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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a more entertaining film than the 'Transformers' titles, because it has slightly more fully fleshed characters, a better plot and a lot of naval combat strategy." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The actors are all good company, and I would have enjoyed seeing more of each role, something I suspect they would agree with me about." |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...isn't a great noir, but it's true to the tradition and gives Samuel L. Jackson one of his best recent roles.... The final resolution is perhaps a little hasty. But there's something here." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...it's about a dog who is realistic in every aspect.... Not for a moment did it lose my interest. It answers questions I've always had about guide dogs for the blind..." |
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05/18/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Emotions that can lead to death are not so easily defused by comedy, and that's the movie's problem. It's not so easy to alter our mood in response to the movie's prompts." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a typically whimsical documentary from the prolific humorist Morgan Spurlock.... amusing if slight..." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...deeply moving.... straightforward but revealingly sharp-eyed... an intensely insightful and realistic look at what's involved in trying to forge a ballet career." |
| 8. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...an elegant production without a central drive. It offers wonderful things, but they aren't what's important.... begins with great promise, but then the energy drains out." |
| 9. |
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05/11/12 |
Outstanding |
 "It was a pleasure to see how well it was being done.... this one devises a plot where it matters what happens." |
| 10. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "Marling demonstrates with Batmanglij that you can conjure out of a very small budget a quietly compelling film." |
| 11. |
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05/11/12 |
Moderate |
 "...promises so much more than the film is finally able to deliver. Here is a film that begins with merciless comic savagery and descends into merely merciless savagery." |
| 12. |
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05/11/12 |
Weak |
 "I wonder what teenage girls the makers of 'Girl in Progress' had in mind, and whether they actually consider it progress." |
| 13. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 " 'The Dictator' is funny, in addition to being obscene, disgusting, scatological, vulgar, crude and so on.... I feared the movie would feel like deja vu. But no." |
| 14. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...there's a fair amount of humanity in the screenplay.... Events move along so engagingly that they sneak up on a few surprisingly touching developments..." |
| 15. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...surely one of the performances of the year. I had to forget what I knew about Black. He creates this character out of thin air, it's like nothing he's done before..." |
| 16. |
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05/04/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...the world has financed an unsustainable growth rate by essentially encouraging whole nations to take out unpayable mortgages on their own futures.... It's self-evident and tells the truth." |
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05/04/12 |
Very Good |
 "...plays like a fever dream using the elements of 'film noir' but restlessly rearranging them in an attempt to force sense out of them." |
| 18. |
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05/03/12 |
Very Good |
 "...done well by Joss Whedon, with style and energy. It provides its fans with exactly what they desire. Whether it is exactly what they deserve is arguable." |
| 19. |
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04/27/12 |
Moderate |
 "...attempts to explain Poe's death by cobbling together spare parts from thrillers about serial killers. It should not be mistaken for a movie about Edgar Allan Poe..." |
| 20. |
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04/27/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...has great heart.... A great deal of the plot involves Vatican tradition and politics, but this is not a cynical film. Quite the contrary. God has spoken..." |
