“The Spectacular Now” rode out of Sundance atop an avalanche of positive buzz and near-rapturous reviews.
Christopher Lawrence
Christopher Lawrence is the movie critic for the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
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By CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE / RJ
The story of Cecil Gaines, a White House butler spanning seven administrations, is ever-so-loosely based on the life of the late Eugene Allen. But the result is too reverent to feel like fiction, too improbable to feel like the truth.
By CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE / RJ
“Elysium” is many things, but subtle isn’t one of them. Too bad, really, because otherwise, the grim, grimy tale from “District 9” writer-director Neill Blomkamp is a quite good — excellent by this summer’s standards — rough-and-tumble sci-fi tale of the haves vs. the have-nots.
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