Despite the dark and messy problems and places these characters are in and come from, Silver Linings Playbook is an unashamed and unabashed comedy. With that mentality and development, the film truly flourishes into one of the most crowd-pleasing movies of the year.
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The use of 3D in Life of Pi is as artistically cued and creatively appropriate as Martin Scorsese's elegant and adept use of it in Hugo from last Thanksgiving. Combined with an enthralling and exciting story, Life of Pi is one of the best and most intimate movie experiences you'll see this year.
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As a movie writer and fan of facial hair, here's my second homage to Movember. This time, I'm ranking the best movie beards.
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The Sessions shows a heartfelt and honest portrayal what the idea of sexual satisfaction and conquest mean to a person, especially one that can't just go out and perform the way everyone else can. It's certainly an unorthodox path for a true story or a feel-good movie, but The Sessions succeeds in being extremely pleasing and thought-provoking.
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As a movie fan and jealous appreciator of facial hair with an overdue itch for a fun editorial idea, I wanted to pay homage to Movember by ranking the best movie mustaches.
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When I reflect on Lincoln, the top word that comes to mind is "earnest." Spielberg, his cast, and his crew set out to tell a piece of history with wholehearted purpose and never wavered. They weren't swinging for the box office fences to hit some grandiose action home run relying on gross dramatization, theatricality, or wild war battles set to a trumpeting score.
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That combination of catalyst and resonance is why I may begin to agree with many other critics that have anointed Skyfall the best James Bond film ever made. I'll say right now. It's hard to find a flaw.
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With deep creativity and homages to video games new and old, Wreck-It Ralph is a great deal of fun for all ages.
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Flight is director Robert Zemeckis's first live-action film since the brilliant Castaway twelve years ago. To see him return to this extremely high level of traditional filmmaking lets me know that he's still got it.
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