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A
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77%
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Conan the Barbarian (1982) |
"
Its magnificence stems from the very properties we should be condemning with all our might."
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Mania.com
Posted May 14, 2012
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D
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41%
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Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
[Burton] fails on levels I wouldn't have imagined possible."
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Mania.com
Posted May 11, 2012
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A-
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93%
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Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
Mines the collective goodwill of the Marvel nation to impressive effect, "
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Mania.com
Posted May 3, 2012
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B+
|
87%
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
A whimsical confection that effortlessly puts a smile on the lips of the harshest cynic."
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Mania.com
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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|
C+
|
55%
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Safe (2012) |
"
It sets the stage for the best cop drama since Heat... and ultimately proves unable to meet those expectations."
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Mania.com
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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D+
|
21%
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The Raven (2012) |
"
If you shoot for the moon and miss, it's a long way down. The Raven gives us a front-row seat to the plummet."
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Mania.com
Posted Apr 29, 2012
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B-
|
36%
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Lockout (2012) |
"
Since it makes no apologies for what it is, neither should the viewer regret the utterly disposable entertainment on display. "
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Mania.com
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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|
A+
|
90%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
Anyone who presumes to love horror movies needs to see The Cabin in the Woods."
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Mania.com
Posted Apr 11, 2012
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A-
|
50%
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Mirror Mirror (2012) |
"
The film is a delight... and it doesn't need to be anything else."
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Mania.com
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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C+
|
25%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
"A" for effort, O noble warrior, but Harry Hamlin still eats your lunch."
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Mania.com
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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B
|
84%
|
The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
[Overcomes] the occasional rough spot to deliver a faithful and interesting sci-fi adventure."
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Mania.com
Posted Mar 23, 2012
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B
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
It earns its laughs and never takes our affection for granted. "
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Mania.com
Posted Mar 17, 2012
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C+
|
42%
|
Silent House (2012) |
"
Its central purpose hinges completely on the ending, and... suffers so horrendously from its ninth-inning swoon that it's hard not to feel the sting. "
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Mania.com
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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B+
|
52%
|
John Carter (2012) |
"
John Carter is an absolute romp."
—
Mania.com
Posted Mar 9, 2012
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D
|
56%
|
The Lorax (2012) |
"
The character in the book never came down from that hole in the sky; one look at the movie and I'm ready to follow him."
—
Mania.com
Posted Mar 2, 2012
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|
F
|
18%
|
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance (2012) |
"
This film sucks on a level I can scarcely describe."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 18, 2012
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A
|
94%
|
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012) |
"
How sad that such efforts rarely find the audience they deserve."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 17, 2012
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|
D
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42%
|
Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012) |
"
Concepts appear and are abandoned with ruthless efficiency; threats rise and are dispatched with the glum drudgery of a janitor cleaning up puke in the toilet."
—
Mania.com
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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C+
|
57%
|
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999) |
"
You'll be surprised at how well its assets hold up and how much easier its liabilities slide away as a result. But $15 a ticket? Please George. Some of us have kids to feed... and yours don't need the money."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 10, 2012
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B+
|
77%
|
The Innkeepers (2012) |
"
It retains an eerie elegance in the last few minutes: not as arbitrary as the traditional horror twist, but duly earned by the slow development that precedes it."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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|
B+
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
I can't say the found-footage format of Chronicle was particularly impressive, but the rest of the film is a minor revelation."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 3, 2012
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|
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65%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
It follows a time-honored pattern not out of laziness or studio-dictated formula, but because that pattern can still terrify us in the right hands."
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Mania.com
Posted Feb 2, 2012
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C-
|
31%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
While the cast includes Ed "I'm Here to Save the Film" Harris, Kyra "I'm Here to Save the Film" Sedgwick and William "I'm Here to Save the Film" Sadler, none of them actually save the film."
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Mania.com
Posted Jan 27, 2012
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A
|
78%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
As the flabby self-importance of the latest Oscar nominees oozes all over us, The Grey offers a surprising and most welcome respite."
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Mania.com
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
D+
|
29%
|
Underworld Awakening (2012) |
"
At least they don't sparkle."
—
Mania.com
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
|
B
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
A wafer-thin pro-feminist spy thriller that thrives solely because we haven't seen its like before."
—
Mania.com
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
|
B-
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
Don't think too much and you'll be fine."
—
Mania.com
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
A+
|
92%
|
Beauty and the Beast (2012) |
"
The apex of an art form, a justly celebrated classic, and the best animated movie of any sort ever put on screen at any time."
—
Mania.com
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
C
|
25%
|
The Divide (2012) |
"
"Unpleasant" isn't the same thing as "incompetent" and I have to give props for The Divide's sheer unflinching nerve."
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Mania.com
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
D
|
7%
|
The Devil Inside (2012) |
"
It must be January. The s****y exorcist movies are in bloom."
—
Mania.com
Posted Jan 6, 2012
|
|
C+
|
11%
|
The Darkest Hour (2011) |
"
Its handful of inspired moments arrive amid oceans of wasted opportunities: never awful, but utterly forgettable in their familiarity."
—
Mania.com
Posted Dec 27, 2011
|
|
B
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
In many cases, the artifice of motion capture gets in the way of the story. Here, it actively compliments it."
—
Mania.com
Posted Dec 21, 2011
|
|
C+
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
Dragon Tattoo offers a handsome package built on rickety foundations, hoping to pass inspection on good looks alone."
—
Mania.com
Posted Dec 20, 2011
|
|
A-
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
This fifteen-year-old franchise - with more downs than ups in the balance - is a long way from done."
—
Mania.com
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
C
|
60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
The most disappointing film of the year: not dreadful, but falling so far from the brilliant initial film that its good points hardly matter. "
—
Mania.com
Posted Dec 16, 2011
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|
B+
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
While the easily bored may find it hard going, those attuned to more cerebral entertainment will likely be hypnotized."
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Mania.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
The greatest Steven Spielberg film not actually directed by Steven Spielberg."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
1/4
|
23%
|
Conan the Barbarian (2011) |
"
A hollow pantomime of swashbuckling swords and sorcery."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Nov 25, 2011
|
|
A
|
96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
The Muppets are evergreen; it just took an effort like this to remind us of the fact."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
D
|
26%
|
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
A torturous slog through endless pages of Bridal Wet Dream magazine."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 18, 2011
|
|
B
|
44%
|
Happy Feet Two (2011) |
"
It can't match the original, but it's not the first sequel to fail on that front, and it still offers plenty of fun and enjoyment in compensation."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
D
|
36%
|
Immortals (2011) |
"
Immortals' beauty is undeniable - rendered with the stunning prowess of a true artist - but it sits atop an incoherent hash of pretense and bloodletting."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
D
|
9%
|
1911 (2011) |
"
A haphazard grab-bag of context-free fight scenes, cardboard characters and constant title cards explaining key details that the film itself can't reveal in any other way."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 4, 2011
|
|
B
|
68%
|
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) |
"
It leaves no stone unturned in its quest to gang-rape the holiday season (and I mean that in the best possible way). "
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 4, 2011
|
|
B
|
68%
|
Tower Heist (2011) |
"
[It] turns out solid entertainment almost by force of will alone."
—
Mania.com
Posted Nov 4, 2011
|
|
B
|
36%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
It holds too many strong notions executed too well to let its shortcomings derail it."
—
Mania.com
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
D
|
83%
|
Puss in Boots (2011) |
"
A milquetoast homunculi assembled by the most hackneyed form of studio groupthink imaginable."
—
Mania.com
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
B
|
77%
|
Ra. One (2011) |
"
A decidedly different take on popcorn entertainment that gives American newcomers a good sense of what we've been missing."
—
Mania.com
Posted Oct 26, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
"
Its flaws... prevent it from entering the upper echelon of superhero movie elites. Thank God there's still an interesting figure at the center of it all."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Oct 24, 2011
|
85%
78%
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