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Review of Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 17 Nov 2014

There's a pervasive feeling of hopelessness to Ride In The Whirlwind that points the way to later gloomy counterculture favorites like Bonnie…

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Review of Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (2014)

By Kate Erbland (681) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 17 Nov 2014

Though Decker pumped up the salaciousness for the ultimately icky Mild, its connections run shallow, and most of its action—particularly…

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Review of Dumb and Dumber To (2014)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 17 Nov 2014

Even at its best, the film plays like the comedy equivalent of a legacy act reuniting for a tour fueled more by nostalgia and goodwill than…

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Review of Beyond the Lights (2014)

By Genevieve Koski (68) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 14 Nov 2014

Melodrama is defined by exaggerated characters and events, as well as overt appeals to emotion, and Beyond The Lights fits that mold ably and…

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Review of Beside Still Waters (2014)

By Sheila O’malley (474) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 13 Nov 2014

While the film has some clunky exposition, and a couple of predictable moments, it creates a real sense of a group of friends who have known…

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Review of The Homesman (2014)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

There’s a wishy-washiness to the film’s ideological bent that keeps steering things in a more conventional direction, as if Jones (or perhaps…

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Review of Wolves (2014)

By Chris Klimek (121) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

This feature directing debut from X-Men, X2, and Watchmen screenwriter David Hayter is basically a bloodier, drastically more hirsute remake…

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Review of Drug Lord: The Legend of Shorty (2014)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Save for the vague aura of danger surrounding Guzmán—which palpably engulfs the filmmakers as they get deeper into the cartel’s “Golden…

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Review of Bad Turn Worse (2014)

By Matthew Dessem (24) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Bad Turn Worse takes its best shot at the slow-motion apocalypse that was Thompson’s specialty, and most of the film is beautifully claustrophobic…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Director Bennett Miller and screenwriters E. Max Frye and Dan Futterman have thought through every scene and every line in Foxcatcher…

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Review of Penance (2009)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Unfortunately, Penance is an example of a TV movie that definitely belongs on the small screen, to be watched piecemeal over the course of…

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Review of Penance (2013)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Unfortunately, Penance is an example of a TV movie that definitely belongs on the small screen, to be watched piecemeal over the course of…

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Review of Starry Eyes (2014)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 12 Nov 2014

Spelling everything out is never recommended, but for a horror movie, in particular, it’s death…

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Review of Rosewater (2014)

By Tasha Robinson (753) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 11 Nov 2014

Like The Daily Show, Rosewater makes uncomfortable political realities into wry but uproarious jokes…

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Review of Penance (2014)

By Mike D'angelo (730) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 11 Nov 2014

Unfortunately, Penance is an example of a TV movie that definitely belongs on the small screen, to be watched piecemeal over the course of…

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Review of A Merry Friggin' Christmas (2014)

By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Nov 2014

A Yuletide comedy so slight, it sometimes feels like a bonus-sized Christmas episode for a sitcom that never should have been green-lit in…

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Review of Elsa & Fred (2014)

By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Nov 2014

Radford’s pacing, which alternates between “stately” and “deathly,” keeps robbing the film of any momentum, and for every charming…

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Review of UHF (1989)

By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Nov 2014

It's agreeably goofy, and it feels like something anyone could do, even if that's not the case…

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Review of Life Partners (2014)

By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Nov 2014

Fogel and Lefkowitz go for a loose, funny vibe that allows them the freedom to serve a range of different characters and subplots, but the…

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Review of Pelican Dreams (2014)

By Andrew Lapin (196) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 10 Nov 2014

There are small attempts at narrative, but the primary lure of Pelican Dreams (for people who like this kind of stuff) is the copious footage…

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