#FILM REVIEWS

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

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The Tom Clancy series gets a Kenneth Branagh reboot

August: Osage County

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A powerhouse cast, headed by Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, livens this adaptation of Tracy Letts' play

I, Frankenstein

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Frankenstein and gargoyles and demons. Oh my.

12 Years a Slave

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The Oscar-nominated, incredible but true story of Solomon Northup

American Hustle

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Bradley Cooper and Christian Bale star in this Oscar-nominated ABSCAM comedy-drama

Dallas Buyers Club

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AIDS drama features Oscar-bound performances from Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto

The Legend of Hercules

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Yeeaawaugghh! Kellan Lutz is the legendary Greek hero

Nymphomaniac: Volume I

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The first half of Lars von Trier's provocative epic

Nymphomaniac: Volume II

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Sex gets dark in the second half of Lars Von Trier's epic

The Wolf of Wall Street

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Sex, drugs, and securities fraud: Scorsese & DiCaprio revel in Wall Street excess in one of the year's best films

The Book Thief

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Maudlin adaptation of the acclaimed WWII-era novel

Lone Survivor

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Mark Wahlberg stars in this gripping true-story depiction of modern warfare

Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones

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The found footage franchise gets a Hispanic spinoff

47 Ronin

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Keanu Reeves and CGI monsters burden this update of the Japanese legend

Grudge Match

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Stallone vs. De Niro, 30 years later

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Ben Stiller's ambitious take on the classic James Thurber story

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

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Bilbo meets the dragon Smaug in this middle entry of Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy