|
| 1. |
|
05/22/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a skilled portrait... it is Plimpton's humility that is most endearing. His willingness to fail, and to give readers a taste of exotic occupations, merits memorializing." |
| 2. |
|
05/17/13 |
Excellent |
 "...this engrossing examination of American perceptions of Arabs and the Arab world gets you thinking.... an invaluable entry in the national dialogue on the subject." |
| 3. |
|
05/10/13 |
Good |
 "...this pleasing ensemble comedy, while manifesting Perry trademarks, is very much Ms. Chism's own. And that is to its benefit." |
| 4. |
|
05/10/13 |
Moderate |
 "...has moments of wit, and Ms. Feiffer has range, stamina and charisma.... But how easy it is for these children of celebrities to mock a fame-and-fortune seeker." |
| 5. |
|
05/03/13 |
Weak |
 "In this glossy, fawning valentine to conspicuous consumption, the stars dutifully pay tribute.... a brazen screen plug." |
| 6. |
|
05/03/13 |
Good |
 "Mr. Liford can clearly write a script, handle a camera and construct a mood. The movie may be slight, but Mr. Liford's sense of pitch is spot on." |
| 7. |
|
04/26/13 |
Fair |
 "...fantastical if somewhat trite.... Despite a steampunk ambience, flashy video game and mangalike flourishes, the film merely fills the eye, offering little that stays with you." |
| 8. |
|
04/13/13 |
Weak |
 "Charlie Sheen and Lindsay Lohan have a faintly amusing bit at the start.... There is a plot thread... but forget it. The pot and potty jokes are to be expected..." |
| 9. |
|
04/05/13 |
Weak |
 "...overflows with underdeveloped characters and plotlines.... Ms. Campbell-Hughes makes this wallow in callow company watchable." |
| 10. |
|
03/30/13 |
Weak |
 "...slack.... Limp pacing and countless shots of Washington's skyline plague the narrative." |
| 11. |
|
03/29/13 |
Weak |
 "...belabored.... Does Emily's fractured family regroup? Does it show up for her next championship? Should you bother to see this?" |
| 12. |
|
03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...offers cold, sterile, cheap-looking computer animation vastly inferior to that of most video games. Ron Paul acolytes, help yourself. Everyone else, stay away." |
| 13. |
|
03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "Brad Leong, aiming for a light, glossy and inspirational picture, overemploys familiar devices, like ostensibly endearing tics in his heroine.... the execution is common." |
| 14. |
|
03/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "...you would think that the boy band Mindless Behavior existed as a charity, so abundant are the platitudes about the members' living for the fans..." |
| 15. |
|
03/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...competent... enlightenment isn't as evident here as much as a woozy weariness, perhaps a long-term byproduct of being very, very stoned." |
| 16. |
|
03/04/13 |
Moderate |
 "Jean-Jacques Annaud's Middle Eastern melodrama-spectacle is a far, far cry from 'Lawrence of Arabia,' but it has its diversions." |
| 17. |
|
03/02/13 |
Moderate |
 "At least this movie, like its predecessor, has Ashley Bell.... Ms. Bell provides a pulse an audience can connect with amid the standard-issue atmospheric accouterments." |
| 18. |
|
03/01/13 |
Good |
 "There are so many ideas and so much imaginative play here that the movie can barely contain them.... the (largely unknown) performers' enthusiasm is contagious." |
| 19. |
|
03/01/13 |
Fair |
 "...slender.... To Mr. Webber the story's merits may seem self-evident... but he has not devised a narrative with sufficient momentum or tension to sustain much interest." |
| 20. |
|
02/23/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...certainly parades textbook genre trappings.... There's even surveillance footage.... But those elements are employed with consummate dexterity." |
