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OBLIVION

April 21st 2013 04:33


DIRECTOR: Joseph Kosinski
CAST: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough, Olga Kurylenko
UNIVERSAL PICTURES


TOM CRUISE is Jack, a drone repairman on post-apocalyptic Earth and one of only two humans left on the planet. Or so he believes. His colleague and sort-of wife Victoria (Riseborough) does everything by the book and can't stand Jack's independent tendencies.

When an old spacecraft crashes to the surface with human survivors on board, the drones inexplicably attack, but Jack intervenes, saving one survivor named Julia (Kurylenko). Julia's presence in the cloud-level home Jack shares with Victoria causes immediate tension and it quickly becomes clear that not everything is as it seems.

All the actors do a good job and the art direction is top-notch, but Oblivion falls just short of being a truly great sci-fi film. There are plenty of twists and turns along the way, but unfortunately none are particularly original and some are quite predictable. That said, it's still an enjoyable movie and really beautiful to look at.
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LOOPER

February 21st 2013 05:43

DIRECTOR: RIAN JOHNSON
CAST: JOSEPH GORDON-LEVITT, BRUCE WILLIS, EMILY BLUNT, PIERCE GAGNON
ROADSHOW ENTERTAINMENT

WRITER/director Rian Johnson has succeeded in creating something truly original with Looper. Set in the near future, the movie revolves around a petty criminal named Joe (Gordon-Levitt) who earns big money by assassinating strangers sent back in time by ruthless gangsters. When Joe is tasked with murdering his older self (Willis), it all goes wrong and his world starts to fall apart as he finds out more about his own future and the emergence of a mysterious destructive force known only as the Rainmaker. Joseph Gordon-Levitt delivers a brilliant performance as the conflicted Joe, as well as an uncanny impression of Bruce Willis, and Emily Blunt is terrific as his love interest. The DVD Special Features are a little sparse and disappointing, but there is a making-of featurette on the Blu-ray version. Regardless, Looper is a smart sci-fi film that we predict will only get better with age.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

December 27th 2012 23:22
Just a quick note to say Happy Holidays. Thanks for keeping The Legless Critic going! I'll be back in 2013.

But before I go, here's a one-sentence review of The Master, starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Amy Adams: Tedious study of cult fanaticism, well-acted but ultimately disappointing.


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KILLER JOE

November 1st 2012 05:57

DIRECTOR: WILLIAM FRIEDKIN
STARS: MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY, EMILE HIRSCH, JUNO TEMPLE, THOMAS HADEN CHURCH, GINA GERSHON


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SAVAGES

September 6th 2012 06:55

DIRECTOR: OLIVER STONE
STARS: AARON JOHNSON, TAYLOR KITSCH, BLAKE LIVELY, BENICIO DEL TORO, SALMA HAYEK, JOHN TRAVOLTA


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SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN

July 11th 2012 02:23

DIRECTOR: RUPERT SANDERS
STARS: CHARLIZE THERON, KRISTEN STEWART, CHRIS HEMSWORTH

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DIRECTOR: MARTIN SCORSESE
STARS: GEORGE HARRISON, JOHN LENNON, PAUL McCARTNEY, RINGO STARR, ERIC CLAPTON, TERRY GILLIAM, RAVI SHANKAR, YOKO ONO, TOM PETTY, GEORGE MARTIN


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DIRECTORS: VARIOUS
CAST: STEVE BUSCEMI, KELLY MACDONALD, MICHAEL PITT, SHEA WHIGHAM, MICHAEL SHANNON


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ONCE IN A LIFETIME

January 24th 2012 23:54

Directors: Paul Crowder & John Dower
Stars: Franz Beckenbauer, Johan Cruyff, Giorgio Chinaglia, Rodney Marsh, Carlos Alberto, Ahmet Ertegün


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MONEYBALL

November 24th 2011 01:30

Director: Bennett Miller
Stars: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright


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