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7/10
|
41%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
Not that funny, but worth seeing mostly due to Depp's performance."
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Tolucan Times
Posted May 14, 2012
|
|
5/10
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
Nothing but 2:20 of special effects and ridiculous fights...it's like all the superheroes are trying out at the Improv to see who can give the best one-liner, and none of them do."
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Tolucan Times
Posted May 6, 2012
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8/10
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55%
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Safe (2012) |
"
...the tension drives the film and the stunts are impressive,...the bad guys are really hateful, which makes their comeuppance from Statham all the more satisfying."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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9/10
|
93%
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Headhunters (2012) |
"
...a first-class thriller with tension-enhancing music and Hitchcockian-quality cinematography highlighted by a sparkling performance by Aksel Hennie."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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5/10
|
21%
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The Raven (2012) |
"
...a semi-gothic horror story so bizarre that it doesn't leave one speculating on the thesis because it's clearly nonsense."
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Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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7/10
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63%
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The Five-Year Engagement (2012) |
"
Blunt shines once again in this sweet love story,...a film of surprising depth, getting into the nitty gritty of a relationship that seems realistic, but it's far too long."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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|
5/10
|
22%
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Elles (2012) |
"
...examines why some beautiful young women become prostitutes and shatters feminist images about who is exploiting whom, highlighted by an enchanting performance by Anaïs Demoustier. "
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tonymedley.com
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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6/10
|
43%
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American Reunion (2012) |
"
...the funny parts barely outweigh the raunchy parts and the feel good ending is appropriate, if hackneyed."
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Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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|
10/10
|
94%
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Marley (2012) |
"
You get to know Bob Marley, and that's terrific, but you don't get to know his music because it's only revealed in short clips, and that's a shame."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Apr 16, 2012
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|
7/10
|
84%
|
The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
An entertaining adventure, but while director Gary Ross gets terrific performances from Tucci, Banks, Harrelson, and Lawrence, he drags it out far longer than the story requires."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 31, 2012
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4/10
|
25%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
...nothing but mindless special effects."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
50%
|
Mirror Mirror (2012) |
"
Although the production design and costumes are terrific, this intended to be humorous retelling of the classic fairy tale is more tedious than funny."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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|
2/10
|
79%
|
The Deep Blue Sea (2012) |
"
About the only positive things about this dark film and its abstruse ending are that the acting is very good and the ambience is fittingly depressing. "
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 22, 2012
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8/10
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
This is a fine screwball comedy in the old tradition...Ice Cube had me laughing out loud as the profane, angry boss of Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 16, 2012
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|
1/10
|
26%
|
Project X (2012) |
"
...substituting crudity and shock value for intelligence and wit, this seems to encourage impressionable youth to engage in deplorable behavior."
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tonymedley.com
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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|
5/10
|
60%
|
Wanderlust (2012) |
"
Director David Wain's experience is TV and this crude film seems more like a sitcom that probably won't be renewed. "
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
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4/10
|
25%
|
Act of Valor (2012) |
"
This is nothing more than a low budget action film with lots of noise and lots of bullets. The Seals deserve better."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
71%
|
Thin Ice (2012) |
"
Terrific performances by Kinnear, Crudup, and Arkin highlight this terrific black comedy."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Feb 17, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
54%
|
Safe House (2012) |
"
Wasington and Reynolds give fine performances in this tense thriller shot in cinéma vérité with a plethora of quick cuts that could make viewer dizzy."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
42%
|
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
"
...a delightful entertainment for children and adults alike with the best 3D I've seen since the first of the series in 2008."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
2%
|
One for the Money (2012) |
"
Disappointing...The comedic lines penned by Evanovich, while riotously funny when read, aren't nearly as effective in the film."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 29, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
...an action film with a female protagonist played by an actress with the cred that she could actually accomplish what she's shown doing, and it's a lot of fun."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 28, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
78%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
If one can ignore or not recognize the allegorical message, it's a relatively tense thriller."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
This is an entertaining, fast-paced thriller with good performances by a fine cast."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 16, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
33%
|
Joyful Noise (2012) |
"
Although this film contains terrific music, after the first 45 minutes, I found myself fighting to stay awake. Unfortunately, it was a fight I won."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 14, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
Under Fire: Journalists In Combat (2011) |
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
80%
|
Young Adult (2011) |
"
Terrific, thought-provoking script with a lot of depth by Diablo Cody brilliantly directed by Jason Reitman who gets wonderful performances by Thereon, Wilson, Oswalt, and Reaser."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
|
1/10
|
54%
|
The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
Mostly negative fiction, this hit job leaves out everything positive about the great woman who was the first female Prime Minister of England and the longest sitting PM of the 20th Century, concentrating only on her Alzheimer's Disease."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 2, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
Even though it's long and the premise is fantasy, it is extremely well made, the acting is superb, as are the war scenes."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Jan 1, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
The cinematography is rewarding enough for a travelogue. The good guy vs. the world with a hateful bad guy is involving. This is another film where you should just leave your brain at home, relax, and enjoy it. "
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 26, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
I've read the books and seen the better Swedish version and still found this interesting and tense, despite the fact that the sex and violence are considerably toned down from the original."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
3/10
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
So many things not to like in this further desecration of Conan Doyle's beloved detective, and so few to like. Among the latter, however, is Noomi Rapace."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
83%
|
The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby (2011) |
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Dec 14, 2011
|
|
7/10
|
7%
|
New Year's Eve (2011) |
"
...while generally uninvolving, it's a nice, moral, family-oriented film, better than sitting through many of the others that are out there right now."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
5/10
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
Right in line with Le Carre's books, this is long, slow, and convoluted, although it picks up a little in the last hour."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
7/10
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
...too long, but a sweet story with excellent acting."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
Shining above extraordinary performances by the entire cast is Nick Krause, who had me laughing out loud uncontrollably."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 4, 2011
|
|
3/10
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
...a glacial, flimsy, insubstantial, frivolous wink at a serious subject. As just one example, it ignores the effects of Fassbender's actions on the women he uses. "
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Dec 2, 2011
|
|
7/10
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
The acting is worth the price of admission. Mortensen gives a remarkably pleasing performance as Freud, and Fassbender is a satisfying Jung."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
3/10
|
98%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
If silent, black and white films were something lots of people wanted to see, they'd still be making them. They aren't because most people don't. They are passé and their appeal is strictly esoteric."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
7/10
|
96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
...colorful, musical, and fun. Just OK for adults but children should love it."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
10/10
|
83%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
...well paced, with award quality acting and directing by Williams, Brannagh, and Curtis highlighted by beautiful color photography by Ben Smithard, a sure winner."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
2/10
|
52%
|
The Devil's Double (2011) |
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
1/10
|
24%
|
The Dilemma (2011) |
"
It deals with a serious issue of problems in a marriage, but it does so in such an ignorant, clumsy, sophomoric way with a sexist point of view that it loses any value, either morally or in terms of entertainment."
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
1/10
|
44%
|
J. Edgar (2011) |
"
Clint Eastwood and Leonardo DiCaprio are to be commended for wanting to make an old-fashioned biopic, educating people on an American legend. But did they have to make it so long, boring, and uninformative?"
—
tonymedley.com
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
9/10
|
100%
|
Under Fire: Journalists In Combat (2011) |
"
...captures the horror of war better than anything Steven Spielberg has ever done, showing real people dead and dying, combatants trying to kill the correspondents, and the aftermath of what covering a war does to their psyche."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 9, 2011
|
|
10/10
|
68%
|
Tower Heist (2011) |
"
...laugh out loud funny."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Nov 8, 2011
|
|
8/10
|
36%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
...an ingenious and thought-provoking sci-fi chase film."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Oct 30, 2011
|
|
4/10
|
47%
|
Anonymous (2011) |
"
...disappointing, overly long, convoluted, confusing, and fatuous, exacerbated by the depiction of Queen Elizabeth I as a profligate slut."
—
Tolucan Times
Posted Oct 29, 2011
|
85%
78%
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