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Review of Cesar's Last Fast (2014)

By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 15 Apr 2014

Perez appears content with representing UFW's past strikes and boycotts like a segment from the History Channel, while having the interviewees—relatives,…

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Review of The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden (2014)

By Kevin Jagernauth (311) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Apr 2014

What should be a gripping, true crime/mystery story gets often bogged down by a lack of focus from filmmakers Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller,…

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Review of Magic Magic (2013)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 13 Apr 2014

There’s a terrific ensemble at the heart of Magic Magic, including its talented director, but this psychological horror is only creepily…

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Review of Draft Day (2014)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 10 Apr 2014

Draft Day isn’t a movie that is going to change lives or shift paradigms, but it is entertaining, and assembled with care and attention to detail…

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Review of Rio 2 (2014)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 09 Apr 2014

You get the sense that Rio 2 wasn't thought through as much as it was quickly cobbled together as it went along, with a simple, clearheaded…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Oliver Lyttelton (141) for The Playlist (3,871) on 07 Apr 2014

The film, like the original, feels very haphazardly structured, a hotchpotch collection of scenes rather than a unified whole…

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Review of Crime After Crime (2011)

By Katie Walsh (1,279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 05 Apr 2014

Potash marks time by the year until the last 30 minutes of the film, when the clock intertitles speed up with the many advancements in her…

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Review of In the Blood (2014)

By Chase Whale (135) for The Playlist (3,871) on 04 Apr 2014

Despite having a lead that can fend for herself, and a fun ensemble of co-stars, In the Blood runs dry…

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Review of Cold in July (2014)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Apr 2014

Cold In July doesn’t always work and it takes quite a long time to get adjusted to its coiling rhythm, but it’s far better than it has…

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Review of McCanick (2014)

By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Apr 2014

It fails to convince, and succeeds only in frustrating…

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Review of Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014)

By Drew Taylor (218) for The Playlist (3,871) on 03 Apr 2014

Even without an active political component, Island of Lemurs: Madagascar, on a purely visual level, is one of the more amazing things you're…

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Review of Buzzard (2015)

By Gabe Toro (98) for The Playlist (3,871) on 31 Mar 2014

Buzzard is a quiet, introspective film, but it trumps all generic blockbusters in that it very much is a roller coaster ride, one that thrills,…

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Review of Breathe In (2013)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Mar 2014

Intimate, expressive, agonizing and beautifully rendered…

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Review of Stay (2013)

By Nikola Grozdanovic (99) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Mar 2014

The acting is as inspired as the screenplay allows, which just isn't enough to add any kind of conviction to the events that transpire on screen…

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Review of A Birder's Guide to Everything (2013)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Mar 2014

The lead teens in particular give the material a realness that may not have been there on the page, and the filmmakers know enough not push…

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Review of Noah (2013)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 28 Mar 2014

When focused on the natural world and the internal thoughts of its characters, Noah positively crackles with the energy of a filmmaker inspired…

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Review of Sabotage (1937)

By Mark Zhuravsky (11) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Mar 2014

Sabotage is perfectly acceptable by it's peculiar standards, the action skillfully rendered but the scarcity of character development and perplexing…

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Review of Noah (2014)

By Charlie Schmidlin (51) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Mar 2014

When focused on the natural world and the internal thoughts of its characters, Noah positively crackles with the energy of a filmmaker inspired…

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Review of Sabotage (2014)

By Mark Zhuravsky (11) for The Playlist (3,871) on 27 Mar 2014

Sabotage is perfectly acceptable by it's peculiar standards, the action skillfully rendered but the scarcity of character development and perplexing…

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Review of Hide Your Smiling Faces (2014)

By Rodrigo Perez (382) for The Playlist (3,871) on 25 Mar 2014

Featuring two exceptional lead performances from these two boys, first rate beauty-in-ugliness photography and an unusually extraordinary command…

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