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John Locanthi
John Locanthi's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
Movies reviews only
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Florence Foster Jenkins (2016) |
If you ever wanted to see Meryl Streep have the time of her life, Florence Foster Jenkins delivers. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Aug 11, 2016
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Wiener-Dog (2016) |
It is a film sneering at how terrible people are, and you are so terrible that you will probably laugh too. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jul 13, 2016
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The Lobster (2015) |
Interesting concept, but this vision of the future mostly involves Farrell, John C. Reilly, Rachel Weisz and the rest of cast lurching through their lines in a dull, passionless monotone. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 25, 2016
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016) |
A mess of lame attempts at wit, faux profundity and unearned emotional resolutions. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 25, 2016
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Knight of Cups (2015) |
Being a true Malick film, Knight of Cups has little narrative momentum. It is mostly a series of beautiful images and beautiful people speaking with their voices drowned out by internal monologues and poetry. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 10, 2016
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Klown Forever (2015) |
There is plenty of humor in this tried-and-true story. Klown Forever just never knows when to pull back. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 24, 2016
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Francofonia (2015) |
Francofonia is a Russian documentary that weaves between archival footage and pictures and historical re-creation to tell the story of the Louvre, primarily during the German occupation of France during WWII. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 24, 2016
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Coz Ov Moni 2: Fokn Revenge (2014) |
While Cos Ov Moni 2 tells a threadbare story of revenge, it is mostly a series of songs loosely tied together. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 24, 2016
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The Pearl Button (2015) |
It's an important story about a little-known people, especially for an American audience. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 23, 2016
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Men & Chicken (2015) |
Men & Chicken is The Island of Dr. Moreau meets an irreverent slapstick comedy. Better yet, it's a version of Dr. Moreau that's intentionally funny. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 23, 2016
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Zoolander No. 2 (2016) |
The trouble is that Zoolander already exists, and Zoolander 2 is entirely too aware of that. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Feb 11, 2016
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Timbuktu (2014) |
We're left with a haunting look into daily life under the reign of militant Islam, with a depth absent in American depictions of the struggle. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Dec 30, 2015
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The Night Before (2015) |
It feels like one of the longest 101-minute films ever made as it tries to wrap up every storyline. But it also manages to tap into the spirit of the season, essentially a hokey Christmas movie masquerading as a dudebro comedy. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Nov 18, 2015
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Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) |
Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the landmark works of the new millenium, the novel that proved definitively Americans will suffer through anything for a few fleeting moments of titillation. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Oct 14, 2015
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Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) |
Kingsman isn't a send-up of the genre; it's a rebuke of the relentlessly grim, faux realistic modern Bond, Bourne, Batman and the latter half of Liam Neeson's career. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Jul 13, 2015
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What We Do in the Shadows (2014) |
New Zealand's vampire scene is fleshed out. It feels lived in. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 13, 2015
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Merchants of Doubt (2014) |
The movie is at its best when profiling the titular merchants. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 13, 2015
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The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015) |
The film is essentially one long fight with occasional scene changes -- they're on a train! Rooftop gunfight! Fisticuffs in the hallway! - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 13, 2015
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The D Train (2015) |
Maybe there's no way to pull it off. Instead of trying to make something meaningful out of its mound of plot material, The D Train retreats into the warm embrace of cheap laughs. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 13, 2015
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Wild Tales (2014) |
Wild Tales' mix of humor and darkness works because every situation escalates too quickly for the gravity to register. - Willamette Week
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| Posted May 13, 2015
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1971 (2014) |
Minor quibbles aside, it's an important documentary. - Willamette Week
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| Posted Mar 05, 2015
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