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REEL VIEWS Movie Reviews

477 reviews, averaging 65.7% positive
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1.

Before Midnight (2013)

James Berardinelli
05/22/13 Outstanding "Jean-Luc Godard famously stated that 'The cinema is truth at 24 frames per second'.... This film stays with you in a way that nothing else can."
2.

Star Trek Into Darkness

James Berardinelli
05/15/13 Very Good "...doesn't feel like a 'Star Trek film' -- at least if one defines that term based on the '80s productions. It's much more action/adventure oriented."
3.

The Great Gatsby (2013)

James Berardinelli
05/09/13 Moderate "...there's a soullessness to the proceedings that saps it of energy.... There are too many out-of-period tweaks..."
4.

The Iceman

James Berardinelli
05/03/13 Very Good "...an unsettling piece that reminds us how even monsters aspire to living the American dream."
5.

Iron Man 3

James Berardinelli
05/02/13 Very Good "The level of acting is top-notch... Ben Kingsley... Robert Downey Jr... Gwyneth Paltrow... Don Cheadle... Guy Pearce... James Badge Dale... Rebecca Hall..."
6.

The Big Wedding

James Berardinelli
04/26/13 Weak "...tired and dated with too few laughs to justify the stultifying attempts at drama and the impossible-to-swallow plot contortions."
7.

Pain & Gain

James Berardinelli
04/25/13 Very Good "...isn't great cinema, but it's vastly entertaining in an overblown, in-your-face sort of way. It's funny as hell at times with a twisted sense of humor..."
8.

Mud (2013)

James Berardinelli
04/24/13 Very Good "...a stirring coming-of-age tale... when growing up, is the belief in love more important than its actuality? The film doesn't resolve the issue, but it explores it in detail."
9.

Oblivion (2013)

James Berardinelli
04/18/13 Very Good "...imperfect but some of its imperfections result from being overly ambitious.... I found myself caring about what happens to the people at the end..."
10.

To the Wonder

James Berardinelli
04/14/13 Good (Not Great) "There are moments of pure poetry but the production as a whole seems overlong and repetitive... skews a little too far in the 'too much style, too little substance' direction..."
11.

Disconnect

James Berardinelli
04/12/13 Very Good "...a deeply flawed motion picture containing moments of brilliance that illustrate its strong thematic content.... by turns frustrating and fascinating."
12.

42 (2013)

James Berardinelli
04/11/13 Very Good "Helgeland's conventional narrative evokes powerful emotions.... a worthwhile sports movie that's about more than winning and losing."
13.

Tyrannosaur

James Berardinelli
04/10/13 Outstanding "Paddy Considine's style is low-key and generous toward his actors.... a very human story that offers a view of life through clear lenses..."
14.

Evil Dead (2013)

James Berardinelli
04/04/13 Moderate "This isn't just a horror movie with gore -- it's a gore movie, period. Blood is its raison d'etre. It's not scary. It's not shocking. It just wallows in viscera. Ho-hum."
15.

Trance (2013)

James Berardinelli
04/04/13 Good (Not Great) "...never boring or uninteresting, but I didn't really care about any of the three main characters.... it left me feeling as if the glass was half-empty."
16.

The Host (2013)

James Berardinelli
03/29/13 Weak "Perhaps the most shocking thing about 'The Host' is that it's worse in almost every way than any of the 'Twilight' episodes."
17.

The Place Beyond the Pines

James Berardinelli
03/28/13 Very Good "Strong acting, at least during the first two acts, strengthens the film's foundation and makes it easier to accept the somewhat jarring change of main character..."
18.

G.I. Joe: Retaliation

James Berardinelli
03/27/13 Weak "...illustrates how 3-D can be a bad thing even when its implementation is competent. The 3-D used here is very much of the 'in your face' variety."
19.

Admission (2013)

James Berardinelli
03/21/13 Good (Not Great) "...serviceable, sporadically entertaining.... A lot of what shows up on screen during the course of its nearly two hour running time feels stale and artificial."
20.

Olympus Has Fallen

James Berardinelli
03/21/13 Very Good "...hard-core, high stakes action with an element of the cataclysmic spectacle incorporated to raise its profile. It delivers what it promises..."

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