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C+
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8%
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Runner Runner (2013) |
"
You see "Runner Runner's" hand before it's played, and there's nothing to keep you playing."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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B
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83%
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Don Jon (2013) |
"
Gordon-Levitt's characters feel real and "Don Jon" is a convincing, authentic, funny, modern romance."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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B-
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78%
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Metallica Through the Never (2013) |
"
Metallica is as fierce and intense as ever, and the greatest hits set the band performs is a barrage of heavy riff-age that captures the band at its most vital."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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C
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33%
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The Family (2013) |
"
The film isn't worthy of De Niro's stature, in the gangster sub-genre or otherwise."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 13, 2013
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D+
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31%
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Austenland (2013) |
"
It's tentative in its intentions and afraid to push all the way with its premise. It is not sharp enough as a comedy, and when it tries to shift gears and become a romance, it is unconvincing in its machinations."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 12, 2013
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C-
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60%
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Riddick (2013) |
"
Twohy is trying to do something with his original character. It's just not clear what that something is anymore. Maybe it's time this franchise fades to black for good."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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B+
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64%
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One Direction: This Is Us (2013) |
"
It might not make you a fan of One Direction, but it will certainly make you understand the group, which is the job of any good documentary."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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D
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3%
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Getaway (2013) |
"
Director Courtney Solomon doesn't know how to shoot action; his herky-jerk style is a constant distraction and never lets momentum build."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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B+
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91%
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The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
Teller and Woodley hum together, and the movie does their performances justice."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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D+
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26%
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Jobs (2013) |
"
The performance at the center just isn't up to the job."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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C-
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30%
|
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) |
"
The savvy wit and inspiration on display in the first film is absent in this dumbed-down, warmed over retread. Consider its ass kicked."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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C
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86%
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The Conjuring (2013) |
"
As "The Conjuring" progresses, the scares don't register beyond standard issue horror gotchas. They're as telegraphed as the musical cues alerting you something spooky is about to happen."
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Detroit News
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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C
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40%
|
Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
Refn seems to have some issues he needs to work out, and "Only God Forgives" does as well. If it doesn't quite get all the way there, at least it's an interesting mess."
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Detroit News
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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B
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8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
Friendship, family and breasts: Sometimes that's all you need."
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Detroit News
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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B-
|
63%
|
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013) |
"
It packs plenty of laughs, which is ultimately what you want out of a stand-up film."
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Detroit News
Posted Jul 3, 2013
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B-
|
19%
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The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
"The Hangover Part III" is a more proper follow-up to the original than "Part II," and Phillips gives his characters a proper send off."
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Detroit News
Posted May 23, 2013
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B
|
67%
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The Iceman (2013) |
"
As the body count mounts, the movie begins to spin out of control, but Shannon and Vromen don't let it derail. Their focus keep things from melting down."
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Detroit News
Posted May 17, 2013
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C-
|
35%
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Peeples (2013) |
"
The movie's clichés would be more acceptable if the characters were better drawn, but there's not a memorable one in the bunch."
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Detroit News
Posted May 10, 2013
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D-
|
7%
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
It never feels real, and its only saving grace is that it clocks in at a mercifully short 90 minutes, which is just about the amount of time you need to realize you never want to see these characters ever again."
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Detroit News
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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A-
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98%
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Mud (2013) |
"
"Mud" unfolds at its own pace, revealing its story in slivers. The performances are outstanding, especially from Sheridan, who plays tough, sweet, vulnerable and confused with equal conviction."
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Detroit News
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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B-
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62%
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Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Raimi set the bar high, and if Alvarez can't quite rise to his level, he overcompensates by drowning everything in blood. It's overkill, but in this case that's not such a bad thing."
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Detroit News
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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C
|
9%
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The Host (2013) |
"
A goofball teenage sci-fi romance, "The Host" is an End of Days parable that seems like it was written at a slumber party."
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Detroit News
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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B+
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
A half hour, four hours, two days after walking away from it you might still flashback to its seductive, neon-lit, dayglow world."
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Detroit News
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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B
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
"Olympus Has Fallen" goes through plenty of familiar motions, but does them well enough that it gets away with it. There's a reason movies like this die hard."
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Detroit News
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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B
|
44%
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The Call (2013) |
"
Yes, it's cheese, but it's good cheese."
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Detroit News
Posted Mar 15, 2013
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C-
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
The best thing that can be said about "Safe Haven" is there is a cute romance in there somewhere."
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Detroit News
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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D-
|
46%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
All sorts of blockheaded action thrillers rolled into one, with occasional mentions of "flash drives" so you know it's not actually a script from 1986."
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Detroit News
Posted Feb 1, 2013
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D
|
41%
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Parker (2013) |
"
"Parker" should have stayed parked."
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Detroit News
Posted Jan 25, 2013
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C+
|
29%
|
Broken City (2013) |
"
Like the film's shady mayor, "Broken City" is a little too slick for its own good."
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Detroit News
Posted Jan 18, 2013
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C
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
"Gangster Squad" talks tough and hits hard, but it is a victim of its own brute force."
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Detroit News
Posted Jan 11, 2013
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F
|
35%
|
The Collection (2012) |
"
People in Hollywood need to work and surely "The Collection" created a lot of jobs, but there must be a better way."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 30, 2012
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D+
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
Good riddance "Twilight," may it be an eternity before you're relaunched or rebooted."
—
Detroit News
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
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B-
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
It's fun for awhile, but it's not a video game you'll come back to once you set down the controller."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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C
|
25%
|
Fun Size (2012) |
"
It feels like a project that was pitched for the CW but watered down for Nickelodeon audiences. In the end, everyone loses."
—
Detroit News
Posted Oct 26, 2012
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D
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
There's still a marketplace for a smart, well-crafted cat-and-mouse thriller. But "Alex Cross" isn't it."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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C
|
38%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
"Here Comes the Boom" is so full of clichés from other, better movies that it is almost plays like a parody of an underdog tale."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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D
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
The one thing that comes across is Neeson's character really likes fighting Albanians."
—
Detroit News
Posted Oct 5, 2012
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B
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
"Pitch Perfect" doesn't take itself any more seriously than it has to, and has plenty of fun both sending up and celebrating its subject matter."
—
Detroit News
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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D+
|
59%
|
Red Hook Summer (2012) |
"
When Spike Lee fails he fails big, and he goes down in flames with "Red Hook Summer.""
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 31, 2012
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C
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
It's an average Will Ferrell comedy, nothing more."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
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A-
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
Bendjelloul mixes modern footage of Detroit with archival and animated images, and the shots of Rodriguez marching through his home turf help viewers understand what makes him tick."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
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C
|
77%
|
Katy Perry: Part of Me (2012) |
"
"Part of Me" is more electronic press kit than fly-on-the-wall documentary."
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Detroit News
Posted Jul 6, 2012
|
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C
|
91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
"Safety" can't sustain its own offbeat energy. By the end, even Aubrey Plaza would roll her eyes at it."
—
Detroit News
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
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D
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
Sandler's Berger is the most loutish, annoying character he's come up with since "Little Nicky." Nicky came from hell; viewers of "That's My Boy" will feel like they're in it."
—
Detroit News
Posted Jun 15, 2012
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B-
|
63%
|
The Five-Year Engagement (2012) |
"
"The Five-Year Engagement" doesn't always work - some of the supporting characters' storylines feel clipped, and the improvised bits could afford to be tightened - but the trip to the altar pays off."
—
Detroit News
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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A-
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
Chronicle puts a fresh, invigorating spin on the superhero origin story, a tale Hollywood spins again and again (and again)."
—
Detroit News
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
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C-
|
66%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
The Woman in Black is your standard-issue ghost story, gussied up in period garb to make it look like a prestige picture."
—
Detroit News
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
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B
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
"Haywire" isn't a by-the-numbers action vehicle, it's a crafty thriller that works to undo beat-em-up clichés. In short, it's a livewire."
—
Detroit News
Posted Jan 20, 2012
|
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C-
|
33%
|
Joyful Noise (2012) |
"
It wants to be a charming, down-home good time, but it struggles to hit the right notes."
—
Detroit News
Posted Jan 13, 2012
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