|
1.5/4
|
42%
|
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
"
A franchise somehow gets more mediocre without Brendan Fraser."
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RedEye
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
W.E. (2012) |
"
W.E. may be Madonna's second directorial effort, but she still tells a story like a virgin."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
27%
|
The Vow (2012) |
"
Channing Tatum gets a bad rap, but the failings of The Vow lie primarily on his (often-bare) shoulders."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
53%
|
Safe House (2012) |
"
Anyone who says Safe House will keep you guessing is either a liar, or just a really bad guesser."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
The Innkeepers (2012) |
"
Few horror movies deliver a triple threat of strong characters, chilly mood and clean storytelling. The Innkeepers is one of those few."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
The language of Coriolanus is often electric, as it should be in a story about a stubborn hero with fierce disdain for empty words."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
Breezily entertaining ... captures kids pretending to be knowledgeable and adult before realizing they're neither yet. "
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
64%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
Frequently accentuates its brooding, aimless scenes with music that sounds like someone dropped an elephant on a piano."
—
RedEye
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
2%
|
One for the Money (2012) |
"
This Jersey-set movie--Heigl tries on the accent every so often, and it never fits--would be more fun with Snooki in the lead role. At least the thing would have some spunk."
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RedEye
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
99%
|
A Separation (2011) |
"
Culturally specific but universally relatable, this slowly escalating Iranian drama boasts incredibly impressive motivational clarity."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
80%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
How was that not obvious a long time ago?"
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
53%
|
Albert Nobbs (2012) |
"
Uh, he's clearly a woman."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
32%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
The time has come for Hollywood and Sam Worthington to shake hands, exchange pleasantries and go their separate ways."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
77%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
As if a few hungry wolves could mess with Liam Neeson."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
67%
|
Newlyweds (2012) |
"
Breaking news: When you get married, you will inevitably deal with your spouse's family and exes in some capacity!"
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
The purging never ceases to illuminate the edges of jagged language and its impact on parents who thought they could avoid acting like kids."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
Memorable performance, forgettable movie."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
36%
|
Red Tails (2012) |
"
If you're going to return to a well, you need to bring your own bucket."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
Pina (2011) |
"
Even for someone who would rather count sheep than attend a ballet, these scenes are nothing short of astonishing, beautifully presenting dance's ability to depict words."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
45%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012) |
"
When people jumped from the burning towers of the World Trade Center, no pretty piano music accompanied their fall."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 21, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
54%
|
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) |
"
A movie about a specific event shouldn't feel so general."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
96%
|
Pariah (2011) |
"
Rides distinctive wheels on a familiar track so that naturalistic performances only go so far, and conventional plotting can't inhibit reality from making its mark."
—
RedEye
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
63%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
The sentence 'You may not leave until you get a tear in your eye!' may as well appear on the screen. And yet the PG-rated film connected with me, schmaltz and all."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius loads The Artist with magical, romantic moments."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
76%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
You expect War Horse to close by telling us, 'Joey was a hero to the English and the Germans alike, and he went on to kill three Nazi generals.'"
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Tintin may be an international man of mystery who looks like a redheaded, animated Neil Patrick Harris, but he can't overcome the sense that we don't care if he succeeds."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 20, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
Throbs as a tale of good people wanting to right wrongs with the truth if possible, and violence if necessary."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 19, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
The scene in which [Cruise] crawls up the building's exterior to reach the 130th floor could make birds afraid of heights. It's that high, and that gripping."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
Perfectly acted sex, lies and conversation."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
84%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
The movie certainly puts the cold in Cold War, but our curiosity needs a hook to hang from."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
A convoluted plot. A generic adventure score. A lead performance that's already played its best hand. What is this, a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel?"
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
13%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) |
"
By the time the gang performs a rendition of 'Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now,' I wanted to reply, 'Well, you don't have to rub it in.'"
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
22%
|
The Sitter (2011) |
"
Director David Gordon Green (Your Highness) has delivered his second mediocre comedy of 2011, this time without the use of a Minotaur penis."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
Young Adult (2011) |
"
Asks us to root for a bad person to stop being so bad. Yet Mavis does nothing to suggest that she earns this attention."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
0.5/4
|
8%
|
New Year's Eve (2011) |
"
Perhaps at some point in the future, a great movie will feature the line, 'Ladies, may the best va-jay-jay win!'"
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Tyrannosaur (2011) |
"
[Mullan and Colman are] the anchors of the film's scary, tightly wound world, in which everyone's spring is dangerously close to being sprung."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
33%
|
America The Beautiful 2: The Thin Commandments (2011) |
"
Roberts makes a sincere humanitarian, but he's a lousy journalist."
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
0/4
|
9%
|
Answers to Nothing (2011) |
"
Will make you hate words--and these idiots who refuse to stop saying them without actually saying anything at all. "
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
Brilliant, graphic drama represents much more than just Magneto naked. Fassbender delivers the year's best male performance. "
—
RedEye
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
79%
|
The Last Rites of Joe May (2011) |
"
Watching Joe May feels like walking behind tourists on the Michigan Avenue bridge. Come onnnnnn."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey (2011) |
"
A nice glass of milk to wash down the warmth of The Muppets."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
Recognizes the fragility of youth while affectionately saying, 'Believe it or not, kids, your parents had lives before you came along. And they went to the movies too.'"
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
84%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
Bursting with spunk and lively performances ... wonderfully crowd-pleasing Oscar bait."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
92%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
Good for a smile and a headache."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
The hilarious, genuinely uplifting Muppets provides hope that, even when suppressed, enthusiastic optimism lives on, just waiting for a chance to sing again."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
47%
|
3 (2011) |
"
The only legitimate connection that results from sex-driven deception and lack of communication is the marriage of your hand and forehead."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
90%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
Clooney delivers a tender performance that makes up for him not quite looking the part. Woodley's just as good, if not better."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
The script belongs at the bottom of the ocean. The songs belong on 'Now That's What I Don't Call Music.'"
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
25%
|
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
Lautner, who lasts approximately 8 seconds before tearing off his shirt, suggests more than ever that the casting director mistakenly told him he would be playing a robot."
—
RedEye
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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