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Review of Ant-Man (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 16 Jul 2015

While Ant-Man may not have mastered giving its hero a soul, it reminds us that you can still have a blast at the movies even when the good…

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Review of Magic Mike XXL (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 15 Jul 2015

What's missing is anything even remotely resembling a story, even the thin mentor & protégé narrative that supported Magic Mike…

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Review of Big Hero 6 (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 13 Jul 2015

The boy and his dog relationship between Baymax and Hiro becomes an emotional nexus that's part E.T. and part Johnny Sokko & his Giant Robot…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 13 Jul 2015

It's clear that nobody here really grasped why those Raimi Spider-Man tales were great…

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Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 12 Jul 2015

Bryan Singer juggles more than a dozen mutants and whole heaps of story for a satisfying comic-book action spectacle and allegory…

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Review of Kingsman: The Secret Service (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 12 Jul 2015

Vaughn gets the most out of both his energetic cast and the undeniable genre pleasures of watching stuff like a well-tailored gentlemen take…

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Review of Eden (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 09 Jul 2015

Eden winds and meanders through its 21-year course, with supporting characters disappearing and reappearing…

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Review of Eden (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 09 Jul 2015

Eden winds and meanders through its 21-year course, with supporting characters disappearing and reappearing…

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Review of Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 07 Jul 2015

Where other comic-book fare has felt like action blockbusters with sprinkles of comic relief, Gunn has been allowed to make a comedy that happens…

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Review of Self/less (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 07 Jul 2015

Self/Less didn't require a sermon, but it could have used something to anchor the story more firmly as an allegory with a conscience…

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Review of Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 29 Jun 2015

Reeves conjures a spectacle that has you questioning every moment where movies have conditioned you to cheer instinctively, because the heroism…

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Review of Toy Story 3 (2010)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 28 Jun 2015

What continues to astonish about the Pixar films is the way they manage to pair blissful entertainment with the miraculous experience of being human…

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Review of Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 26 Jun 2015

Edge of Tomorrow's simple, smart pleasures include a look at how many screw-ups it can take to learn there may be things -- and people -- beyond…

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Review of Max (2016)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 25 Jun 2015

The solid construction of the suspense-thriller elements only make it feel stranger that, deep down, Max doesn't want us to think of it as…

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

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 25 Jun 2015

Me and Earl is far from a celebration of missing out on the depth and complexity of the people around you…

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Review of The Strongest Man (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 25 Jun 2015

It's uneven, goofy and personal, in all the ways that independent comedy can be both delightful and occasionally befuddling…

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Review of The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 22 Jun 2015

Occasionally the fights and chases take on a chaotic quality that's far from crystal clear…

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Review of Dope (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 18 Jun 2015

The lively performances and funky comic energy keep it hopping, even as it's busily hopping all over the place…

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Review of The Wolfpack (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 18 Jun 2015

It's a fascinating in-the-moment experience…

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Review of Inside Out (2015)

By Scott Renshaw (514) for Salt Lake City Weekly (200) on 18 Jun 2015

As terrific a technical achievement as Inside Out might be, it's an even better piece of writing…

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