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Review of The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)

By Richard Harrington (181) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 Apr 2015

Take a powerful, revealing nonfiction book, sift through it for its most cliche'd elements and turn it into a terror film and you've got The…

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Review of Shallow Grave (1994)

By Hal Hinson (447) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 Apr 2015

Boyle's characters, too, are young and fresh and promisingly rude - especially McGregor's Alex - but they become less and less interesting…

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Review of The Longest Ride (2015)

By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Apr 2015

People don’t go to Sparks movies for subtlety; they go to warm their hearts by bearing witness to true love…

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Review of Outbreak (1995)

By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 09 Apr 2015

Outbreak is an absolute hoot thanks primarily to director Wolfgang Petersen's rabid pacing and the great care he brings to setting up the story…

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Review of 3 Hearts (2014)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Apr 2015

The gently perfumed air of impending doom suffuses 3 Hearts, a tasteful, mildly intriguing romantic drama from writer-director Benoît Jacquot…

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Review of Kill Me Three Times (2015)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 08 Apr 2015

Although Kill Me Three Times includes a few murders, it does nothing to justify its title. Mostly, it just shoots itself in the foot, over and over…

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Review of Cocoon (1985)

By Paul Attanasio (217) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Apr 2015

The first half of Cocoon is easier to stomach, as a group of septua- and octogenarians steal away to a private pool that becomes the Fountain…

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Review of Casper (1995)

By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 06 Apr 2015

There are a few sight gags that might amuse the kids, but for the most part, the computer-generated effects are highly disappointing…

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Review of While We're Young (2015)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Apr 2015

Baumbach judiciously calibrates fantasy and realism throughout While We’re Young and winds up sharing impressions about parenthood, friendship,…

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Review of Effie Gray (2014)

By Stephanie Merry (410) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Apr 2015

Laxton knows how to get the audience down but hasn’t quite mastered the art of lifting them back up…

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Review of Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Apr 2015

The movie marches so quickly past the many milestones of Welles’s career and life that it doesn’t have to time to linger — lovingly or…

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Review of Furious 7 (2015)

By Jen Chaney (126) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Apr 2015

Yes, the whole movie feels overstuffed and overlong, and the non-action scenes are often dragged down by stilted dialogue…

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Review of Woman in Gold (2015)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 31 Mar 2015

Stirring at times, soggy and overly sentimental at others, the film moves surprisingly slow, even though its action, which takes place over…

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Review of Corpse Bride (2005)

By Teresa Wiltz (40) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

For all its charm, we can't quite figure out for whom the film is intended: Talking maggots and decaying bodies do not a kiddie movie make…

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Review of A Girl Like Her (2012)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Weber’s main point — that bullies are often victims of bullying themselves — gets lost in a tsunami of sorrow and sadism…

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Review of Home (2016)

By Sandie Angulo Chen (751) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Home is about the yearning for the comforts of family. But this kiddie sci-fi adaptation doesn’t quite live up to its evocative title…

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Review of A Girl Like Her (2015)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Weber’s main point — that bullies are often victims of bullying themselves — gets lost in a tsunami of sorrow and sadism…

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Review of Get Hard (2015)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Ferrell and Hart have a genial, easygoing chemistry and Get Hard manages to score more than a few good points about facile assumptions and…

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Review of Seymour: An Introduction (2015)

By Ann Hornaday (1,919) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Seymour: An Introduction gives viewers a soaring, sublime and enduringly meaningful glimpse of a man who is undoubtedly the real thing…

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Review of Deli Man (2015)

By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 26 Mar 2015

Like a fat slab of pastrami, Deli Man is the cinematic equivalent of comfort food: warm, generous and made with love…

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