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Review of Penguins of Madagascar (2014)

By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 24 Nov 2014

It does well to put more focus on delivering a plethora of jokes, imitations, zippy repartee, and sight gags than its plot's familiar machinations…

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Review of Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)

By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 23 Nov 2014

Benicio Del Toro's performance is showy, a great actor's parade of indulgences that occasionally sets the deranged camp tone that should have…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Richard Larson (27) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Nov 2014

As a metaphor for the way we respond to the media, and the way our politics are funneled through the media lens, the film succeeds most when…

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Review of Extraterrestrial (2014)

By Rob Humanick (476) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Nov 2014

A knowing mélange of recognizable genre tropes bordering on shopworn cliché, with little else introduced to the equation to justify its existence…

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Review of The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 (2014)

By Richard Scott Larson (23) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 19 Nov 2014

As a metaphor for the way we respond to the media, and the way our politics are funneled through the media lens, the film succeeds most when…

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Review of Late Phases (2014)

By Chris Cabin (484) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 18 Nov 2014

Adrián García Bogliano ends up merely toying with the death-steeped concerns of his characters, and taking the furious and bitter perspective…

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Review of The Circle (2014)

By Diego Semerene (203) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 18 Nov 2014

The film refuses to tease us with suspense, overwhelm us with sentimentality, or defy us with nuance…

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Review of Food Evolution (2017)

By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Nov 2014

Perhaps Sanjay Rawal's most fascinating excursion into agriculture's dark side is the vineyards of Napa Valley, where the practically Eden-like…

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Review of Food Chains (2014)

By Wes Greene (110) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Nov 2014

Perhaps Sanjay Rawal's most fascinating excursion into agriculture's dark side is the vineyards of Napa Valley, where the practically Eden-like…

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Review of Happy Valley (2014)

By Christopher Gray (138) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Nov 2014

Once the media caravan departs, the doc meanders, torn between its obligation to reportage and its interest in a town riven by America's thirst…

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Review of Reach Me (2014)

By Oleg Ivanov (57) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Nov 2014

Yell the word independent loud and long enough and people might forget that they're seeing the same old, patronizing Hollywood clichés, recycled,…

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Review of Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets (2014)

By Drew Hunt (128) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Nov 2014

Florian Habicht unwisely shifts his focus from Sheffield and its unique denizens to the band's personal history, effectively turning the film…

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Review of The Sleepwalker (2014)

By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Nov 2014

The film soon settles into a confident, well-staged groove, primarily because of two unambiguously terrific performances…

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Review of The Sleepwalker (2014)

By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Nov 2014

The film soon settles into a confident, well-staged groove, primarily because of two unambiguously terrific performances…

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Review of A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)

By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 16 Nov 2014

To dismiss it as simply an act of hipster appropriation is to cop out, because appropriation is the film's thematic meat…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Eric Henderson (366) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Nov 2014

There's much more plot floating around during the sequel, all leading up to a climax at the KEN Conference that suffers in comparison to Silicon…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 13 Nov 2014

There's much more plot floating around during the sequel, all leading up to a climax at the KEN Conference that suffers in comparison to Silicon…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Steve Macfarlane (121) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 12 Nov 2014

It shrugs off the bigger questions about Iranian politics its first half appears to raise, falling back instead on a gestalt of the eternal,…

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Review of Miss Meadows (2014)

By Tomas Hachard (101) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Nov 2014

Perhaps Karen Leigh Hopkins's intent was to subtly suggest the surreal aspects of the story, but ultimately she underplays her hand…

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Review of Red Army (2015)

By Kenji Fujishima (277) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Nov 2014

Gabe Polsky's quiet yet welcome achievement is to allow us to see the individual amid the politics, clearly and sympathetically…

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