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Review of John Tucker Must Die (2006)

By Michael Atkinson (678) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 May 2017

Whatever the target demographic was in the pre-production phase, now it's limited to sexually active 14-year-olds still retaking the sixth grade…

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Review of Billy Elliot (2000)

By Leslie Camhi (33) for Village Voice (8,525) on 24 May 2017

By setting this intimate conflict against a wider social drama, Daldry makes his portrait of a dancer all the more compelling…

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Review of Okja (2017)

By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 May 2017

There’s a lot to chew on here, but in the end, I wish Okja simply worked better as a movie…

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Review of The Square (2017)

By Bilge Ebiri (1,050) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 May 2017

Östlund is specific and exacting as a writer and director, and within The Square’s empty spaces, we’re forced to confront our own values,…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 22 May 2017

The proportions of good parts to not are more generous than they’ve been in years, though there’s still much too much of the usual undead…

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Review of Gardens of the Night (2008)

By Ed Gonzalez (1,102) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 May 2017

Pitched at the risible level of Marco Kreuzpaintner's Trade, the film never quite recovers from writer-director Damian Harris's dithering way…

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Review of We Are Wizards (2008)

By Lance Goldenberg (36) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 May 2017

Ignore the scattershot approach, however, and there's considerable pleasure to be had in spending time with these bizarre enthusiasts and watching…

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Review of Abacus: Small Enough to Jail (2017)

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 May 2017

By focusing on the Sungs, [James] puts real, human faces to this corporation, leaving little doubt they’re the ones to root for…

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Review of Legion of Brothers (2017)

By Luke Y. Thompson (1,447) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 May 2017

It’s clear in their eyes that they’ve seen some shit—and this doc not only gives us a glimpse of it too, but adds valuable context in…

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Review of Icaros: A Vision (2017)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 17 May 2017

Once in a while a narrator relates facts about the forest; occasional CGI flourishes don’t disappoint so much as they remind us of the challenges…

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Review of Maurice (1987)

By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 15 May 2017

Wilby cracks the character's genteel surface, releasing bursts of fear, pride, and relief…

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Review of Outsourced (2007)

By Brian Miller (136) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 May 2017

Outsourced has all the charm and color of its made-in-India locations, yet it's crafted--well crafted--according to familiar Hollywood convention…

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Review of Manifesto (2017)

By Serena Donadoni (158) for Village Voice (8,525) on 11 May 2017

The actress is equally committed, regardless of whether content and context click, but she soars when they do…

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Review of Tracktown (2017)

By Craig D. Lindsey (161) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 May 2017

Although Tracktown presents itself as adorably, harmlessly twee, I wished Pappas had tapped deeper into the dark side she hints at — the…

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Review of The Last Shaman (2017)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 May 2017

On occasion, director Degan attempts to capture the plant's power via psychedelic montage, layering colors over jungle footage and Freeman's…

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Review of Elián (2017)

By Ren Jender (10) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 May 2017

The film assumes a familiarity with the story most won't have, leaving out crucial details…

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Review of Lowriders (2017)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 May 2017

Other than a from-nowhere burst of violence that nearly destroys the movie, Lowriders is a refreshingly muted celebration of family and forgiveness,…

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Review of Dead Awake (2016)

By Rob Staeger (71) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 May 2017

Under the direction of Phillip Guzman, the whole affair plods along in by-the-numbers fashion, and the characters are all types, displaying…

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Review of Snatched (2017)

By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 May 2017

The noxious self-absorption of straight white women that Schumer has sent up so blisteringly on her Comedy Central show is extolled more than…

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Review of The Wall (2017)

By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 09 May 2017

Liman, for all his action acuity, struggles to make lying behind a wall exciting…

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