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Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 07 Jan 2016

Negative reviews of The Hateful Eight hurt my feelings when they complain about long stretches of dialogue or gratuitous violence, as if that…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 31 Dec 2015

Joy is not a very good movie, but the message is so salient and relevant that in spite of itself, it may manage to move audiences anyway…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 31 Dec 2015

Joy is not a very good movie, but the message is so salient and relevant that in spite of itself, it may manage to move audiences anyway…

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Review of Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 10 Dec 2015

It's easy to make a wall-to-wall action movie when you don't care if it looks real or makes narrative sense, and that's the essential difference…

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Review of Heart of a Dog (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 10 Dec 2015

Heart of a Dog makes for a tranquil, thought-provoking experience, brought to us by a wise and confident narrator, and it's surprisingly entertaining…

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Review of Inside Out (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 10 Dec 2015

Inside Out is a smart, entertaining, compassionate film about the emotions that live in the mind and the sometimes painful process of leaving…

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Review of Room (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 03 Dec 2015

Room demands not just to be seen, but felt-and the feelings echo long after you've left the theater…

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Review of Goodnight Mommy (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

You won't find a better film to satisfy your Halloween bloodlust than Goodnight Mommy…

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Review of Pawn Sacrifice (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Pawn Sacrifice has all the pieces in place (ha ha) and yet it's missing that intangible spark necessary to elevate a biopic beyond the realm…

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Review of The Assassin (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

The silence in this film is meant to be tranquil and contemplative, I think, and I faded in and out of that feeling, but an engine can only…

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Review of Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Every time I thought this movie was going to disappoint me with something clichéd or too sentimental, I was, instead, surprised by its cunning…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

If you can stomach every unbelievable conceit that comes standard in a spy/thriller/action picture, then Rogue Nation is a pretty good time…

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Review of Pixels (2010)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Pixels creates a world where the citizens willingly elected Paul Blart, Mall Cop as president, and yet I'm expected to root for these people…

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Review of Love & Mercy (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Despite the darkness, Love & Mercy manages a calm sweetness throughout…

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Review of The End of the Tour (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Segel embodies Wallace so thoroughly that his and Eisenberg's scenes feel more than anything like a documentary with impossibly intimate access…

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Review of Irrational Man (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Irrational Man plays like a page-turning short story that enraptures and then leaves you…

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Review of Aloha (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Aloha is a mostly bad, uneven film with hard-to-know characters and a baffling premise…

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Review of Crimson Peak (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Del Toro understands that sex and violence are what movies are for. He wants to literally show you his characters' insides…

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Review of The Look of Silence (2014)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

The Look of Silence stands on its own as a perfect addendum to The Act of Killing…

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Review of Pixels (2015)

By Molly Laich (115) for Missoula Independent (105) on 18 Nov 2015

Pixels creates a world where the citizens willingly elected Paul Blart, Mall Cop as president, and yet I'm expected to root for these people…

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