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Review of Monsieur Lazhar (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 18 Apr 2012

Perceptive and humanistic, Monsieur Lazhar unfolds in a world that recognizes and embraces complexity and duality, and isn't dishonest about…

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Review of Keyhole (2011)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 17 Apr 2012

Characteristically full of some beautiful and evocative images, Maddin's latest film seems doggedly intent on achieving art status merely through…

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Review of The Island President (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 11 Apr 2012

A socially engaged documentary with more heart than head, this slice of boosterism focusing on the exiled Maldives president achieves unexpected…

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Review of Lockout (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 09 Apr 2012

If you're going high concept, you do it to the max…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

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

Goddard and Whedon strike the perfect balance between messing around with the used and abused and the undeniably original, making the film…

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Review of ATM (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 04 Apr 2012

Campy slasher flicks can sustain some pitfalls, but in ATM's case, it's the core of the story that collapses, leaving the rest of the material…

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Review of Mirror Mirror (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 28 Mar 2012

Can get just about anyone to at least crack a smile, but it's tough to say whether that smile will come from laughing with the material or at it…

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Review of The Kid with a Bike (2011)

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

Simple grace is a quality rarer in modern films than one might expect, as is the yard-by-yard, in-the-trenches slog of messy human connection,…

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Review of The Hunger Games (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 20 Mar 2012

Highly entertaining material with the power to tap into your deepest sentiments. Do we have the next big film franchise here? Undoubtedly…

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Review of 21 Jump Street (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 13 Mar 2012

Clocks in at an hour and 20 minutes and could use a 15 minute trimming, but there's enough fun to be had that you don't mind wading in a brief…

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Review of Good For Nothing (2014)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 09 Mar 2012

Though well acted, this Kiwi-shot Western would've done better to invest more time with its leads, and ditch deadpan attempts at a subplot…

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Review of Good-for-Nothing (1960)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 09 Mar 2012

Though well acted, this Kiwi-shot Western would've done better to invest more time with its leads, and ditch deadpan attempts at a subplot…

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Review of Good for Nothing (2004)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 09 Mar 2012

Though well acted, this Kiwi-shot Western would've done better to invest more time with its leads, and ditch deadpan attempts at a subplot…

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Review of Good for Nothing (2012)

By Brent Simon (1,142) for Shockya.com (657) on 09 Mar 2012

Though well acted, this Kiwi-shot Western would've done better to invest more time with its leads, and ditch deadpan attempts at a subplot…

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Review of Friends with Kids (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 06 Mar 2012

Respectfully pokes fun at the ups and downs of life all while making this fictional story feel very real resulting in a particularly satisfying…

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Review of Project X (2012)

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

A good movie? No, but it isn't trying to be…

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Review of The Forgiveness of Blood (2011)

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

Shines a light on religiously imputed dictums of punishment while never betraying the universality of its thematic inquiry; shows that young…

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Review of Tomorrow, When the War Began (2010)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 25 Feb 2012

Suffers from some technical and acting issues, but the piece is so exciting and engaging overall you'll undoubtedly be hoping for a sequel…

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Review of Act of Valor (2012)

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

This is a videogame with killer effects on automatic play, not a solid feature…

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Review of This Means War (2012)

By Perri Nemiroff (375) for Shockya.com (657) on 14 Feb 2012

The only reason this one escapes the drudges of the purely rotten is because Hardy is so damn charming…

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