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Review

The Light Between Oceans

by David Jenkins

Michael Fass­ben­der and Ali­cia Vikan­der get hit by a del­uge of Emo­tion in Derek Cianfrance’s peri­od melodrama.

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In Retrospect
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Review

The Place Beyond the Pines

by Adam Woodward

Ryan Gosling puts the ped­al to the met­al (again) in this over-reach­ing melo­dra­ma from the direc­tor of Blue Valentine.

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Review

Blue Valentine

by Matt Bochenski

Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams shine in this emo­tion­al­ly bruis­ing rela­tion­ship dra­ma from Derek Cianfrance.

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