Opening This Week:
Lee Daniels' The Butler
★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - The clichés come fast and furious in "Lee Daniels' The Butler," as numerous as the amount of times the viewer is reminded this is Serious Oscar Fare™. Valiant in its journey through semi-recent American history, but just because a motion picture is sympathetic to a cause doesn't necessarily make it worthwhile.
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Kick-Ass 2
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Nationwide - This superior sequel cranks the bloody beatings, gorings, and―most important―heart up to eleven while building upon a sort of mythology ambitiously operatic enough to hang with the big-boy crime fighters that are Spider-Man, Superman and the Caped Crusader.
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Lovelace
★★ (out of ★★★★)
VOD & Select Cities - An undernourished biographical drama, directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman appearing to have spent more time perfecting the period costumes and catchy 1970s soundtrack than on telling a fully formed, well-defined story. When it comes to big-screen biopics, "Lovelace" never makes it past the shallow end of the pool.
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Prince Avalanche
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
VOD & Select Cities - Lean and observational, "Prince Avalanche" relies upon the performances from Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch to guide the way, their tricky, intermittently combative interplay a balancing act that, at any moment, could cross over from dramatically involving to over-the-top and annoying. Thankfully, neither actor lets this happen.
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Terms and Conditions May Apply
★★★ (out of ★★★★)
Select Cities - A riveting, fast-paced documentary about our increasing lack of privacy in a world overrun by social media, "Terms and Conditions May Apply" is skillfully pieced together like a first-rate thriller. If the information it discloses isn't exactly revelatory, it does serve as a sobering modern-day cautionary tale.
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The latest additions to this new section of the site include: "Dark Angel (aka I Come in Peace)," "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec," "Q: The Winged Serpent" and "X-Ray/Schizoid."
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