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Transformers: Age of Extinction
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Transformers: Age of Extinction picks up five years after 2011's Dark of the Moon left off but Shia LaBeouf and the original trilogy's cast are nowhere to be found. Heck, LaBeouf's Sam Witwicky isn't even mentioned by name
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Maleficent
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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This isn't Sleeping Beauty as seen through the eyes of the wickedest of Disney villains. Instead, it's a Mouse House live-action revisionist fairy tale that inexplicably transforms the malevolent Maleficent into a misunderstood anti-hero.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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A successful attempt to right the wrongs of The Last Stand, address the continuity issues between the original trilogy and X-Men Origins: Wolverine and First Class, and reboot the franchise in almost the same way as Star Trek.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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The Rover
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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The Rover is Robert Pattinson's coming-out party as an actor; we now know what the Twilight star is capable of, so he no longer has the excuse to just brood onscreen.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Edge of Tomorrow
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Death becomes Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow, a gripping and meticulously constructed futuristic thriller that finds his untested soldier fighting aliens while stuck in a time loop.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Snowpiercer
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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Snowpiercer examines a class system that refuses to die no matter the circumstances. Director Bong Joon-ho constantly asks whether a person must accept their preordained place in society for the sake of balance and harmony.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Tammy
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Tammy is the slob comedy Alexander Payne is too dignified to write and direct.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Earth to Echo
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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From start to finish, Earth to Echo wants to jog our memories about the unforgettable experiences we have experienced with our best friends.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Planes: Fire & Rescue
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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This slight but entertaining sequel benefits by tearing up the blueprint director John Lasseter used for both his Pixar racecar operas to become the animated disaster movie that Towering Inferno producer Irvin Allen never made.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Filth
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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Jon S. Baird's manic adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel maintains a constant high for much of its 97 head-spinning minutes before it sets up into a confrontation between a broken man and his personal demons.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Jersey Boys
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Clint Eastwood's admittedly classy take on the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys lacks the energy of Dreamgirls and the showmanship of Chicago.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Night Moves
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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This may chronicle the events leading up to and after an eco-terrorist attack on an hydroelectric dam, but director Kelly Reichardt's tightly drawn character study isn't concerned with advocating or condemning green politics.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Palo Alto
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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Based on a collection of interconnected short stories that James Franco published in 2010, director Gia Coppola's high-school drama presents two portraits in teen angst that owe more to the worldview of Bret Easton Ellis than John Hughes.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Stage Fright
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Friday the 13th gets its Glee on in Stage Fright, director Jerome Sable's exuberantly executed horror musical that pits a masked madman against the youthful inhabitants of a summer theater camp.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Godzilla
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Godzilla may be the headliner, but this is the MUTO's story. Godzilla shows up when needed, and that's about it.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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There's this troubling sense about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that it unfolds mostly in service of Sony's plans to create its own Marvel Cinematic Universe around the superhero and his archenemies.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Alan Partridge
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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Part of Alan Partridge's charm is that it is defiantly British in the targets it seeks out.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Dom Hemingway
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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What separates the eponymous antihero of Richard Shepard's British crime comedy from his contemporaries is his humanity. He knows when he's done right and he knows when he's done wrong, even though he can't help himself from doing more wrong than right.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Under the Skin
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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Director Jonathan Glazer's intentionally vague and aloof adaptation of Michael Faber's novel devotes its a torturous 108 minutes on the efforts of Scarlett Johansson's seductive alien to lure lonely, unattached men to their death.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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God's Pocket
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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While the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman finds mild humor in his smalltime criminal's lethargic efforts to appease his grieving wife, first-time director John Slattery is unable to consistently maintain the tragicomic tone he strives for.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Brick Mansions
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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The late Paul Walker's given nothing to do in Brick Mansions other than to marvel at David Belle's amazing acrobatics and stare down bad guy RZA. This isn't much of a surprise considering this is a very lazy remake.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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RoboCop
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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In director José Padilha's straight-shooting RoboCop remake, the future of law enforcement comes in a shiny black package that's complete with all the technological upgrades that $2 billion can buy.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Rio 2
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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There's a natural energy to Rio 2 that can be traced to its pulsating soundtrack.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Nymphomaniac: Volume I
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Lars von Trier makes it easy for us to look past the nudity and explicit sex so we can accept a confident but detached young woman's emotional and physical journey as one guided and defined her addiction.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Nymphomaniac: Volume II
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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The second and final volume of Lars von Trier's Nymphomaniac discounts the sexual freedom a woman can and should enjoy and trivializes the compulsive, damaging nature of addiction.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo go for broke not just in the way they stage some of the biggest and most impressive action sequences to be found in a Marvel film but also in changing the course of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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The Monuments Men
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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With this World War II fact-drama drama that just lingers, unsure of what it wants to be, actor/director George Clooney argues that protecting a thousand works of art is worth the cost of a single life.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Draft Day
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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While Ivan Reitman's a master of comedy, he fails to bring the necessary sense of urgency to a ticking-tock drama that's already hurt by a predictable script that lacks the thoughtfulness of Moneyball.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Labor Day
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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While ranking among director Jason Reitman's most sincere offerings, the hostage drama Labor Day sends the distressing message that a woman must settle when it comes to love.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Ride Along
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Ride Along plays out like the buddy action comedy that Ice Cube and Chris Tucker never made outside of the Friday franchise. Instead of Tucker, though, Ice Cube is paired with the equally excitable loudmouth Kevin Hart.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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The Nut Job
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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Strictly one for the kids, the animated heist flick The Nut Job zips by thanks to its nonstop barrage of family-friendly mayhem.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Gimme Shelter
(2014)
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Robert Sims
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If anything can be taken away from this seemingly anti-abortion drama, it's that Vanessa Hudgens is doing an admirable job of distancing herself from her Disney Channel roots.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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Dear Evan Hansen
(2021)
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Robert Sims
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An incongruous, cringe-inducing anti-musical that lacks any sense of self-awareness.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
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Scream
(2022)
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Robert Sims
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Subverting expectations is the name of the game played by the creative forces behind Scream. This exercise in terror and franchise film deconstruction by the collective known as Radio Silence makes its intentions clear early and often.
Posted Jan 21, 2022
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