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05/12/12 |
Fair |
 "It's got killer fish, stereoscopy and boobs aplenty. Less tongue-in-cheek than its 2010 predecessor and more tongue-hanging-out-drooling..." |
| 2. |
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03/25/12 |
Excellent |
 "...irrepressibly amusing... the humor mostly skews toward an older age bracket, even though younger tots will get a visual rush from the slapstick setpieces." |
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03/09/12 |
Poor |
 "Positing that Poe spent the last five days of his life in 1849 helping the police to hunt down a serial killer in Baltimore... a squawking, silly picture that never takes flight." |
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02/18/12 |
Good |
 "Frequently droll and likable, albeit thoroughly predictable... boasts a crack cast of seasoned thesps who sock over every wry line and wring maximum emotional resonance from a sometimes clunky script..." |
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01/25/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Radcliffe still seems too puppyish to convince as a parent himself. Thankfully, the well-chosen supporting cast is on hand to lend ballast..." |
| 6. |
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12/08/11 |
Good |
 "...an undeniably powerful record of the Palestinian village of Bil'in's course of civil disobedience from 2005 to the present... also shamelessly sentimental and manipulative..." |
| 7. |
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12/06/11 |
Very Good |
 "Proving it pays to stick with a docu subject for the long haul... tracks four years in the life of a firebrand member of Russia's ultranationalist Nashi movement who eventually has a Damascene conversion of sorts.... a riveting story about contempo Russia's darkest side." |
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11/23/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a fuzzy-headed biopic... the film's mealymouthed stance toward its subject's politics undercuts Meryl Streep's efforts..." |
| 9. |
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10/18/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a high-concept indie thriller that's low on budget but rich in atmosphere.... Matthew Parkhill directs the scares in unexceptional textbook fashion, exploiting the use of sound with a particularly strong assist from an electro score by Unkle and Aidan Lavelle." |
| 10. |
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10/16/11 |
Outstanding |
 "Spielberg has fashioned a whiz-bang thrill ride... largely honors the innocent, gung-ho tone of the original stories, with their air of boyish derring-do..." |
| 11. |
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09/25/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The fascinating story of Roy Halston, the iconic designer who defined 1970s fashion in America, is patchily recounted... In sartorial terms, the fabric is to die for, but helmer Whitney Sudler-Smith's docu follows a banal pattern, while the finishing lacks finesse." |
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09/23/11 |
Moderate |
 "...airborne CGI galleons, 3D format and an armed Milady who hides rappelling equipment beneath her corset... a very 2011 take on Alexandre Dumas' classic that feels weirdly dated already." |
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09/11/11 |
Good |
 "...a classy package whose only major problem is it may be a bit too true to its period sensibility and legit origins -- despite its opened-up structure -- to connect with contempo auds..." |
| 14. |
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09/10/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...an utter delight.... Stillman proves he still knows how to write crackling, articulate dialogue for quirky preppie characters whom he loves laughing at as much as with." |
| 15. |
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09/10/11 |
Weak |
 "Script by former DEA officer Don Ferrarone isn't that bad in itself, but matters aren't helped by the mumbled perfs and poor sound... sloppy editing wreaks havoc on the story." |
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09/05/11 |
Excellent |
 "...turns hero George Smiley's hunt for a mole within Blighty's MI6 into an incisive examination of Cold War ethics, rich in both contempo resonance and elegiac melancholy." |
| 17. |
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09/03/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Helmer Michael Glawogger ultimately doesn't have anything new to say about prostitution, but the degree of access is certainly impressive..." |
| 18. |
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09/01/11 |
Weak |
 "Burdened with risible dialogue and weak performances... doesn't have much going for it apart from lavish production design and terrific, well-researched costumes..." |
| 19. |
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07/27/11 |
Good |
 "Old-school, mostly in a good way... Hayao Miyazaki and Keiko Niwa's screenplay cleaves fairly closely to Norton's original plot... the film lacks the exotic approach to storytelling that made Studio Ghibli's other pics so compelling." |
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06/19/11 |
Poor |
 "...[a] London-based couple tries to scratch the seven-year-itch by exploring wife-swapping.... toe-curlingly awful, although the main thesps gamely try to disguise their embarrassment." |
