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KENNETH TURAN Movie Reviews

430 reviews, averaging 75.2% positive
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1. 05/17/13 Excellent "...provides an elegant, enthralling peek behind the curtain and into the you-won't-trust-your-eyes world of this celebrated contemporary conjurer."
2.

Stories We Tell

Los Angeles Times
05/17/13 Outstanding "...an invigorating powerhouse of a personal documentary, adventurous and absolutely fascinating. Unexpectedly moving in unanticipated ways..."
3. 05/17/13 Outstanding "The epitome of luxury and priced to match, Bergdorf's has been called everything from a hymn to consumer capitalism to the store with the most discerning clientele..."
4.

Frances Ha

Los Angeles Times
05/17/13 Outstanding "...a small miracle of a movie, honest and funny with an aim that's true.... more than makes you feel hopeful about movies, it allows you to feel that way about life as well."
5.

Venus and Serena

Los Angeles Times
05/10/13 Very Good "...intimate, up close and personal.... What is clear, over and above everything else, is that these women, who are often in need of a best friend, have it in each other."
6.

The Great Gatsby (2013)

Los Angeles Times
05/09/13 Weak "Luhrmann's filmmaking point of view suffocates beyond resuscitation any dramatic interest the story might have generated."
7.

Iron Man 3

Los Angeles Times
05/03/13 Very Good "...the film creates the kind of jeopardy we can believe in, and for a superhero movie, that is an accomplishment in and of itself."
8. 05/03/13 Excellent "...sparkling.... a lively, clever, fast-moving film that isn't overly reverential about its subject."
9. 05/03/13 Outstanding "Ahmed is especially good at portraying all the facets of this increasingly complex man, a fitting centerpiece to an increasingly intricate and involving film."
10.

Kon-Tiki (2013)

Chicago Tribune
05/03/13 Very Good "...a ripping yarn.... Based on the true story but willing to depart from it for dramatic purposes... strong..."
11.

Kon-Tiki (2013)

Los Angeles Times
04/26/13 Good "...features a protagonist who was determination itself, a filmmaking style that is square as opposed to cutting edge, and a story that is strong enough to involve us..."
12. 04/26/13 Outstanding "...smart, provocative.... rich in complexities.... it does not offer answers but rather, of equal if not greater value, it presents different ways to frame the question..."
13. 04/19/13 Weak "If someone is that bored with their own life, it's not clear why we should bother listening in.... though the photographs are memorable, the photographer is not."
14.

Unmade In China

Los Angeles Times
04/19/13 Good "...genial.... It's a cautionary tale of sorts, but the story is so strange it is often not clear exactly what it's cautioning us against."
15.

Oblivion (2013)

Los Angeles Times
04/19/13 Very Good "...a piece of futuristic fiction intended for adults... makes you remember why science fiction movies pulled you in way back when and didn't let you go."
16.

42 (2013)

Los Angeles Times
04/12/13 Good "Helgeland has made shrewd choices.... You can't help getting caught up in this story, even as you are wishing the telling was sharper than it is."
17.

Upstream Color

Los Angeles Times
04/12/13 Outstanding "...as enigmatic as filmmaking gets... haunting, disturbing.... part offbeat romance, part completely unclassifiable... one-man filmmaking of a remarkable sort."
18.

Trance (2013)

Los Angeles Times
04/05/13 Fair "It starts out like a house afire, but by the time it's over we're the ones feeling burned.... Showoffy, super pleased with itself, too glib too often..."
19.

Gimme the Loot

Los Angeles Times
03/29/13 Very Good "...the film's off-the-cuff bravado perfectly captures the texture of youthful high energy... being along for the ride is pleasure of the most unexpected sort."
20.

Blancanieves

Los Angeles Times
03/29/13 Good "...self-consciously modern.... In an attempt to be both modern and traditional, this gorgeously made film ends up betwixt and between."

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