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Review of Joy (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise…

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Review of Carol (1974)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Carol (1970)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

It's clear that the point here isn't people, it's payoff, emotional and otherwise…

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Review of Carol (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Carol (1990)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Dec 2015

The lesbian affair at its heart is rendered with intelligence and care, and if there are speeches to be made, they are happily few, and far…

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Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 16 Dec 2015

What [Abrams has] done is to remake Star Wars: A New Hope; tweaking it for the passage of time; improving on the acting, the effects, and the…

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Review of The Danish Girl (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Eventually, [Hooper] surrenders to the visual and psychological displays attendant on Redmayne's prolonged transformation from Einar to Lili…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael…

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Review of Macbeth (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

Director Justin Kurzel seems to have set out to answer the question, What if the supremely ambitious Thane of Glamis (played here by Michael…

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Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 11 Dec 2015

There's a hollow at the heart of things, a strange decency and politeness for a film that strives to depict, in epic form, man's dark and visceral…

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Review of The Good Dinosaur (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Nov 2015

If the story sounds simple, that's because it is…

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Review of Creed (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 25 Nov 2015

Not even Rocky can deliver a line like, It's you against you; he's just in the ring without sounding ridiculous…

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Review of Trumbo (2007)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Nov 2015

The movie's main idea seems to be that, in the end, people prefer movies to ideas. Or at least ideologies…

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Review of Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Nov 2015

She gave her life to the art, but she kept her love for herself. And as the title implies, neither may have been a choice…

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Review of Trumbo (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Nov 2015

The movie's main idea seems to be that, in the end, people prefer movies to ideas. Or at least ideologies…

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Review of The Night Before (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Nov 2015

A smartly built, chemically-enhanced Christmas story about growing up that you can't watch with the grown-ups - at least, not the ones who…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 20 Nov 2015

After the forced histrionics of Part 1, it's nice to see star Jennifer Lawrence being allowed to quiet down and act again…

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Review of The 33 (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Nov 2015

Mostly aims for easily mined deposits of nerves and heartstrings, rather than the more stubborn, more rewarding veins of character and soul…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 13 Nov 2015

A touching ode to the old-fashioned notion that some things simply need reporting; never mind the effort, the expense, or the effect on circulation…

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