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Tense, well-acted and intriguing, but fails to complete the picture of a complicated man or a lesson about tolerance.

It's odd to say about an independent film that there’s little originality or authenticity in this slow, self-conscious, offbeat story.

Shane Carruth has made a work of art with his second film. I don't understand it, but I don't care, because I'm so viscerally moved.

While some comic book movies become lazy and predictable, genuine surprises and character development keep Iron Man 3 from growing stale.

Director Jeff Nichols effectively blends genres, numerous subplots and character dynamics – and does so with emotional weight and power.

It’s called The Big Wedding but it’s really not about a wedding. It’s about sex (and some very unhappy people).

Michael Bay's version of this true-crime story crashes and burns because, like Transformers, there’s no discernible human connection.

A captured fugitive says, "We made mistakes. But we were right." That’s the film’s view in a nutshell: sort of a Sympathy For Radicals.

Pretty much a two-hour commercial for Celebrate Recovery, but as promotional videos go it's a surprisingly good and realistic one.

For all its star power, futuristic talk and sci-fi imagery, the film is ponderous, mundane and ultimately forgettable.

Like The Blind Side, faith is integral and is presented unapologetically. And like The Blind Side, 42 isn't appropriate for all ages.

Does nothing original while exploring an age-old question about what makes humans enemies, but manages to hold our interest anyway.

The core ideas, conflicts, and yearnings resonate so sincerely that it makes the occasional weight of self-import easy to forgive.

This animated coming-of-age story is aimed more at adolescents than young children, and packs a surprising, emotional wallop.

If points were awarded strictly on ambition, it's nothing short of epic. Unfortunately, director Clanfrance doesn't know when to say when.