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Review of Office Christmas Party (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Dec 2016

Two directors and six writers, and all they had to do was find an excuse for the kind of party scene that happens only in lame-brained movies…

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Review of La La Land (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Dec 2016

The transition isn't always smooth; the movie sags in the center as the songs grow sparse…

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Review of Jackie (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Dec 2016

All the perfectly manicured technical elements assembled by Larraín are the reasons to watch Jackie, even as they overwhelm a slight and not…

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Review of Man Down (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Dec 2016

LeBeouf works his tail off, but too many scenes are meandering and shapeless, with only the puzzle box structure of the story left to hold…

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Review of Miss Sloane (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Dec 2016

Chastain stomps around barking at everybody, while director John Madden and his cast (Sam Waterston, John Lithgow, Mark Strong, Gugu Mbatha-Raw,…

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Review of Incarnate (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Dec 2016

It's Inception meets The Exorcist, and the best thing you can say for this routine scare-'em-up is that the final result isn't as idiotic as…

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Review of Rules Don't Apply (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Dec 2016

It's a mess. Beautifully photographed (by Caleb Deschanel), gorgeously designed (Jeannine Oppewall) and conscientiously acted, but still a mess…

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Review of Manchester by the Sea (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Dec 2016

Affleck gives the sort of crumpled, seething, fully lived-in performance that De Niro and Pacino gave in their primes, and he gets strong support…

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Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Dec 2016

A Single Man was the work of a talented tourist; this is the work of a true filmmaker…

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Review of Moana (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Dec 2016

It's a two-character show, and the stars deliver the goods with irresistible charm…

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Review of Allied (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Dec 2016

The movie rashly invites an obvious comparison, but there's only one Casablanca…

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Review of Loving (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 01 Dec 2016

Even if all you ever want from a film is moral affirmation and a basketful of the warm-fuzzies, writer-director Jeff Nichols' mildewed biopic…

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Review of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2016

It's all as well-mounted and temperate as you would expect from Lee, but I can't fathom why he thought this material was worth his time, as…

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Review of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2016

This is reportedly the first of five movies. Well, Rowling's audience is hard to alienate, but we'll just see about that…

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Review of Bleed for This (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 30 Nov 2016

The movie never really overcomes the basic familiarity of its formula -- Triumph Over Adversity (Sports Division) -- but within those limits,…

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Review of The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Nov 2016

The film offers an assured lead performance from Steinfeld, some humorous insights into adolescent angst and a curious lack of narrative urgency…

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Review of Arrival (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 18 Nov 2016

The result is a genuine sci-fi thinkpiece, challenging and exhilarating…

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Review of Moonlight (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 18 Nov 2016

It's only Jenkins' second feature, but Moonlight feels more like a hard-earned career-capper rather than the career-igniter that it should become…

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Review of Trolls (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 10 Nov 2016

Directors Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn pepper the…

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Review of Aquarius (2016)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 10 Nov 2016

Braga steals the show, but the filmmaking is quietly brilliant…

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