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04/12/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...struck a chord with me... even when the film follows the path we expect it to follow, it does so in a way that keeps us intensely engaged." |
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04/05/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a self-confident, self-aware, almost cocky piece of filmmaking from the immensely gifted Derek Cianfrance.... earns every second of its 140-minute running time." |
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12/21/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...thrilling cinema.... one of the best movies Tarantino has ever done, and it's one of the best movies of the year." |
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05/24/13 |
Outstanding |
 "How ridiculously awesome are the stunts?... knows exactly what it wants to be and is almost always successful fulfilling that mission." |
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05/17/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a lean and smart thriller that introduces us to one-two-three heroines and then one-two-three villains, and it's game on.... Katie Aselton is a bad-ass." |
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05/10/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...big and bold and brassy.... Previous efforts to bring Fitzgerald's fever-dream vision of the Roaring Twenties to the big screen seem almost quaint by comparison." |
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05/03/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Deliberately ambiguous... provides just enough answers while leaving us with more than enough questions. It's a film that demands discussion afterward." |
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05/02/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Filled with breathtakingly brilliant special effects, bolstered by excellent supporting performances... one of the best entries in this modern golden age of superhero movies." |
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03/22/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Korine's choice of music is brilliant. His sense of humor is wicked. And the casting is so spot-on, it's sick.... It's self-indulgent, it's funny, it's dark, it's always provocative." |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...rousing, original and thoroughly entertaining... a great-looking thrill ride in which we actually care about a number of characters." |
| 11. |
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03/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...chilling and stylish and aggressively creepy.... takes us on a shocking and lurid journey.... It's disturbingly good." |
| 12. |
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02/01/13 |
Outstanding |
 "A lot of zombie movies have heart -- but usually the heart ends up on someone's plate. Cheers to 'Warm Bodies' for taking us in a different direction for a change." |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "Dafoe gives one of the most quietly powerful performances of his career in 'The Hunter,' an offbeat, beautiful, dark and sometimes shocking thriller." |
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09/03/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...one bloody good B-movie, with De Niro, Lohan, Alba, Seagal and Johnson, among others, all taking a supporting back seat to Trejo..." |
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11/20/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of my favorite sports movies of the decade.... 'The Blind Side' knows its football, but it's even smarter about the priceless thing known as a family." |
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10/16/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...one of the most compelling documentaries about the sport since 'Hoop Dreams' (1994)." |
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05/15/13 |
Very Good |
 "...with all the futuristic splendor and the suitably majestic score and the fine performances, the film only occasionally soars... a solid but unspectacular effort..." |
| 18. |
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04/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "...there is nothing in this movie that glamorizes these three meatheads. Kudos to Bay and his screenwriters for making sure we're laughing at them, not with them." |
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04/19/13 |
Very Good |
0513998.jpg) "...extremely well-crafted, at times engrossing but ultimately standard-issue... the sci-fi movie equivalent of a pretty damn good cover band." |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "...competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful.... It's a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man." |
