‘Les Misérables’ hits notes both sweet and sour
Director Tom Hooper has taken the show’s onstage warmth and turned it cold.
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‘The Impossible’ is incredible, indelible and a joy to watch
This film one family’s tale while reminding us that this was one of the world’s worst natural disasters ever. And does it incredibly well.
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Crazy antebellum: ‘Django Unchained’ is pulp non-fiction
As an auteur, Quentin Tarantino’s skill remains tops. But as a provocateur, his film is lacking.
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Quentin Tarantino unchains his penchant for violence in ‘Django Unchained’
If the name of Tarantino as writer/director didn’t make this clear upfront, this is a very violent but very good film.
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‘Guilt Trip’ is a journey best intended for the challah-back crowd
This isn’t a movie that’s interested in lingering.
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‘Barbara’ is simply a terrific film out of Germany
Germany’s submission for Best Foreign Film for 2012 did not make the Academy’s short list, but it should have.
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‘This is 40’ is funny… but not that funny
This isn’t the first movie about the trauma of turning 40, and it doesn’t even really have anything new to say about it.
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‘Promised Land’ is a vanity project that doesn’t dig very deep
Beneath the t-shirts, jeans and flannel, this film is a vanity project for Matt Damon and John Krasinski.
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Reach for the popcorn as you enjoy ‘Jack Reacher’
This is a Tom Cruise “vanity” piece and that’s okay when the actor gives the audience a great experience. He’s done so here.
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‘Zero Dark Thirty’ is Kathryn Bigelow’s masterpiece
This incredible film raises the bar for military thrillers and future films in that genre will have to work extraordinarily hard to even come close to this masterpiece.
