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Octavia Spencer
Review: 'Snowpiercer' ★★★ 1/2
Review: 'Snowpiercer' ★★★ 1/2

Survival, when the odds are desperate, breeds a certain mania, a kill or be killed ethos that we've seen played out in countless post-apocalyptic movies. By their very nature, these are dark, depressing, violent affairs beset by plagues, pestilence and all manner of unnatural and otherworldly forces. Now comes Korean auteur Bong Joon-ho, his very distinctive apocalyptic angst tightly packed inside an unforgettable "Snowpiercer." Chris Evans, John Hurt, Ed Harris, Tilda Swinton, Song Kang-ho, Octavia Spencer, Alison Pill, Jamie Bell and Ko Ah-sung lead a cast top-heavy with international talent. The messengers and the material — Bong and Kelly Masterson adapt the...