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X-Men: Apocalypse ***½ (2016, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Rose Byrne, Tye Sheridan, Lucas Till, Nicholas Hoult, Evan Peters) – Movie Review

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) is called Apocalypse, as you see, and that gives a big fat meaty appearance for the impressive villain Apocalypse, played by Oscar Isaac under so much makeup and CGI that it could be anybody. Isaac is […]

May, 17

Winter’s Bone **** (2010, Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Garret Dillahunt) – Classic Movie Review 3269

Writer-director Debra Granik scores a triumph with her scalding 2010 American independent feminist thriller, based on Daniel Woodrell’s 2006 novel. The 20-year-old Jennifer Lawrence sweeps to stardom as a teenage girl in the rural Ozark […]

Jan, 16

Silver Linings Playbook **** (2012, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, Chris Rock, John Ortiz, Julia Stiles) – Classic Movie Review 3267

Writer-director David O Russell’s waywardly brilliant romantic comedy drama stars Bradley Cooper as former teacher Pat Solitano who comes out of a mental institution and moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile […]

Jan, 15

Joy **** (2015, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper, Edgar Ramirez, Isabella Rossellini, Diane Ladd, Virginia Madsen) – Movie Review

An exceptional cast is assembled for Joy, the story of an Italian-American family across four generations and Joy Mangano, the young woman who rises to become founder and matriarch of a powerful family business dynasty. But Jennifer […]

Dec, 20

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 **** (2015, Jennifer Lawrence, Donald Sutherland, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth) – Movie Review

The Hunger Games races to its conclusion in the fast-paced, exciting climax, crisply made and sharply edited by director Francis Lawrence from its original two hours and 51 minutes two hours and 17 minutes. Peter Craig […]

Nov, 19

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 **** (2014, Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth) – Movie Review

Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen for the first half of the two-part finale film in the trilogy from Suzanne Collins’s novel sequence. Josh Hutcherson and Liam Hemsworth are back, too, as the men in […]

Nov, 11

Serena *** (2014, Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Toby Jones) – Movie Review

Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence are ideally teamed and perfectly cast in this ambitious romantic Western, set in late-1920s Depression-era North Carolina, but filmed in the Czech Republic. And filmed very beautifully. It’s a costly-looking, incredibly handsome, […]

Nov, 08

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