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Review

A Most Violent Year

by Adam Woodward

Oscar Isaac delivers the goods as the pacifist hero in this strange and slightly unsatisfying period crime drama.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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Review

Interstellar

by David Ehrlich

Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic is his most ambitious film yet, if not necessarily his best.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
4
In Retrospect
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Review

Zero Dark Thirty

by Simon Crook

Kathryn Bigelow’s rapid response to the death of Osama Bin Laden is a taut and morally ambiguous procedural for the ages.

4
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
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Review

Lawless

by Matt Bochenski

In his liquor-soaked Prohibition-era drama John Hillcoat offers an imperfect depiction of family, masculinity and authority.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three people, a man, a woman, and a young girl, standing in a grassy field.
Review

Take Shelter

by Adam Woodward

More metaphorical tact would turn Take Shelter from a brisk gale to a force five.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
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The Tree of Life

by David Jenkins

A glorious ode to the improbability of existence which asks us to cherish the simple processes of living and loving.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect