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Review of Identity Thief (2013)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 08 Feb 2013

The result is exactly what you would expect from a concept whose odometer has been running for so long: uneven laughs, sparked largely by spurts…

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Review of The Baytown Outlaws (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 01 Feb 2013

There's nothing wrong with tipping one's cap to one's influences, but in no case does this loud, crude and derivative film ever raise the bar…

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Review of Smashed (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 01 Feb 2013

For appreciators of fine acting, it's a film well worth seeing, as well as one worth toasting - if only with ginger ale…

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Review of A Royal Affair (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 25 Jan 2013

A sumptuous slice of period drama and real-life palace intrigue…

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Review of Mama (2013)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 18 Jan 2013

It's a good, old-fashioned sit-around-the-campfire ghost story, one that delivers on its sole reason for existence: to raise the hairs on the…

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Review of Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 11 Jan 2013

Never elevated beyond much more than mere presidential puffery…

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Review of Stolen (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 11 Jan 2013

In addition to being built around a plot that unashamedly rips off 2008's Taken, it's a sloppily assembled example of slapdash filmmaking…

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Review of Bones Brigade: An Autobiography (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 11 Jan 2013

Aside from a lack of journalistic integrity, it's a well-assembled film, one that capitalizes on the charisma of its interview subjects…

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Review of Tchoupitoulas (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 11 Jan 2013

A lovely, lyrical film that wondrously captures a very specific time and place -- that is, New Orleans at night, as seen through the eyes of a child…

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Review of Les Misérables (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 22 Dec 2012

What we're left with is a love-it-or-hate-it film…

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Review of Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 20 Dec 2012

The fight sequences are briskly choreographed at least, gruesome though they are -- and, to be honest, that goes a long way in a film such…

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Review of A Late Quartet (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 20 Dec 2012

The sort of movie you should go see with someone you love. You should also hold their hand during the movie. And be thankful that that hand is there…

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Review of This Is 40 (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 20 Dec 2012

Yes, Apatow's film has its peaks and valleys -- just the way life does -- but it stands alone nicely on its own, a satisfying comedic riff…

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Review of The Guilt Trip (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 20 Dec 2012

Tame but thoroughly flat The Guilt Trip is a film whose cleverness begins and ends with that title. Call it the mother of all disappointments…

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Review of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 13 Dec 2012

An Unexpected Journey also proves that it is, indeed, possible to get too much of a good thing…

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Review of The Zen of Bennett (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 07 Dec 2012

It feels a bit like a classed-up infomercial at times, but it's still as much a treat to witness Bennett's process as it is to see him interact…

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Review of Holy Motors (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 07 Dec 2012

As frustratingly opaque as Carax's art film is, Denis Lavant is fantastic in the lead role, as he portrays character after character, all with…

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Review of Anna Karenina (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 30 Nov 2012

That storytelling, however, is uneven, ranging from something approaching tedium to moments that are downright wonderful (such as the sweetest…

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Review of The House I Live In (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 30 Nov 2012

The House I Live In is not a comfortable film to consider in any respect, but without discomfort it's hard to feel anger - and without anger,…

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Review of A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012)

By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 30 Nov 2012

But artistically interesting only takes a film so far. What it needs are laughs- - or at least a compelling narrative…

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