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‘12 Years a Slave’ is urgent and unsentimental
Steve McQueen creates a savage tale that portrays the brutality of the slave trade in the United States
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‘Runner Runner’ is all frill, no thrill
Ben Affleck’s newest film is quick, slick and empty of style or tension
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‘Gravity’ is breathtaking
Film about space might be the most thrilling and unbearably stressful movie you’ve ever seen in a theater
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Movies opening in Orlando
What’s playing on screens around town: ‘Riddick,’ ‘The Grandmaster’
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Wong Kar-Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ is packed with resplendent visuals but cursed by chaotic narrative
Film that follows life of legendary Ip Man lacks focus
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Opening in Orlando
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, The World’s End and You’re Next
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Hats off to high school dramedy ‘The Spectacular Now’
Teen romance does a spectacular job of bringing smarts and sensitivity to the high-school dramedy
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Paul Rudd and Emile Hirsch perfect the art of the slow burn in ‘Prince Avalanche’
The key players keep seething emotions in check in this bromance film
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‘World War Z’ is a disappointment to zombie-flick genre
Underdeveloped characters and poorly developed plotline make this one a bit of a snoozer
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‘Man of Steel’ is spectacular but empty
Reboot of Superman story lacks soul and character
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Opening in Orlando
Movies opening this week: Arthur Newman, The Big Wedding, Pain and Gain
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The Place Beyond the Pines
Ryan Gosling stars in this lyrical ode to father-son relationships and tortured male identity
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'Jack and the Giant Slayer'
This big-production spectacle seems tailor made for an undiscriminating audience
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‘West of Memphis’
New documentary is an interesting, if unoriginal, retelling of the West Memphis Three story
