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03/09/13 |
Very Good |
 "...pulls off the impressive trick of generating laughs on a consistent basis while spinning a clever scenario about rival magicians... Carell is at the top of his form..." |
| 2. |
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03/09/13 |
Good |
 "The rare remake that likely will be enjoyed most by diehard fans of its predecessor.... Jane Levy is believably beastly as the possessed Mia." |
| 3. |
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02/21/13 |
Very Good |
 "...robustly amusing and wistfully melancholy... persuasively argues that attention must be paid to Eddie Pepitone, a fiftysomething Los Angeles standup comic..." |
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02/17/13 |
Moderate |
 "A lightweight, warp-speed, brightly colored trifle that should delight small children and sporadically amuse their parents... second-tier..." |
| 5. |
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02/01/13 |
Very Good |
 "Elkins generates suspense with shrewd pacing, deft emotional manipulation and efficient use of familiar tricks common to haunted-house pics." |
| 6. |
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01/25/13 |
Poor |
 "...an appalling misfire that tries and fails to evoke the anything-goes spirit of such '70s sketch-comedy concoctions as 'The Groove Tube' and 'Kentucky Fried Movie.' " |
| 7. |
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01/14/13 |
Moderate |
 "Agreeably amusing but unduly extended.... fleeting topical references do little to elevate the pic above the level of standard-issue Bollywood song-and-dance." |
| 8. |
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01/11/13 |
Weak |
 "...a frenetic and freewheeling satirical comedy that only sporadically scores a bull's-eye while aiming at easy targets... shameless..." |
| 9. |
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01/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...boisterously Tarantinoesque... the sort of cartoonishly violent and swaggeringly non-PC concoction that defines guilty pleasure for many genre fans." |
| 10. |
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01/10/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...lowkey... less a satisfying piece of work than a promising indication of better things to come from several individuals involved." |
| 11. |
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01/04/13 |
Good |
 "...a better-than-average horror-thriller that relies more on potent suspense than graphic savagery or stereoscopic tricks... surprisingly clever..." |
| 12. |
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12/17/12 |
Very Good |
 "...slickly produced and brazenly clever... a smartly seriocomic scenario that is both twisty and twisted.... generates a surprising amount of suspense..." |
| 13. |
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12/06/12 |
Good |
 "...affecting... Borgnine's robust performance keeps the pic grounded in a melancholy reality of frustrated dreams, bitter resentments and last-chance opportunities." |
| 14. |
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12/05/12 |
Weak |
 "...all too obviously recycles bits and pieces from 'Madagascar,' 'The Lion King' and other made-in-America toons. Unfortunately, much gets lost in the translation." |
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12/02/12 |
Moderate |
 "...apart from some modestly inventive carnage and an undeniably humorous hambone turn by Malcolm McDowell, there's really nothing here to make genre fans dash..." |
| 16. |
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11/19/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a delightfully vivacious romantic dramedy, followed by an Old Hollywood sort of psychological melodrama... improbably entertaining... well-nigh impossible to resist." |
| 17. |
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10/23/12 |
Good |
 "...a freewheeling yet deliberately paced mashup of noirish mystery, splatter-movie intensity, first-person-shooter vidgame and 'Apocalypse Now'-style surrealism." |
| 18. |
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10/08/12 |
Good |
 "...unabashedly old-fashioned.... Mike Slee neatly balances entertainment and education in a 44-minute pic bound to fascinate schoolchildren on field trips..." |
| 19. |
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09/30/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...occasionally resembles a broadly played U.S. sitcom... pic is traditional Bollywood escapism, a lightly enjoyable trifle featuring exuberant musical interludes..." |
| 20. |
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09/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...delivers enough thrilling action sequences and rock-'em, sock-'em fantasy-fulfillment... actors must deliver dialogue that ranges from serviceable to risible." |
