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Review: The Voices (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: Jerry (Ryan Reynolds) seems like a regular guy but he’s hiding a secret. Every night when he goes home to his apartment, his dog and cat speak to him- literally- with his dog trying to keep the peace while...
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Life After Beth (Sundance 2014 Review)

PLOT: Zach (Dane DeHaan) is thrilled when his dead girlfriend Beth (Aubrey Plaza) is somehow resurrected. His enthusiasm predictably wears off once he discovers she has a new taste for human flesh. REVIEW: The romantic “zombie” comedy, or rather rom-zom-com...
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Review: The Trip to Italy (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon (playing fictionalized versions of themselves) go on a road trip through Italy, where they sample the local cuisine, discuss life, and generally get on each others nerves. REVIEW: Michael Winterbottom‘s THE TRIP was a...
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Review: Roger Ebert- Life Itself (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: The life and times of famed film critic Roger Ebert, from his early days at the Chicago Sun-Times, to his fame on Siskel & Ebert, to his ultimate illness and passing. REVIEW: Roger Ebert is a person that a...
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Review: The Raid 2 (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: Rama (Iko Uwais) is sent undercover by a task force looking to root out police corruption, and ends up infiltrating the most feared crime syndicate in the city. REVIEW: For anyone fearing THE RAID 2 would be a simple...
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Review: Calvary (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: A kindly Irish priest (Brendan Gleeson) is told by a parishioner that in one week, he will be murdered in retaliation for crimes committed by the Catholic Church. Not knowing if the threat is real, the priest tries to...
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Cooties (Sundance Review)

PLOT: A wanna-be horror novelist turned substitute teacher (Elijah Wood) has to contend with a school full of rabid children when one of them is infected by a virus from a tainted chicken nugget. REVIEW: The only downside about attending...
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Review: Boyhood (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: The adolescence of a Texas-boy named Mason (Ellar Salmon)- from the time he enters grade one to his first day at college. REVIEW: Twelve years is a long time to spend on one movie. For years, there have been...
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Review: Camp X-Ray (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: A young woman (Kristen Stewart) stationed as a guard at Guantanamo Bay forms an unlikely friendship with a charismatic prisoner (Payman Maadi). REVIEW: A movie about Guantanamo Bay is sure to divide audiences. Now that CAMP X-RAY has premiered...
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Review: The Guest (Sundance 2014)

PLOT: A former soldier (Dan Stevens) makes his way to the family home of a fallen comrade, and quickly becomes a beloved, indefinite house-guest. However, the family’s teenage children (Maika Monroe & Brendan Meyer) soon begin to suspect this former...
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