Cole Smithey - The Smartest Film Critic in the World: EPISODE #272 — The Unpretentious Movie Review Video Show for Smart People: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS — FRANCES HA

EPISODE #272 — The Unpretentious Movie Review Video Show for Smart People: STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS — FRANCES HA — CLASSIC: THE GREAT GATSBY

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“Star Trek Into Darkness” is a lot of movie. It gets personalities and dialogue right, but lets gigantic plot problems slide around like ocean-bound rubber duckies on an oil slick. The tremendous effort that the screenwriters, filmmakers, and actors put into harmonizing the film’s gently cheesy tone with Gene Rodenberry's original 1966 television series is spot-on. Like its cinematic prequel, the humor walks a fine line between dry wit and camp — between old-fashioned and hip. Crisscrossing subplots however, get messy. (click to read more)


WHAT TO SEE	WHAT TO SKIP
Venus and Serena	To the Wonder
Ginger & Rosa	Evil Dead
42	Maniac
The Iceman	Black Rock
Augustine	Warm Bodies
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone	Beasts of the Southern Wild
Oz the Great and Powerful	At Any Price
Mud	Sliver Linings Playbook
Blancanieves	Lincoln
The Gatekeepers	The Last Stand
Erased	The Great Gatsby
In the House	Oblivion
Room 237	The Company You Keep
Sightseers	Phantom
Unmade in China	A Haunted House
Amour	The Impossible

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