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Review of The Tree of Life (2011)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 23 May 2013

You'd be hard pressed to find an examination of human existence as profound and spiritual as Terrence Malick's mind-blowing trip through the cosmos…

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Review of At Any Price (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 23 May 2013

It cheats you with acres of unharvested ambitions…

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Review of Sightseers (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 16 May 2013

It's funny and dark, but it's also unconventionally insightful and full of heart - or at least the hearts that are left beating…

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Review of The Iceman (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 16 May 2013

The Iceman delivers a discernible chill in depicting the double life of a man who committed cold-blooded murder by day and served as a warm-hearted…

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Review of Stories We Tell (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 16 May 2013

Polley mines her own life to strip naked the essence of storytelling, and what it is about folklore that makes it so essential in shaping our…

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Review of Safe Haven (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Sparks' field may be fertile, but it's also rich in manure…

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Review of The Great Gatsby (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Everything about Baz Luhrmann's glam and glitzy interpretation of 'The Great Gatsby' is pretty - pretty actors; pretty homes; pretty scenery;…

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Review of The Impossible (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona exploits an international tragedy to tell a syrupy story about a wealthy white family dealing with adversity…

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Review of Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Butler's presence makes perfect sense. He's an empty, mindless vessel. Just like his movie…

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Review of Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

Raimi's 'Oz' is nothing more than a grand theft of a 74-year-old vision, thinly veiled in over-saturated colors and populated with action-figure…

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Review of Oblivion (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's exactly the sort of cheesy, awkward sci-fi junk Cruise's savior L…

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Review of Beyond the Hills (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You'd swear Mungiu has inherited the spirit of Ingmar Bergman. All that's missing is the stark black-and-white photography…

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Review of The Sweeney (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It goes nowhere, lost in the thick, indecipherable cockney accents and seemingly endless shootouts and car chases…

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Review of Stoker (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You never know where Park is going to take you next, even when you're not so sure you want to go along…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

For 50 years, we've placed our stock in Bonds, but never have our investments yielded the sort of windfall 'Skyfall' delivers over two-and-a-half…

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Review of Promised Land (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

The film never makes a convincing argument against fracking, probably because it's too busy being cloying…

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Review of West of Memphis (2012)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It effectively condenses what took the 'Paradise Lost' films nearly eight hours to reveal into a tight, snappy 149 minutes that affords you…

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Review of Side Effects (2015)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's the nuances that lift it into the upper echelon, especially the subtle way it poses questions about our growing dependence on psychopharmaceuticals…

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Review of The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

You know a director is in trouble when you can barely keep your eyes open to ogle a scantily clad Olivia Wilde…

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Review of Iron Man 3 (2013)

By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 12 May 2013

It's nothing but a collection of superhero clichés made marginally palatable by Robert Downey Jr.'s endless charm and charisma…

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