Film Reviews
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Drive (Nicolas Winding Refn)
Great action movies don't come around very often. Does this one qualify?
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (Rupert Wyatt)
Do we really need to go through all this again? Well, yes in fact, we do.
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The Tree Of Life (Terrence Malick)
Very Terrence Malick, even moreso than previous Terrence Malick movies. Great.
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Hanna (Joe Wright)
Joe Wright (Atonement, Pride and Prejudice) turns his attention to the action genre, with mixed results.
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Rome, Open City (Roberto Rossellini)
The symbolic film documented the Italian resistance to the Nazi regime during Rome's occupation in WWII, and it also proposed a sacred unifying bond, an originality and catharsis that other cinematic outlets could not equal at the time.
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Cedar Rapids (Miguel Arteta)
Forget the trailer, think more 40 Year Old Virgin than Hangover.
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The Swimmer (Frank Perry)
Expanded from John Cheever's short story, the film is a divisive 1960s cinematic experiment with a strangely alluring social critique that pulls one along in its undercurrents.
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Howl (Rob Epstein)
Rob Epstein attempts to capture the tale of Allen Ginsberg's poem 'Howl' for the big screen with mixed results.
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Animal Kingdom (David Michôd)
Joe Gastineau gets his hands dirty with acclaimed Antipodean crime drama Animal Kingdom.
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Red Desert (Michelangelo Antonioni)
Brilliantly documenting the maladjusted social consciousness of industrial modernization, viewers may leave the landmark film with sundry feelings about societal progression yet convinced of its postmodern glory.
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