The best performance in the film comes from Roberts, who hasn’t been this good in over a decade – she’s the real star of the movie.
Matt Brunson
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Review: Lone Survivor
The middle section of the movie is so riveting and feels so realistic that the final portion proves to be anticlimactic.
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Fireworks and bombs
It ain’t over till the fat lady — or Llewyn Davis — sings. It’s no secret that Hollywood studios tend to hold most of their top-tier titles until the end […]
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Review: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
For all its humanist swagger, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty feels only slightly less synthetic than Velcro.
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Review: Grudge Match
The pitch probably had Hollywood suits salivating: Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro play former pugilists who plan to get back into the ring 30 years after their previous bouts.
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Review: American Hustle
Deliriously alive on screen, with an energy that’s often electrifying.
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Review: The Wolf of Wall Street
It’s a step back for Scorsese: Replace the violence in his gangster flicks with the copious nudity here, and it doesn’t feel like the needle’s moved much.
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Review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Flows more gracefully than its predecessor.
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Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
Everyone gets into the spirit of silliness, and some of them even manage to stay classy while doing so.
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Review: Saving Mr. Banks
In truth, Travers was so offended by the movie and by Disney’s treatment of her that she refused to ever do business with him again.
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Review: Black Nativity
Hudson’s singing and Whitaker’s acting compensate somewhat for the simplistic storyline, drab camerawork, and amateurish central performance by Latimore.
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Review: Nebraska
Payne has allowed Bruce Dern to recapture the spotlight, and Dern responds with an excellent performance of the lived-in kind, free of artifice.