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Sabotage movie review: DEAd end gang

Wed, May 07, 2014
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Feels like a cheap action flick and plays like an unintentional call to end drugs prohibition and the idiotic war between cartels and law enforcement.

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Walk of Shame movie review: Slut Shaming, The Motion Picture

Tue, May 06, 2014
18 comments

If you don’t think it’s hilarious that a woman dressed for a night out would “naturally” be mistaken for a prostitute, there is nothing here for you.

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Like Father, Like Son movie rating: green light

Mon, May 05, 2014
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Powerful Japanese film about children switched at birth who challenge the love and hope of their rediscovered parents. Beautiful and heartbreaking.

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Whitewash movie review: snowed under by destiny

Sun, May 04, 2014
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It’s nowhere near as blackly funny as it wants to be, but Thomas Haden Church is strangely compelling as a man befuddled by the vagaries of fate.

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Bad Neighbours (aka Neighbors) movie review: stubbing your brain

Sat, May 03, 2014
49 comments

A mess not by accident but by design. It’s meant to be a ton of stuff thrown against the wall in the hope that some of it will momentarily distract you into involuntary laughter.

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A Thousand Times Good Night review: conflict and (high) resolution

Fri, May 02, 2014
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A drama of conscience and passion, a finely observed portrait of a woman driven to make a difference in the world, even as it hurts those she loves.

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Ilo Ilo review: maid in Singapore

Fri, May 02, 2014
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A lovely, intimate drama of family dynamics under stress, offering an intriguing peek into previously unseen Singaporean middle-class life.

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Plastic review: movie declined

Fri, May 02, 2014
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Preposterous and charmless, this heist flick purports to be based on a true story and hopes to invoke a Robin Hood vibe, but I’m not buying any of it.

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Blue Ruin movie review: what fresh hell is this

Thu, May 01, 2014
18 comments

A riveting Southern gothic revenge thriller that seems to be over in the first 20 minutes, and then finds horrific new places to take you.

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Brick Mansions review: bombs away

Thu, May 01, 2014
4 comments

This absurd and pointlessly convoluted remake of a decade-old French action flick feels dated and out of step in more ways than one.

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