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| 1. |
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05/23/13 |
Excellent |
 "Singh tracks the evolution of America's relationship to the Middle East from benign indifference to fear and loathing, with a brief stopover in mass-market exoticism." |
| 2. |
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05/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "Jay is as much student as master... directors Molly Bernstein and Alan Edelstein are never stingy with footage of the magicians with whom Jay has studied..." |
| 3. |
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05/16/13 |
Good |
 "...glossy... tailored to fans who don't care for canon but know enough to grin when McCoy pokes a Tribble." |
| 4. |
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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "Baumbach's found the sweet spot between being personal and taking everything personally.... the film shows a new lightness of touch." |
| 5. |
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05/16/13 |
Good |
 "A self-referential, insider farce... Feiffer reimagines herself as a drunken mess consumed only with recapturing the red carpet spotlight..." |
| 6. |
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05/16/13 |
Excellent |
 "...gorgeously shot, lavishly costumed... Chiara Mastroianni is especially good in a small role as Charcot's shrewd wife, Constance." |
| 7. |
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05/16/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "A plotless blur of a breakup and its aftermath as experienced by an observant grade-schooler... has been scraped free of all the hoary Hollywoodisms..." |
| 8. |
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05/16/13 |
Outstanding |
 "...a riddle that keeps us guessing every minute, and what Polley ends up with is so oddly shaped that it could be categorized as an experimental film." |
| 9. |
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05/16/13 |
Very Good |
 "...if Terrance Nance can write or attach himself to a script that is as risky and unconventional in its story as he is in his craftsmanship skills, he'll be a powerhouse..." |
| 10. |
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05/16/13 |
Weak |
 "Rourke's barely up to the task, delivering only stock ultra-cool villainy despite his floppy hair, puffy face, and a weirdo accent..." |
| 11. |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "A coda strives to capture a sense of tragically earned transcendence, but the film is far more fascinating when mucking around in hell." |
| 12. |
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05/16/13 |
Very Good |
 "Is the two-state solution more appealing to Westerners with the ability to ignore the conflict? Will Palestine gain international recognition?" |
| 13. |
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05/16/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "Unfortunately, Katie Aselton and Mark Duplass treat their antagonists with exactly none of the care and insight they bring to their heroes." |
| 14. |
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05/16/13 |
Poor |
 "...when not dully mocking artistic pretensions or referencing 'A Tale of Two Cities,' the film is busy wasting time shoehorning Greg Kinnear into the action..." |
| 15. |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "Aaron Eckhart is too lively an actor for material this mundane, although a Liam Neeson hand-me-down is probably irresistible..." |
| 16. |
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05/16/13 |
Weak |
 "...programmatic feel-goodery smooths out everything strange and noteworthy about Dean and Mei Mei's relationship into an unmemorable and unconvincing blandness." |
| 17. |
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05/16/13 |
Moderate |
 "Devotees may enjoy seeing their practice in action, but the veterans' therapy is too short and qualitatively evaluated to convince skeptics or would-be recruits." |
| 18. |
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05/09/13 |
Good |
 "The movie is polished to a handsome sheen and possesses no class or taste beyond the kind you can buy. And those are the reasons to love it." |
| 19. |
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05/09/13 |
Fair |
 "...manages to deliver farce without compromising realism.... physical comedy set pieces, like an elaborate fraternity dance Virgil performs, feel uninspired." |
| 20. |
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05/09/13 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "The movie seizes its opportunities, and is about as micro-budget as it gets.... a pleasant little film." |
