Reviews
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‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Review: For Scorsese and DiCaprio, Nothing Exceeds Like Excess (Video)
Even if it overstays its welcome, this deliciously overstuffed movie is the orgy of ill-gotten indulgence that ”The Great Gatsby“ wanted to be
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Best & Worst 2013: Alonso Duralde’s Top 10 Movie Picks (Video)
TheWrap’s Reviews Editor has a hard time limiting himself to 10 this year
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‘Anchorman 2’ Review: Will Ferrell Sequel More Sketchy-Sketch-Sketch Than a Movie (Video)
Ron Burgundy and company lob lots of gags at the screen — and many of them stick — but with no real story or structure, the joke parade becomes exhausting
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‘A Madea Christmas’ Review: Holiday Hilarity, but Only When Tyler Perry’s Leading Lady Is On-Screen
The movie’s comedy quotient will reward viewers hearty enough to slog through Perry’s signature brand of schmaltz, melodrama and sloppy plotting
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‘Some Velvet Morning’ Review: Neil LaBute’s Latest Battle of the Sexes Leaves Bruises
Alice Eve and Stanley Tucci engage in merciless battle verbally — and then some — in this two-person tale with some tricks up its sleeve
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Reviews: Bilbo’s Back – But Is He Better Than Ever?
Those who liked the film liked it better than the first, while those who didn’t like it didn’t like the first one to begin with
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‘Hours’ Review: Paul Walker Says Adieu With One of His Strongest Performances
This Katrina-set drama isn’t perfect, but it does show the ”Fast & Furious“ star willing to branch out into some artistic heavy lifting
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‘Swerve’ Review: Jason Clarke Gives This Humdrum Noir Its Only Zing
A duplicitous blonde, a briefcase full of money … even if Australians drive on the other side, you’ve been down this road before
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‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Review: Peter Jackson’s Second Verse Is Better Than the First
Clearer and more engaging than its predecessor, this second installation in the ”Hobbit“ trilogy deftly brings out the human side of dwarves and elves while upping the action quotient
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‘Twice Born’ Review: Penélope Cruz and Emile Hirsch as Twits Under Fire in Sarajevo
When bombs are falling and people are dying, it’s hard to care a hill of beans about the problems of two underdeveloped and self-indulgent characters
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‘American Hustle’ Reviews: Do Critics Think David O. Russell’s Latest Is Masterful or a Mess?
Jennifer Lawrence scores some of the strongest notices of her career
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‘Tim’s Vermeer’ Review: Penn & Teller’s Doc a Magic Mix of Art and Science
An inventor sets out to paint his own Dutch Master using optics and an exact replica of the artist’s work space, and the magicians documented every step of the process
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‘The Last Days on Mars’ Review: Stylish Sci-Fi Monster Movie Can’t Decide If It’s High Art or Fun Trash
On the one hand, you’ve got a classy cast that includes Liev Schreiber and Olivia Williams, and on the other — astro-zombies!
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‘American Hustle’ Review: It’s Grifters vs. Feds in David O. Russell’s Sexy, Hilarious and Vivid Triumph (Video)
A quintet of great performances — from Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Jeremy Renner — anchor this audacious shaggy-dog story about the blurry line that separates hustlers from FBI agents
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‘Mob City’ Review: Frank Darabont’s Gangster Noir Burns Slow but Bright
Gangsters meet Hollywood in 1947 Los Angeles
