Author: Juan Barquin

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Looper

Rian Johnson’s third feature is just as great as his previous films and an intelligent, entertaining addition to the sci-fi genre.

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Master, The (2012)

Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest film is a masterful exploration of two men that features amazing performances from everyone in the cast.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tim Burton’s adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl novel of the same name could have been great, but ends up a messy flick with one of Depp’s worst performances to date.

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Ace Attorney (2012)

In a true blend of multiple genres he’s tackled before, Takashi Miike captures the essence of the Phoenix Wright games without losing his own style.

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Compliance (2012)

Craig Zobel’s look at a dark, twisted crime that really happened teeters the line between being exploitative and not, while delivering an impressive movie.

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Woman in Chains

Clouzot’s final film is a psychosexual rollercoaster filled to the brim with color that tells of a love triangle between a photographer, an artist, and a lonely housewife.

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Newsroom, The – Season 1

Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom is a show about a group of people who work on a cable show called News Night that, unfortunately, is a pretty big mess.

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Margaret (2011)

Margaret has its masterful moments, but its ambitions to achieve a grand-scale, operatic tale of pure emotion fall flat.

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Beasts of the Southern Wild

Benh Zeitlin’s debut isn’t quite the masterpiece that everyone makes it out to be, but instead a mixed bag of good and bad ideas helped along by solid performances.