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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

“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)

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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
Star Trek Into Darkness 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
Before Midnight The Impossible

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