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Vinyl (2011) |
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Variety
Posted Feb 8, 2012
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A People Uncounted () |
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Variety
Posted Feb 7, 2012
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Gypsy Davy () |
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Much of this is "stranger than fiction," all of it as engrossing as a flavorsome, twisty literary novel."
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Variety
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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Me At The Zoo () |
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Ninety minutes of Crocker's antics constitutes a portrait both exhaustive and frankly exhausting. But Zoo's larger ideas and idiosyncratic assembly retain interest"
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Variety
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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How To Survive A Plague () |
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Hindsight allows David France's stirring How to Survive a Plague a concise overview's clarity and an epic narrative shape, with a happy ending to boot."
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Variety
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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V/H/S (2012) |
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The segments vary in quality and the whole overstays its welcome at nearly two hours."
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Variety
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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Detropia () |
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A potent snapshot of a potential future for many American cities."
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Variety
Posted Jan 30, 2012
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Joanna () |
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Variety
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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Grabbers () |
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A polished, watchable genre entertainment that nonetheless lacks the inspired dialogue and situations needed to make a memorable impression."
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Variety
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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Teddy: It's Gonna Be a Bear (2011) |
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Variety
Posted Jan 25, 2012
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Teddy Bear () |
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The low-key drama is well-crafted and likable as far as it goes, but there's not enough narrative impetus or depth to maintain more than passing viewer interest."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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80%
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Wrong () |
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It doesn't take long for the absurdist humor to pall among a pileup of nonsensical ideas that would be funnier if grounded in a less hazy concept."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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I Am Not A Hipster () |
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A deeper glimpse of the San Diego indie-rock scene around him might have made Brook's self-absorbed resentment less overbearing."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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For a Good Time, Call... () |
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For a Good Time, Call... doesn't rise much above sitcom level in material or execution, but provides enough laughs and goodwill to be disarmingly entertaining."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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That's What She Said () |
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This crude, shrill day in the life of three ill-matched Manhattan women will prove as irksome to most viewers as it is to the protags."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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Valley Of Saints () |
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A likably low-key docudrama set in an attractive area of politically turbulent Kashmir."
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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Extraterrestre (Extraterrestrial) () |
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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A Kiss and a Promise (2011) |
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Variety
Posted Jan 24, 2012
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The First Time () |
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This teen romance proves perilously short on substance, insight and novelty, unless you count its characters being afflicted with a case of Juno mouth."
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Variety
Posted Jan 23, 2012
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86%
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Searching for Sugar Man () |
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Searching for Sugar Man is a winning musical detective story about a failed, forgotten early '70s rocker who became a huge success halfway across the world."
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Variety
Posted Jan 21, 2012
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16-love (2012) |
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Innocuous and predictable but pleasant enough."
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Variety
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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Wild Horse, Wild Ride () |
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Variety
Posted Dec 30, 2011
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Going Down In La-la Land () |
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Variety
Posted Dec 21, 2011
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82%
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Addiction Incorporated (2011) |
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Producer Charles Evans Jr.'s directorial debut finds an engrossing suspense angle in the involvement of Victor DeNoble, an idealistic scientist-turned-whistleblower whose suppressed corporate research became the bombshell catalyst in that struggle."
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Variety
Posted Dec 13, 2011
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C'e Chi Dice No () |
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Variety
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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50%
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Fanny, Annie & Danny (2011) |
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The more difficult characters here (all female) and resulting character dynamics are so consistently shrill that the pic feels a bit too one-dimensional and cruel to leave the small-tragedy aftertaste it could have."
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Variety
Posted Dec 6, 2011
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Questo Mondo E Per Te () |
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Variety
Posted Dec 2, 2011
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Retour A Kotelnitch () |
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Variety
Posted Dec 1, 2011
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9%
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Answers to Nothing (2011) |
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This somber drama is well crafted and watchable but lacks the distinctive story content, style and standout performances to become more than a serviceable reboot of familiar ideas."
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Variety
Posted Nov 29, 2011
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58%
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Crazy Wisdom (2011) |
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The late Chogyam Trungpa's very colorful life makes for a most engaging narrative here."
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Variety
Posted Nov 21, 2011
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Cargo () |
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Variety
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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Sutro's: The Palace At Lands End (2011) |
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Variety
Posted Nov 18, 2011
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74%
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The Lie (2011) |
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[A] thinly amusing tale with not-especially-appealing characters."
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Variety
Posted Nov 14, 2011
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Some Guy Who Kills People () |
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Variety
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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Rise And Shine: The Jay Demerit Story (2011) |
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Variety
Posted Nov 8, 2011
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Bob And The Monster () |
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Variety
Posted Nov 2, 2011
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85%
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Eames: The Architect And The Painter (2011) |
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Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey's sprightly documentary weighs its subjects' unique accomplishments and widespread influence while probing a relationship more complex than its sunny public face indicated."
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Variety
Posted Oct 28, 2011
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8%
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13 (2011) |
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A starry cast and glossier production values simply work against the black-and-white original's strengths in this stillborn thriller."
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Variety
Posted Oct 26, 2011
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Taste The Waste () |
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Variety
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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La Vita Facile () |
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Variety
Posted Oct 20, 2011
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Detroit, ville sauvage (Detroit Wild City) () |
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Variety
Posted Oct 11, 2011
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67%
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The Sons Of Tennessee Williams (2011) |
"
Whether it's a product of the city's laid-back, party-hearty nature or a fault of the filmmaking, Sons makes for a pleasant sit but doesn't really have the substance to deliver the aimed-for tenor of inspirational struggle."
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Variety
Posted Oct 5, 2011
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36%
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Finding Joe (2011) |
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Campbell's career and influence encompass much wider fields of interest than are considered here, despite the pic's colorful surface."
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Variety
Posted Oct 4, 2011
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64%
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Norman (2011) |
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Jonathan Segal's polished sophomore feature effectively grows more serious as it confronts the already grieving hero with the imminent loss of a second parent."
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Variety
Posted Sep 29, 2011
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Kiseki (I Wish) () |
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Variety
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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Barrymore () |
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Variety
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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Free Men () |
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Variety
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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Book Smugglers () |
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Variety
Posted Sep 21, 2011
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Carré blanc () |
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Variety
Posted Sep 20, 2011
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