‘Good People’ Review: What’s James Franco Doing in this Ultra-Conventional Thriller?
Workaholic Franco delivers a forgettable performance alongside Kate Hudson and Tom WIlkinson in a B-movie far beneath his usual artistic or commercial ambitions
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‘Gone Girl’ Review: David Fincher’s Latest Masterwork Mixes Suspense, Cynical Comedy and Razor-Sharp Satire
This adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s bestseller tells a sordid story through layers of illusion and tabloid media frenzy
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‘Reclaim’ Review: Ryan Phillippe and Rachelle Lefevre Are Fooled Twice, and Then Some, in Island Thriller
But heroes do win back some audience goodwill in a suspenseful sequence that’s a literal cliff-hanger
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‘Tusk’ Review: Kevin Smith’s Walrus Monster Horror Comedy a Baffling Mishmash (Video)
The comedy bits aren’t funny and the horror moments aren’t scary, but no one can accuse this oddball movie starring Justin Long, Michael Parks, and Haley Joel Osment of phoning it in
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‘No Good Deed’ Review: Idris Elba and Taraji P. Henson Don’t Embarrass Themselves or Their Studio in a Perfectly Serviceable Thriller
Henson makes for a sexy and tragic protagonist in this women-empowerment thriller about domestic violence, but Elba plays a troubling stereotype in this film that Screen Gems decided at the last minute not to screen for critics
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‘The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them’ Review: Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy Fall Ploddingly Out of Love
Chastain has much better chemistry with co-stars Viola Davis and Isabelle Huppert than with her on-screen husband (played by McAvoy), while the thrown-together love story veers between life-affirming artificiality and self-serious melodrama
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‘Dolphin Tale 2’ Review: Harry Connick Swims Into Family-Friendly, Post-‘Blackfish’ Waters
Co-starring Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman, this conscientious sequel nears the Platonic ideal of edutainment
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‘The Maze Runner’ Review: Dylan O’Brien Trapped in a Labyrinth That Goes Nowhere Interesting
Part “Lord of the Flies” and part “Cabin in the Woods,” this puzzle-box gets less interesting as we learn more about what’s going on
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‘This Is Where I Leave You’ Review: Jane Fonda, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman Star in Film With No Characters
Even comedy all-stars can’t breathe life into the contrived situations and underwritten neurotics in this family-at-a-funeral dramedy
