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Review of Wakefield (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 18 May 2017

Cranston, who narrates Wakefield's thoughts throughout, roots himself in this absurdly compelling character...[Swicord's] film is an interesting…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 May 2017

Scott's Alien franchise still entertains and horrifies, but with two more movies still to arrive, the screenwriters need to find new ways to…

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Review of Obit (2017)

By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 May 2017

Obit wraps up with a simple, wry statement by one of the NYT obit writers: There's nothing you can do about dying, by the way…

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Review of Obit (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 May 2017

An extraordinary account of what makes the New York Times's obituaries so special, complete with pearls of wisdom on good writing and how to…

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Review of Risk (2017)

By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 May 2017

PBS shows Frontline or American Experience (Poitras is American, after all) would be a better venue for an edited version and would probably…

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Review of Risk (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 11 May 2017

A segment added after the film's Cannes showing is chilling. Assange expresses his hatred for Hillary Clinton…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 May 2017

Amy Schumer appears to be appropriating the man-child personna of last decade's comedies and it's not a good look…

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Review of Alien: Covenant (2017)

By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 May 2017

[In the original Alien, we got to know, and most important, empathize with the characters, especially Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) and, a little,…

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Review of King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 10 May 2017

such a cultural mishmash (George (Tom Wu) the kung-fu master! A Syren that looks like The Little Mermaid's Ursula!) that it loses all distinction…

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Review of The Lovers (2017)

By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

The film belongs to Winger and Letts and I rooted for them through to the end. The goings on around them kept me at arms length, though…

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Review of Glory (2017)

By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

The unrelenting build up of injustices to the film's climax left me with a knot in my stomach…

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Review of Glory (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

The perfect movie for our times, a fable of economic inequality and government corruption…

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Review of Chuck (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

Schreiber gives Wepner an appealing blue collar quality, a bear of a man with an open, easy going nature…

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Review of The Dinner (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 03 May 2017

Jumping about in time from the dinner to Paul's perspective on the past and the evening in question with amateurish dissolves, The Dinner might…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 02 May 2017

Gunn really excels in icing his cake, references to 'Cheers,' Pac-Man and Mary Poppins not only amusing but integral, much like the juvenile…

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Review of My Entire High School Sinking Into the Sea (2016)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 01 May 2017

Graphic novelist Dash Shaw's first feature animation is a hilarious pastiche referencing everything from video games to Scooby Doo to The Poseidon…

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Review of Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 27 Apr 2017

Raim probably wasn't trying to dynamite the auteur theory...but seeing Harold's story boards for such films as The Graduate and The Birds is…

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Review of Hounds of Love (2016)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 26 Apr 2017

Ben Young's feature debut is a beautifully shot, superbly acted psychological thriller with more on its mind than its subject matter would suggest…

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Review of Killing for Love (2016)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 20 Apr 2017

Its fictional love triangle characters may add geographical scope, but the film is a Europudding which never articulates why the Turks wished…

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Review of Free Fire (2017)

By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 20 Apr 2017

The film is an amusing romp in the director's humorously violent style, but it's essentially Down Terrace squared (or Reservoir Dogs in a warehouse)…

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