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Review of Prometheus (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 08 Jun 2012

A movie that forces you to be intellectually invested, but not to the point of exhaustion and, in turn, delivers a remarkably enthralling experience…

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Review of Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 31 May 2012

When a movie's biggest thrill is watching Charlize Theron go from young to old, turn into birds then mud and back again, there are serious problems…

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Review of Chernobyl Diaries (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 24 May 2012

The core concept has the potential to deliver a clever and original horror film, but all we get is the obligatory cheap scare…

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Review of Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 22 May 2012

A wonderfully refreshing experience, one that's got humor and heart, and, overall, is just a very well planned and well made production…

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Review of Battleship (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 18 May 2012

Riggins and Landry in the Navy, Peter Berg Does Michael Bay, Transformers-esque, Not Really Battleship; any of those titles are just as fitting…

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Review of Bill W. (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 16 May 2012

A doc about the man who clawed his own way out of drunkenness and then forged a path for countless others to follow, Bill W…

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Review of Nobody Else But You (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 14 May 2012

A stylishly shot film that's at once forlorn and hopeful, unfolding in a space that seems real and familiar, yet also a bit off-kilter and…

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Review of I Wish (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 14 May 2012

If the Dardenne brothers were Japanese instead of French-Belgian, or perhaps set out to craft a homage to Yasujiro Ozu that was crossed with…

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Review of Dark Shadows (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 10 May 2012

You may not care much for what happens to the characters, but there sure is a lot to ogle while they go about their nonsensical business…

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Review of The Perfect Family (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 07 May 2012

A resolutely middle-of-the-road affair that never locates and communicates a very persuasive reason for its existence, or even a compelling…

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Review of Suing The Devil (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 04 May 2012

Aiming for some theoretical sweet spot between comedy, courtroom drama and Up-with-Jesus…

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Review of Bernie (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 04 May 2012

Another treat from American original Richard Linklater -- a fantastically absorbing and comedically inflected docu-drama, kind of a slightly…

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Review of The Avengers (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 01 May 2012

It's films like these that justify the superhero movie's direct connection to the franchise model…

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Review of Elles (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 30 Apr 2012

A ponderous, self-satisfied drama that can't be saved by a characteristically nuanced performance from Juliette Binoche…

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Review of The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 30 Apr 2012

Possesses the same nougaty center of ribaldry and sentimentality in which Judd Apatow specializes, but falls victim to a sagging hour-plus…

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Review of Restless City (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 27 Apr 2012

Beautiful but inert, Restless City is like a grimy lost verse of Jay-Z's 'Empire State of Mind' -- a film concerned with locating the quiet…

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Review of Sound of My Voice (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 24 Apr 2012

A gripping, low-fi, arthouse mystery/thriller that steadily swells the pulse of viewers, Sound of My Voice is a joint exercise in disquiet…

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Review of 96 Minutes (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 24 Apr 2012

Overly familiar plotting and a dearth of insight doom this padded, grandiloquent carjacking melodrama, no matter its claim that it's based…

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Review of Jesus Henry Christ (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 22 Apr 2012

Its casually whimsical tone and esoteric asides come across less as emblematic of a genuinely original voice, and more like an amalgamation…

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Review of Fightville (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 20 Apr 2012

A shrewdly observed MMA doc [that's] the equivalent of an unexpectedly delightful conversation with a potluck-seated dinner companion with…

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