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Jack Reacher

By Adam Woodward

Not even Werner Herzog can’t save this slick but mediocre Tom Cruise vehicle.

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Life of Pi

By Andrew Schenker

Ang Lee’s dazzling CG dreamworld basks in the danger of sea-bound solitude, but it all cloaks a big, banal religious metaphor.

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Pitch Perfect

By David Jenkins

A glossy, super lightweight comedy on collegiate a capella tournaments is saved by a few stunning moments.

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West of Memphis

By Andrew Simpson

The strange case of the West Memphis Three is transformed into a(nother) riveting documentary care of director Amy Berg.

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Chasing Ice

By Adam Woodward

Scenes of mass devastation have rarely looked so gorgeous, but this hectoring doc could’ve done something better with them.

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Baraka (1992)

By Rebecca Ellis

Ron Fricke’s panoramic global escapade from 1992 still offers a real feast for the senses.

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Seven Psychopaths

By David Jenkins

Dognapping! Vigilante killings! Christopher Walken's cravat! Just a few things you’ll find in Martin McDonagh’s latest.

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The Hunt

By David Jenkins

Thomas Vinterberg’s study of a man wrongfully accused of child molestation is extremely prescient, if manipulative in the extreme.

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Sightseers

By Adam Woodward

The director of Kill List and Down Terrace returns with a camp comedy caper about pair of cagoule-sporting serial killers.

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Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

By Matt Thrift

Restored, re-released and resplendent. David Lean’s 1962 historical epic is back, and better than ever.

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Amour

By David Jenkins

A pair of astounding performances are the pillars that prop up Michael Haneke's formidable answer to the Hollywood weepie.

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Argo

By Ellen E Jones

Ben Affleck strays beyond Boston's city limits to direct this international espionage caper and gets a little lost.

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The Master

By Adam Woodward

Paul Thomas Anderson’s spiritual post-war love story will restore your faith in cinema.

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Rust and Bone

By Basia Lewandowska Cummings

Jacques Audiard shows us his little-seen feminine side in this eccentric, high-styled emo romance.

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Ginger & Rosa

By David Jenkins

Sally Potter returns with a jumbled but heartfelt examination of teenage death anxiety in ’60s London.

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Frankenweenie

By Adam Woodward

Tim Burton goes old-school with a monochromatic animated gem that’s sadly not of its time.

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On the Road

By Matt Bochenski

Walter Salles’ reverent adaptation of this American classic strikes a discordant note.

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Holy Motors

By David Jenkins

French enfant terrible Leos Carax finally comes good with this sublime and surreal ode to acting, moviemaking, Paris and the whole damn thing.

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