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Review of Violet & Daisy (2013)

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

You can almost see the moment when the super-talented Saoirse Ronan checks out in terms of character and I think James Gandolfini gave up before…

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Review of The East (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 05 Jun 2013

Why was the opportunity for true commentary or even character development within this fascinating world discarded in favor of an awkwardly-staged…

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Review of The Purge (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 05 Jun 2013

Just enough goofy thematic exploration to throw ideas at you without asking you to take a single damn one of them as serious subject matter…

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Review of Rapture-Palooza (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 05 Jun 2013

I wanted more satire, less booty humor. And the film really needed a more-engaged heroine…

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Review of Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic (2013)

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

As a showcase of Pryor's talent and influence, Omit the Logic is undeniably fun…

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Review of Wish You Were Here (2012)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 03 Jun 2013

It's a vacation in which the guide book has been purposefully reordered and organized to disguise what would have been much more interesting…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

By Adam Fendelman (235) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 31 May 2013

Nevermind M. Night Shyamalan's cumulative global box-office grab of $2.5 billion on total production budgets of $665 million. Numbers lie…

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Review of Behind the Candelabra (2013)

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

Balancing the borderline insane personality of Liberace with the intimate truth of the story told in Steven Soderbergh's Behind the Candleabra…

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Review of After Earth (2013)

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

They set out to make a sci-fi film with the power to change the way you look at your fellow man…

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Review of Shadow Dancer (2012)

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

A slow-burn thriller that may be a bit too slow at times but builds in power by the final reel…

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Review of Epic (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 22 May 2013

Sadly, the lurching, generic script doesn't live up to the look of the film but it's worth seeing just for the memorable visuals…

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Review of Fast & Furious 6 (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 22 May 2013

A damn fun ride that's sure to please the audience out to see a sixth installment of vehicular man-sanity…

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Review of Alyce Kills (2011)

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

It's ten times better than most horror movies that will hit the multiplex this year. Genre fans will eat it up…

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Review of Black Rock (2012)

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

The what-if scenario that incites the action of Black Rock is captivating but Aselton and co-writer/husband Mark Duplass don't build on that…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

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

It leaves fans wondering what's next in the franchise, which will surely make Paramount happy, but doesn't stand on its own like the truly…

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Review of The Iceman (2012)

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

A misguided, clichéd hitman flick that careens tonally and doesn't really justify its existence…

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Review of Stories We Tell (2012)

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

Where Polley's work goes from mere family movie to something much greater is in how she uses her own quest for answers to illuminate why &…

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Review of Mud (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 09 May 2013

A brilliant metaphor for how a child deals with divorce…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 08 May 2013

This isn't overkill in the way the term is typically used. It's just a repetitive kill, kill, kill, until the effect becomes numbing…

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Review of No One Lives (2013)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 08 May 2013

Starts off with enough grit and style that a good horror fan is likely to get their hopes up at the potential fun to come…

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