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Review of Deepwater Horizon (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 28 Sep 2016

Berg's relaxed handling of small talk among the crew members makes the set-up a delight to watch, while the ensuing disasters are convincing…

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Review of Queen of Katwe (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 28 Sep 2016

Director Mira Nair knows just how to deploy her excellent cast, giving weight to the drama of both Mom and coach without ever forgetting her…

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Review of London Road (2015)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

The film is adapted from a stage play, and it shows in every frame…

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Review of The Age of Shadows (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

It's all wonderfully stylish and handsome - the train sequence in particular may send some viewers into an aesthetic swoon - but it's also…

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Review of Operation Avalanche (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

Forget about the incongruous use of movie posters; the mugging these nerdy CIA agents display would give Milton Berle cause for alarm…

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Review of Antibirth (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

Watching Lyonne smoke and drink the trimesters away reminds one just how much her absence from the big screen has been missed…

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Review of Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Sep 2016

While Feuerzeig makes good visual and narrative use of the world's adulation and outrage over LeRoy and his eventual outing, all those fireworks…

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Review of Sully (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Sep 2016

Hanks's Sullenberger is by far Eastwood's most untarnished standard-bearer to date. Not even Nelson Mandela came off looking this good…

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Review of Zoom (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Sep 2016

The self-conscious cleverness gets slippery once it's time to deliver an ending, so for smarts, you'll have to settle for some comment on the…

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Review of Little Men (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Sep 2016

Shoring together small moments from the lives of believable characters, in a manner free of special effects and fluky plotting, and with the…

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Review of Zoom (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Sep 2016

The self-conscious cleverness gets slippery once it's time to deliver an ending, so for smarts, you'll have to settle for some comment on the…

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Review of Mia madre (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 08 Sep 2016

The general air of quiet intelligence throws the occasional outbursts of loud emotion into affecting relief, and John Turturro shines as the…

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Review of Morgan (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 31 Aug 2016

The point of things quickly shifts from engaging the audience's interest and/or intellect to merely keeping it stimulated and guessing…

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Review of Complete Unknown (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 31 Aug 2016

Director and co-writer Joshua Marston likes to let his scenes run long; occasionally, this proves engaging (a dinner party that goes from gregarious…

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Review of Don't Breathe (2016)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 26 Aug 2016

Panic Room meets Wait Until Dark in this pitiless, uncommonly serviceable horror thriller…

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Review of Hands of Stone (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 26 Aug 2016

There are some engaging asides about Arcel's struggles with boxing's dirty underbelly, but they feel like they belong to a different movie…

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Review of Southside with You (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 26 Aug 2016

President Obama's fans and haters alike will find something to enjoy in this slightly stilted yet oddly fascinating account of the Harvard…

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Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 09 Aug 2016

After an opening that briefly borders on shocking, David Lowery's remake of the 1977 film keeps its enormous paws safely on the beaten path…

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Review of Anthropoid (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 09 Aug 2016

The final showdown gets blown up and dragged out, but the slow-burning fuse of everything that comes before helps to justify the explosive release…

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Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 09 Aug 2016

Director David Mackenzie tells a sad story about desperate characters that is somehow as thrilling as it is heartbreaking…

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