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10/13/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...smart, savvy.... radically breaks from the Bond formula while still remaining true to its essential beats... audiences can no longer anticipate each twist in advance." |
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05/20/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...poignantly acted, uncommonly tender.... a doubly powerful statement about man's capacity for dignity and sensitivity when confronted with the inevitable cruelty of nature." |
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03/01/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...classic... will doubtless inspire imitators, onscreen and in backyards everywhere, en route to redefining what a new generation expects of its mice-will-play movies." |
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11/18/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...one for the ages. Simultaneously classical and modern, populist but also unapologetically personal..." |
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09/03/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...dares to plumb the dark hole in America's soul. Herzog's investigation may not work as an anti-death-penalty editorial, but its findings are undeniably profound." |
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09/02/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...tackles some of the prickliest issues a contempo family can face with such sensitivity that it's hardly noticeable you're being enlightened while entertained." |
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03/01/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a stunning virgin foray into feature-length animation from Gore Verbinski and the vfx miracle workers at ILM... looks and feels nothing like the toons that have come before." |
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06/13/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...spectacular anime entry from Mamoru Hosoda echoes that 1939 classic 'The Wizard of Oz'... visionary in its own right -- and surprisingly moving to boot..." |
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12/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...an immensely satisfying taste of antebellum empowerment packaged as spaghetti-Western homage... bloody hilarious (and hilariously bloody)..." |
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10/25/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...brilliantly conceived, gorgeously executed... bonus points for backing nostalgia with genuine emotion.... finds an inspired way in by focusing on an affable antihero..." |
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05/18/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...mind-blowing... doomsday looms as a planet hurtles toward Earth, but as in all great science fiction, this fantastical premise allows the artist to play sociologist." |
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09/04/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...that rare find, a fragile little four-leaf clover of a movie that's emotionally devastating, yet all too easily trampled by cynics.... an ambitious thought experiment." |
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09/04/10 |
Outstanding |
 "A stirring, handsomely mounted tale... rather boldly dares to humanize a figure traditionally held at arm's length from the public and treated with divine respect..." |
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09/01/10 |
Outstanding |
 "A wicked, sexy and ultimately devastating study of a young dancer's all-consuming ambition... a fascinating complement to Aronofsky's 'The Wrestler'..." |
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01/26/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...a raucously entertaining postmodern survey of guerrilla street art that appears to be one thing only to fold back on itself and examine would-be filmmaker Thierry Guetta..." |
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09/18/09 |
Outstanding |
 "Eye-popping and mouth-watering in one... a 90-minute all-you-can-laugh buffet..." |
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01/20/13 |
Excellent |
 "Slow as molasses but every bit as rich... presenting situations in which auds are encouraged to consider the characters' deeply conflicted feelings." |
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01/19/13 |
Excellent |
 "Felicity Jones once again beguiles... captures from each character's perspective how one can occasionally feel like an outsider even while clearly part of something." |
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01/08/13 |
Excellent |
 "...riveting... a dense, sometimes dangerous 90-minute immersion in a world where lawlessness applies to all sides..." |
| 20. |
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11/25/12 |
Excellent |
 "...rivets for most of its running time... Mark Boal has clearly constructed this as a more journalistic alternative to a generic gung-ho approach." |
