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Review of The Gunman (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Mar 2015

Playing an assassin trying to atone for his past sins, Penn (who also gets a screenwriter credit alongside Pete Travis) strains to layer this…

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Review of The Babadook (2014)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Mar 2015

Writer-director Jennifer Kent eschews most horror conventions in favour of wholly original visuals and resonant human drama, abetted by a very…

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Review of Star Trek (2009)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 17 Mar 2015

The film is sufficiently smart and engaging that Abrams has effectively guaranteed the characters will be back for further adventures…

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Review of Run All Night (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 13 Mar 2015

In the end, one's heart should ache a bit for this story of a father's shot at redemption…

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Review of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 06 Mar 2015

As in the first film, when the going gets a little too soapy or overly maudlin, the cast of mostly old pros elevate the material with the sheer…

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Review of After the Ball (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Feb 2015

Doubleday is a game gamine, and as the wicked stepsisters Hopkins and Krill manage to steal some scenes and win some laughs…

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Review of Focus (2014)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Feb 2015

Making matters somehow worse, co-directors Ficarra and Requa give the proceedings the high gloss of a luxury-car commercial in an effort to…

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Review of The Lazarus Effect (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Feb 2015

The story is dismayingly ordinary and its execution by director David Gelb is virtually devoid of invention…

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Review of Focus (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Feb 2015

Making matters somehow worse, co-directors Ficarra and Requa give the proceedings the high gloss of a luxury-car commercial in an effort to…

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Review of Focus (1994)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Feb 2015

Making matters somehow worse, co-directors Ficarra and Requa give the proceedings the high gloss of a luxury-car commercial in an effort to…

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Review of Mr. Turner (2014)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 26 Feb 2015

[Leigh's] refracted camera lens casts a light on the period as gorgeous and evocative -- and occasionally as repellent -- as the light laid…

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Review of The DUFF (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Feb 2015

As much as the film attempts to follow in the Easy A template, it lacks its satiric edge, and its willingness to confront high school hypocrisy…

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Review of McFarland, USA (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 20 Feb 2015

McFarland still pleases on the strength of good supporting work (especially Pratts) and its vivid sense of place…

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Review of Force Majeure (2014)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 19 Feb 2015

The film is still a bit of a slog, despite its uniformly fine performances…

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Review of Black or White (2015)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 19 Feb 2015

We are left with a movie that raises more questions that it satisfactorily addresses…

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Review of How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 08 Dec 2014

The humour is delightful and consistent…

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Review of Hello Ladies: The Movie (2014)

By Brad Oswald (5) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 26 Nov 2014

Hardcore fans who stuck with the series specifically because of its wince-worthiness will likely feel they've been victims of an elaborate…

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Review of Sharknado 2: The Second One (2014)

By Brad Oswald (5) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 27 Aug 2014

Simply put, it's one of those TV movies that's so unapologetically bad that it is, in its own unique way, also pretty great…

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Review of Vampires Suck (2010)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 24 Jul 2014

It's been two whole years since the team of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer subjected us to one of its godawful parodies…

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Review of Prisoners (2013)

By Randall King (194) for Winnipeg Free Press (342) on 23 Sep 2013

Prisoners is, first and foremost, a crime drama in which Villeneuve and screenwriter Aaron Guzikowski slowly ratchet the suspense by making…

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