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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "Jacobsen conveys teen angst with realism and humour, laced with the occasional adolescent sting that will be familiar to anybody... refreshing and empowering." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...the loudest, dumbest alien-invasion movie based on a board game since, well, ever.... has much in common with Michael Bay's battling car-robot toys series." |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "...sets itself up as a crime thriller yet fails to deliver more than a twinge of surprise as it meanders toward a flaccid endgame swindle." |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "Connelly's impressive turn as the title character isn't enough to forgive the often-satirical path 'Virginia' takes, most often skewering the stars and stripes and God Bless America." |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Nathan Morlando's carefully crafted, sympathetic examination of Canada's most notorious bank robber, made a likeable felon by Scott Speedman..." |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Ol Parker's script is larded with pithy one-liners, not all of them original. Some of the gags are so old, they practically have whiskers." |
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05/04/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...too talky by half with dialogue that often sounds more like stilted speechmaking.... 'Detachment' gets an A for enthusiasm but a C for execution." |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "Kasdan's script, penned with wife Meg (who also co-wrote 'Grand Canyon'), isn't as much at fault as the initial gaffe: the ridiculous premise in this shaggy dog story." |
| 9. |
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04/27/12 |
Excellent |
 "...a fascinating study of the driven minds behind the world of indie game creation... By turns funny and quite dark... shows this is much more than a game to these dedicated artists..." |
| 10. |
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04/27/12 |
Very Good |
 "If it's epic silly you want, welcome aboard. This colourful adventure starring a boatload of antiheroes will entertain both adult and pint-sized audiences." |
| 11. |
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04/27/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...little more than a history lesson -- although a beautifully presented one -- wrapped in the pink gloss of a G-rated potboiler evidenced in Suu Kyi's and Michael's storybook romance." |
| 12. |
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04/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Jeanie Finlay takes a gentle approach with her subjects, letting their passion -- and hers -- guide the doc, which was crowd-source funded by more than 250 donors." |
| 13. |
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04/20/12 |
Moderate |
 "There's nothing wrong with a three-hankie romantic weeper, but 'The Lucky One' doesn't even manage to elicit a token tear -- except perhaps one of boredom." |
| 14. |
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04/13/12 |
Very Good |
 "Nettheim films long stretches without dialogue and lets the landscape take centre stage, relying on Robert Humphreys' superb camerawork to tell the story." |
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04/13/12 |
Moderate |
 "...it's hard to figure out whether the futuristic sci-fi thriller is in on the joke and paying homage to the wisecracking action flicks of decades past. Or is it just a laughably bad movie?" |
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04/13/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The script is dated and the postwar dialogue, true to its time, sounds artificial today, the anachronistic onscreen air filled with sobbing violins..." |
| 17. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "The process is bloody, raw and often emotional, and the fights themselves shocking in their brutality, as the cameras follow the young Turks who do battle for a few hundred dollars." |
| 18. |
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04/06/12 |
Very Good |
 "If Gianni Di Gregorio's wryly charming family comedy 'Mid-August Lunch' was the main course, the Italian writer-director-actor serves up a sweet dessert with 'The Salt of Life.' " |
| 19. |
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04/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "While there's plenty of promise, there's no payoff... Harron seems to be holding back, with the exception of one impactful fantasy scene where it literally rains blood." |
| 20. |
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03/30/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a pink confection of slapstick laughs and swashbuckling heroics that references the classic Disney cartoon liberally, with sly winks to the genre..." |
