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Review of Selma (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 16 Dec 2014

A tough, sober, lived-in look at the gruntwork of activism…

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Review of Annie (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 15 Dec 2014

When music takes over, a film straining to be down has all the pizzazz of an Up with People production…

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Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 11 Dec 2014

A completely straightforward, wholly cookie cutter primer on an iconoclast who forged new forms of art. Does that make it unnecessary? Not at all…

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Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 09 Dec 2014

Superfluous and endless as the 'Hobbit' films have been, once 'The Battle of the Five Armies' ties up with 'The Fellowship of the Ring,' it…

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Review of Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 08 Dec 2014

When a swarm of super-crocs seize upon fishermen, turning the Nile into literal blood [...] perhaps you can briefly forgive Christian Bale's…

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Review of Miss Julie (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 04 Dec 2014

Chastain has never gone this loose cannon before, and you can sense a private thrill at not caring how precise she is, at going wild and getting…

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Review of Zero Motivation (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 03 Dec 2014

A deceptively modest piece that builds to no more than a climactic stapler fight for the ages…

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Review of Wild (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 03 Dec 2014

It sounds Hallmarky, but, as played by Witherspoon and sprightfully directed by Jean-Marc Vallee, 'Wild' comes off tough, rough and funny…

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Review of Life Partners (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 03 Dec 2014

At times Life Partners can feel like it's running through a readymade trajectory, elucidating upon a thesis about getting older…

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Review of The Imitation Game (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 25 Nov 2014

The Imitation Game' doesn't embarrass itself by trying to explain convoluted mathematical issues; there's nothing on the order of 'A Beautiful…

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Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 25 Nov 2014

Hell, it starts with a Werner Herzog joke. You know, for the kids…

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Review of The Imitation Game (1980)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 25 Nov 2014

The Imitation Game' doesn't embarrass itself by trying to explain convoluted mathematical issues; there's nothing on the order of 'A Beautiful…

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Review of Horrible Bosses 2 (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 24 Nov 2014

When you can't even get Christoph Waltz excited about playing a grinning sociopath, something's seriously off…

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Review of The Babadook (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 24 Nov 2014

It's almost a shame it turns into a ghost movie at all, but not quite…

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Review of Extraterrestrial (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 21 Nov 2014

Everything about it is meant to either raise or lower your expectations…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 18 Nov 2014

What was a tamed rip-off of the gory 'Battle Royale' becomes more like Steven Soderbergh's 'Che': a cerebral look at the gruntwork of revolution…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 13 Nov 2014

There are a ton of jokes in 'Dumb and Dumber To.' A lot of them fall flat - but look at how many there are…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 12 Nov 2014

It's genuinely shocking when the funny, satirical film you'd expect from a film by Jon Stewart emerges late in the first film by Jon Stewart…

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Review of A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 07 Nov 2014

When [Robin] Williams/Mitch quiets down you can see real despair - as though both character and actor were overcompensating in an effort to…

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Review of The Better Angels (2022)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 06 Nov 2014

Is and isn't a straight-up [Terrence] Malick imitation…

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