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A-
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99%
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A Separation (2011) |
"
The characters are deliberately ordinary, but their stories take on the weight of myth."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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B
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53%
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Albert Nobbs (2012) |
"
Close can't keep the character from seemingly like a pitiable doormat, but the tears come nonetheless."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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C+
|
2%
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One for the Money (2012) |
"
Heigl's comic timing is solid, and she knows her limitations well enough, but there's a hollowness at the movie's center, right where Heigl's heart should be."
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AV Club
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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4/5
|
100%
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Come Back, Africa () |
"
Come Back, Africa is a work of amazing grace-and a forgotten treasure."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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C-
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39%
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Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston (2012) |
"
At least Smith has proof that he spent ample time with the beautiful people."
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AV Club
Posted Jan 19, 2012
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A-
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71%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
Drives home an oft-observed truth with wit and style. It's thin, but then so is a knife between your ribs."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Jan 12, 2012
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C-
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54%
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) |
"
Is it a bad sign when you want a movie to end almost as much as the war it's about?"
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 6, 2012
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B-
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
It's a movie of ideas, but there aren't nearly enough of them."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Jan 5, 2012
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C+
|
74%
|
Norwegian Wood (2012) |
"
Norwegian Wood is a beauteous, lukewarm bore."
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AV Club
Posted Jan 5, 2012
|
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B
|
97%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
A love letter to silent cinema, Michel Hazanavicius' black-and-white non-talkie is a shallow but hellaciously enjoyable voyage into the past."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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B+
|
75%
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
The virtual world allows Spielberg to devise shots that never seem to end, tracking down impromptu zip lines as if the camera had wings. It's a gimmick, to be sure, but a glorious one."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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A-
|
76%
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War Horse (2011) |
"
War Horse is not a movie that tries to cover its tracks, but when it works, you're more than willing to be led by the hand. "
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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B+
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
The movie feels like a cartoon, brilliantly achieved but utterly shallow."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Dec 23, 2011
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2/5
|
38%
|
Cook County (2011) |
"
Pomes squeezes in a few well-observed details among the recycled white-trash clichés..."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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B+
|
89%
|
Into The Abyss (2011) |
"
The title Into the Abyss could serve for any of Werner Herzog's documentaries, but this portrait of death row inmate Michael Perry is perhaps the least Herzogian film in his nonfiction catalogue."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 24, 2011
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C+
|
84%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
The magic on-set moments meant to make Marilyn's inconstancy worthwhile don't come off as such, which leaves us to wonder just why anyone would put up with her."
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Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 24, 2011
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3.5/4
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
It's familiar enough not to spook fans of the (highly profitable) first, but Happy Feet Two branches out beyond prefab coming-of-age stories and gimmicky pop-song set pieces."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Nov 17, 2011
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B
|
——
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Man On The Train () |
"
It's a familiar template, but it's a joy to see Sutherland get a rare chance to spread his wings. "
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
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B+
|
90%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
Payne's exploring new territory, but it also feels like he's holding himself back, attempting to evolve through repression. "
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
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B-
|
45%
|
Another Happy Day (2011) |
"
The movie works the audience's nerves with enough determination to get under the skin and stay there, a sensation that comes awfully close to an earned emotional response."
—
AV Club
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Rid of Me (2011) |
"
Think of it as a coming-of-age story ten years too late."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 15, 2011
|
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B-
|
69%
|
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) |
"
More or less defines the word "superfluous.""
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
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B+
|
78%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
A coolly fatalistic reconciliation that not only accepts but embraces Von Trier's mental illness. "
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
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4/5
|
95%
|
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) |
"
Our hero's prominence sets up a stellar conclusion that retroactively questions both the first movie and its substantial audience."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 8, 2011
|
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A-
|
79%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011) |
"
The Skin I Live In feels like the culmination of a process, and perhaps the beginning of something new."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
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4/5
|
79%
|
Pianomania (2011) |
"
When sitting through this detail-heavy documentary, nonaficionados may feel like they're watching paint dry, albeit in the company of an artist who savors each and every shade."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
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4/5
|
76%
|
The Other F Word (2011) |
"
Nevins's portrait of how a nihilistic movement fostered such nurturing family men resonates beyond its rebels-with-a-cause novelty."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Dragonslayer (2011) |
"
For a tagalong doc, Dragonslayer is remarkably well shot, with a worn-in quality that belies its digital origins."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
D+
|
47%
|
Anonymous (2011) |
"
Emmerich can keep track of hurtling cars and crumbling buildings, but distinguishing between one scruffy Elizabethan and another is apparently beyond him."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Nov 1, 2011
|
|
B+
|
90%
|
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
"
Almost opaque in its refusal to reveal its characters' inner lives, but Olsen's quiet, controlled performance is spellbinding even as it resists easy explanations."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
C+
|
64%
|
Norman (2011) |
"
Perhaps there was a disjuncture between director Jonathan Segal and screenwriter Talton Wingate, or the two first-timers didn't realize how difficult their movie-world premise makes it to take anything else in the film seriously."
—
AV Club
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Paul Goodman Changed My Life (2011) |
"
Perhaps it's a tribute to the breadth of Goodman's life that even after 90 minutes, it feels as if we've just scratched the surface."
—
AV Club
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
8%
|
The Reunion (2011) |
"
The Reunion takes its time cutting to the chase. Once the inept action does start, however, it can't end fast enough."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
Oranges And Sunshine (2011) |
"
The movie belongs to Hugo Weaving and David Wenham, both playing what one newspaper dubs "the lost children of the Empire," men broken by the appalling conditions that met them in their new homeland."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
89%
|
To Be Heard (2011) |
"
Spanning four years, To Be Heard has a large enough scope to map its subjects' rocky road to reinvention, concentrating on various bumps along the way."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 11, 2011
|
|
B
|
80%
|
Incendiary: The Willingham Case (2011) |
"
It's too bad that Steve Mims and Joe Bailey, Jr.'s documentary Incendiary doesn't reach more effectively beyond those who already share its assumptions."
—
AV Club
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Sarah Palin: You Betcha! (2011) |
"
Palin may have lost her taste for the responsibilities of office, but thanks to Broomfield's barely veiled condescension, this slightly prejudiced portrait could win her more supporters than it loses."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Sep 27, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Toast (2011) |
"
It's the cinematic equivalent of wax fruit: Look, but don't bite."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Sep 21, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
I'm Glad My Mother Is Alive (2011) |
"
Focuses, unsurprisingly, on family ties, although the kind you'll find here are more likely to choke than comfort."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 31, 2011
|
|
B-
|
83%
|
Circumstance (2011) |
"
Circumstance is solidly constructed, but without much in the way of inspiration."
—
AV Club
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
68%
|
Our Idiot Brother (2011) |
"
Instead of a Magic Negro à la The Help, these women get a Magic Moron."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 24, 2011
|
|
C+
|
57%
|
A Horrible Way to Die (2011) |
"
The scrambled timeline seems like an effort to disguise a paucity of original ideas. It'll be interesting to see what Wingard can do when he actually gets hold of some."
—
AV Club
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
61%
|
Griff the Invisible (2011) |
"
Ford has come up with a nifty way of exploring the enduring allure and troubling underside of the superhero myth. It's just too bad his own all-too-human powers aren't quite up to the task."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 17, 2011
|
|
C-
|
21%
|
Salvation Boulevard (2011) |
"
Unless you've got a thing for watching Oscar winners shriek themselves silly, you'd be better off praying at a another altar."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
B-
|
44%
|
A Little Help (2011) |
"
For a movie without much on its mind, A Little Help is impressively determined in its downward spiral, with only the minimum uplift to prevent audiences from walking straight out of the theater and into oncoming traffic."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
B+
|
86%
|
Terri (2011) |
"
A compressed parable of the teenage years, sometimes dazzling in its emotional sweep and yet another reason to keep a close eye on Jacobs."
—
Philadelphia City Paper
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
B-
|
78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
There's strong, fleetingly powerful stuff in Crazy, Stupid, Love., but like its awkwardly punctuated title, the movie jerks to a halt just when it's beginning to flow."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
Our heroine plods doggedly through her frequently stymied investigation, and The Whistleblower follows suit, trudging forward one encumbered step at a time."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 3, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
0%
|
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll (2011) |
"
Scott Rosenbaum's pallid grunge-messiah music pic neither burns out nor fades away -- try sputtering like a cigarette butt in a bottle of warm Bud Light."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 3, 2011
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