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- Citizenfour – a fascinating and important topic, but a disappointing documentary
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- Two Days, One Night – it’s (almost) exactly what you expect it to be
- Whiplash – a disgusting, stupidly manipulative piece of absurdity.
- Still Alice – big stars, big production, but still just a Hallmark movie of the week
- Wild – it’s surprisingly well-made and fun to watch
- Black Sea – diverting, but sadly predictable
- Birdman (Or the Expected Emptiness of Pretension)
- Mr. Turner – Planet of the Ape
- The Imitation Game – It’s an abomination
- A Brief Word on the 2014 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts
- Kill The Messenger – The important and tragic story of Gary Webb, the mainstream media, and the CIA
- This is Where I Leave You – the latest in a long line of “family reunion” movies
- A review of summer cinema – it was pretty grim!
- The Trip to Italy – It never should have been made
- A Most Wanted Man – Superficially entertaining, but poorly-made and overrated
- Magic in the Moonlight – It’s pissing me off!
- The Purge: Anarchy – Surprisingly, it’s rather good
- I Origins – ambitious and entertaining
- Boyhood – a bit one dimensional, but its one dimension is lovely, impressive and fun to experience
- Obvious Child – cute, dignified and gutsy
- Snowpiercer – a fantastic, riveting science fiction action allegory
- Edge of Tomorrow – it’s fairly entertaining
- Begin Again – confronting the future of pop music head-on
- The Fault in Our Stars – not super-moving, but definitely enjoyable
- Hellion – a gritty tale of fucked up parents and children
- Night Moves – a cool, subtle portrayal of hippy-liberal activism turned violent
- Cold In July – an outstandingly fun and unusual film, and a paean for the 1980s
- Austenland – so horrible, I’m speechless
- Elena – 80 minutes of torture
- Lucky Them – Toni Collette takes center stage and lights up the screen!
- Belle – it means well, but God is it slow (and dull)
- Finding Vivian Maier – an okay documentary on a fascinating artist
- The German Doctor (Wakolda) – Diverting, but feels more than a little contrived
- Chef – it’s heart is in the right place
- Jodorowsky’s Dune – a bizarre and amazing documentary
- Hateship, Loveship – it goes down well
- Divergent – entertaining, but there’s a lot wrong with it
Author Archives: roguespirit
The Way Back – (it takes a looooooooong time)
I’ll give The Way Back one thing: Peter Weir definitely took his time telling this story, and I respect that. The problem is he didn’t fill that time with much of anything. The set-up is poor, and there is not … Continue reading
Posted in 2010
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The Double Hour (La doppia ora) – a good, solid Euro thriller, but nothing special
The critics are comparing this to Tell No One (Ne le dis à personne, 2006). All I can say is: forget it! This film is nowhere near Tell No One, which is probably one of the best films of the … Continue reading
Hanna – another idotic video game movie
Shame on Cate Blanchett! Shame on her! Shame!! Shame on her for participating in this “vomitorium.” Same goes for Tom Hollander and Saoirse Ronan. Hanna is one of the revolting new breed of “video game movies” that are currently assaulting … Continue reading
Posted in 2011
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Henry’s Crime – a weird, enjoyable little flim
I liked Henry’s Crime, but I didn’t love it. It’s a very strange, off-beat little movie. I’ve never liked James Caan, but Vera Farmiga is her usual, incredible self, turning in a fabulous performance. As for Keanu, I’ve always liked … Continue reading
Posted in 2011
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Love and Other Drugs – not as bad as the critics would have you believe
Love and Other Drugs got panned by critics and was a flop because it portrays the pharmaceutical industry in a negative light, simple as that. The reality is that this movie was a lot better than I expected. Basically the … Continue reading
Posted in 2010
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The Tunnel (Der Tunnel, 2001) – It’s almost too exciting!
Everyone should go rent The Tunnel, if they haven’t seen it already. The Tunnel is the true story of a bunch of people that tunneled under the Berlin Wall to help friends and loved ones escape from East Germany. It … Continue reading
Posted in Films of the 2000s
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The Conspirator – At least it’s not Transformers
Seems like everyone is pouncing on this one. For example, Anthony Lane went all “Irreviews” on it in the New Yorker (I swear these New York critics are reading this site and getting new ideas, or at least their assistants … Continue reading
Posted in 2011
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Source Code – What Inception wished it was
Source Code is fun, interesting, gripping, unpredictable, and even a tiny bit moving. It tackles a dream-like netherworld similar to last year’s Inception, but Source Code does it so much better! I’m not sure Source Code is the kind of … Continue reading
Posted in 2011
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Win Win – one of the year’s best films
Win Win is a pretty remarkable film, one that I feel confident will emerge as one of the year’s best films. It may not be the kind of film that I personally tend to develop an emotional bond with and … Continue reading
Posted in 2011
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All Good Things – Kiki lights up the screen in this interesting, unpredictable thriller
Have you ever noticed that films presenting a negative depiction of rich people don’t get big releases, don’t do very well at the box office, and don’t get very good reviews? My wife and I avoided All Good Things when … Continue reading
Posted in 2010
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