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Review of Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)

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

Repetitive, cluttered, just silly variation on the first movie that will feel like a step back for anyone who admired Wan's notable advancement…

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Review of Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 10 Sep 2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car is cluttered with characters and subplots, and only a few of them resonate at all…

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Review of Afternoon Delight (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Sep 2013

The misfire of Afternoon Delight is one of writing, almost as if Soloway was afraid to let her characters progress to a truly interesting place…

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Review of Adoration (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Sep 2013

The major problem with this film is that we never see what the leads do in their sexual partners other than physical specimens and the lack…

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Review of Riddick (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Sep 2013

There's a pretty damn good piece of entertainment buried in Riddick if you're willing to dig through the bloat to find it…

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Review of The Grandmaster (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 29 Aug 2013

I still consider my Grandmaster experience incomplete for now. And it's a testament to how much quality still remains that I want to complete it…

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Review of Getaway (2013)

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

Hawke's character actually says, after one of several situations that could never possibly be replicated in the real world, I can't believe…

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Review of Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)

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

Even if one doesn't take it as a true success on its own terms, it is undeniably the work of a filmmaker who has made a statement with his…

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Review of The Frozen Ground (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Aug 2013

Unfocused, flitting back and forth from separate Cage, Cusack, and Hudgens arcs without forming them into one vision…

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Review of You're Next (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Aug 2013

Every issue I had with You're Next was beat into bloody submission by what works about it - it's a primal force of a movie, a sledgehammer…

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Review of Drinking Buddies (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 21 Aug 2013

Swanberg also displays a new level of ability with performers, drawing great turns from literally everyone in this cast, and finally giving…

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Review of Kick-Ass 2 (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 14 Aug 2013

One could argue that Kick-Ass was all style and no substance. Kick-Ass 2 has absolutely none of either…

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Review of The Act of Killing (2012)

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

This film is jaw-dropping. It's a must-see…

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Review of The Spectacular Now (2013)

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

Touching, funny, romantic, and so remarkably real, James Ponsoldt's teen drama captures a truth about our formative years that so many other…

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Review of Elysium (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 04 Aug 2013

Where Neill Blomkamp's District 9 was surprisingly sleek and refined given its low budget and rookie creator, the follow-up proves that more…

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Review of 2 Guns (2013)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 03 Aug 2013

A saving grace is still a saving grace no matter how much you blow holes in it…

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Review of Europa Report (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 30 Jul 2013

We need to reward smart, intellectual sci-fi like this if we want more of it…

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Review of The Canyons (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 29 Jul 2013

Lindsay Lohan is NOT the problem with The Canyons…

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Review of Still Mine (2012)

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

At its best, Still Mine gives off that feeling that we're watching something private, something genuine between two people who absolutely adore…

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Review of The Attack (2012)

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

It's an accomplished drama anchored by an understated, captivating performance from an actor who fills nearly every frame of every scene…

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