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05/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Jim Baker (a.k.a Father Yod, a.k.a. YaHoWha) inspired a devoted following and no small amount of outrageous stories during his early '70s L.A. heyday." |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
 "...contains plenty of surprising and interesting details.... What really elevates it is the crucial context that Payne provides to explain -- but not justify -- the pirates' actions." |
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03/15/13 |
Fair |
 "...adheres to rom-com formulas in a manner that should give it a second life on basic cable. Just don't expect to fall hard for it." |
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03/15/13 |
Good |
 "It's a tad overstuffed, but never lacks for interest... Storm Saulter, who serves as his own director of photography, has a poet's eye for detail..." |
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03/08/13 |
Good |
 "The film's re-creations, some involving actors and some the girls themselves, aren't always successful, but the truths at their core are rock-solid." |
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04/06/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...tedious... Screenwriter Chris Sparling worked in confined spaces to far better effect before with the minimalist thriller 'Buried.' He must have used his best ideas there." |
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03/23/12 |
Weak |
 "...delivers two twists, the second even more preposterous than its predecessor and, in the process, negates both common sense and the previous hour and a half." |
| 8. |
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03/02/12 |
Weak |
 "If it's a Funny or Die movie, where's the 'die' button?... makes you want to exercise the freedom to click that reject (eject?) button..." |
| 9. |
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02/25/12 |
Poor |
 "Gone is your hard-earned money if you buy a ticket to this slack piece of work... a beat-the-clock movie in which director Heitor Dhalia forgot to set the alarm." |
| 10. |
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01/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...either the best movie in the burgeoning franchise or the worst, depending on how deeply you value the series' previous strained attempts at myth-making." |
| 11. |
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01/20/12 |
Fair |
 "...overly long... capably delivers a number of visually arresting battle scenes... teeters in tone from absurd to sentimental.... a war movie not quite worth engaging." |
| 12. |
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09/23/11 |
Weak |
 "...it's impossible to see why director John Singleton signed on for this particular job-for-hire unless he's trying to make a subversive case for Team Edward." |
| 13. |
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04/25/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Perry possesses a superb ear... though the unconverted might grumble that the movie's many riffs and rants feel recycled from previous offerings." |
| 14. |
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04/25/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...careens between saints and sinners, high drama and low humor, the gospel and the gutter. The latest entry in the Madea brand maintains the template and then some..." |
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04/15/11 |
Very Good |
 "...though the movie can be a bit meandering at times, Wurzberg deserves credit for keeping the focus on her subjects' humanity without being self-conscious about doing so." |
| 16. |
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04/08/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...speaks well about the conviction the movie's actors bring to the material as well as the respect afforded the Hamilton family and their faith." |
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04/08/11 |
Good |
"...if you've seen the real-life Hamilton on the ESPYs or Nickelodeon's Teen Choice awards, you know she's as much a force of nature as the waves she rides." |
| 18. |
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09/24/10 |
Poor |
 "...crass... reduces women to sad clichés and a uniform level of bad behavior that would appall the cast members of 'Jersey Shore.' " |
| 19. |
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09/17/10 |
Good |
 "There's a push-pull dynamic coursing through the late-in-life romance... a touching December-December romance, artfully directed by first-timer Nik Fackler." |
| 20. |
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09/17/10 |
Good |
 "...an eye-opener... Though it's a bit short on context and detail, the movie boasts a host of riveting interviews with the men caught behind enemy lines in the brutal winter battle at North Korea's Chosin Reservoir." |
