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01/17/09 |
Weak |
 "Lussier stages his movie not so much around nail-biting moments as novel ways to fling entrails at his viewers... there must be worse ways to spend 100 minutes." |
| 2. |
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04/10/09 |
Weak |
 "Writer-director Christophe Barratier's paint-by-numbers script uses a mile-wide brush.... a mostly pointless exercise in nostalgia." |
| 3. |
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05/01/09 |
Weak |
 "You can tell the militaristic humans are bad because their spaceships are metal and glow neon, whereas Terrians fly low-tech, bird-shaped aircraft made of cloth and love." |
| 4. |
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08/21/09 |
Moderate |
 "You'd think the 3-D effects would bring the action closer... it turns the athletes into GI Joe and Boba Fett action figures zipping around a dollhouse set." |
| 5. |
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12/11/09 |
Weak |
 "When is a comedy not a comedy? When it's not all that funny.... While a few chuckles bubble to the surface, the film is half-baked.... Send it back." |
| 6. |
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12/25/09 |
Moderate |
 "...well-worn horror movie territory.... Yet buried under a mound of haunted house cliches is a creepier, more sophisticated movie about the sexual power of teenage girls, and their fathers' inability to comprehend, clambering to get out." |
| 7. |
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09/11/10 |
Poor |
 "So nonchalant is 'Resident Evil: Afterlife,' that its overarching premise isn't explained." |
| 8. |
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10/01/10 |
Moderate |
 "Three minutes into the film, we feel the sharpness of Stone's ax to grind. It's dull to be told what to think." |
| 9. |
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10/02/10 |
Weak |
 "Introduce the supernatural, and anything goes. Here, everything does. And that's a problem no one can solve. At least it wasn't called 'Case 666.' " |
| 10. |
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12/10/10 |
Very Good |
 "...blending various grades of footage -- archival, fresh, and staged interviews -- the filmmakers inject a likable and genuine guerilla rawness.... delivers a surprising payoff, pleasing not only Kinks fans, but all rock fans." |
| 11. |
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12/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...footage of her fiery speeches keeps her passion and promise alive.... At one point, Bhutto says she wants to avenge her father's death. 'Bhutto'' proves she did." |
| 12. |
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03/04/11 |
Moderate |
 "...will probably please those who ate up the hugely profitable TV series... But the uninitiated probably can't advance beyond plot gobbledygook..." |
| 13. |
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04/01/11 |
Weak |
 "...runs fully off the rails when the filmmakers go logical and some of the strange gets explained away as a double shot of demonic possession and astral projection." |
| 14. |
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04/22/11 |
Moderate |
 "The moment Spurlock decided to make 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,' he checked any artistic integrity at the door and began his tumble from any moral high ground." |
| 15. |
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06/10/11 |
Moderate |
 "Writer-directors Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton should be applauded for their restraint. But their subtle touch is nearly obliterated by an M. Night Shyamalan-a-ding-dong twist at the end that would elicit groans at a student-film screening." |
| 16. |
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06/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...one of the genre's smartest entries in years. As in 'The Road,' our hope hinges on the survival of this makeshift family." |
| 17. |
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08/26/11 |
Moderate |
 "...it's really a rom-com, and thus depends on sparks flying between the two lovers.... But the touches of magical realism begin to feel gimmicky." |
| 18. |
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09/10/11 |
Poor |
 "All this would be gator-jerky-chomping, tongue-in-cheek fun, if the writers had any clue where their cheeks were located." |
| 19. |
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10/03/11 |
Poor |
 "...newcomer Brendan Moriarty is fairly clueless as a director.... micro-budgeted 'The Killing Fields' disappoints on almost every level, failing to win our hearts or our minds. But it does win some giggles." |
| 20. |
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10/24/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a story of how corporate interests collude against the common good.... you might ask if the facts of the case might have made a better documentary, not a drama." |
