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Review of Strange Magic (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Feb 2015

The animation, which has a look of Arthur Rackham mixed with Maxfield Parrish, is fluid, visually striking and, for some strange reason, vaguely…

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Review of Spare Parts (2015)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Feb 2015

The movie benefits from an air of earnest goodwill and well-turned performances…

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Review of Black Sea (2009)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Feb 2015

Director Kevin Macdonald and writer Dennis Kelly craft a relentless, claustrophobic nail-biting thriller…

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Review of Selma (2014)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 08 Jan 2015

Even some of the film's strongest proponents are positioning the film as a good-for-you, syllabus-ready obligation…

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Review of Inherent Vice (2014)

By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 07 Jan 2015

For all its dizzy detachment, the film packs an insidious emotional wallop, one that may not be felt until well after impact…

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Review of The Fault in Our Stars (2014)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Jan 2015

It's essentially a two-character show: Elgort is handsome and appealing, while Woodley continues her steady progress to stardom…

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Review of John Wick (2014)

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

The mordant humor of Derek Kolstad's script quickly dries up, the movie starts taking itself seriously, and the pleasure gives way to the guilt…

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Review of The Guest (2014)

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

While you can practically hear Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett giggling with self-satisfaction from behind the camera, the ending feels…

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Review of The Guest (2014)

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

While you can practically hear Wingard and screenwriter Simon Barrett giggling with self-satisfaction from behind the camera, the ending feels…

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Review of Pride (2014)

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

The theme is solidarity against adversity, and the movie is unironically uplifting…

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Review of Top Five (2014)

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

[Rock's] conversations with Dawson crackle with intelligence and sexual chemistry, and a parade of guest artists -- some playing characters,…

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Review of Gloria (2013)

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

The spice is provided largely by García's performance: She's not only the center of the movie, she's literally never off camera, and she holds…

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Review of Wild (2014)

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

Witherspoon is very good, not just deglamorized but immersed, and Laura Dern is every bit her equal as Strayed's mother…

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Review of Life Itself (2014)

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

It's appropriate to the subject that Steve James' affectionate documentary Life Itself, based on Ebert's autobiography and shot as he was fading…

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Review of Godzilla (2014)

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

Giant, radioactive lizards deserve better…

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Review of Gloria (2013)

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

The spice is provided largely by García's performance: She's not only the center of the movie, she's literally never off camera, and she holds…

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Review of Fury (2014)

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

Fury is a problematic film, but it's also undeniably entertaining, with some ghostly images that are too often obliterated by cannon fire…

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Review of Obvious Child (2009)

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

There's a raunchy, female Woody Allen-from-the-1970s vibe to Obvious Child that rings an overfamiliar bell…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

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

Out of nowhere, Edge of Tomorrow is an exhilarating mix of Verhoeven-esque sci-fi subversion, existential comedy straight out of Groundhog…

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Review of The Theory of Everything (2014)

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

Redmayne does bravura work, but The Theory of Everything doesn't have the imagination or ambition to be anything more than his showpiece…

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