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Bruce Ingram

Bruce Ingram's reviews only count toward the Tomatometer® when published at Tomatometer-approved publication(s).
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Lambert & Stamp (2014) 89% 3/4 EDIT “Lambert & Stamp is at its best when it chronicles the high-wire act of the band's early years, as the pair guided the band through ever-greater levels of success.” – Chicago Sun-Times May 14, 2015 Full Review Cheatin' (2013) 84% 3/4 EDIT “The film is extremely rich in visual inventiveness and depth of feeling -- with numerous sequences that could almost pass muster as individual shorts.” – Chicago Sun-Times Apr 16, 2015 Full Review White God (2014) 87% EDIT “Unfortunately, whatever satisfaction you may derive from seeing assorted nasty human beings get what's coming to them for betraying the trust of man's best friend is watered down by vague social and political allegory.” – Chicago Sun-Times Apr 3, 2015 Full Review Seymour: An Introduction (2014) 100% 3.5/4 EDIT “Coming off of his superb one-two performances for Richard Linklater in Before Midnight and Boyhood, Hawke continues to work at a creative high level. He demonstrates a rapport and openness with his subject that proves exceptionally affecting.” – Chicago Sun-Times Mar 26, 2015 Full Review It Follows (2014) 95% 3/4 EDIT “It's hard not to share Jay's mounting panic as she watches the thing in its various guises walking slowly toward her wherever she may be, invisible to everyone else and entirely intent on destroying her.” – Chicago Sun-Times Mar 26, 2015 Full Review Wild Tales (2014) 94% 3/4 EDIT “If everyone behaved the way the characters in Wild Tales behave, civilization would crumble. But the real take-away lesson here is how easy it might be for any of us, swept up in a moment of bloodlust, to consider pure raging hostility a fair trade.” – Chicago Sun-Times Mar 6, 2015 Full Review A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) 96% 3/4 EDIT “There's not much story to speak of, but the semi-Iranian hipster feminist vampire romance A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is gorgeous to behold and up to its jugular vein in quirky/spooky atmosphere.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jan 7, 2015 Full Review The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014) 59% 3.5/4 EDIT “Fighting -- presented with Jackson's usual double helpings of visual splendor, emotional oomph and low-key comedy -- is what "Battle of the Five Armies" is all about.” – Chicago Sun-Times Dec 17, 2014 Full Review Panic 5 Bravo (2013) 2.5/4 EDIT “The stuff that goes down in this dark, dismal little thriller takes grim reality to nasty new extremes.” – Chicago Sun-Times Dec 4, 2014 Full Review Bhopal: A Prayer for Rain (2013) 67% 2.5/4 EDIT “Not a thriller by any means, Bhopal spends two-thirds of its running time following a few too many two-dimensional characters during the events leading up to the disaster.” – Chicago Sun-Times Dec 4, 2014 Full Review Camp X-Ray (2014) 74% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's invigorated, somewhat, by strong central performances from actors on opposite sides of a locked steel door.” – Chicago Sun-Times Nov 6, 2014 Full Review Horns (2013) 41% 2.5/4 EDIT “Horns is too long and too convoluted, and it doesn't take nearly as many risks as it might have, but in its off-kilter way it has something to say about humankind and the nature of evil.” – Chicago Sun-Times Oct 30, 2014 Full Review John Wick (2014) 86% 3.5/4 EDIT “Stahelski has created an impressively distinctive, self-contained world for John Wick that emphasizes sophistication and stylishness.” – Chicago Sun-Times Oct 23, 2014 Full Review Kelly & Cal (2014) 70% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's difficult to be fully invested in the Big Emotional Developments of the final act.” – Chicago Sun-Times Sep 26, 2014 Full Review Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) 20% 2.5/4 EDIT “It's pretty much business as usual: one personality trait per turtle (with the most screen time for party-dude Michelangelo), lots of wisecracks, plenty of thin-crust product placement (Pizza Hut this time around), and even a last-minute cowabunga.” – Chicago Sun-Times Aug 8, 2014 Full Review The Chef (2012) 47% 2/4 EDIT “It's meant to be a soufflé-light charmer, but the bland, predictable French comedy Le Chef basically falls flat.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jul 17, 2014 Full Review The Purge: Anarchy (2014) 58% 2/4 EDIT “Government-sanctioned mayhem continues unabated in the follow-up to last year's surprise hit The Purge, but the wickedly satiric sense of humor that made the original worth watching is nowhere to be found.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jul 17, 2014 Full Review Begin Again (2013) 83% 3/4 EDIT “You can't really blame writer-director John Carney for trying, but despite a few very nice moments, this bigger, slicker follow-up mostly argues that Once should have been enough.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jul 7, 2014 Full Review Snowpiercer (2013) 94% 3.5/4 EDIT “The future is miserably dystopian as usual in this apocalyptic sci-fi thriller, but at least it's thoughtful, stylishly crafted, high-speed misery that keeps on hurtling relentlessly forward -- even though there's nowhere to go.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jul 7, 2014 Full Review Life Itself (2014) 98% 3.5/4 EDIT “Far more than just a tribute to the career of the world's most famous and influential film critic, the often revelatory "Life Itself" is also a remarkably intimate portrait of a life well lived -- right up to the very last moment.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jul 1, 2014 Full Review Jackpot (2011) 59% 3/4 EDIT “Unabashedly derivative but nonetheless entertaining.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jun 27, 2014 Full Review The Signal (2014) 60% 2.5/4 EDIT “Eubank could have a terrific future as a director. As a screenwriter, though, maybe not so much.” – Chicago Sun-Times Jun 13, 2014 Full Review Belle (2013) 84% 2.5/4 EDIT “Powerful stuff, for sure. Yet, when Asante finally closes with a close-up of Belle's portrait, there's something in her eyes and her smile that suggests so much more.” – Chicago Sun-Times May 8, 2014 Full Review Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return (2014) 17% 1.5/4 EDIT “It's a little shocking how leaden the jokes are in this movie.” – Chicago Sun-Times May 8, 2014 Full Review Blue Ruin (2013) 96% 3.5/4 EDIT “You couldn't ask for a more unlikely avenger than the ill-equipped sort-of hero of Blue Ruin, and that's precisely why it's far, far more suspenseful than the typical violent revenge thriller.” – Chicago Sun-Times May 2, 2014 Full Review
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