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2.5/5
|
75%
|
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) |
"
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel represents genteel filmmaking at its finest."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted May 11, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
41%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
The film is not an out-and-out comedy, nor is it a supernatural spooker: It can't out-camp the original and it doesn't make us fear the creatures of the night. However, Dark Shadows is not without some delightful moments."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted May 10, 2012
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|
2.5/5
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
In the end, the film doesn't add up to much of anything, but its individual parts are sometimes greater than its whole."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted May 4, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
96%
|
Monsieur Lazhar (2012) |
"
Monsieur Lazhar remains tight-lipped about his private life, but the audience comes to learn about the great human loss and danger of deportation that clouds his life."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted May 4, 2012
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|
3/5
|
87%
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
Young and old alike love a good pirate yarn and the stop-motion specialists at Aardman Animations deliver the goods."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
76%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
The authorial voice in Damsels in Distress lacks definition."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
51%
|
Think Like a Man (2012) |
"
Even though Think Like a Man is better than it has any right to be, that's a far cry from saying that the movie is particularly good."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
94%
|
Marley (2012) |
"
Marley finally gives the world an authoritative, nonhagiographic survey of Marley's life."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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|
4/5
|
96%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
How the Dardennes, time and again, turn gritty, mundane subjects into transcendent moments of honesty and truth is one of the great cinematic wonders."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
24%
|
October Baby (2012) |
"
The filmmaking is lugubrious and heavy-handed, and the dramatic arc stagnant and airless."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
43%
|
Blue Like Jazz (2012) |
"
The primary problem with Blue Like Jazz is that there is no believable character development."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
91%
|
Footnote (2012) |
"
This is a film that skims the surface layer of politesse from human interactions and reveals us as the blustering bundles of ego that we all are."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
This Cabin may not be the Parthenon, but it's definitely a place to worship the gods of horror."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
82%
|
The Salt of Life (2012) |
"
So hyperbolic are his fantasies that it's clear that not only will they never come true, but they never were true to begin with. Seems to me that's a better place to begin than end."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
Boy (2012) |
"
A performer and comedian before becoming a filmmaker, Waititi uses his comic sensibilities to keep Boy from becoming mawkish or clichéd. He has created a coming-of-age tale that is truly original."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
Undefeated (2012) |
"
Even though the film relies on many of the clichés of the form, Undefeated is a masterfully crafted work that honestly scores a touchdown."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
84%
|
The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
The Raid: Redemption definitely delivers everything that international action fans want. The question I have is whether the laws of supply and demand are adequate tools for evaluating a movie's worth."
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Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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|
2/5
|
——
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Wild Bill () |
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 24, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
55%
|
Being Flynn (2012) |
"
On the whole, the film feels detached and morose, just like its characters."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Sound of Noise (2012) |
"
The film's joke is kind of one-note, although it maintains an exhilarating beat throughout. If Sound of Noise is the rhythm of the new city symphony, play on."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
For all the personal growth that our two boys in blue are supposed to experience during the course of their mission, you might think that lessons about callous expressions of misogyny and homophobia might fit into the mix. "
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
44%
|
Casa de mi padre (2012) |
"
The film is amusing but not wildly funny."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
63%
|
Friends With Kids (2012) |
"
Friends With Kids is little more than a well-written and nicely delivered feature-length sitcom."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
Although Kill List is a dark and creepy film, it is also very funny at times."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
25%
|
Act of Valor (2012) |
"
Like many a mission, I'm sure, Act of Valor sounds better on paper than it plays on film."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
Tyler Perry's Good Deeds (2012) |
"
The melodramatic film has numerous light and comical touches, and the performances are uniformly good. The film's pace, however, has the consistency of molasses."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) |
"
Their Billion Dollar Movie will not win new converts, and their stretched-out routines demonstrate the old saw about less sometimes being more."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
The Lorax (2012) |
"
The film's zippy and buoyant framework, however, make the lessons seem not like medicine."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) |
"
Jolie, however, shows great promise as a visual storyteller, even though this love story is stretched too thinly."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Deep in the Heart (2012) |
"
Gries is one of those greatly underappreciated actors, so to see him here in almost every frame of the film is a delight."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 17, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
83%
|
Bullhead (2012) |
"
This movie grabs the bull by the horns and takes viewers on a surprising ride."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 16, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
99%
|
A Separation (2011) |
"
Smart, provocative, and brimming with ungovernable human emotions."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 10, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
The film is an intelligent study of the will to live."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
Chronicle may go over the top with its climax, but for such a giddy film, it's remarkably down to earth."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
65%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
It turns out that Daniel Radcliffe did not bring his sorcerer's wand with him when he graduated to his first adult film role since the conclusion of the Harry Potter series. Too bad."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
33%
|
Joyful Noise (2012) |
"
The film feels about as genuine and spontaneous as its evident lip-synching."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
Contraband is a tidy little thriller that makes up in execution what it lacks in originality."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
67%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
By trying too hard to stay on this side of hip and the other side of sentimental, Crowe winds up with a zoo that's neither fish nor fowl."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
A horse is a horse (of course, of course), and it might be said that the folly of War Horse is its expectation of emotional resonance to derive from a fairly expressionless equine visage."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Mozart's Sister (2011) |
"
It's not clear, however, what it is that René Féret wants to tell us about Nannerl."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Young Adult (2011) |
"
Young Adult one of the freshest and most original movies around right now, though caveat emptor: This may not be enough to make it likable."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
0/5
|
13%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) |
"
Ratatouille aside, our children should not be playing with disease-carrying rodents."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
98%
|
Project Nim (2011) |
"
There is no question Nim was exploited for human gain, yet there are important aspects which Marsh leaves unexplored."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
97%
|
Tomboy (2011) |
"
Tomboy captures a delicate moment in time before issues of sexuality so much more complicated and calculated."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
The Women on the 6th Floor (2011) |
"
Charming performances and the naivete of the characters go a long way toward smoothing over the characters' perpetuation of class distinctions and patronizing attitudes."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Dec 2, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
This love letter to the movies is something to cherish."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 28, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
83%
|
My Week with Marilyn (2011) |
"
This indifferently shot film winds up being another in a long line of creative works by men that exploit the legacy of Marilyn Monroe for their own satisfaction and little public good."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 26, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
77%
|
Melancholia (2011) |
"
Melancholia is the best film of von Trier's storied career."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
Although appealing to look at, Happy Feet Two is noisy, busy, and unable to spark much emotional involvement in the viewer other than fear for the characters' well-being and a touch of existential angst by way of a couple of krill."
—
Austin Chronicle
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
85%
78%
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