Articles written by: Nick Allen

Pain & Gain

Pain & Gain

Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Anthony Mackie, Dwayne Johnson
Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 26, 2013

Final Score: 8/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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Mud

Mud

Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland
Running Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: April 26, 2013

Final Score: 7/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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The Big Wedding

The Big Wedding

Cast: Robert De Niro, Diane Keaton, Susan Sarandon
Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 26, 2013

Final Score: 3/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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Oblivion

Oblivion

Cast: Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Andrea Riseborough
Running Time: 2 hrs 6 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: April 19, 2013

Final Score: 4/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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No Place on Earth

No Place on Earth

Documentary
Running Time: 1 hr 23 mins
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: April 19, 2013

Final Score: 8/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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TSR Exclusive: ‘No Place on Earth’ Interview with Director Janet Tobias & Survivors Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer

TSR Exclusive: ‘No Place on Earth’ Interview with Director Janet Tobias & Survivors Sima Dodyk Blitzer, Sonia Dodyk Hochman, and Sam Stermer

No Place on Earth is a documentary about one family’s “bedtime story”; a tale of a family in World War II who successfully hid from the Nazis by hiding in two caves for 511 days straight. As filled with miracles this story may be, the events are all true, as unearthed by cave explorer Chris Nicola. Director Janet Tobias brings [...]

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TOP 7 Reasons To Be Excited for the 2013 Chicago Critics Film Festival

TOP 7 Reasons To Be Excited for the 2013 Chicago Critics Film Festival

We start the Top 7. You finish the Top 10.

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TSR Giveaway: FREE Passes to ‘Leave Me Like You Found Me’ Q&A Screening at Chicago’s CCFF with Writer/Director Adele Romanski

THIS WEEKEND is the first annual Chicago Critics Film Festival, a special opportunity for moviegoers to catch early views at unreleased favorites from festivals like Cannes, Sundance, and SXSW. UPDATE: Thank you for entering a chance to win FREE PASSES. We have closed the comment section, and are now contacting the winners to confirm. The festival begins Friday night (April [...]

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TSRn: Shailene Woodley & Kate Winslet Sci-Fi Adventure ‘Divergent’ Begins Filming in Chicago

Filming has just started in Chicago (the greatest city in the world) on the sci-fi action adventure film Divergent, starring Shailene Woodley of The Descendants and Kate Winslet of A Kid in King Arthur’s Court. Directed by Neil Burger (Limitless), the film is being prepped by Summit Entertainment to be a new franchise adapted from a novel to rival the [...]

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Evil Dead

Evil Dead

Cast: Jane Levy, Shiloh Fernandez, Lou Taylor Pucci
Running Time: 1 hr 31 mins
Rating: R
Release Date: April 5, 2013

Final Score: 6/10

Reviewed by Nick Allen

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