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2/4
|
42%
|
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
"
Please tell me I didn't really see what I think I just saw: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sitting on a log, playing ukulele and singing "What a Wonderful World" to Michael Caine."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 9, 2012
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|
3/4
|
73%
|
Big Miracle (2012) |
"
It's amazing a movie hasn't been made about these Reagan-era events before now. But the enjoyable "Big Miracle" offers perspective, balancing sentiment with healthy skepticism about human motivations."
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Seattle Times
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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|
2.5/4
|
——
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How The Fire Fell () |
"
Where the film falls short is in its basic obligation to tell an accessible story."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
32%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
Noisy street crowds and an "Attica!" shoutout allude to Sidney Lumet's classic "Dog Day Afternoon," suggesting what "Ledge" director Asger Leth is hopelessly, vainly reaching for."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
Littlerock (2011) |
"
Ott has explored his theme - how each person's destiny is propelled by the past but left dangling, isolated in a seemingly formless present - with great subtlety."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
It's about taking a complete leap of faith toward life-altering changes, a running theme in all the director's movies."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 22, 2011
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|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) |
"
In the end, I'd rather hang onto fond memories of my Eisenhower-era record, squeaky voices and all."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 15, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
Empire of Silver (2011) |
"
What, if anything, the film's final burst of idealism offers universally is hard to say. But it feels good to see in these acrimonious days."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) |
"
Much like the creations of its subjects, "Eames" is itself a dazzling, sensory adventure."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
Aside from novel and smart uses of 3D effects, the new movie is largely a bore, all but sidelining Williams and straining to offset the monotony of a protracted rescue story with the sour misadventures of a pair of fussy krill."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
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Silenced (2011) |
"
The good that "Silenced" has done certainly outweighs its flaws, but there are certainly some of those: character and plot tropes that pad out the story but have little to do with it."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
71%
|
Octubre (2011) |
"
A visually interesting, well-acted and economical movie that ought to work yet doesn't gel as a complete experience."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
——
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Mitchell 20: Teacher Quality Is The Answer (2011) |
"
If there is anything objective that can be said about education it's this: Good teachers matter."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
60%
|
Toast (2011) |
"
"Toast" has three things deserving of adoration: spectacular lemon-meringue pies, the songs of Dusty Springfield and Helena Bonham Carter."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (2011) |
"
From the fly-on-the-wall, cinéma-vérité style of the '60s to a more aggressive, advocacy approach in the mid-'70s, "Mixtape" is a wide slice of nonfiction film history."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
29%
|
Machine Gun Preacher (2011) |
"
Sam's duality ought to make for some interesting storytelling and a fascinating, conflicted character. But Forster and Butler overplay that conflict, turning "Preacher" into a portrait of goodwill gone amok."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
66%
|
Shut Up Little Man! (2011) |
"
Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story, which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Dolphin Tale (2011) |
"
A lively, winning family movie starring the very sea mammal at the center of a true story that inspired this film."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
48%
|
Chasing Madoff (2011) |
"
Prosserman wisely skirts the esoterica of high finance, though he cleverly uses good visual devices to suggest the shocking scope of Madoff's crimes."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 15, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
72%
|
Bellflower (2011) |
"
Equally fascinating and tedious, "Bellflower" is a lost cause of a movie, torn apart by incompatible ambitions."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
32%
|
A Good Old Fashioned Orgy (2011) |
"
[It's] undercut by a jokey, smart-aleck approach to every scene that plays like disposable sitcom humor."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 1, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
82%
|
The First Beautiful Thing (La prima cosa bella) (2011) |
"
Virzi approaches mawkishness but he never crosses the line."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
59%
|
Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011) |
"
While the end of "Don't Be Afraid" is creepy, it's far from emotionally satisfying."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 25, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Life, Above All (2011) |
"
There is less in-your-face grit in Cape Town-born director Oliver Schmitz's vision for this film than there is a careful pacing of somber revelations."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 19, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
Part thriller and part harrowing account of an outrageous, based-on-facts story of official corruption in the former Yugoslavia, "The Whistleblower" is a tense and shattering drama."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
23%
|
Conan the Barbarian (2011) |
"
This Conan barely qualifies as a character, smirking and hacking his way through life, never evolving into someone who can change or whom you want to follow."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
52%
|
The Devil's Double (2011) |
"
Though Cooper plays look-a-like characters, it is always clear which of the two men is on screen at any moment, including those moments when Yahia is impersonating Uday. That says a lot about the inner wellspring of great acting."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 4, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
21%
|
Salvation Boulevard (2011) |
"
[An] enjoyable if simplistic black comedy loosely based on a novel by Larry Beinhart."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 28, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
71%
|
Friends With Benefits (2011) |
"
The fun is in enjoying the two leads, both strikingly good, and the extra (if sometimes misplaced) textures provided by a strong supporting cast including Richard Jenkins, Patricia Clarkson and Jenna Elfman."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 21, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Buck (2011) |
"
Never has the special relationship between people and horses appeared more magnificent and even lyrical on film than in "Buck.""
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 23, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
48%
|
Angel of Evil (2011) |
"
As a tale of squabbling gangsters and prison intrigues, "Angel of Evil" is ordinary."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
48%
|
Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011) |
"
It stokes memories of an era of clever, adventurous and genuinely sweet movies for kids, on one hand, while planting a future memory of quality for today's tykes."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 16, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
87%
|
Submarine (2011) |
"
Ayoade is better at establishing a road map of what "Submarine" is supposed to be rather than pulling all its elements together cohesively."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 9, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
This thin follow-up feels like a betrayal of its predecessor's accomplishments and goodwill, cheapening what worked in the first place to emphasize some wrong things this time around - particularly the film's 3-D presentation."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 25, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
13 Assassins (2011) |
"
A richly cathartic experience with a wide range of emotional colors."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 19, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Louder Than A Bomb (2011) |
"
"Louder Than a Bomb" is a good reminder that students need a variety of opportunities to excel."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 5, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2011) |
"
What we get from this film: a specific and personal sense that 32,000-year-old artists, with all their ideas and passions, were not, fundamentally, that different from us."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 5, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Rio (2011) |
"
"Rio" is strong on relationships, visually novel, full of fresh ideas and featuring a few vocal actors you might not have expected to be part of the fun."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 14, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
26%
|
Hop (2011) |
"
All in all, it's hard to know for whom "Hop" is made."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 31, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
47%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (2011) |
"
In many ways, what works about "Rodrick Rules" is the reverse of the first film, which found the ethically challenged Greg willing to throw his geeky friends under the bus to improve his social status."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 24, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
69%
|
Limitless (2011) |
"
Certainly there are a few times "Limitless" teeters on interesting possibilities, but it has a weird way of pulling back on its most stimulating ideas."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 17, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
37%
|
Mars Needs Moms (2011) |
"
What's missing, especially in an era when we've invested so much hope for extraterrestrial life by sending real probes to the real Mars, is a sense of wonder."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
88%
|
Rango (2011) |
"
What makes this unhinged, wildly self-conscious comedy-adventure more than a two-hour gimmick is an inspired vocal performance by Verbinski's "Pirates of the Caribbean" star, Johnny Depp."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
90%
|
Nuremberg (2010) |
"
Despite official efforts, this is a film that can't be dismissed."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 24, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
32%
|
I Am Number Four (2011) |
"
"I Am Number Four" leaves plenty of room for sequels. Here's hoping."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 17, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
56%
|
Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) |
"
Are we in such a hurry to introduce preschool kids to "Romeo and Juliet" that they need to see a computer-animated, bowdlerized version featuring garden gnomes and a happy ending?"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
2/4
|
20%
|
The Rite (2011) |
"
Perhaps one day, someone will adapt "The Rite" for two actors on stage, minus token effects, and really dig into the dynamics between its two leads. That would be something to see."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 27, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
50%
|
Tron Legacy (2010) |
"
There's such a hollowness and lack of conviction within this new film's veneer of a story that it's impossible not to find your distracted thoughts bouncing around chaotically."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 16, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
49%
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010) |
"
Except for a few familiar faces, the uninspired, desperate-looking The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader doesn't bear much resemblance to its predecessors."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 9, 2010
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