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Review of Damsels in Distress (2012)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

Why he would once again focus his imagination on another ensemble of shallow, self-absorbed characters that are all directed to speak like…

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Review of Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

Falardeau had the good fortune to work with a powerfully effective ensemble cast, and Martin Léon's minimalist ambient score helps set the…

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Review of Cosmopolis (2012)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

Cronenberg is not a director to be daunted by a scenario in which the antihero spends most of his time in a stretch limo…

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Review of The Deep Blue Sea (2011)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

By the time she learns love is less about ideal romance than wiping someone's ass when they grow old, it's difficult to care about a problem…

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Review of Neil Young Journeys (2012)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

Demme plants a camera on the mic stand so at one point he can present Young's unshaven scowl in extreme close-up, blocking out the gorgeously…

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Review of Carnage (2011)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 20 Apr 2013

This is an actors' movie, although it's not always pleasant. Waltz has the most fun, and is the most enjoyable to watch…

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Review of Seven Psychopaths (2012)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 10 Oct 2012

Seven Psychopaths is refreshingly unorthodox on the level of The Big Lebowski, mixing clever film-about-film elements with dialogue that McDonagh…

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Review of Red Riding Hood (2011)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 11 Mar 2011

Grandma's house exudes the fairy-tale atmosphere Hardwicke strived for, but it's too little too late…

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Review of Funny People (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 01 Feb 2011

Apatow draws on his own experience to explore behavioral nuances of people that make us laugh, and it's no secret that being funny is not the…

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Review of Brüno (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 01 Feb 2011

If mixed martial arts fans who view the film are forever after afraid of fighters getting aroused during a ground-and-pound session on the…

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Review of Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 01 Feb 2011

It's interesting to a degree, but without a strong knowledge of the fashion industry, a novice will be left out in the cold…

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Review of Funny People (1976)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 01 Feb 2011

Apatow draws on his own experience to explore behavioral nuances of people that make us laugh, and it's no secret that being funny is not the…

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Review of It Might Get Loud (2008)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 01 Feb 2011

Guggenheim's depictions of his subjects' artistic development will strike universal chords in anyone who finds meaning in creativity…

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Review of The Last Airbender (2010)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Kiddie-strength action scenes drag the film down, but the kiss of death is Shyamalan's gratuitous use of earth tones and the general dull,…

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Review of Kick-Ass (2010)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Kick-Ass is so refreshingly iconoclastic, it's a wonder it was made at all…

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Review of An Education (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Mulligan possesses Audrey Hepburn-like radiance, but the 22-year-old actress looks so young, it's hard to perceive David as anything but creepy…

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Review of Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Fantastic Mr. Fox stops short of being a potential classic. It's just done extremely well…

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Review of Sherlock Holmes (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Although Ritchie's itchy camera finger causes confusion in the more kinetic action sequences, Downey and Law take the film far enough into…

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Review of The Blind Side (2009)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

While The Blind Side constantly threatens to deteriorate into sentimental saccharine, it never does…

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Review of Greenberg (2010)

By Matt Kelemen (219) for Las Vegas CityLife (159) on 31 Jan 2011

Greenberg is not an enjoyable movie, but it's a unique experience that will mostly appeal to cinephiles with insatiable appetites for character-driven…

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