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05/11/12 |
Fair |
 "Writer-director John Chuldenko stretches a sitcom episode premise to feature-length breaking point..." |
| 2. |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...stylishly shot and evocatively designed... it's the dashing, quietly charismatic Speedman who proves the main draw, holding our attention even when the movie doesn't." |
| 3. |
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04/20/12 |
Good |
 "...grimly compelling, if slightly padded with strong archival TV news footage, plus wrenching testimony from the relatives of several innocent bystanders gunned down..." |
| 4. |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...energetic, if overly worshipful.... it's only when Douglas Tirola examines last year's federal crackdown on Internet poker that this jaunty love letter picks up some actual heft." |
| 5. |
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04/13/12 |
Weak |
 "...ill-conceived... an overlong mishmash of coming-of-age comedy, social satire and spiritual think-piece whose ultimate stance on religion feels awfully fuzzy." |
| 6. |
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04/13/12 |
Good |
 "First-time feature director Kat Coiro gives an oft-tread story a snappy new spin... an amusing kaleidoscope of contemporary urban angst and romantic aspirations." |
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04/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "While the war stories told by a raft of Military Intelligence Service veterans are historically involving and often quite emotional, an excess of talking heads and, at times, interchangeable testimony dilutes their inherent power." |
| 8. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "...poetic, at times profound... sheds, well, light on how the constant increase of modern-day artificial illumination has brightened our urban -- and many suburban -- night skies..." |
| 9. |
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04/06/12 |
Good |
 "...it's impossible not to root for these driven, high-spirited participants -- and for the longevity of this invaluable program." |
| 10. |
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03/30/12 |
Poor |
 "...as aimless as its main character, and just as uninteresting.... Any potential enjoyment here is fatally undermined by the film's barely developed characters..." |
| 11. |
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03/23/12 |
Poor |
 "...a frantic, badly constructed, slightly offensive muddle that doesn't so much end as run out of things on a checklist.... truly laughable." |
| 12. |
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03/23/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Welsh-born writer-director-editor Gareth Evans ('Merantau') proves a visionary force... It's exhilarating, riveting stuff that fans of high-octane filmmaking should not miss." |
| 13. |
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03/23/12 |
Good |
 "Fine performances and authentic emotion trump some heavy-handed speechifying.... a satisfying look at youthful trauma, family secrets, self-acceptance and forgiveness." |
| 14. |
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03/23/12 |
Excellent |
 "...hugely engrossing... a deft and weirdly affecting portrait of how a drug-addicted man-child knocking on death's door manages an astonishing resurgence." |
| 15. |
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03/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...strangely uneven, yet occasionally resonant... the movie solidifies in some satisfying ways that help surmount its various pretensions, forced eccentricities and disruptive animated bits." |
| 16. |
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03/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a kind of low-budget 'All About Eve'.... It's all sharp, well-performed stuff until things go from darkly comic to just plain dark, derailing -- and dragging out -- the otherwise absorbing story. Still, this one's a cut above." |
| 17. |
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03/09/12 |
Moderate |
 "...there's potential here. But writer-director and co-star Taika Waititi ('Eagle vs Shark') never builds much momentum for his largely uneventful if sometimes inventive story." |
| 18. |
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03/02/12 |
Good |
 "...a sincere, authentic, generally stirring effort.... filled with enough solid, well-performed moments to hold interest and align us with its sympathetic lead characters." |
| 19. |
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02/24/12 |
Good |
 "An accidental murder during a hunting trip leads a pair of teens to fall into a tangle of lies and moral ambiguity in the involving Alaska-set thriller... an authentic look at life in remote Alaska..." |
| 20. |
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02/17/12 |
Good |
 "...dazzlingly shot, often hypnotic... the film rarely delves into the nuts and bolts -- finances, labor issues, the creational process -- behind Foster's landmark structures.... Still, the film is an architecture lover's dream." |
