|
8.15/10
|
93%
|
The Pruitt-igoe Myth: An Urban History (2012) |
"
Captivating, engrossing and enraging."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Feb 12, 2012
|
|
6.0/10
|
53%
|
How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? (2012) |
"
A mildly engaging introduction to the architectural work of Norman Foster, but it barely scratches the surface."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Feb 12, 2012
|
|
7.0/10
|
54%
|
The Viral Factor (2012) |
"
Stylish, exhilarating action sequences compensate for the corny drama and occasional tedium."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Feb 11, 2012
|
|
9.30/10
|
72%
|
Return (2012) |
"
A quietly devastating, powerful and poignant drama boasting an unflinchingly honest and well-nuanced performance by Linda Cardellini."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
9.1/10
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
A thoroughly exhilarating, imaginative and character driven sci-fi thriller that's invigoratingly smart and surprisingly poignant. It's destined to become a sci-fi classic. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
6.95/10
|
33%
|
Lula, the Son of Brazil (2012) |
"
Well-acted and mildly engaging, but too much melodrama and not enough compelling insight."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 28, 2012
|
|
8.75/10
|
86%
|
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2012) |
"
Exhilarating, intelligent and compelling with plenty of surprises and dazzling animation."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
|
7.0/10
|
82%
|
Crazy Horse (2012) |
"
Titillating and captivating, but low on insight and occasionally tedious."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 18, 2012
|
|
4.25/10
|
34%
|
Joyful Noise (2012) |
"
Painfully awkward, melodramatic and contrived. Skip the movie and just buy its uplifting soundtrack. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
8.57/10
|
86%
|
Force of Nature: The David Suzuki Movie (2011) |
"
Powerful, illuminating and inspirational."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 3, 2012
|
|
6.0/10
|
58%
|
Crazy Wisdom (2011) |
"
Well-shot and edited, but low on provocative insight. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 3, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
77%
|
The Hunter (2012) |
"
Atmospheric, but underwhelming, underwritten and emotionally hollow."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jan 3, 2012
|
|
7.89/10
|
95%
|
Pina (2011) |
"
An often exhilarating, lively, magical and breathtaking experience of Pina Bausch's art. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Dec 27, 2011
|
|
6.24/10
|
63%
|
Miss Minoes (2011) |
"
Charming, harmless, refreshingly bizarre and unabashedly silly, but kids will be much more entertained than adults. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Dec 23, 2011
|
|
.75/10
|
8%
|
New Year's Eve (2011) |
"
Rivals Gigli as one of the most cringe-inducing, asinine and silly romcoms in quite some time. Save yourself the torture and just rent Love Actually instead. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
7.0/10
|
56%
|
Lads & Jockeys (2011) |
"
Sans sufficient insight, it feels incomplete and a tad underwhelming, but quite heartfelt and mildly engaging nonetheless."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
8.865/10
|
83%
|
In Heaven Underground: The Weissensee Jewish Cemetery (2011) |
"
Wondrous, captivating and genuinely heartfelt. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 28, 2011
|
|
10/10
|
97%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
An invigorating, charming, witty and crowd-pleasing delight that's destined to become a classic while skyrocketing the careers of Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Béjo. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
7.0/10
|
——
|
Joy Road (2011) |
"
A riveting, gritty, palpably entertaining drama. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 20, 2011
|
|
8/10
|
47%
|
The Heir Apparent: Largo Winch (2011) |
"
An exhilarating, thrilling and thoroughly suspenseful action thriller."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
7.88/10
|
20%
|
Cherkess (2011) |
"
A sweeping and captivating film that offers both style and substance."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
6.9/10
|
67%
|
Cargo (2011) |
"
Suspenseful and captivating albeit not as unflinchingly horrifying as it could have been. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
7.95/10
|
38%
|
God's Fiddler: Jascha Heifetz (2011) |
"
Poignant, but ultimately underwhelming and lacking insight."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
|
9.38/10
|
89%
|
Into The Abyss (2011) |
"
Powerful and profoundly moving. You'll never look at the death penalty the same way again."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
8.5/10
|
18%
|
The Son of No One (2011) |
"
A complex, unpredictable and exhilarating crime thriller that's just as suspenseful and captivating as The Departed."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 4, 2011
|
|
8.84/10
|
68%
|
Tower Heist (2011) |
"
A very funny, clever and crowd-pleasing comedy with a terrific ensemble cast. It deserves to become an instant classic."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
6.24/10
|
——
|
And They're Off... (2011) |
"
An often amusing, harmless and sporadically funny "documentary." "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Oct 30, 2011
|
|
8.42/10
|
67%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
A palpably terrifying experience that will haunt you for days. It should be watched on the big screen in a crowded theater. Bring on number 4! "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Oct 23, 2011
|
|
|
75%
|
The Woman (2011) |
"
Suspenseful, disturbing and creepy. Pollyanna McIntosh gives a raw, brave performance."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
8.251/10
|
59%
|
Real Steel (2011) |
"
Quite cheesy, yet exhilarating and mindlessly entertaining. It's a fun, crowd-pleasing popcorn movie that will leave you hungry for a sequel. Child star Dakota Goyo has a very bright future ahead of him. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
9.19/10
|
93%
|
50/50 (2011) |
"
Funny, heartfelt, well-acted and refreshingly honest. It's one of the best movies of the year. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Oct 2, 2011
|
|
2.74/10
|
4%
|
Abduction (2011) |
"
The best unintentional comedy of the year. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 23, 2011
|
|
9.51/10
|
94%
|
Weekend (2011) |
"
The most powerful, honest and engrossing romantic drama since Before Sunrise ."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
9.145/10
|
93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
Atmospheric, refreshingly intelligent and suspenseful with a well-nuanced performance by Ryan Gosling. It's one of the most invigorating thrillers of the year because it offers both style and substance. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 17, 2011
|
|
7.68/10
|
38%
|
Programming The Nation? (2011) |
"
Serves as a vital wake-up call and manages to be simultaneously entertaining, provocative and enraging--just as all harsh truths, sans euphemisms, should be presented. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 12, 2011
|
|
6.65/10
|
34%
|
Burke and Hare (2011) |
"
A mildly funny dark comedy with iconic British wit and tongue-in-cheek humor. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
7.1/10
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
A very entertaining, well-acted and palpably taut piece of propaganda that leaves too little room for interpretation. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 9, 2011
|
|
4.35/10
|
32%
|
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) |
"
A lazy, witless sex comedy that's low on both sex and comedy. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Sep 2, 2011
|
|
9.14/10
|
88%
|
The Hedgehog (2011) |
"
A well-acted, intelligent drama filled with tenderness, warmth and humor. Its characters will stay ingrained in your mind long after the end credits roll. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 20, 2011
|
|
6.98/10
|
56%
|
Atrocious (2011) |
"
Stylishly directed and palpably frightening because it leaves more to your imagination than most horror films do."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
6.1/10
|
80%
|
Littlerock (2011) |
"
A mildly engaging, slight and somewhat breezy slice-of-life drama that's instantly forgettable. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 13, 2011
|
|
4.52/10
|
77%
|
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow (2011) |
"
Often boring, tedious and only fleetingly insightful. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 12, 2011
|
|
8.65/10
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
Wickedly funny and irreverent. The best dark comedy since In Bruges. It will leave you in stitches."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
6.19/10
|
25%
|
The Beginning of a Great Revival (2011) |
"
Epic with production values and a terrific ensemble cast, but often bland and emotionally hollow. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 9, 2011
|
|
6.02/10
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
A suspenseful, unflinchingly albeit pedestrian and emotionally uninvolving thriller that's saved by Rachel Weisz's bravura performance. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 6, 2011
|
|
2/10
|
25%
|
The Change-Up (2011) |
"
A grossly unfunny, asinine example of the tragic decline of American comedy. It will compel you to ask: "Should I vomit inside the theater, outside, or both?""
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 5, 2011
|
|
6.25/10
|
78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
Amusing, initially smart and heartfelt with plenty of charm thanks to its terrific ensemble cast, but it eventually becomes contrived, uneven and sophomoric. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Aug 1, 2011
|
|
8.09/10
|
——
|
Sunny (Sseo-ni) (2011) |
"
Poignant and filled moments of tenderness, humor and warmth."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jul 30, 2011
|
|
9.25/10
|
71%
|
The Future (2011) |
"
A daring, brilliant, profound and visionary modern masterpiece. It will go down as a classic. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Jul 28, 2011
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