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Forrest Hartman

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Death Sentence (2007) 20% “Once Death Sentence reaches the mid-point of the second act, it has become so ludicrous that Wan's excess is more likely to draw laughs than tears. ” – Reno Gazette-Journal Sep 13, 2023 Full Review Before Midnight (2013) 98% 3.5/4 “Making a movie with nothing more than smart dialogue and fine performances is a dying art, but Linklater, Hawke and Delpy remind us that it's a skill worth saving.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 23, 2013 Full Review The Conjuring (2013) 86% 4/4 “Director James Wan, best known for creating the Saw franchise, delivers his finest work to date. Instead of relying on the graphic, slasher-style techniques that made Saw a hit, Wan turns to old-fashioned suspense, and the payoff is big.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 23, 2013 Full Review The Heat (2013) 65% 3/4 “There's no getting away from the fact that The Heat is lightweight and derivative, but its formulas have been freshened just enough to make it fun. With Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock on board, that's enough.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 15, 2013 Full Review Pacific Rim (2013) 72% 3.5/4 “The plot is well designed considering how silly the movie really is. Credit that to Guillermo Del Toro. He obviously put a lot of though into the picture, but it's still a basic action film, and the selling point is giant robots battling giant monsters.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 15, 2013 Full Review This Is the End (2013) 82% 2/4 “The best thing about This Is the End is playing "spot-the-celebrity" in the early frames. Do this, and you'll find everyone from Jason Segel to David Krumholtz. If all that talent were put to better use, the film might have been worth watching.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 1, 2013 Full Review The Frozen Ground (2013) 61% 3/4 “The Frozen Ground isn't innovative, but it is a well-paced and engaging thriller that has the added appeal of a truth-based narrative.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Oct 1, 2013 Full Review The Big Wedding (2013) 6% 2/4 “The goofy characters waltz through plenty of offbeat situations, but that's not enough because quirky and funny are not synonymous.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Aug 13, 2013 Full Review Olympus Has Fallen (2013) 50% 2.5/4 “Olympus Has Fallen has excellent action sequences, and Fuqua does a terrific job making Washington, D.C., look like a battleground. For indulgent viewers, this will be enough.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Aug 13, 2013 Full Review The Place Beyond the Pines (2012) 79% 3/4 “Writer-director Derek Cianfrance gained considerable attention for his 2010 drama Blue Valentine, and he has created an even finer movie with The Place Beyond the Pines.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Aug 6, 2013 Full Review Mud (2013) 97% 3/4 “Mud should cement [writer-director Jeff Nichols'] reputation as a storyteller capable of extracting intense excitement from character-based dramas.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Aug 6, 2013 Full Review Oblivion (2013) 53% 3.5/4 “Oblivion is a deliberate and beautifully crafted picture that embraces genre trappings without sacrificing the emotional heft of pure drama.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Aug 6, 2013 Full Review G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) 29% 2/4 “[Jon M.] Chu is a stylish director, and it's fun to watch him blow things up. He also paces the material furiously. For awhile, this strategy works. But, as with most movies that don't have any substance, the pomposity and spectacle grow tiresome.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 30, 2013 Full Review Ginger & Rosa (2012) 78% 2.5/4 “As good as the movie is performance-wise, [director Sally] Potter allows the pacing to drag frequently, meaning viewers must be patient with Ginger & Rosa.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 30, 2013 Full Review Trance (2013) 68% 3.5/4 “[Director Danny] Boyle has not only delivered a first-rate thriller, he has produced a film that should inspire healthy debate... both about its plotting and characters. In a world of disposable entertainment, it is a lasting piece of art.” – Gannett News Service Jul 30, 2013 Full Review Bullet to the Head (2012) 45% 1.5/4 “A big, dumb action film that charges forward believing Stallone is charismatic enough to sell even bad writing. He's not.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Evil Dead (2013) 63% 2/4 “Evil Dead owes everything to its predecessor, and [director Fede] Alvarez never tries to hide that fact, even when his movie feels painfully redundant.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review 42 (2013) 80% 3.5/4 “Writer-director Brian Helgeland delivers his best movie with 42, a sharp, earnest tale about Jackie Robinson's contributions to Major League Baseball.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review The Gatekeepers (2012) 94% 3/4 “The Gatekeepers shines as both an excellent history lesson and a remarkably in-depth look at one of the world's most important covert agencies.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Admission (2013) 37% 2/4 “What's a romantic comedy to do when it is neither romantic nor comedic? When that film is Admission, it plunges forward drunkenly, hoping to overcome its inadequacies with goodwill created by the cast.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review The Host (2013) 10% .5/4 “The Host fails as a romance, but it also struggles as an adventure film. The body-snatching angle has been done before, and the aliens... aren't menacing enough.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review The House I Live In (2012) 94% 3.5/4 “Americans have long celebrated justice and freedom, but director Eugene Jarecki's The House I Live In forces viewers to look closely at political policies that have turned the nation into the No. 1 jailer in the world.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jul 16, 2013 Full Review Phantom (2013) 26% 2/4 “Done well, submarine movies are intense affairs that keep viewers glued to the screen as characters play breathtaking games of cat-and-mouse. Done poorly, they turn out like Phantom.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jun 25, 2013 Full Review The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) 37% 2/4 “A slow, humdrum comedy that would have worked better as a 10-minute sketch than a feature film.” – Reno Gazette-Journal Jun 25, 2013 Full Review Quartet (2012) 80% 3/4 “Dustin Hoffman waited 75 years for his directorial debut, and the resulting film makes one wish he had stepped behind the camera decades earlier.” – Journal News (Westchester, NY) Jun 18, 2013 Full Review
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