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1/4
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51%
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Perfect Sense (2012) |
"
It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel bored."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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3.5/4
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93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
How refreshing to see lesbian marriage treated as a normal, unremarkable event rather than something worthy of voting bans. Imagine that."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Aug 5, 2010
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|
1.5/4
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53%
|
Knight & Day (2010) |
"
The aliens made him do it: Tom Cruise should never have signed up for this asinine, action-adventure dud."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jun 22, 2010
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3/4
|
80%
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Cyrus (2010) |
"
There are plenty of movies about sons with inappropriate feelings for their mothers -- thank you, Freud -- but seeing that unfold between Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei feels like a whole new adventure."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jun 20, 2010
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4/4
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Glee: Season 1, Vol. 1 - The Road to Sectionals (2009) |
"
I'm hopelessly in love with the musical TV show "Glee." There, I said it."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted May 31, 2010
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|
2.5/4
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15%
|
Sex and the City 2 (2010) |
"
The new SATC movie scores too high on the histrionic scale, but it brings bigger laughs than the previous go-round. "
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted May 27, 2010
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|
2/4
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70%
|
Babies (2010) |
"
Just as an Anne Geddes photo is not a Picasso, Babies is not a movie. No matter how cute it can be."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted May 7, 2010
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|
2.5/4
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87%
|
Please Give (2010) |
"
Nicole Holofcener's biting dialogue rescues this otherwise-forgettable marathon of malaise."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Apr 29, 2010
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3/4
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63%
|
Leaves of Grass (2010) |
"
If the thought of Edward Norton sharing a bong with himself makes you smirk, then you will probably enjoy the silly, screwball Leaves of Grass."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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|
2.5/4
|
75%
|
Greenberg (2010) |
"
"Life is wasted on people," mumbles the lead character in Noah Baumbach's happy-go-lucky new comedy Greenberg."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Mar 18, 2010
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4/4
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88%
|
Almost Famous (2000) |
"
Almost Famous celebrates nostalgia, dreaming and the dynamic force of music. No movie in the 2000s is more flat-out delightful."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jan 22, 2010
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4/4
|
89%
|
A Serious Man (2009) |
"
A good man has his morality, faith and sense of reality tested in this twistedly funny and surprisingly deep film by the Coens."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jan 6, 2010
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|
2/4
|
56%
|
It's Complicated (2009) |
"
Nancy Meyers clearly enjoys making sitcom movies. We'd all enjoy it if she stopped."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 26, 2009
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|
3/4
|
33%
|
The Lovely Bones (2009) |
"
A 14-year-old girl is raped and murdered by a pedophile in The Lovely Bones -- not quite the feel-good film of the year, but a powerful one."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 14, 2009
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1/4
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24%
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Serious Moonlight (2009) |
"
If cruelty, failed humor and shameless excess make you giddy, then by all means, check out Serious Moonlight."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 8, 2009
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3/4
|
84%
|
The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"
Disney evolves with The Princess and the Frog, which features a little less belle of the ball and a little more bayou."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Nov 27, 2009
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1/4
|
39%
|
2012 (2009) |
"
Would it kill Roland Emmerich to make a halfway decent movie?"
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Nov 15, 2009
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|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009) |
"
"It's just another day for you and me in paradise," according to Phil Collins. This film puts an exclamation point at the end of that sentence."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Nov 5, 2009
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1/4
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38%
|
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009) |
"
Suddenly, death by bloody neck doesn't seem so unappealing."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Oct 22, 2009
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|
3.5/4
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94%
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An Education (2009) |
"
The plot is far from unfamiliar, but Scherfig's chic direction and Hornby's breezy script make it feel like a tantalizing new cuisine rather than yesterday's leftovers."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Oct 9, 2009
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2.5/4
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84%
|
Whip It (2009) |
"
Drew Barrymore has left her fingerprints all over the film, which means you'll want to hug it and smack it simultaneously."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Oct 1, 2009
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3/4
|
43%
|
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"
Demons and high school and blood thirst -- oh my!"
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Sep 17, 2009
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|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
Though he's no stranger to violence and retribution, Inglourious Basterds, with its Jews-Gone-Wild spin, just may be Quentin Tarantino's most badass movie yet."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Aug 20, 2009
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|
1.5/4
|
37%
|
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009) |
"
There's enough manipulative pap in The Time Traveler's Wife to make even Nicholas Sparks roll his eyes."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Aug 14, 2009
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|
2.5/4
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74%
|
Cold Souls (2009) |
"
This is a movie about legume-resembling souls and transcendental storage, so it should be a laugh riot from start to finish. It's not."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Aug 9, 2009
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3/4
|
63%
|
Adam (2009) |
"
Autism speaks and has plenty to say in Adam, the sweet-natured, atypical romance from writer/director Max Mayer."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jul 29, 2009
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|
2/4
|
13%
|
The Ugly Truth (2009) |
"
The film relies entirely on the chemistry between Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler, though he could likely have sparks with a lamp post."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jul 23, 2009
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|
4/4
|
87%
|
(500) Days of Summer (2009) |
"
"You should know up front, this is not a love story," the narrator warns in 500 Days of Summer, a beautiful film that will resonate with both the hopeless romantics and the cold, hard cynics."
—
Show Business Weekly
Posted Jul 20, 2009
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|
0.5/4
|
0%
|
Homecoming (2009) |
"
This lobotomized, CW version of Misery will leave you begging to be put out of yours."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jul 16, 2009
|
|
2.5/4
|
67%
|
Brüno (Bruno) (2009) |
"
Move over, Borat -- Sacha Baron Cohen's latest film is an exercise in flamboyant foolishness."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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3/4
|
67%
|
Away We Go (2009) |
"
John Krasinski eases into his role like a runner into his favorite pair of worn-in sneakers, embracing the hippie-like ways of Burt along with the unkempt facial hair."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jun 5, 2009
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|
2/4
|
93%
|
L'Heure d'été (Summer Hours) (2009) |
"
Olivier Assayas' artsy family drama Summer Hours is easy on the eyes, but good luck keeping them open."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted May 14, 2009
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|
2/4
|
48%
|
Terra (Battle For Terra) (2009) |
"
Tries really hard to put on a serious face but instead plays like a third-rate MADtv parody about careless humans in space."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Apr 29, 2009
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|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
I Love You, Man (2009) |
"
When it comes to the March movie slump, Love really is all you need."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Mar 19, 2009
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|
1.5/4
|
25%
|
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009) |
"
Grating comedy shows that racking up extreme credit card debt isn't cute or charming -- who knew?"
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Feb 13, 2009
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|
2.5/4
|
42%
|
He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"
Fine for a night out with the gals but fails to revamp the running-on-empty romantic comedy genre."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Feb 5, 2009
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|
4/4
|
93%
|
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) |
"
Mike Leigh's ode to optimism revolves around Poppy, a London teacher who loves life almost as much as I love this movie."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jan 1, 2009
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|
4/4
|
94%
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The Dark Knight (2008) |
"
Christopher Nolan's gothic epic is heightened by the maniacal flair of Heath Ledger (R.I.P.) and the notable absence of Katie Holmes."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 28, 2008
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|
2.5/4
|
70%
|
Last Chance Harvey (2009) |
"
It's Before Sunrise for the older, less intellectually-demanding crowd."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 28, 2008
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|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Revolutionary Road (2008) |
"
A commanding story that plays like the petulant love child of Mad Men and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 21, 2008
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|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Frost/Nixon (2008) |
"
Since it's a Ron Howard film, easily his best since A Beautiful Mind, rest assured there's nothing that will fly over the heads of the politically clueless."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Dec 4, 2008
|
|
1.5/5
|
55%
|
Australia (2008) |
"
'It's an epic in the style of Out of Africa or Gone with the Wind,' Luhrman told the press. Not quite -- more like Pearl Harbor, the Down Under version."
—
Pop Syndicate
Posted Nov 25, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
49%
|
Twilight (2008) |
"
Beware the mesmeric power of the Twilight zone."
—
Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Nov 20, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
77%
|
Role Models (2008) |
"
Role Models never reaches its full potential, but cinematic man-children are all the craze nowadays."
—
Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Nov 7, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
65%
|
Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) |
"
After an exhausting dry spell, Kevin Smith finally scores with Zack and Miri."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Oct 30, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
58%
|
The Secret Life of Bees (2008) |
"
The Secret Life of Bees is this year's Kite Runner, and that's not a compliment."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Oct 14, 2008
|
|
1/4
|
54%
|
Choke (2008) |
"
Choke is as appealing as the partially digested food propelled from Victor's throat."
—
Show Business Weekly
Posted Sep 29, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
Nothing Is Private (Towelhead) (2007) |
"
The trouble with Towelhead, if the title doesn't sound enough of an alarm, is its sheer lack of boundaries."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Sep 22, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
Sex and the City (2008) |
"
The fab four return, at last, for the big-screen version of the chicer-than-Chanel HBO series. But it feels strangely out of style."
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Big Picture Big Sound
Posted Jun 1, 2008
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