Because of embargoes (those happy little restrictions on when critics can post reviews, good or bad), a lot of our critics aren’t able to share links with you until release day. Here are some last-minute reviews for this weekend’s upcoming films. We’ve kept in all the reviews posted yesterday as well so you can have more help in deciding what to see (if you haven’t already).
Our critics have been hard at work reviewing the latest films. Here is a look at what’s coming out this weekend (in select cities, check your local listings) and what else may be in theaters right now.
Opening: Jul. 18-20, 2014
Wide (United States)
Planes: Fire & Rescue
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The Purge: Anarchy
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Sex Tape
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Limited (United States)
Alive Inside
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: An extraordinary documentary about the healing power of music as medicine for the soul.
I Origins
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: A spiritual movie about the eyes, science, reincarnation, and the great mysteries of life.
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: …a bunch of mumbo jumbo parading as deep thought, a concept in search of a movie.
Mood Indigo
Candice Frederick @ Reel Talk
Dustin Jansick @ Way Too Indie
- Excerpt: Breathtaking imagery and heaps of whimsical charm, but is often exhausting at the same time.
Video Games: The Movie
[New Today] Marina Antunes @ Quiet Earth
Daniel Carlson @ Movie Mezzanine
Wish I Was Here
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2014 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
22 Jump Street
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Begin Again
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Blood Ties
- Excerpt: A total gong show of terrible acting. Even Marion Cotillard doesn’t get off easy in this review…
Borgman
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Boyhood
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Coherence
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Cold in July
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The Congress
Brent McKnight @ Giant Freakin’ Robots
- Excerpt: ‘The Congress’ fails to deliver on its initial promise.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
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Deliver Us from Evil
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Earth to Echo
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The Fault in Our Stars
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Heatstroke
Ron Wilkinson @ ItsJustMovies.com
- Excerpt: An uneven but entertaining look at the animal in all of us.
Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania
Kathy Gibson @ Access Bollywood
Ida
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Joe
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Life Itself
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Me and You
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat @ SpiritualityandPractice.com
- Excerpt: A coming-of-age drama about a boy whose dream of being alone is shattered when his older half-sister brings him back to messy reality.
Rage
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Sabotage
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The Scarecrow Club
- Excerpt: The enthusiasm is there in this Ottawa-made political thriller, but the thrills and political stuff, less so.
Snowpiercer
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Tammy
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Third Parson
Susan Granger @ www.susangranger.com
- Excerpt: Puzzling and implausibly fractious, it requires interminable patience and forgiveness.
Transformers: Age of Extinction
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Venus in Fur
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
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Yves Saint Laurent
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: a shallow, cliched biopic treatment from…Jalil Lespert. Niney is incredibly well matched physically to Saint Laurent but it is Gallienne who creates the more memorable character here
Tony Dayoub @ Cinema Viewfinder
- Excerpt: If YVES SAINT LAURENT is frustrating as a barely fleshed out biography, it is equally exciting as a sumptuous visual feast.
2013 Films In Theaters Now In Select Areas
Battle of the Year
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Camille Claudel 1915
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In a World…
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2014 Films (Coming Soon)
Gabrielle
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared
Diego Salgado @ Guía del Ocio [Spanish]
Antarctica: A Year on Ice
Andrew Wyatt @ St. Louis Magazine
- Excerpt: Powell’s picture is the ultimate insider’s journal, intent on expressing the “Antarctic life” as it is actually lived.
Dancing Arabs
[New Today] Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: “Dancing Arabs” shows that the victims of the conflict are not only those killed in the battlefield, but people whose spirits can be crushed by circumstance.
Días de vinilo
Samuel Castro @ Ochoymedio.info [Spanish]
- Excerpt: Cuatro amigos en Buenos Aires, relacionados con la música, intentan sobrevivir a la crisis de la mediana edad.
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalam
[New Today] Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: Often compared to “A Separation,” both by the audience and the filmmakers themselves, “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalam” is a more intimate drama as well as a harsher one. We see a woman imprisoned in her own marriage, and even though there is no direct reason why she needs the divorce (like adultery or abuse), she is unable to have her own goals realized.
Hungry Ghost Ritual
- Excerpt: Nick Cheung follows a string of critical and commercial hits with his debut as writer-director, a seasonal horror flick in which he also takes the leading role. While Cheung has a keen eye for detail when it comes to the traditions associated with the Hungry Ghost Festival, his scripting is flimsy and cliched while his direction lacks atmosphere or genuine chills.
Red Leaves
[New Today] Kevin Carr @ 7M Pictures
- Excerpt: Like any culture that faces changing values over generations (which is to say, all of them), “Red Leaves” gives you a chance to examine your own prejudices by stepping outside of your life and into a different one.