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Richard Linklater’s latest film appeared on the festival circuit almost a year ago and finally made it to theaters everywhere last week. It is not only one of the best films currently in theaters, but I promise it is one of the best films of the year so far. Based on Skip Hollandsworth’s 1998 Texas Monthly article about Carthage, Texas, resident Bernie Tiede, Bernie is told in a docudrama style.
3.5
I watched this film four times and wrote four different reviews with four different ratings. It’s quite unnerving for a self-proclaimed know-it-all to waiver so about his first impression. I don’t know whether to produce a lengthy rant or a short shoulder shrug. So, here goes nothing.
5/10
Release Date: May 4, 2012 (Limited)
Currently Showing via Amazon VOD
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Few films I’ve recently seen are quite as frustrating as Death of a
4
Release Date: May 18, 2012 (Limited)
Director: Tanya Wexler
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 4/10
As is unfortunately the case with far too many films, Hysteria is not of one mind – that is to say that
7.5
Release Date: May 18, 2012 (limited)
Currently Showing: IFC on Demand
Director: David Weaver
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 7.5/10
David Weaver has said that brilliant films like Neil Jordan’s Mona Lisa and The Crying Game
0.5
Release Date: April 13, 2012 (Limited)
Available On Demand
Director: Craig Moss
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: .5/10
When a trailer for Bad Ass hit the web last year, many questioned whether or not it was
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Release Date: April 20, 2012 (Limited)
Currently Showing on IFC on Demand & Sundance Now
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Mary Harron
Film Pulse Score: 2/10
Every film-lover has had that moment when he or she sees a
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Release Date: March 23, 2012
Director: Gabe Torres
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse
Score: 3/10
Anyone who sees Stephen Dorff in Brake will have difficultly avoiding comparisons to Colin Farrell in Phone Booth, Ryan Reynolds in Buried, and
