Robert Sims
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Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
18%
“Transformers: Age of Extinction picks up five years after 2011's Dark of the Moon left off but Shia LaBeouf and the original trilogy's cast are nowhere to be found. Heck, LaBeouf's Sam Witwicky isn't even mentioned by name” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Maleficent (2014)
54%
“This isn't Sleeping Beauty as seen through the eyes of the wickedest of Disney villains. Instead, it's a Mouse House live-action revisionist fairy tale that inexplicably transforms the malevolent Maleficent into a misunderstood anti-hero.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
90%
“A successful attempt to right the wrongs of The Last Stand, address the continuity issues between the original trilogy and X-Men Origins: Wolverine and First Class, and reboot the franchise in almost the same way as Star Trek.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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The Rover (2014)
67%
“The Rover is Robert Pattinson's coming-out party as an actor; we now know what the Twilight star is capable of, so he no longer has the excuse to just brood onscreen.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Edge of Tomorrow (2014)
91%
“Death becomes Tom Cruise in Edge of Tomorrow, a gripping and meticulously constructed futuristic thriller that finds his untested soldier fighting aliens while stuck in a time loop.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Snowpiercer (2013)
94%
“Snowpiercer examines a class system that refuses to die no matter the circumstances. Director Bong Joon-ho constantly asks whether a person must accept their preordained place in society for the sake of balance and harmony.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Tammy (2014)
24%
“Tammy is the slob comedy Alexander Payne is too dignified to write and direct.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Earth to Echo (2014)
49%
“From start to finish, Earth to Echo wants to jog our memories about the unforgettable experiences we have experienced with our best friends.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
44%
“This slight but entertaining sequel benefits by tearing up the blueprint director John Lasseter used for both his Pixar racecar operas to become the animated disaster movie that Towering Inferno producer Irvin Allen never made.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Filth (2013)
67%
“Jon S. Baird's manic adaptation of Irvine Welsh's novel maintains a constant high for much of its 97 head-spinning minutes before it sets up into a confrontation between a broken man and his personal demons.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Jersey Boys (2014)
51%
“Clint Eastwood's admittedly classy take on the Tony Award-winning Jersey Boys lacks the energy of Dreamgirls and the showmanship of Chicago.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Night Moves (2013)
86%
“This may chronicle the events leading up to and after an eco-terrorist attack on an hydroelectric dam, but director Kelly Reichardt's tightly drawn character study isn't concerned with advocating or condemning green politics.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Palo Alto (2013)
70%
“Based on a collection of interconnected short stories that James Franco published in 2010, director Gia Coppola's high-school drama presents two portraits in teen angst that owe more to the worldview of Bret Easton Ellis than John Hughes.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Stage Fright (2014)
37%
“Friday the 13th gets its Glee on in Stage Fright, director Jerome Sable's exuberantly executed horror musical that pits a masked madman against the youthful inhabitants of a summer theater camp.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Godzilla (2014)
76%
“Godzilla may be the headliner, but this is the MUTO's story. Godzilla shows up when needed, and that's about it.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)
50%
“There's this troubling sense about The Amazing Spider-Man 2 that it unfolds mostly in service of Sony's plans to create its own Marvel Cinematic Universe around the superhero and his archenemies.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Fading Gigolo (2013)
54%
“With his fifth directorial effort, John Turturro offers a thoughtful Woody Allen-esque meditation on the lengths to which lonely people go to fill the emotional holes in their lives.” –
Hollywood.com
Jan 22, 2022
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Alan Partridge (2013)
87%
“Part of Alan Partridge's charm is that it is defiantly British in the targets it seeks out.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Dom Hemingway (2013)
57%
“What separates the eponymous antihero of Richard Shepard's British crime comedy from his contemporaries is his humanity. He knows when he's done right and he knows when he's done wrong, even though he can't help himself from doing more wrong than right.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Under the Skin (2013)
83%
“Director Jonathan Glazer's intentionally vague and aloof adaptation of Michael Faber's novel devotes its a torturous 108 minutes on the efforts of Scarlett Johansson's seductive alien to lure lonely, unattached men to their death.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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God's Pocket (2014)
36%
“While the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman finds mild humor in his smalltime criminal's lethargic efforts to appease his grieving wife, first-time director John Slattery is unable to consistently maintain the tragicomic tone he strives for.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Brick Mansions (2014)
25%
“The late Paul Walker's given nothing to do in Brick Mansions other than to marvel at David Belle's amazing acrobatics and stare down bad guy RZA. This isn't much of a surprise considering this is a very lazy remake.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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RoboCop (2014)
50%
“In director José Padilha's straight-shooting RoboCop remake, the future of law enforcement comes in a shiny black package that's complete with all the technological upgrades that $2 billion can buy.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Rio 2 (2014)
50%
“There's a natural energy to Rio 2 that can be traced to its pulsating soundtrack.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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Nymphomaniac: Volume I (2014)
76%
“Lars von Trier makes it easy for us to look past the nudity and explicit sex so we can accept a confident but detached young woman's emotional and physical journey as one guided and defined her addiction.” –
Lights Camera Austin
Jan 22, 2022
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