Horror films have, for the most part, run out of original ideas. Now that J-horror has become passé and mumblegore found-footage flicks have proved maddeningly resilient (and redundant), the genre has become little more than a proving ground for fledgling filmmakers who are looking for a B-movie calling card to prove their technical and stylistic […]
Jeff Meyers
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Part 1 of the ‘Hunger Games’ finale leaves the audience hungry for more
Commercially driven division of ‘Mockingjay’ into two films means they save the best for last
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‘Rosewater’ is cursed by its cliché tendencies
Jon Stewart’s directorial debut is less disappointing for what it is than what it could have been
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‘The Drop’ is solid enough to warrant consideration
As a crime thriller, meh. As a showcase for James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy’s talents, bravo
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Opening in Orlando: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction’
Movies opening in Orlando theaters this week
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‘Obvious Child’ addresses abortion in daringly matter-of-fact fashion
Gillian Robespierre’s Millennial rom-com doesn’t sensationalize or treat topic as taboo
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Indie horror director tries hand at crime thriller with ‘Cold in July’
Jim Mickle’s newest film is a suspenseful stab at a new genre
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Review: ‘Locke’
Tom Hardy does a stellar job in this movie about a construction worker whose life unravels before him
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‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’
Documentary about the making of Alejandro Jodorowsky’s never-completed ‘Dune’ is a wondrous image of what might have been
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‘Bad Words’ not really all that bad
Jason Bateman’s directorial debut tries to be surly but ends up a little sappy
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Opening in Orlando: ‘Mr. Peabody & Sherman’
Movies playing on screens in town this week
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Opening in Orlando: ‘Stalingrad’ and ‘Non-Stop’
Movies playing on screens in town this week
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‘The Past’ concocts an elegantly woven spell around viewers
Asghar Farhadi’s tale of a complicated divorce is an elegant but knotty family drama
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‘Lone Survivor’ focuses too much on action, not enough on character
Americans love their heroes, and this movie about the mission of Operation Red Wings is no exception
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‘Dallas Buyers Club’
An unsentimental true story is compromised by two-dimensional characters
