

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