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Film Feature: The 10 Best Films of 2014, By Nick Allen
Submitted by NickHC on December 31, 2014 - 4:19pm- A Most Violent Year
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- David Wain
- DMX
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- Interstellar
- Joe
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- Nightcrawler
- Obvious Child
- Selma
- The Babadook
- The Best Films of 2014
- The LEGO Movie
- The Raid 2
- They Came Together
- Top Five
- Transformers: Age of Extinction
- Two Days One Night
- Whiplash
CHICAGO – Just like every year before it, there were no perfect films in 2014. I do not see this as a negative thing - reaching for greatness is far more electrifying than the plateau of achieving it, as presented in a hustler’s opus like ‘Whiplash,” which specifically eschews applause after a drum solo that just may have been perfection.
Film Review: Captivating Tale of Primal Manhood in David Gordon Green’s ‘Joe’
Submitted by NickHC on April 12, 2014 - 4:05pmCHICAGO – This week in movies about men we have “Joe”, a wild drama about Texas males at their most primal. It is the newest film from director David Gordon Green, and features Nicolas Cage in some of his finest work.