‘The Purge: Anarchy’ Review: Horror Sequel Looks Dumb by Trying to Appear Smart
Returning director James DeMonaco flirts with messages about politics, society, and inequality, but they’re all dazzle camouflage for a silly and squalid shoot-em-up
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‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Review: Fee-Fie, Ho-Hum
“Jack” is never antic enough to be a true comedy or original enough in its action sequences to seem like more than a warmed-over version of too many movies we’ve seen before
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‘Lore’ Review: Nazi Devastation Is Backdrop for Nuanced Coming-of-Age Tale
Director Kate Shortland portrays a young girl's on a journey of moral and sexual discovery, driven by her family's destruction during World War II
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‘Warm Bodies’ Review: Zombified ‘Romeo & Juliet’ Lurches With Life
The surprisingly genial and clever little zombie-teen romance mash-up, qualifies as a solid base hit
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‘Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters’ Review: A Bloody Grimm Mess
The best thing one can say is that it’s 88 minutes long, and stars Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton have done and will again do far better work
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‘Quartet’ Review: Dustin Hoffman’s Slight, but Appealing Look at Aging
Maggie Smith stars in "Quartet," Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut, set in an old folks home for retired musicians
