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Review of Disappearance (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 19 Jan 2018

Ali Asgari's second feature is an intimate, compelling look at a relationship in crisis coming up against the immovable wall that is Iran's…

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Review of The Post (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 11 Jan 2018

While physical newspapers may not be as much a part of American life as they used to be, the occasional films about their publication - such…

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Review of Hostiles (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 04 Jan 2018

Along with another 2017 film, Wind River, Hostiles is a welcome story that deals with Native American issues, though what would be even more…

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Review of All the Money in the World (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 22 Dec 2017

The result is a surprisingly taut drama whose ultimate lesson resonates with the wisdom of Coco Chanel, who once said, There are people who…

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Review of I, Tonya (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 21 Dec 2017

A pointed satire on athletic ambition and class conflict that's fueled by a biting sense of humor and a couple of knockout performances…

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Review of The Shape of Water (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 14 Dec 2017

The visual stylist spins an adult fairy tale that takes elements from Beauty and the Beast and recasts them in an alternative universe that's…

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Review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 12 Dec 2017

The Last Jedi may not possess its immediate predecessors' pleasant shock of the new, nor is it a stylistic detour from what's expected…

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Review of Human Flow (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 07 Dec 2017

The scattershot and lengthy documentary doesn't attempt to be a news report...but the cumulative impact of its often haunting images brings…

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Review of The Swindlers (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 30 Nov 2017

The film - while well-made and intermittently entertaining - isn't particularly distinctive beyond its casting…

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Review of God's Own Country (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 29 Nov 2017

Director/writer Francis Lee's electrifying feature debut is a working-class, fun-house mirror version of Call Me By Your Name's upper-class…

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Review of Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 23 Nov 2017

Despite McDonagh's cinematic hyperbole, it's the strength of the performances from McDormand, Harrelson and Rockwell that keeps Three Billboards…

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Review of Mudbound (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 22 Nov 2017

Mudbound sometimes falls prey to the obvious. Still, the performances convey a persuasive subtlety that the script itself doesn't always possess…

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Review of Last Flag Flying (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 17 Nov 2017

While conventional in execution and its underlying anti-war/pro-soldier sentiments, Flag nevertheless is buttressed by a warm humanity and…

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Review of Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

By Cary Darling (452) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 01 Nov 2017

Note to Hollywood: From now on, maybe all of our superhero franchises should be outsourced to New Zealand…

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Review of Texas Killing Fields (2011)

By Lana Berkowitz (3) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 20 Oct 2011

The characters will be familiar to fans of police procedural shows and TV movies…

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Review of The Big Year (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 13 Oct 2011

Those who should go near The Big Year, if not flock to it, are fans of avians, mild PG comedy and gorgeously shot travel footage dotted with humans…

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Review of I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 14 Sep 2011

Spiffy-looking, well-intentioned but ultimately witless film…

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Review of Seven Days in Utopia (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 07 Sep 2011

Until its final seconds, Seven Days in Utopia is just a piece of gee-whiz, G-rated, nicely shot evangelism outfitted as a golf movie…

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Review of The Help (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 09 Aug 2011

Good story, great characters, a setting plucked from history - and a multiracial, multigenerational ensemble cast stacked with fabulous actresses…

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Review of Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for Houston Chronicle (970) on 21 Jul 2011

What distinguishes Cap is his humble backstory, which involves neither hairy gods nor hot-dogging test pilots but a kid from Brooklyn who just…

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