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Shots of Humanity
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) ★★★★★ Directed by Benh Zeitlin (Fox Searchlight Pictures) If there’s one thing movies have shown us since their sideshow development at the end of the 19th...
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“Endure, Master Wayne … they’ll hate you for it, but that’s the point of...
The Dark Knight Rises – IMAX (July 20, 2012) ★★★★ 1/2 Directed by Christopher Nolan (Warner Bros. Pictures) It’s been a rough month for The Dark Knight Rises. Before the film was even released,...
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(Somewhat Guilty) Pleasures of Summer
Magic Mike (2012) ★★★★ Directed by Steven Soderbergh (Warner Bros. Pictures) *CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS* When women flock to see a film about a male stripper, you would instantaneously form the...
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They’re Baaach!!!
The Expendables 2 (August 17, 2012) ★★ 1/2 Directed by Simon West (Lionsgate) Double the guns! Double the laughs! Double the sighs! The Expendables 2 is here, and for those who care to remember,...
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Bourne Retains an Identity
The Bourne Legacy (2012) ★★★ 1/2 Directed by Tony Gilroy (Universal Pictures) Walking in, my most disconcerting thought regarding The Bourne Legacy was that another may follow, considering that...
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Chaos Reigns
I understand that the following material doesn’t exactly qualify as film criticism, but to be perfectly honest, the first month of sophomore year has severely diminished my ability to consistently post...
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Lost in Time
Looper (2012) ★★★★ 1/2 Written & Directed by Rian Johnson (FilmDistrict) All things considered, please allow me to keep my review of Looper rather concise. Writer/director Rian Johnson’s third...
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Creative Control
The Master (2012) ★★★★★ Written & Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (The Weinstein Company) Imagine three of contemporary cinema’s most talented actors, and then place them at the mercy of a...
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Resurrecting the Infinite
Skyfall (2012) ★★★★ 1/2 Directed by Sam Mendes (MGM / Columbia) Prepare for the fastest two hours and twenty-three minutes of your life. Such is the awesome embrace of Skyfall, the 23rd film...
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“We do not run The Artifice, you do.”
Hey guys, you should probably check out The Artifice … and not just because I’m writing for it now. This writer-maintained site, launched on November 7th, covers a wide variety of art and...
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CKep’s Top Films of 2012
‘Nuff said! So let’s get into it… 1. The Master Written and Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (TWC) Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams One the year’s most challenging...
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A MUCH delayed review of Andres Muschietti’s ‘Mama’
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To Live and Die on Spring Break
Spring Breakers (2013) ★★★★ 1/2 Written & Directed by Harmony Korine (A24) If you were to have told me that the most compelling film of early 2013 would star Selena Gomez, Vanessa Hudgens,...
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Rhyme, Rhythm, and the Love in Between
To the Wonder (2013) ★★★★ 1/2 Written & Directed by Terrence Malick (Magnolia Pictures) It is an unfair assumption to read Robert Frost and expect Herman Melville. And as we come to define...
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Quick Takes – Early 2013
New releases that I’ve caught in theaters from January through April, concluding with my favorite film of the year thus far. January Texas Chainsaw [3D] ★ 1/2 Hilariously perpetuating all the...
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Summer 2013 … Shall We Begin?
The Great Gatsby (Warner Bros.) ★½ Directed by Baz Luhrmann Written by Baz Luhrmann & Craig Pearce Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan And people complain about Michael...
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Meeting with the Devil
Only God Forgives (Radius-TWC) ★★★½ Written and Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn Starring Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm Let’s dismiss one misconception. This thing ain’t...
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