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Get Out | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | The film has clever ideas about literalizing black fear of the pathology of whiteness, but it doesn't go far enough in its indictment of white supremacy. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Half of a Yellow Sun | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | Half Of A Yellow Sun is a compelling drama [that] ( ... ) form[s] a timeless tribute to the resistance of the human spirit in the face of war time struggle. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Hereditary | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | How do we keep our wits about is when all that is left behind for us is chaos, confusion and fear? ( ... ) it is generational trauma that is the Big Bad for a new generation. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
I Am Not An Easy Man (Je ne suis pas un homme facile) | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | [T]he film inadvertently sidelines the value of real world femininity as something that has to be shed in order to attain power. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
I Feel Pretty | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | The story's biggest problem is that it [is] unclear why Renée couldn't simply have put a little more effort into dressing in a way that makes her feel confident ( ... ). | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
I, Tonya | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | Harding isn't blameless or even necessarily good. She's simply a woman who had one good thing and wanted the chance to show that she was more than disposable ( ... ). | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Ingrid Goes West | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | [T]he film loses the plot on being the witty commentary about pretending and public image in the social media age, but it's still an entertaining romp from start to finish. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Love, Simon | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | Simon never gives his friends the chance to rally around him, instead tricking them into situations that benefit only him. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Mad Max: Fury Road | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | In Mad Max: Fury Road, the "strong female characters" are notable specifically for their aversion to violence. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Passengers | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | One can either make a thriller about existential threats in the emptiness of space or love lost to time, but this film lacks the skill needed to successfully blend the two. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Ralph Breaks the Internet | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | While the film feels overstuffed at points ( ... ) the core story between Ralph and Vanellope is touching and shows what can happen when love curdles into possession. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Reversing Roe | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | Largely the fight [about abortion] is in the language, and the right's expert ability to reframe discussions on their own terms. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Searching | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | The real star of the film is the technology [...] Password protected accounts are a short confirmation email away, and geo-tags reveal more history than an interrogation. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Spider-Man: Homecoming | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | [I]ts pervasive bubbly effervescence sets it apart from other depictions of the character (... ). Marvel's Peter Parker is young, bright and eager to participate. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
The Fate of the Furious | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | [T]his movie ha(s) been pitched to the exact frequency of my own personal happiness. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
The Little Hours | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | The film's strength is in the contrast between its medieval setting and its contemporary sexual politics. The women are all engage in forbidden sexual activity with abandon. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | While Frances McDormand's performance works hard to be enough to recommend the film, there is nothing redeeming about the narrative ( ... ). | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
Una | BattyMamzelle | Cate Young | Mara has an intensity that is unsettling and disquieting and she wields it here in ways that dare you to flinch in her presence. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1,104 |
A Streetcar Named Desire | Bay Area Reporter | Brandon Judell | Also screened was A Streetcar Named Desire, revamped with the four additional minutes that were excised years ago by censors. It was being paraded about as if a half-hour had been added. So now Stella walks down the steps sultrily. | 9/10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | false | 8 | 10 | 1 | 1,105 |
Chopper | Bay Area Reporter | Brandon Judell | fatally unforgettable tale of a man who makes you ashamed to be human. | 7/10 | 10 | 7 | 10 | false | 6 | 10 | 1 | 1,105 |
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore | Bay Area Reporter | Donald McLean | Once in a very great while comes along a film that is so perfectly made a critic throws pad and pencil to the wind and tends to find himself frothing with glee and writing things like "One of the year's best" and "Not to be missed!" | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | false | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1,106 |
The Prince (El Principe) | Bay Area Reporter | Gregg Shapiro | Occasionally undone by the stagey direction by Sebastián Muñoz, as men-behind-bars movies go, The Prince is no Kiss of the Spiderwoman, but it sure has its moments. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,107 |
Yes, God, Yes | Bay Area Reporter | Gregg Shapiro | Yes, God, Yes is one of the funniest and smartest comedies of 2020. It goes a long way in establishing Dyer as a talented young actress and Maine as a writer/director worth following. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,107 |
Red Dragon | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | ...a worthy remake and compelling enough to erase the sour memories left by the bloated and pointless Hannibal. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | false | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1,108 |
The Evening Star | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | One of the worst sequels ever | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | true | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
Johnny Mnemonic | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Should have called it "Johnny Moronic" | 0/5 | 5 | 0 | 5 | true | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
The Natural | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Sappy fun | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
Real Genius | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Supreme guilty pleasure | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | true | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
Superman II | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Worthy follow up | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | true | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
A View to a Kill | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | The worst James Bond film ever. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | true | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1,109 |
The Quiet American | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | It works not only as a love triangle drama, but as a political thriller and a murder mystery. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Anger Management | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | ...the star power of the film isn't matched by the material, but it's to the performers' credit that the film is as consistently funny as it is. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Die Another Day | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | ...only Bond can save us from the latest eccentric, super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Dreamcatcher | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | The first half, centering on the friends and their initial contact with the alien invaders, is smart and downright chilling; the way a fun monster movie should be. | B- | long_letter | null | null | false | 12 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Full Frontal | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | What may have been a nice diversion from the norm in Hollywood ends up as dull trip into the lives of ordinary, self-involved Angelenos. | C- | long_letter | null | null | false | 9 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
House of Sand and Fog | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | [A] rewarding tale of desperation and lost dreams. | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Kill Bill: Volume 1 | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Reckless? Perhaps. Indulgent? Sure. But it's never boring. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
The Matrix Reloaded | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | How can our heroes be so fashionable, while everyone else [in Zion] looks like they just wandered back from a Phish show? | A- | long_letter | null | null | false | 15 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Old School | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Old School isn't going to go down as a classic comedy, but it does serve up more than enough laughs. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Phone Booth | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | boasts a single-note plot that evokes tension from its earliest moments and carries it through its svelte 80-minute running time. | B | long_letter | null | null | false | 13 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
Terminator 3 - Rise of the Machines | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | Rise of the Machines feels like an old rock band that reunites without one of its key players. | C+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 11 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | We may never see anything like this ever again. | A | long_letter | null | null | false | 16 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
X2: X-Men United | Beach Reporter (Southern California) | Brian J. Arthurs | ...[it] just feels like director Bryan Singer and his cast are more confident and self-assured, resulting in an action-packed, witty and even thought-provoking yarn. | B+ | long_letter | null | null | false | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1,110 |
16 Blocks | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | The most high-octane action-- pyrotechnics, fisticuffs, gunplay, car crashes, back alley dashes and fire escape leaps-- ever crammed into a pressure-cooked chase lasting less than a mile. | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | true | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Dawn of the Dead | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | Guaranteed to induce nightmares! | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | Has nothing of value to offer other than a dizzying number of cameos by former child stars, each of whom is only momentarily amusing as a voyeuristic opportunity to compare the grown-up on screen to the kid ever emblazoned upon our mind's eye. | 0/4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | true | 0 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | An over-the-top romp which rehashes lots of dumb drug jokes but breaks far enough away from the tried-and-true teen formula to earn a high mark even from this jaded critic. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Inside Man | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | It's okay, if you like investing two hours in a whodunit only to discover that a butler who was barely in the picture did it. | 1/4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | true | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Something New | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | Mixing mirth with more sophisticated moments, this delightful romantic romp ultimately triumphs primarily because of the easy-going screen chemistry generated by Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker. | 4/4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | true | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Welcome to Mooseport | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | This lackluster production fails to generate much in the way of tension and less in the way of merriment. | 1.5/4 | 4 | 1.5 | 4 | true | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Win a Date With Tad Hamilton! | Bean Soup Times | Kam Williams | Puppy love at its most bearable! | 3.5/4 | 4 | 3.5 | 4 | true | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,111 |
Collateral Damage | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | I really wouldn't recommend it to any of my friends -- unless of course, they're complete testosterone freaks. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Crossroads | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | The good news for you Britney fans is that Crossroads isn't altogether horrific. But it's no classic by any stretch of the imagination either. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
The Time Machine | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | After a very slow start, this long and drawn out flick with gobs of high speed photography depicting the cycle of life -- just gets old. | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Showtime | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | Good lord almighty, call in the stink police! Trust me, this crime on celluloid should change its title to Stupidtime. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Murder by Numbers | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | Heroics aside, Murder By Numbers just doesn't add up. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Joshua | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | As a feature film it fails miserably. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
All About the Benjamins | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | I had a blast. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Austin Powers in Goldmember | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | Poo-poo, doo-doo and dumb-dumb car wreck. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Big Bad Love | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | If we had more of Debra then I'd be cool with it, but her husband/co-star /writer goes on and on and on. | 1.5/5 | 5 | 1.5 | 5 | false | 2 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Deuces Wild | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | The overkill of slow motion shots made it look more like Michael Jackson's Beat It video than a feature film. | 1/5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | false | 0 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Frailty | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | It just goes way over the top with little pay off. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Hart's War | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | The bright spots in this film are Farell's performance and that of Vicellous Shannon who is just riveting as the camp's commanding German officer. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Ice Age | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | Overall, not a bad weekend matinee for the whole family. | 3.25/5 | 5 | 3.25 | 5 | false | 9 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
John Q | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | I dig the message but prefer a better use of Mr. Washington's many talents. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Monster's Ball | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | While Billy Bob transforms terrifically from a bigot to a noble man in a biracial relationship, Halle is just plain brilliant as a poor and exhausted woman who finally reaches her breaking point. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 16 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
One Hour Photo | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | While Robin 'Rubberface' Williams won't make you pee your pants from laughter -- he will manage to scare the smirk right off your face in this serious psychological thriller. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Queen of the Damned | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | ... Aaliyah makes both a triumphant and eerie final curtain call. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 12 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
The Scorpion King | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | While it's far from any Raiders of The Lost Ark, The Scorpion King does deliver a few fun seconds and lots of swords and sweat. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 10 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Simone | BeatBoxBetty.com | BeatBoxBetty Staff | It starts off with some fun pokes at the whole cult of celebrity angle. But alas, the cuteness wears off after the first 20 minutes. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
The Sweetest Thing | BeatBoxBetty.com | null | What this film really suffers from is a lack of inventive writing. | 2/5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | false | 4 | 17 | 4 | 1,112 |
Get Rich or Die Tryin' | Beaumont Journal | Danny Minton | The honesty and grit of this film make it worth the watch. | 8/10 | 10 | 8 | 10 | false | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1,113 |
The Women | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | [A] fresh, revitalized script that while it celebrates women, still contains no men, retains the core story of Mary Haines who discovers her husband is having an affair with perfume spritzer girl Crystal Allen, but has its own unique twist. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Beauty Shop | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | [P]ull up a chair, put your head back and join in the fun and frolic of Beauty Shop. It's guaranteed to shampoo your troubles away. | 4.5/5 | 5 | 4.5 | 5 | false | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
50 to 1 | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Captivating us with the story of the little two-year old horse that could, and did, [Jim] Wilson makes us all feel like winners. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
A Kind of Murder | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Where A Kind of Murder excels is with one of the key themes found in Patricia Highsmith's novel - ambiguity - the success of which comes primarily thanks to Patrick Wilson in his performance as Walter Stackhouse. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
American Pastoral | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Proving to have a beautiful directorial eye....and chronologically efficient script by John Romano that retains the emotional and historical depth and richness of Roth's work, [Ewan] McGregor now delivers an immersive and compelling work. | 4/5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | false | 6 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Bitter Harvest | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Bitter Harvest is both haunting and engrossing. An emotional powerhouse of a film, it is an emotionally resonant, riveting telling of history. Fear and terror is palpable. Pain is resonant. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Exodus: Gods and Kings | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | [T]he visual spectacle is reason enough to see Exodus: Gods and Kings. [Dariusz] Wolski's imagery is also fueled by the production design of Arthur Max which is beyond impressive. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Ghost Ship | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Not a masterful script by veteran John Pogue and collaborator Mark Hanlon... it nevertheless gets the job done, thanks to Beck, Tattersall and Hobbs, giving us a haunting little tale set on the high seas, just perfect for a Halloween viewing. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Gold | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Gold is worth its weight in gold thanks to outstanding performances by Matthew McConaughey and Edgar Ramirez. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Ice Age: Collision Course | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | The animation team of Blue Sky has upped the ante a hundredfold not only in its use of color and shading but in the overall production design and metaphoric contrasts and complements. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Inglourious Basterds | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Inglorious Basterds is glorious!!!!! The film is so enjoyable, so entertaining, so smartly written, so well crafted, so beautifully lensed and so well acted that I didn't want it to end. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
King Kong | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | From start to finish, this is an extravaganza, a classic and a love story that you will long hold in the palm of your hand as Kong holds us in his. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Kites | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Power, passion, revenge, heartbreak, heartache, tragedy, joy, lust, and love. Let yourself soar with KITES and a love that knows no boundaries, no barriers, a love that is eternal. | 5/5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | false | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | The adventures are engaging, the journey fun, the underlying lessons about friendship and loyalty well told, but the dialogue itself proves hit and miss... | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
London Has Fallen | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Gerard Butler does what he does best - be a gritty, intense, no-nonsense hero. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Meet the Blacks | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Raucous and riotous and irreverent with off-color language to make some toes curl, this is one funny, funny, funny, funny movie! | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
No Good Deed | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Although there are some continuity issues and plot points that bode disbelief, it doesn't detract from the white-knuckling terror that unfolds. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Obvious Child | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | [A] lot of potential that obviously isn't realized. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Sinister 2 | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | One of the weaker sequels in the Blumhouse arsenal in terms of terror and suspense, Sinister 2 is nevertheless solid filmmaking with high production values, interesting script and character development | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Sully | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Despite strong performances from Tom Hanks and Aaron Eckhart, and strong visuals from Tom Stern, Sully is weak on script and story...The film's genesis may have been "Miracle on the Hudson" but Sully is no miracle on film. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1 | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Although solidly packaged with, for the most part, solid performances, Mockingjay Part 1 feels restrained. The exuberance and anticipatory excitement within both 'The Hunger Games' and 'Catching Fire' is missing here. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
The Last Face | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | While not a perfect film, there is a passion that comes forth when viewing The Last Face as a whole, a passion of a director that is infectious. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
The Shack | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Essentially a parable at its core, like the book, the film challenges traditional Christian viewpoints, notably in the visual interpretation of God. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
The Shallows | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | A bit too shallow in the grand scheme of filmmaking and the shark genre, The Shallows is nevertheless fun popcorn fare. | 3/5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | false | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
The Space Between Us | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | The Space Between Us resonates with a probing beauty on both emotional and physical levels. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Transcendence | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | [I]ntriguing visuals that tell a story...Sadly, however, there are too many themes and not enough clarity to engage during the film itself, a failure that also falls on the lack of a human touch within two of the film's principals - Depp and Hall. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Under the Tuscan Sun | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Despite its scripted flaws, Under the Tuscan Sun is the fairy tale that speaks to the hopeful romantic in us all. | 3.5/5 | 5 | 3.5 | 5 | false | 5 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
Uptown Girls | Behind The Lens | Debbie Lynn Elias | Although [Brittany] Murphy and [Dakota] Fanning click, the rest of the movie doesn't click with them and actually gets in the way of this delightful pairing. | 2.5/5 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | false | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1,114 |
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