GANGSTER SQUAD
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  Year Released: 2013 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 113 minutes |
These men wear the uniform of the 40s Supercop. That’s because they are superheroes.
Posted on January 10, 2013 by Jessica Baxter
PROMISED LAND
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 110 minutes |
If you see only one film this year by a handsome actor from Bahston, make it “Argo”…
Posted on December 28, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
LES MISÉRABLES (2012)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 157 minutes minutes |
It’s pretty hard to ignore Hugh Jackman when his tractor-beam eyes are pulling you straight into the abyss of his nostrils…
Posted on December 25, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
LINCOLN
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: PG-13 Running Time: 149 minutes |
[I]t’s celebratory of our nation without being jingoistic. I wish we could have elected this movie as the next President of the United States of America…
Posted on November 16, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
PUSHER (2012)
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 89 minutes |
Coyle brings ample pathos to his role, making the audience care about Frank more than he deserves…
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 101 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! The catharsis oozes off the screen in this unflinching, but affectionate. portrait of a man and his junkie…
Posted on September 8, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
BACHELORETTE
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 94 minutes |
The women of “Bachelorette” turn the story into one long, cruel fat girl joke punctuated by a “just kidding” ending…
Posted on September 7, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
HIT & RUN
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 100 minutes |
It’s so goddamn earnest that even when it’s lame, it’s still a little bit cute. Dax Shepard doesn’t care if you get his references. He just wants the chance to make them…
Posted on August 22, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
OLD GOATS
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 101 minutes |
The most refreshing thing about “Old Goats” is that it treats old people like people…They aren’t delightfully irreverent, busting a rhyme at a wedding reception and matter-of-factly spewing vulgarities to the shock of their juniors…
Posted on August 17, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
TAKE THIS WALTZ
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  Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: R Running Time: 116 minutes |
Polley’s intimate and complex story often feels like a cinematic revelation…
Posted on July 13, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
THE DO-DECA-PENTATHLON
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
IN LIMITED RELEASE! Even a sub-par Duplass film is still better than most mainstream comedies…
Posted on July 6, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
IRA FINKELSTEIN’S CHRISTMAS
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 90 minutes |
2012 SEATTLE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTION! There is an audience for this film. It’s probably a HUGE audience. But I bet there isn’t a lot of crossover with Film Threat readers…
Posted on July 1, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
GAME OF WEREWOLVES
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 98 minutes |
Moreno’s script is derivative at times and a bit of a sausage fest, but our protagonists are amusing enough in their ineptitude and the practical effects are a sight for sore eyes in this CGI-laden world…
Posted on June 28, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
GAYBY
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 89 minutes |
Lisecki is keenly aware of his lead actress’ talents and how to showcase them. Jennifer Harris fully utilizes her role with the physical comedy and eccentric presence of a young Carol Kane…
Posted on June 25, 2012 by Jessica Baxter
JOSHUA TREE, 1951: A PORTRAIT OF JAMES DEAN
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Year Released: 2012 MPAA Rating: Unrated Running Time: 93 minutes |
There’s a reason Mishory used the word “portrait” instead of “bio-pic.” He’s made an art house film with an overwhelming emphasis on the word “art”…
Posted on June 23, 2012 by Jessica Baxter