|
4/5
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Nichols keeps getting better, but his masterpiece is (excitingly) still to come."
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Little White Lies
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
A solid but infrequently spectacular addition to a rejuvenated franchise."
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Little White Lies
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013) |
"
Out of nowhere, Adam Leon might just have delivered the first great New York film of the decade."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Never boring but only occasionally brilliant."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Apr 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
Spring break 4eva!"
—
Little White Lies
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Welcome to the Punch (2013) |
"
There's hope for the humble British crime thriller yet."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
57%
|
Broken (2013) |
"
A promising debut from a first-time director, but Laurence is the real find here."
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Little White Lies
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
You won't want to return to this Oz."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Broken City (2013) |
"
Top cast, terrible script."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Like Gere's Machiavellian tycoon, Arbitrage's flaws only start to appear under close scrutiny."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
All talk and no trousers. Figuratively speaking."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Bwah bluh gurh [casual racism] fnuh buh gwugh [huge explosion]."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
An action star is (re)born."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
A big waste of a lot of talent."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
McCullin () |
"
This is searing, insightful, deeply upsetting stuff."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jan 3, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
There's no room for Reacher in modern cinema's action crowd."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
Does for caravanning what Deliverance did for canoeing."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Fluffy, infectious fun."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
All hail the master."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Oct 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
The Penguin King 3D () |
"
Save the price of the 3D ticket and take them to the zoo instead."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Oct 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Perhaps too scary for young kids and too cute for adults, Frankenweenie is nonetheless a hugely likable pet project."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Oct 17, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Radioman () |
"
Change the station."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
75%
|
Big Boys Gone Bananas!* (2012) |
"
Interesting enough but there's nothing here a Wikipedia page won't tell you."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
16%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
A career low for everyone involved."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
75%
|
Leave it on the Floor (2012) |
"
A bewildering exploitation flick that will probably end up with a dedicated cult following."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
The bear done good."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jul 31, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
An absorbing and uplifting doc that rivals Catfish for sheer stranger-than-fiction thrills. Great soundtrack, too."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Despite its shortcomings, Nolan's series puts all other comic book franchises in the shade."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
92%
|
Ping Pong () |
"
A cute precursor to this summer's Games that doesn't quite warrant a theatrical release."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
83%
|
You've Been Trumped (2012) |
"
Shot after shot of swaying Marram grass manipulatively cut to the elfin hymns of Sigur Rós is a poor substitute for thorough investigatory fieldwork."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jul 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
Likeable enough, but this is Shelton playing it safe."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Victim () |
"
Both script and cast deserved better."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
94%
|
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012) |
"
How disappointing."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Tales of the Night (2012) |
"
A uniquely joyful experience from a true original."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Free Men (2012) |
"
Passionate if insubstantial period piece. Rahim is the real deal, though."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
You can keep the Zeitgeist embalmed in myth and nostalgia for as long as you like, but to truly reinvigorate it you'll need a whole lot more than a whiskey-hued lens and a frontseat full of pretty faces."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 23, 2012
|
|
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Dominik's compositional flair and kinetic directorial style make for a visceral, visually arresting pulp noir that is by turns darkly funny and poetically violent. But... Dominik clots his hardboiled parable with stodgy political soaboxing"
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 22, 2012
|
|
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Cave and director John Hillcoat work Matt Bondurant's vivid, brutal prose well and, although it won't win anything in Cannes, Lawless is a cut above most mainstream American crime-dramas."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 20, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
14%
|
Charlie Casanova () |
"
It's a trip you'll be reluctant to take twice, but as a singular vision Charlie Casanova demands a second look."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012) |
"
Seek out Kobayashi's superior original instead."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
American Reunion (2012) |
"
Little more than a roll call of worn-out punchlines and situational non sequiturs."
—
Little White Lies
Posted May 2, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
11%
|
Gone (2012) |
"
Gone and soon forgotten."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
63%
|
Delicacy (2012) |
"
Takes far too long to say very little about life and love."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
Needlessly convoluted subplots and crummy supporting characters suffocate the Farraday dynamic."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
One of the freshest mainstream comedies in years."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Trishna (2012) |
"
Where Winterbottom takes us next is anyone's guess. We're slowly losing interest, though."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Blank City (2011) |
"
A dusty feature-length slideshow presented by aging hipsters."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
86%
|
Chemical Brothers: Don't Think (2012) |
"
Like any truly great gig, it's all about being in the moment."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012) |
"
However volatile things get in the film's last act, Trunk shows enough restraint to ensure the action is gripping without ever becoming overblown or silly."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Feb 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
Worth the wait. Don't stay away for so long next time though, Alex."
—
Little White Lies
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
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