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02/15/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...superb, Oscar-nominated, fact-based... third in a trilogy of powerful political dramas from Pablo Larraín, including 'Tony Manero' and 'Post Mortem'..." |
| 2. |
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02/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "The idea is no less sweet for being unoriginal.... The execution, on the other hand, is perilously self-absorbed..." |
| 3. |
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02/15/13 |
Excellent |
 "...striking, slow-building... uses fractured, impressionistic imagery as a mirror of moral dislocation as the children make their way through an unfamiliar landscape." |
| 4. |
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02/15/13 |
Moderate |
 "...leaves room for McClane to make a few jokes about his thinning hair and to rue that he wasn't a better father when his kids were growing up. Oh, boo-hoo." |
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02/08/13 |
Good |
 "There are no pauses in this hectic madcappery, not for a minute.... Even during more tender moments, Melissa McCarthy's working her butt off." |
| 6. |
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02/08/13 |
Outstanding |
 "I don't know how Moreh persuaded six former heads of Israel's Shin Bet secret-service agency to talk... these are tough men who have never spoken about their work before." |
| 7. |
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02/01/13 |
Very Good |
 "...four performances deserve a shout-out: 'X-Men' ex-man Nicholas Hoult... Rob Corddry... 'Crazy, Stupid Love's' Analeigh Tipton... and then there's John Malkovich." |
| 8. |
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01/25/13 |
Fair |
 "...indistinguishable is the man in this unremarkably generic, insanely bloody and bullet-filled adaptation of the Parker novel..." |
| 9. |
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01/18/13 |
Excellent |
 "...nuanced... personal tenderness combines with a good sense of composition and a naturalistic storytelling style to give a small, familiar premise a nice lilt." |
| 10. |
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01/18/13 |
Excellent |
 "...austerely wild, religiously amoral... Bruno Dumont's rigorous, serious attention to the mysteries of good, evil, and faith rewards those willing to be confounded." |
| 11. |
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01/18/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Here is a chronicle of real human souls evolving in real time, a longitudinal study unique to the medium of moving images -- and a documentary masterpiece." |
| 12. |
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01/18/13 |
Moderate |
 "...teaches nothing new. But if you want to hear Jennifer Aniston and Elton John complain about the bad guys, you're in luck." |
| 13. |
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01/11/13 |
Very Good |
 "...knows just the tune to soothe its mature target audience... Dustin Hoffman, a 75-year-old first-time feature director, conducts at a pleasant tempo." |
| 14. |
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01/11/13 |
Good |
 "...pleasant... sticks to generic character sketches of high school student types... some charming, buzzy talents pitch in on this short little lark..." |
| 15. |
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01/04/13 |
Very Good |
 "...has the kind of attention to the details of time and place -- and the glorious, evocative soundtrack -- that made 'The Sopranos' so engrossing an experience..." |
| 16. |
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12/14/12 |
Good |
 "...a collection of pit-stop-to-pit-stop set pieces... Streisand is her own once-in-a-lifetime trip, looking gawjuss with that divine voice and those killer fingernails..." |
| 17. |
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12/14/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...the movie stumbles around looking for a unifying narrative tone, while the star soldiers on, offering up his generic action-hero stance of calm, opaque concentration." |
| 18. |
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12/14/12 |
Excellent |
 "...harrowing, riveting -- and uneasily 'uplifting'... It's agony, in a rewarding way, to squirm and cringe and groan through an ordeal so realistically re-created." |
| 19. |
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12/14/12 |
Moderate |
 "...a sobering reminder of just how tinny a musical 'Les Misérables' was in the first place... a minor road-show carnival, leaving behind little but tinsel..." |
| 20. |
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12/13/12 |
Excellent |
 "...from the minute Gollum's two big round pale eyes meet Bilbo's -- and ours -- the film gets a second wind that lofts this chapter to the finish line." |
