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The Last Picture Show

Just an overwhelming great movie in every way.

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Wild

Laura Jeanne endures.

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While We’re Young

The question isn’t if, but how much, neurosis you’re going to get from Ben Stiller. This is probably the best amount.

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Snow White and the Huntsman

Much more interesting before Snow White and the Huntsman show up.

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The Immigrant

Just once I'd like to see the story of a beautiful, vulnerable immigrant who came to America and things really went pretty well, all things considered.

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Conan the Barbarian

Ludicrous in every way, and all the more delightful for it.

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The Zero Theorem

French girls, man.

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Halt and Catch Fire

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Overboard

#Queen

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Veronica Mars

An extended episode of an enjoyable TV series that never overcomes one fundamental miscalculation: It’s one thing to have her back in town to solve a crime, but anchoring Veronica to an adult life in Neptune betrays much of what made her a great character.

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Ocean's Eleven

Yes, Clooney and Pitt and Soderbergh, but do not forget the fabulous music of David Holmes.

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Synecdoche, New York

Worth the effort for an eventual blossoming into heartbreaking beauty.

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Aloha

Right, yes. Of course. But on the other hand, Emma Stone, and also, Rachel McAdams. You are immune to their charms?

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McCabe and Mrs. Miller

I don’t know. I just struggle with Altman’s messiness. That’s half the point, I know.

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Spielberg is a wonderful tonic for another summer of overstuffed, overheated blockbusters.

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Jurassic World

They’ve figured out that we don’t even want sequels; we just want a bigger version of the thing we loved before.

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Tomorrowland

“Must I explain everything to you? Can't you just be amazed and move on?”