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Review of Straight Outta Compton (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

A few electrifying moments aside, this skillfully made but painfully skin-deep film feels like a winners' history of the gangsta rap glory days…

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Review of Fantastic Four (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

This one starts off better [than the previous films], with a reasonably intelligent script, sprightly direction by Trank, a great comic-book…

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Review of Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

This droll, sweetly hilarious movie plays like the triumphant return of the silent comedy of Buster Keaton…

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Review of Cop Car (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

There's certainly a visual confidence to the first third of the film that hints at greater things ahead for Watts, but the storytelling is…

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Review of The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

The result is a stylishly pleasant surprise, a tongue-in-cheek pastiche of '60s spy movies just as the series itself was a pastiche of the…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

Edgerton the director makes a competent debut here, but Edgerton the actor is all wrong for the part of Gordon -- he's a cool kid doing his…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

Edgerton the director makes a competent debut here, but Edgerton the actor is all wrong for the part of Gordon -- he's a cool kid doing his…

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Review of Ricki and the Flash (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Aug 2015

What salvages the movie is the raw honesty of the acting, especially Streep and Gummer (mother-daughter in real life) -- that, and the fact…

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Review of Irrational Man (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 05 Aug 2015

Allen's never before had trouble letting us know when he was kidding; if this really is one of those times, the joke isn't funny, it's pompous…

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Review of Dark Places (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 05 Aug 2015

Theron grounds her withdrawn character in something recognizable and relatable…

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Review of Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 05 Aug 2015

Cruise has always been a remarkable physical actor, and the Mission: Impossible franchise continues to offer an ideal showcase for his talents…

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Review of Southpaw (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Jul 2015

Director Antoine Fuqua adorns the rampant clichés of Kurt Sutter's script with a fine veneer of gritty realism…

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Review of Paper Towns (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Jul 2015

In the whole cast, only Halston Sage (as Delevigne's former best friend) makes much of an impression; this kid may actually be going places…

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Review of Infinitely Polar Bear (2014)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Jul 2015

Infinitely Polar Bear certainly gives off a palpable sense of warmth and sincerity, but I wish that Forbes wanted to give her audience something…

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Review of Cartel Land (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2015

Heineman and his crew gain a terrifying level of access, giving us front-row seats to the drug war…

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Review of Trainwreck (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2015

In a film filled with cameos by comedy legends and SNL cast members, LeBron James and Jon Cena get by far the biggest laughs, which is maybe…

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Review of Pixels (2010)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2015

There are amusing touches too: some funny dialogue (especially in the early scenes), a wealth of retro-'80s musical nostalgia on the soundtrack…

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Review of Pixels (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Jul 2015

There are amusing touches too: some funny dialogue (especially in the early scenes), a wealth of retro-'80s musical nostalgia on the soundtrack…

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Review of Testament of Youth (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Jul 2015

Testament of Youth is an interior design spread masquerading as biography, nothing but a dainty and decorative pose of noble suffering, and…

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Review of Ant-Man (2015)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Jul 2015

Ant-Man doesn't even try to break the mold, but at least it's less busy and bombastic than most Marvel offerings…

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