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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 4 of 98

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Review of Trolls (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Dec 2016

The vivid design and fluid animation support a jukebox score of dreary familiarity, a screenplay of trite wordplay ('No troll left behind…

Review of Moana (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Dec 2016

Although the film lacks a swoony love story, its Freudian implications aren't particularly feminist, as Moana works to elevate the…

Review of Loving (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

We may lose the small battles but win the big war,' Mildred says…

Review of Nocturnal Animals (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

The back-and-forth arthouse vs…

Review of Arrival (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

How to communicate…

Review of Bad Santa 2 (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

The unconvincing sentimental message is 'family,' but the theme is the humiliation of strong women, who, according to the lump-of-coal…

Review of Moonlight (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

The multiple names place Chiron within the historical context of American racism: It's a reminder that he is a resident of a country that…

Review of Finding Dory (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

A reversal of 'Finding Nemo' that -- like its predecessor -- revels in the imaginative opportunities afforded by its floaty, almost surreal…

Review of Free In Deed (2017)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

Without condescension or editorializing, this entirely original feature immerses viewers into a distinctive Memphis milieu of seedy motels,…

Review of The Eagle Huntress (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 Dec 2016

If the girl-empowerment message is unsubtle, the chronology dubious and the occasionally staged action sometimes manipulative, the film…

Review of Little Men (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Nov 2016

A compact and purposeful 21st-century parable of miscommunication motivated by economic anxiety, cultural identity, real estate resentment…

Review of The Birth of a Nation (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Nov 2016

A remarkable episode in American history receives conventional 'quality' treatment…

Review of Certain Women (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Nov 2016

All the stories are calm on the surface and turbulent beneath, but the final narrative in particular is a masterpiece-in-miniature of…

Review of The Magnificent Seven (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Nov 2016

The action is fine, but the movie lacks the grandeur that makes this genre special: The landscapes are unattractively photographed,…

Review of Ouija: Origin of Evil (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 01 Nov 2016

Even as the sometimes silly horror cliches accumulate, the characters retain our sympathy, thanks to the fraught family dynamic that…

Review of Sully (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 23 Oct 2016

The auteur sees himself in the aviator, whose competence makes believers out of skeptics and who - in a critique of effects-driven…

Review of Hell or High Water (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Sep 2016

Worrying his lines like a plug of chaw, Jeff Bridges again proves that an extreme, even expressionistic characterization can be an unlikely…

Review of Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 Sep 2016

Visually striking at every turn and occasionally even eerie (the floating witch sisters deserve their own stop-motion horror movie), the…

Review of Pete's Dragon (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Sep 2016

Be open to looking' is both metaphysical counsel and practical advice in director David Lowery's powerful film about a literally warm and…

Review of Warcraft (2016)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Sep 2016

An in-one-eye-and-out-the-other spectacle of elaborate and painstaking digital effects in a fantasy medieval milieu: Call it 'Video Game of Thrones…

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