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Review: The Great Gatsby
Baz Luhrmann glitzes up Fitzgerald's classic almost to fault
Drew Lazor, City Paper
If you’re one to chide Baz Luhrmann for overkill, then you probably also finger-wag frogs for being amphibious...
Review: Midnight’s Children
Salman Rushdie's mythic magical-realism gets lost in translation
Drew Lazor, City Paper
“Unfilmable” is an increasingly popular buzz word in today’s adaptation game...
 
Review: The Reluctant Fundamentalist 05/02/2013
A shaky adaptation of Mohsin Hamid’s best-seller
Drew Lazor, City Paper
“I’m a lover of America,” Changez (Riz Ahmed) tells journalist Bobby (Liev Schreiber) as they sip chai in a spartan Lahore student cafe...
 
Review: The Company You Keep 04/18/2013
A pseudo-political Wild Hogs
Drew Lazor, City Paper
Robert Redford may view The Company You Keep as the next logical notch in his late-career lefty directorial belt...
 
Movie Review: Starbuck 04/03/2013
City Paper Grade: B-
Drew Lazor, City Paper
As raunchy as it could’ve been, Scott’s approach is not far from the traditional American rom-com.
 
Movie Review: Admission 03/19/2013
City Paper Grade: C
Drew Lazor, City Paper
A cutesy rom-com that rings lazy.
 
Movie Review: The Croods 03/20/2013
City Paper Grade: B
Drew Lazor, City Paper
Piranha birds, fluorescent saber-toothed cats and land-dwelling whales with feet are so much more fun pre-fossilization.
 
Movie Review: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone 03/13/2013
City Paper Grade: C-
Drew Lazor, City Paper
It’s strange to admit that Steve Carell's latest character — a past-his-prime illusionist — might be his least likable role yet.
 
Movie Review: Dead Man Down 03/08/2013
City Paper Grade: C
Drew Lazor, City Paper
Director Niels Arden Oplev goes looking for art in all the wrong places, crafting a visually breathtaking sorta-noir that looks, but doesn't sound, the part.
 
Movie Review: 21 and Over 03/01/2013
City Paper Grade: C-
Drew Lazor, City Paper
Jon Lucas and Scott Moore's collegiate romp is disturbingly tone-deaf about two topics that should never be packaged with dick jokes.
 
Movie Review: Jack the Giant Slayer 02/26/2013
City Paper Grade: B-
Drew Lazor, City Paper
Fee-fi-fo-fum: All this CGI is dumb.
 
Movie Review: The Sweeney 02/27/2013
City Paper Grade: C+
Drew Lazor, City Paper
This modern breakdown of the famously unorthodox unit by writer/director Nick Love generates a good bit of bollocks-grasping excitement, but squanders its highs with too many dulling lows.
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Movie Review: Safe Haven 02/14/2013
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Movie Review: Beautiful Creatures 02/12/2013
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Movie Review: Side Effects 02/06/2013
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Oscar-Nominated Shorts: Live Action 02/01/2013
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Texas Chainsaw 3D 01/10/2013
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Hot Chip 07/17/2012
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