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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/12_bernie.htm> Bernie
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - An off-beat dark comedy with an assured indie spirit, the
film is played largely for giggles despite a violent true-crime premise.
For a motion picture about one person losing her life and another losing
his freedom, "Bernie" doesn't deserve to be as flippant as it ultimately is.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darlingcompanion.htm> Darling
Companion
★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Like an over-the-hill fogey sorely mistaken about still
being hip, this treacly comedic drama is startlingly out of touch. The film
is egregiously contrived from one end to the next, and also at a loss for
how to fill up its past-the-point-of-no-return 103-minute running time.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/f/12_fiveyearengagement.htm> The Five-
Year Engagement
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - While not exactly overthrowing conventions entirely, "The Five-
Year Engagement" takes the invaluable time to listen to and understand its
characters, mixing things up enough that it feels neither musty nor tired.
A grown-up, mainstream, studio-released comedy made for actual grown-ups.
Imagine that.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_raven.htm> The Raven
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A darkly sumptuous, exceedingly enticing murder mystery, the
film, directed by James McTeigue, reminds of 2001's Jack the Ripper saga
"From Hell," or, what Guy Ritchie's overly silly, dull and inconsequential
"Sherlock Holmes" movies should have been from the start. John Cusack's
turn as Poe is just plain terrific.
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<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/12_soundofmyvoice.htm> Sound of My
Voice
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - A contemplative look at the power of indoctrination and
belief with fantastical underlying insinuations. Though perhaps too
claustrophobic for its own good, "Sound of My Voice" is the work of
visionaries, excitingly about much more than just a fishy cult and smart
enough to allow each viewer to take away from it what they personally
choose to.
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