Category: 2010s

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2010s / Drama / Mystery / Thriller

Enemy (2013)

Denis Villeneuve (Prisoners, Incendies) directs this loosely surreal Javier Guillon (The Boy Who Smells Like Fish, Invader) adaptation of the 2002 Jose Saramago novel, “The Double.”  Some viewers will see tangential similarities to the...

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2010s / Drama / Thriller

Joe (2013)

While it may pale somewhat in comparison to another independent film with a title that is monosyllabic nickname for coffee, Mud, Joe still ultimately emerges as a fine, lesser companion piece than a just a simple variation...

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2010s / Drama / Sports

Draft Day (2014)

Draft Day is a dramatic look at the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing that goes on among the general managers of all of the teams involved in the National Football League during the annual NFL Draft...

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2010s / Science Fiction / Thriller

Divergent (2014)

Comparisons will immediately be drawn between Divergent and The Hunger Games, as both are dystopian sci-fi film series based on a trilogy of young adult novels written by women, featuring teenage female protagonists in an action-thriller scenario...

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2010s / Action / War

300: Rise of an Empire (2014)

Readers who’ve seen my review of Zack Snyder’s 300 won’t be surprised to learn that its prequel/sequel, 300: Rise of an Empire, doesn’t meet well with me.  It’s more of the same poorly scripted, intensely jacked-up, copiously...

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2010s / Action / Drama / Thriller

3 Days to Kill (2014)

Ethan Runner (Costner) is dying of terminal brain cancer, diagnosed with mere months left to live. His work in the CIA is officially over, as he tends to get his affairs in order, which includes...

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2010s / Comedy / Drama / Romance

About Last Night (2014)

About Last Night is a remake of a quaint but mostly forgotten romantic comedy-drama from 1986, which itself is a loose interpretation of a David Mamet stage play from the 1970s, “Sexual Perversity in Chicago.”  This...

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2010s / Animation / Comedy

The LEGO Movie (2014)

If I could get the featured earworm ditty, “Everything is Awesome” to stop cycling incessantly in my head, I’d be able to put my imaginative mind to better use at this moment.  Reviews don’t...

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2010s / Comedy / Romance

That Awkward Moment (2014)

One can only wonder why this film, originally titled Are We Officially Dating?, didn’t go with the more appropriate title, This Awkward Movie, as this feeble rom-com by first-time writer-director Tom Gormican can never settle into anything...