TheWrap Screening Series: ‘The Rocket’ Director Kim Mordaunt on Dodging Bombs and Casting Street Kids
“Their imaginations were so pure, so alive, that I thought, if I make another film, I want it to be about these kids”
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‘Oldboy’ Review: Besides Josh Brolin, Spike Lee’s Cult Classic Remake Adds Little That’s New
The themes of revenge and redemption feel muddled as Josh Brolin fights his way though an uninspired retooling of the Park Chan-Wook original
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‘Jodorowsky’s Dune’ Review: A Riveting Chronicle of ‘The Greatest Movie Never Made’
Frank Pavich’s documentary chronicles the rise and fall of “the greatest film never made”
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‘The Armstrong Lie’ Review: A Too-Generously-Unbiased View of Lance’s Tour de Doping
Director Alex Gibney approaches his subject with the same sort of emotional detachment that Armstrong brings to his confessions
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‘Ender’s Game’ Review: Complex Sci-Fi Adventure That Appeals to Children’s Inner Adults
“Ender’s Game” is a rare example of filmmaking with a scalpel at a scale that usually demands a hatchet
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‘Nebraska’ Review: Bruce Dern, Alexander Payne Deliver Nuanced Portrait of Small-Town Life
Payne’s latest meets at an unexpectedly powerful crossroads between hazy optimism and clear-eyed nostalgia
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‘Escape Plan’ Review: Stallone and Schwarzenegger Can’t Evade B-Movie Hell in Epic Pairing
Mikael Hafstrom movie hints at bigger ambitions but is impossible to take seriously
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‘The Fifth Estate’ Review: Benedict Cumberbatch Wins Sympathy for the Devil
Bill Condon’s film offers a complex but ultimately one-sided portrait of charismatic Wikileaks founder Julian Assange
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‘Romeo and Juliet’ Review: It’s Just Teen Hormones, Dude
Adapted with unironic earnestness by Julian Fellowes, the latest adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic stage play effectively chronicles young love but doesn’t transcend it
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‘Mood Indigo’ Review: Michel Gondry Revisits Bittersweet ‘Eternal Sunshine’ Territory
The French director’s latest film combines quirky visuals and raw emotion to tell an imaginative, powerful love story
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‘The Zero Theorem’ Review: Terry Gilliam’s Personal Journey on Life vs. Beliefs
Terry Gilliam’s latest asks complicated questions about human existence, and hides the answers in plain sight
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‘Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons’ Review: A Masterpiece That ‘Unfolds Like a Symphony’
The “Kung Fu Hustle” director’s follow up is the “result of a virtuoso working at the absolute peak of his talents”
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‘The Green Inferno’ Review: Eli Roth Upends the Cannibal Film
Unfortunately, Roth’s abundant gore fails to either offend or exhilarate
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‘Man of Tai Chi’ Review: Keanu Reeves’ Almost Excellent Martial-Arts Adventure
Reeves’ goofily charming directorial debut has visceral energy and immediacy but lacks the substance to follow through on its martial-arts mysticism
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‘Metallica: Through The Never’ Review: Ambitious and Loud, With a Gibberish Story
Director Nimrod Antal pays tribute to the band with an epic concert film, but feeble fiction
