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05/20/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...twisty, probing, altogether enthralling.... a documentary with the overflowing texture of fiction. It's The Hacker's Tragedy." |
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05/20/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...the focus is on the internal struggle of wills.... the film counts on our previous investment to keep us riveted. We are." |
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05/13/13 |
Good |
 "Baumbach has a hard time letting go of the notion that drama means building to humiliation. When he does, though, this movie is beautiful and surprising." |
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05/13/13 |
Good |
 "Is the movie good? It's hard to be objective. The plotting is clunky and nonsensical, but Abrams and crew bombarded me into happiness." |
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05/10/13 |
Good |
 "You can find fault with virtually every scene... and yet in spite of all the wrong notes, Fitzgerald (and the excess he was writing about and living) comes through." |
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05/03/13 |
Good |
 "Black is good at giving his heroes a morbid, self-hating edge and even better at coming up with hateable villains." |
| 7. |
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05/03/13 |
Very Good |
 "I found myself thinking not only of Maisie's pain but of the loss, over time, of her precious spirit, of the impact on her future bonds and eventually on her own children." |
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04/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "...nervous, whimsical.... a rare instance in which multiple perspectives dovetail neatly, in which there's almost no ambiguity whatsoever about what happened and why." |
| 9. |
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04/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "Bay hits new levels of both artistry and sleaziness.... I strongly recommend it if you don't overvalue taste, subtlety, and moral decency. I liked it." |
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04/22/13 |
Poor |
0513998.jpg) "...like checking 'd' on the form that said, 'I want my space movies more (a) incoherent, (b) plodding, (c) migraine-inducing, or (d) all of the above.' " |
| 11. |
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04/22/13 |
Excellent |
 "Its storytelling is fluid... what a pleasure it is to see Witherspoon (like McConaughey) liberated from the minstrel show that is the studio rom-com..." |
| 12. |
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04/19/13 |
Fair |
 "...gloomy, lacks variety, and is not without its flat patches.... You'll know what's going to happen -- but not how it's going to look or sound." |
| 13. |
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04/08/13 |
Very Good |
 "...a caper that puts us on the edge of our seats and in dire need of a shot. The end is sweet but dry with a hint of bitter tannin. It should travel marvelously." |
| 14. |
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04/07/13 |
Weak |
 "...has no context other than Malick's other films. That might make him a doctrinaire auteurist's darling, but for the rest of us this feels like self-parody." |
| 15. |
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04/05/13 |
Good |
 "...rousing in its way. Gasps, moans, general writhing -- and that's just the audience.... Who'll live and become undead is rarely predictable..." |
| 16. |
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04/01/13 |
Excellent |
 "...entrancingly beautiful.... I've seen this movie twice and liked it enormously while never being certain of anything.... some movies warrant a leap of faith." |
| 17. |
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04/01/13 |
Good |
 "To like the film as much as I did, you have to revel in the senseless showmanship -- in watching Danny Boyle indulge his taste for cinematic flight..." |
| 18. |
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03/29/13 |
Good |
 "...elicits a complex series of responses, pushing buttons, fellow cineaste, that you might not have known you had. It's all so, like, mind-blowing." |
| 19. |
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03/25/13 |
Fair |
 "...an adrenalized Greek tragedy.... so sketchily written that the big moments feel less like recognizable human behavior than recognizable screenwriter overreaching." |
| 20. |
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03/22/13 |
Poor |
 "...a disgusting piece of work, but it certainly hits its marks -- it makes you sick with suspense.... right-wing xenophobic exploitation. The carnage is cruel and crude." |
