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Now You See Me review: popcorn with glitter on top

Fri, Jul 05, 2013
11 comments

Most of it makes no sense at all, but who cares? This is cheerful ridiculousness pulled off with panache.

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Errors of the Human Body review: scientists are people too

Thu, Jul 04, 2013
1 comment

More brooding thinkpiece than sci-fi thriller, and yet fans of brooding thinkpieces may not be wholly satisfied, either.

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The Crash Reel review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)

Thu, Jul 04, 2013
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Dangerous sports smacks up against towering ambition in this sensationally accomplished documentary to ask a universal question: How far do you go in order to be who you were born to be?

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Rafea: Solar Mama review (Sheffield Doc/Fest)

Wed, Jul 03, 2013
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Hugely hopeful documentary about women unleashing their potential and putting into practice small-scale, realistic solutions to enormous problems.

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The Internship review: triumph of the shill

Tue, Jul 02, 2013
6 comments

Is it supposed to be flattering to Google that two idiots bullshit their way into a highly competitive internship, even though they know nothing about computers, or the Internet, or programming?

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The House I Live In review: incarceration nation

Tue, Jul 02, 2013
6 comments

Whatever your politics, you will find things to astonish and flabbergast and enrage you in this cool-headed examination of America’s War on Drugs.

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Stand Up Guys review: best exotic mobster parole day

Fri, Jun 28, 2013
1 comment

Even when Walken, Pacino, and Arkin are phoning it in — on a rotary phone — they still earn their status as icons.

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Hummingbird (aka Redemption) review: pity poor Jason Statham

Fri, Jun 28, 2013
2 comments

Some of it is hilariously awful, and some is just plain awful. But Statham’s attempt to be taken seriously as an actor is honest, at least.

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Despicable Me 2 review: a little bit despicable itself

Fri, Jun 28, 2013
81 comments

In an almost terrifying reversal from the first film, this is crude, racist, and sexist, in entirely well-worn ways. (But the Minions are still funny.)

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Song for Marion (aka Unfinished Song) review: ode to joy

Tue, Jun 25, 2013
8 comments

Powerfully poignant, a bumpy, bittersweet journey through grief and joy.

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