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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...ridiculously exciting. Which is to say it's so exciting it's ridiculous. But in a good way.... it's an epic viewing experience." |
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05/10/13 |
Very Good |
 "...artily excessive.... Cassavetes layers on the atmospherics to a degree that's borderline ludicrous.... [but] for a lurid good time, this movie is damn hard to beat." |
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04/26/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...ferociously funny for much of its length... [but] it's a sick joke: skillfully made, genuinely funny and appalling for making light of true horror." |
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04/19/13 |
Moderate |
0513998.jpg) "...you start wondering whether Joseph Kosinski and screenwriters Karl Gajdusek and Michael DeBruyn have any original ideas of their own. And then you realize they don't." |
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04/12/13 |
Very Good |
 "It's all one big guessing game, and that's what makes the picture so enjoyable. The fun comes in the form of the surprises it springs on you every step of the way." |
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04/12/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...sweet, often cloyingly so.... The feel-good feeling is at times as suffocating as a great big group hug. And wouldn't you know it? 'Starbuck' even has one of those." |
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04/05/13 |
Very Good |
 "Mutilation, meet amputation.... the fluids flow, along with audience screams and laughs. For fans of hard-core horror, this movie definitely delivers." |
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03/29/13 |
Very Good |
 "...gripping.... Larraín expertly ratchets up the tension as Saavedra becomes increasingly aware that the government is keeping him under surveillance..." |
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03/28/13 |
Weak |
 "It's the finest weapons porn multimillions can buy.... What we have here is a feature-length commercial for war toys. Makes you want to change the channel." |
| 10. |
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03/22/13 |
Moderate |
 "...a ground-based version of 'Air Force One' with a much higher body count.... Guns? Who needs 'em? Biff! Zok!" |
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03/08/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a pretty conventional cop drama by the standards of the genre.... what sets the movie in a class apart is Ray Winstone." |
| 12. |
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03/08/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Atmospheric and stylish, all of it.... By the end, the film has revealed itself to be a too-predictable potboiler, served piping hot." |
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02/14/13 |
Moderate |
 "...aka 'We've Got No Story To Speak Of But We Do Have an Infinite Special Effects Budget and We're Not Afraid To Spend It.' " |
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02/01/13 |
Moderate |
 "...delivers on the promise of its title.... Walter Hill keeps things moving briskly if unimaginatively. Fans of generic genre action will get their money's worth." |
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01/26/13 |
Very Good |
 "It's the old vengeance-is-mine scenario, but handled with skill and no small amount of intelligence by director Taylor Hackford.... a well-constructed heist thriller..." |
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01/18/13 |
Poor |
 "...a movie with an itty-bitty dino-sized brain.... Antique formula, meet antique action star. This dino is indeed extinct, and only he doesn't seem to know it." |
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01/11/13 |
Weak |
 "All the people in the picture are playing at their characters, rather than actually playing the characters.... not in the least bit believable." |
| 18. |
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12/25/12 |
Weak |
 "Tarantino wants this to be a rousing yarn as well as a commentary, but the movie so revels in its carnage that his larger point is drowned in a sea of blood." |
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12/21/12 |
Very Good |
 "Nina Hoss' acting is a marvel of subtlety... This picture is full of stillnesses in which the main character hides her thoughts and feelings." |
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12/14/12 |
Weak |
 "...a drearily downbeat screenplay, unremarkable direction, deep-frozen production design and the cinematography make it a holiday turkey that's tough to choke down." |
