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The Dyatlov Pass Incident (aka Devil’s Pass) review: mountain high

Fri, Aug 23, 2013
5 comments

A deliciously ooky, X-Files-esque chiller that’s a scary-fun hoot and a half; a lean, smart example of the found-footage flick.

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The Conjuring review: they make me believe

Fri, Aug 02, 2013
5 comments

Smart, stylish horror flick, though a standout more for its elegant performances than any original scares.

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Student Services (Mes chères études) review: naked ambition

Wed, Jul 10, 2013
4 comments

Well-acted but unsurprising, and far more sad than it is scandalous.

| 4 Comments

based on a terrible true story (Our Children review)

Fri, May 10, 2013
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Harrowing and unsettling…

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Michael Shannon will cut you up (The Iceman review)

Thu, May 02, 2013
1 comment

Though based on copious interviews mob killer Richard Kuklinski gave from prison, this barely broaches the great mystery of his life…

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porn again? (The Look of Love review)

Fri, Apr 26, 2013
1 comment

It’s a puzzlement. How did Michael Winterbottom make a film this tediously conservative?

| 1 Comment

feel-goodest movie ever (The Sapphires review)

Tue, Apr 16, 2013
8 comments

You’ve seen this story before, but never pulled off with so much joie de vivre.

| 8 Comments

The Wee Man (review)

Thu, Jan 17, 2013
3 comments

An ugly portrait of notorious Glasgow gangster Paul Ferris that paints him as nearly noble…

| 3 Comments

The Impossible (review)

Wed, Jan 16, 2013
7 comments

It’s a disaster movie, but not as we know it…

| 7 Comments

Zero Dark Thirty movie review

Thu, Jan 10, 2013
32 comments

If only this were a wholly fictional story, I could get behind it 100 percent, instead of the 95 percent I can give.

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