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05/25/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...reasonably crowd-pleasing and painless... keeps things moving agreeably, and Rick Baker contributes some wonderfully squirmy-looking extraterrestrials..." |
| 2. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...while recollections of the participants in the rescue are often riveting, the subject of Jonathan Gruber and Ari Daniel Pinchot's film remains elusively out of grasp." |
| 3. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...draws on a treasure trove of archival footage, audio recordings and interviews with people who knew him, and drives home his lifelong struggle with depression, as well as the sheer emotional burden of becoming a hero to millions." |
| 4. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...powerful, documentary-like... Is it possible for a parent to mistreat a child in the ways shown here? Sad to say, the answer is yes." |
| 5. |
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05/18/12 |
Outstanding |
 "...a grim, somber portrait of life in Putin's Russia, where the haves and have-nots uneasily co-exist.... Nadezhda Markina is splendid as Elena..." |
| 6. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...a wildly experimental debut for Matt D'Elia... It is well-acted and features witty repartee. Look for more good things to come from this talent." |
| 7. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...the movie equivalent of gazing at a lava lamp for nearly two hours.... The use of controlled substances may be required to fully appreciate this trippy sci-fi meditation..." |
| 8. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...lurches from political satire to unintended black comedy to mom-and-son melodrama. But the performances and the movie's sheer crazy audacity make it watchable." |
| 9. |
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05/18/12 |
Weak |
 "All I expected out of 'Battleship' was a stupid action movie. It's more than that, though: It's also a stupid comedy and a stupid sci-fi yarn." |
| 10. |
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05/18/12 |
Moderate |
 "...dully shot and predictably plotted.... isn't as charmless as you might have feared, largely due to a cast working furiously to sell every scene." |
| 11. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "...laughs are scarce.... basically a reality-TV episode, with similar production values and precisely the same depth of perception." |
| 12. |
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05/18/12 |
Poor |
 "A would-be piece of pulp fiction... proves that even Samuel L. Jackson can be boring.... the grift, like the rest of the movie, feels routine and half-baked." |
| 13. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...there's nothing like a haunted house. And 'Lovely Molly' has a humdinger -- a genuine Colonial that is the unlikely home of the young title character... It's a respectable horror movie..." |
| 14. |
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05/18/12 |
Very Good |
 "...takes place in an era when women didn't get to vote, weren't thought to have the capacity for sexual pleasure and could be institutionalized for voicing a strong opinion." |
| 15. |
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05/16/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...fitfully amusing... a lot less hilarious than 'Borat,' and not quite as funny as 'Bruno.' " |
| 16. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...charm-filled... This isn't a story of Shakespearean proportions, but it's a sweet peg for this complex, carefully constructed gem." |
| 17. |
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05/11/12 |
Very Good |
 "...takes several horror genres and melds them into a creepy, stylishly photographed story that will keep horror buffs revved up from start to finish." |
| 18. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "What stayed with me most was not the undernourished story line but the film's cool visuals..." |
| 19. |
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05/11/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...better-than-average tween comedy.... Eva Mendes and Cierra Ramirez rise to the occasion when they're finally forced to confront each other at the climax." |
| 20. |
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05/11/12 |
Poor |
 "...isn't quite as abysmal or offensive as the notorious and thematically similar 'Hounddog'... it isn't exactly subtle or convincing, either..." |
