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West Memphis blues
A sordid murder case gets yet another examination in West of Memphis.
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Ratting out Snitch
I like Dwayne Johnson, I just don’t like his movie.
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More Safe than sorry
Though a mixed bag, Safe Haven is better than expected.
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Die Hard 5: Yippee Ki Yuck
Bruce Willis needs to cowboy up.
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Beautiful Creatures, so-so results
The YA novel transitions to the big screen looking to bottle some of Twilight’s box-office mojo.
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Amour: This is the end
Michael Haneke’s wrenching French import offers a sobering view of life’s final days.
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Side Effects is a bitter pill
Soderbergh’s latest may cause severe irritation and involuntary rolling of the eyes.
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Stallone rides the Bullet train
Bullet to the Head is a gritty, fun exercise in managing expectations.
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Warm Bodies is a hot mess
Weak writing saps what could have been an interesting take on the zombie movie.
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They Stand and deliver
Pacino, Walken and Arkin prove they can still get it up in Stand Up Guys.
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Quartet makes decent music
Dustin Hoffman’s delivers an uneven but enjoyable directorial debut.
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Hansel and Gretel is no fairy tale
But it is fairly stale.
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Schwarzenegger’s Last Stand
The movie’s iffy, but Ah-nold does well with his first starring role in a decade.
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Cheaters never prosper in Broken City
Despite some hot direction, Mark Wahlberg’s latest never catches fire.
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Mama’s house
Guillermo del Toro executive produces a familiar haunt.
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Familial dysfunction leads to laughs in Petunia
TIGLFF’s Best of Fest returns for one night only Jan. 17.
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Gangster Squad shoots, misses
Cartoonish and silly, the latest from Zombieland director Ruben Fleischer verges on parody.
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Still in the Dark
The gripping Zero Dark Thirty adds little context to the hunt for Bin Laden.
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McGregor, Watts survive The Impossible
The drama based on the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster stays afloat despite Hollywood flourishes.
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Django Unchained is killer
Forget the controversy, Quentin Tarantino’s Western/Blacksploitation hydrid is a blast.