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93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
Cholodenko's film is about family, traditional or otherwise. And you don't have to have two moms to relate."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jul 15, 2010
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86%
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Inception (2010) |
"
Nolan's concept is as irresistible as its execution."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jul 15, 2010
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96%
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Restrepo (2010) |
"
Consider Restrepo the nonfiction Hurt Locker."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jul 9, 2010
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49%
|
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010) |
"
Step aside, you creepy cougars: Finally, there's a Twilight suitable even for normal grown-ups."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jun 30, 2010
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80%
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Cyrus (2010) |
"
Proceeds more like a mystery than a rom-com."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jun 24, 2010
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70%
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Ondine (2010) |
"
Ondine is a lovely, low-key surprise. "
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jun 10, 2010
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73%
|
Get Him to the Greek (2010) |
"
You'd think Apatow's dick flicks would have gotten tired by now, but for those who like this strain of humor, Greek is another winner. "
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jun 3, 2010
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74%
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Splice (2010) |
"
The developments mostly make sense -- a rarity in almost any thriller that eventually goes bananas."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Jun 3, 2010
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87%
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Please Give (2010) |
"
The characters and their varying viewpoints on the haves and have-nots are entertaining and thought-provoking."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted May 14, 2010
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64%
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Harry Brown (2010) |
"
The grit and vengeance are especially ire-provoking as the police do little but spout boilerplate and deny that an old man is capable of cleaning the streets."
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Washington City Paper
Posted May 14, 2010
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85%
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The Square (2010) |
"
A familiar but gripping spiral down the sloppy-criminals rabbit hole."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted May 7, 2010
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59%
|
Dancing Across Borders (2010) |
"
You may want to strangle Bass with her couture capris, but Borders eventually becomes the inspirational film you suspect it meant to be all along."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 30, 2010
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91%
|
The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) (2010) |
"
Campanella achieves impressive balance in a genre not typically known for subtlety."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 16, 2010
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76%
|
Kick-Ass (2010) |
"
The sensitive will surely faint in horror, but there's something incredibly thrilling about a little girl who can mow down a room full of big men with big guns."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 16, 2010
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88%
|
Neil Young Trunk Show (2010) |
"
You forget you're watching a movie and instead feel like you've got the best seat in the house."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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85%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) |
"
Lisbeth's actions essentially communicate that two wrongs make a right. But after you see what she goes through, her strength to fight back makes you want to cheer."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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77%
|
The Eclipse (2010) |
"
Rarely has a horror film felt so tender."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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68%
|
The Runaways (2010) |
"
Even if the paint-by-numbers story is underwhelming, the performances and the rawk still make the film a blast."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Apr 9, 2010
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28%
|
Remember Me (2010) |
"
Pattinson's and de Ravin's charisma elevate what could have been a dreary affair, though the final sucker-punch is arguably unnecessary."
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Washington City Paper
Posted Mar 11, 2010
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91%
|
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig) (2010) |
"
Moves swiftly and offers just enough creepiness and conflict to keep things interesting."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Feb 26, 2010
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96%
|
Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers (2009) |
"
Besides being informative, absorbing, and even a bit thrilling, the documentary leaves you with a sense of hope -- which, these days, might be more important than its lessons."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Feb 19, 2010
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70%
|
The Last Station (2010) |
"
When Mirren and Plummer are together, The Last Station lights up."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Feb 4, 2010
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|
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90%
|
Fish Tank (2010) |
"
A step up from Step Up."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Feb 4, 2010
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|
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46%
|
Creation (2010) |
"
It's fascinating to consider what a heavy burden Darwin must have carried as he prepared to tell the world that it wasn't, in fact, created in seven days."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Jan 29, 2010
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91%
|
Crazy Heart (2009) |
"
It all goes down as smoothly and enjoyably as a fine whiskey."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Jan 13, 2010
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75%
|
The Young Victoria (2009) |
"
This Victoria is layered and real, and in turn elevates the film from just another yawn-inducing costume drama."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Dec 22, 2009
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85%
|
Me and Orson Welles (2009) |
"
McKay embodies the famed director so seamlessly it's enough to recommend this otherwise inoffensively lackluster film."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Dec 10, 2009
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|
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91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
An assured and layered film that's neither drama nor comedy."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Dec 7, 2009
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|
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93%
|
Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) |
"
Maybe it's not surprising that it took a fox to help burrow Wes Anderson's head out of his own ass."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 25, 2009
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|
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90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
A universally relatable drama instead of just another story about Iraq."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 18, 2009
|
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67%
|
(Untitled) (2009) |
"
A very funny and on-the-nose takedown of artsy pretension."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2009
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18%
|
The Fourth Kind (2009) |
"
Has out-Blair Witch'd The Blair Witch Project."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2009
|
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81%
|
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"
By the time the tour was gelling, the Weird One had left the building."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2009
|
|
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94%
|
La Nana (The Maid) (2009) |
"
Saavedra is excellent as the embittered title character. As a result, you spend much of the film wanting to punch her in the face."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 1, 2009
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94%
|
An Education (2009) |
"
The witty script and excellent performances never sink the film to a black-and-white portrait of a conniving man tricking an innocent girl."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Nov 1, 2009
|
|
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94%
|
The Damned United (2009) |
"
A film whose likability lies almost completely on the shoulders of Sheen's Clough."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Oct 23, 2009
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57%
|
The Invention of Lying (2009) |
"
There's too much good here not to forgive the bad."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Oct 9, 2009
|
|
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82%
|
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"
Holy [bleep]."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Oct 9, 2009
|
|
|
84%
|
Whip It (2009) |
"
Honest, touching, and a little sad. Whip It starts off as a tale about letting loose but ends up as one about letting go."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Oct 1, 2009
|
|
|
90%
|
Zombieland (2009) |
"
Zombieland is fun -- no matter how many been-there monsters and done-that misfits are involved."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Oct 1, 2009
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|
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96%
|
Somers Town (2009) |
"
Nothing much happens, but its workaday plot lines are universally relatable -- the key to keeping this slight film engaging."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 25, 2009
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78%
|
The Informant! (2009) |
"
The more [Damon] babbles, the more interesting the story gets."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 18, 2009
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43%
|
Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"
If the supernaturally good-looking Fox hadn't been cast as the titular succubus, the film might be a bit less compelling than its present good-but-not-great incarnation."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 18, 2009
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96%
|
Les Plages d'Agnès (The Beaches of Agnes) (2008) |
"
The flights of fancy settle down toward the film's end and Varda increasingly comes across as a very smart and rather charming citizen of the real world, as opposed to an artist too out-there to be relatable."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 11, 2009
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83%
|
The September Issue (2009) |
"
Cutler's access to both Vogue's often frenetic production process as well as to its elusive editor-in-chief trumps the tsks over financial indulgences the film may elicit."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
|
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63%
|
Extract (2009) |
"
It's no Office Space, but it's amiable enough."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Sep 3, 2009
|
|
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86%
|
Le Silence de Lorna (The Silence of Lorna) (Lorna's Silence) (2008) |
"
The Dardennes are adroit at dangling the carrot, withholding just enough of the story's particulars to keep you curious without testing your patience."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Aug 28, 2009
|
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88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
It's not quite on par with the genre-busting Pulp Fiction, but Tarantino's seventh film is just as assuredly paced and remarkably more mature."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Aug 20, 2009
|
|
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78%
|
The End of the Line (2009) |
"
Informative and alarming, if a little dry in its singular message and barrage of statistics."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Aug 13, 2009
|
|
|
91%
|
District 9 (2009) |
"
There are no quick, confusing edits to obscure fights or what the aliens look like...most remarkable, though, is how their behavior and mannerisms evoke our own."
—
Washington City Paper
Posted Aug 13, 2009
|
62%
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