Stories We Tell Review: Sarah Polley Pushes Envelope
by Joel D Amos atSarah Polley had a secret and now, thanks to her wildly powerful film Stories We Tell, the world knows it. The filmmaker has wowed...
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Movie Reviews
Frances Ha Review: Noah Baumbach in Black and White
by Joel D Amos atNoah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale, Fantastic Mr. Fox) co-wrote with star Greta Gerwig and directs Frances Ha in black and white and...
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The English Teacher Review: Literary License Approved
by Joel D Amos atIf Daniel Day Lewis is an actor chameleon, than surely Julianne Moore is an actress chameleon. She can be anything from a porn goddess...
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Star Trek Into Darkness Review: J.J. Abrams Ups the Ante
by Joel D Amos atSequels are always meant to raise the stakes on the original and Star Trek Into Darkness scores on that front. Yet, this particular film...
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Peeples Review: Surprising Summer Fun
by Joel D Amos atWhen it comes to comedies, we may be looking back on Peeples as the surprise hit of the summer. The film, from writer and first time...
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The Great Gatsby Review: A Boisterous Retelling Without the Humanity
by Micah J Gordon atThe Great Gatsby is a triumph in one very specific way: it looks absolutely beautiful. The 3D serves the visual style in a way that bests...
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Iron Man 3 Review: Robert Downey Jr. is a Marvel
by Joel D Amos atIron Man 3 arrives in theaters the same weekend where a year before found The Avengers breaking box office records. Would you believe...
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Mud Review: Matthew McConaughey is a Marvel
by Joel D Amos atMud star Matthew McConaughey has been on quite a run of late. In the last 12 months alone, he has turned in incredible work in Magic...
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Arthur Newman Review: Colin Firth Does America
by Joel D Amos atEveryone has once in a while dreamed of taking on a new name, a new identity and hitting the road in search of some other truth than the...
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist Review: Road to Radicalism
by Joel D Amos atThe Reluctant Fundamentalist director Mira Nair has the benefit of making her next movie based on a beloved bestseller by Mohsin Hamid....
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