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01/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...an enjoyable throwback, distinguishing itself from film noir with its deliriously colorful theme-park recreation of 1949 LA and Dion Beebe's burnished lighting..." |
| 2. |
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11/22/12 |
Poor |
 "High-school football players trade Friday-night lights for AK-47s when North Korea invades Spokane..." |
| 3. |
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11/01/12 |
Moderate |
 "...fair family fare. For the real Mavericks, stick with Stacy Peralta's documentary 'Riding Giants.' " |
| 4. |
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10/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a rare documentary in which the camerawork and editing (and lively animation) are as dynamic as its subject. It's also indulgent..." |
| 5. |
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08/09/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Renner projects too much complexity to be an action hero, and he and Weisz have no chemistry; Edward Norton lacks the heft to play the man behind the curtain..." |
| 6. |
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07/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "Allen undermines these slight stories by cutting between them, even though the timelines don't match up. As Baldwin says: 'With age comes exhaustion.' " |
| 7. |
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06/22/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Blunt and DeWitt have an easy rapport, but the sisters are merely agents in Jack's maturation in what is ultimately a Judd Apatow film on a microbudget." |
| 8. |
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06/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "Aubrey Plaza, the deadpan alt-comic who could have stepped out of the pages of 'Ghost World,' may be the next dream girl." |
| 9. |
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06/07/12 |
Very Good |
 "Begins as a smug comedy about repressed Victorians but turns into something more provocative -- particularly for women who came of age in the era of do-me feminism." |
| 10. |
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06/07/12 |
Very Good |
 "...it's Fonda's show, riffing on her Hanoi Jane past and aided by screenwriters Mengert and Muszynski's ear for how both smart people and New-Agers talk." |
| 11. |
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05/31/12 |
Outstanding |
 "French comedies rarely travel well, but... 'The Intouchables' manages to be feel-good (thanks to music from Earth, Wind and Fire) and clear-eyed." |
| 12. |
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05/17/12 |
Weak |
 "...no one utters the immortal line, 'You sunk my battleship!' You can't help but wonder what Hasbro will do with Candy Land." |
| 13. |
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05/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...belongs to the actual citizens of Carthage, Texas.... like a more lighthearted version of Werner Herzog's 'Little Dieter Wants To Fly.' " |
| 14. |
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04/12/12 |
Weak |
 "...muddled... in the end, the film is not about women being 'loosed' from the past, but tying those bonds a whole lot tighter." |
| 15. |
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03/22/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Comic Bar Aba's one-dimensional stone face, tightly framed in the manner of deadpan Scandinavian comedies, grows monotonous..." |
| 16. |
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01/19/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a milestone in dance and 3D filmmaking." |
| 17. |
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11/24/11 |
Poor |
 "...a movie so expurgated that some scenes will be inscrutable to those who haven't slogged through the novel." |
| 18. |
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11/24/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A plea for film preservation made in the medium that's killing it, 'Hugo' unwittingly proves that old movies really were better." |
| 19. |
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11/24/11 |
Very Good |
 "...chooses meta over corn, giving us a 'Muppets' for our ironic age..." |
| 20. |
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11/10/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Inventively directed by Emerson alum Todd Strauss-Schulson... The 3D is mandatory; a little weed wouldn't hurt either." |
