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Jordan Chodorow reviews movies on a scale of zero to four stars. Find reviews of all the latest releases here, along with a searchable database of all reviews from January 2012 to today.

Friday, September 25, 2015

Black Mass, Everest, Sicario, Pawn Sacrifice, The New Girlfriend, Breathe, Peace Officer, A Reunion

Black Mass
Everest



Sicario
Pawn Sacrifice



The New Girlfriend
Breathe



Peace Officer
A Reunion






The fall film season kicks off in earnest:
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Tags: A Reunion, Benicio Del Toro, Black Mass, Breathe, Emily Blunt, Everest, Jason Clarke, Joel Edgerton, Johnny Depp, Josh Brolin, Pawn Sacrifice, Peace Officer, Sicario, The New Girlfriend, Tobey Maguire

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Coming Home, Sleeping with Other People, A Brilliant Young Mind, Time out of Mind, Meet the Patels, Paulette


Coming Home
Sleeping with Other People




A Brilliant Young Mind
Time out of Mind



Meet the Patels
Paulette





A mixed week at the movies:
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Tags: A Brilliant Young Mind, Alison Brie, Asa Butterfield, Coming Home, Gong Li, Jason Sudeikis, Meet the Patels, Paulette, Richard Gere, Sally Hawkins, Sleeping with Other People, Time out of Mind, Zhang Yimou

Sunday, September 13, 2015

PODCAST: The Movies of Summer



Adrienne Green joins me to review the Movies of Summer


Tangerines
Iris
About Elly
Hot Pursuit
I'll See You in My Dreams
Mad Max: Fury Road
I Am Michael
Tomorrowland
Slow West
Good Kill
Aloha
San Andreas
Love & Mercy
Spy
Testament of Youth
Jurassic World
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Inside Out
The Face of an Angel
A Little Chaos
Glass Chin
Terminator Genisys
A Murder in the Park
Magic Mike XXL
Self/Less
Mr. Holmes
Irrational Man
Trainwreck
The Stanford Prison Experiment
Southpaw
Samba
Phoenix
Listen to Me Marlon
Ricki and the Flash
Cop Car
Dark Places
The Gift
The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
Ten Thousand Saints
American Ultra
Learning to Drive
Grandma




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Wednesday, September 9, 2015

A Walk in the Woods, Z for Zachariah, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Queen of Earth

A Walk in the Woods
Z for Zachariah



Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine
Queen of Earth






A poor week at the movies:
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Tags: A Walk in the Woods, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Chris Pine, Elizabeth Moss, Katherine Waterston, Margot Robbie, Nick Nolte, Queen of Earth, Robert Redford, Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine, Z for Zachariah

Saturday, September 5, 2015

What to See Over Labor Day Weekend




Here are my strong recommendations for the holiday weekend:
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Tags: E.T., Meru, The End of the Tour, The Gift, The Second Mother, What to See Over Labor Day Weekend

Thursday, September 3, 2015

The Second Mother, Rosenwald, No Escape

The Second Mother
Rosenwald


No Escape


From the sublime to the ridiculous:
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Tags: Anna Muylaert, Aviva Kempner, Lake Bell, No Escape, Owen Wilson, Regina Case, Rosenwald, The Second Mother
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Jordan Chodorow is a tax attorney in Los Angeles. He has been a professional film critic, a U.S. Open tennis umpire, a two-time national bridge champion, and a four-time California crossword champion. He enjoys attending concerts, Clippers and Kings games, theater, and of course movies with his boyfriend of sixteen years, Daniel.
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