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05/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...insightful... [however,] it tells us nothing about the success-failure ratio of indie entrepreneurs, the broader vid-game market, or a youth culture that has been profoundly changed by gaming." |
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05/10/12 |
Weak |
 "...earnest family melodrama.... That means urgent hospital scenes, teary phone calls, and bedside declarations like, 'Remember, you'll be riding with me always'.... 'Anything can happen.' Not in this movie." |
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03/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a surprisingly mutable, ultimately poignant day-in-the-life drama about a slacker who genuinely wants to stand tall.... It's not a major film, but an endearing adventure in hope nonetheless." |
| 4. |
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02/15/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a marvel of concentrated, classical storytelling.... call this ethnodocumentary noir... The film is like a meeting of 'River's Edge' and 'The Fast Runner.' " |
| 5. |
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01/25/12 |
Poor |
 "There are nods to Occupy Wall Street and 'Dog Day Afternoon,' but the whole thing plays like random outtakes from 'Law & Order.' You keep waiting for Chris Noth to wander onto the scene." |
| 6. |
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01/25/12 |
Fair |
 "There's too much Jack London, and, as they systematically pick off the stragglers, too many CGI wolves go unpunched." |
| 7. |
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01/25/12 |
Fair |
 "...it's essentially an infomercial for the company Foster unsuccessfully tried to sell before the 2008 crash." |
| 8. |
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01/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "It's silly and excessive, but 'Fullmetal Alchemist' occasionally strikes a note of adolescent truth..." |
| 9. |
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12/07/11 |
Weak |
 "An arrogant, struggling actor leaves his wife for a sexy, unstable younger woman, which would be a perfectly serviceable starting point for Ibsen or Woody Allen.... Theresa Rebeck can't find a consistent tone for her material or players." |
| 10. |
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11/02/11 |
Weak |
 "Master Steinway piano sound technician Stephan Knüpfer loves his dog, and his wife makes a mean cheesecake -- that's all we learn.... it's unclear if he even loves music." |
| 11. |
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10/19/11 |
Moderate |
 "...reasonably respectful and tough-minded... lacks much wit or self-awareness. It's more of a 'final girl' formula film, but on ice." |
| 12. |
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09/28/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...piquantly tweaks every '80s ax-murderer flick you've ever seen, though it provides the same satisfaction of watching bratty undergrads perish one by one." |
| 13. |
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09/21/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If your children love animals, by all means, take them... If you appreciate gorgeous scenery, the movie doubles as a picture postcard for the region.... What it is not, however, is remotely new." |
| 14. |
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06/01/11 |
Weak |
 "...caught in the fatal demographic desert between the 'Scream' and 'Baghead' crowds -- neither funny nor quirky enough to sustain interest during its long march." |
| 15. |
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03/16/11 |
Fair |
 "Howard Zinn and Noam Chomsky are among the boldface-name philosophers interviewed, but their voices are soon drowned out by a torrent of pseudoscience..." |
| 16. |
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02/23/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...writer-director-cinematographer Frazer Bradshaw literalizes his hero's sense of creeping humiliation with a recurring fantasy motif. It's so bad that I won't describe it, because there's much else to recommend about this debut indie feature." |
| 17. |
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01/26/11 |
Fair |
 "...a humorless, efficient remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson hitman movie.... Bond without the wit, Bourne without the psychological trauma." |
| 18. |
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01/20/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Viewers who haven't studied their Neon Genesis DVD box sets in advance will find the plot incomprehensible... But the sentiments are clear... Shinji's courtship of Asuka is downright charming." |
| 19. |
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11/10/10 |
Weak |
 "...let's go get that train! Oh, do you need to be told this is a Tony Scott film? ...like a mashup of classic commercials for Ford pickup trucks, Bud Lite, and Hooters..." |
| 20. |
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11/03/10 |
Weak |
 "...a lesbian amalgam of 'Walking Tall' and 'Billy Jack.' Relentlessly clumsy and predictable..." |
