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Review of The Huntsman: Winter's War (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 29 Apr 2016

The tale is lazily and uncompellingly told -- sparkling eye candy with a bitter taste…

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Review of Demolition (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 07 Apr 2016

[The] emotional journey, complicated by a couple of unexpected developments in the third act, is universal and profound…

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Review of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 26 Mar 2016

Their first big-screen pairing is a hot mess, with too many storylines to get through to enjoy the elaborate production design or even figure…

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Review of The Bronze (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 17 Mar 2016

It'd be even more fun if there were a point to all the obscenity…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 17 Mar 2016

With a horrifying scenario, a resilient heroine and an insistent score by composer Bear McCreary, the super-secret J.J…

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Review of Allegiant (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 17 Mar 2016

Woodley and her peers are just going through the motions at this point, surviving the franchise so they can move on to the next stages of their…

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Review of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 04 Mar 2016

Aside from a couple of tone-deaf casting choices, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot is a funny and illuminating story of female empowerment in the malest…

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Review of Race (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 26 Feb 2016

An inspiring, feel-good story with a deferential protagonist perhaps more palatable to those who took issue with Beyoncé's politically charged…

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Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 26 Feb 2016

A sequel that, this many years hence, no one was clamoring for…

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Review of Eddie the Eagle (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 26 Feb 2016

Heart-warming and fun and embodies a sportsmanlike message that it doesn't matter whether you finish first or last, but that you do your best…

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Review of Deadpool (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 12 Feb 2016

An antihero who's sarcastic, profane, self-aware and funny as hell, a cathartic break from the portentous comic-book flicks saturating the…

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Review of Where to Invade Next (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 12 Feb 2016

[Moore's] findings - on workers' rights and women leaders, on education and school lunches, on prison systems and drug policies - are at once…

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Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 04 Feb 2016

A love letter to a silly, exasperating industry ... that nonetheless produces works of art that are mesmerizing, meaningful and, well, swell…

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Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 04 Feb 2016

The picture embraces old-fashioned values and a little schmaltz in its portrait of decent men going above and beyond the call of duty…

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Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 15 Jan 2016

Certainly the flashiest in an emerging genre not noted for subtlety…

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Review of The Lady in the Van (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 15 Jan 2016

A gentle, charming film about an eccentric, ornery - yet not too scary - woman and a man who demonstrates that it doesn't have to be dramatic…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 08 Jan 2016

Not even [Jennifer Lawrence's] considerable charms can mop up a mess of moviemaking that favors its actors' improvisation over efficiency and pace…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 08 Jan 2016

A simple story built around the ancient motivation of revenge conveyed in a style that is so harrowing and raw it speaks to our animal instincts…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 08 Jan 2016

Not even [Jennifer Lawrence's] considerable charms can mop up a mess of moviemaking that favors its actors' improvisation over efficiency and pace…

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Review of Anomalisa (2015)

By Annlee Ellingson (847) for L.A. Biz (397) on 08 Jan 2016

The movie's key distinction is its lovely depiction of the mystery of attraction…

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