|
D
|
58%
|
Linsanity (2013) |
"
Linsanity doesn't -- and shouldn't -- hide its star's religious beliefs. But the doc should have the courage to explore them."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 3, 2013
|
|
B-
|
59%
|
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) |
"
By the time a marshmallow blinks its goggle-eyes, you may be convinced you've wandered into the ultimate Japanese grocery store - or perhaps snuck in a very special brownie"
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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|
C+
|
5%
|
Battle of the Year (2013) |
"
The dorky, jingoistic charm wins points just for daring to dress the team in red, white and blue Kangols while the judges scream, "Korea strikes back with an aerial assault!""
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 18, 2013
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|
C
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
Prisoners is a dog whistle for Academy voters keyed to a pitch that screams, "For the love of God, nominate me for something!" "
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 18, 2013
|
|
C
|
60%
|
Riddick (2013) |
"
We must pan for scraps of pleasure -- a scene where Diesel poses naked on a cliff like a truck stop coyote, the way half of his attacks look like rhythmic gymnastics"
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 5, 2013
|
|
|
64%
|
One Direction: This Is Us (2013) |
"
Even calling the film a documentary feels deluded."
—
Village Voice
Posted Aug 27, 2013
|
|
B-
|
75%
|
You're Next (2013) |
"
It's like watching a nature show where the gazelle turns to the hyena and says, "God, already - just get it over with.""
—
Village Voice
Posted Aug 20, 2013
|
|
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
With Deep Throat on DVD, it's still possible to see every inch of Linda Lovelace without ever seeing the woman herself in focus. Lovelace, ahem, blows it."
—
Village Voice
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
|
27%
|
Planes (2013) |
"
Allegedly next on the assembly line: Trains and Boats. All aboard? Do we have a choice?"
—
Village Voice
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
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Tiny Times 1.0 (2013) |
"
Is it good? No. Is it fun? A little. Is there a makeover montage? Of course."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 25, 2013
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1/5
|
37%
|
Dealing With Idiots (2013) |
"
This isn't actually a movie about kiddie sports - it's a movie about Garlin interviewing the other parents and players to see if there's an interesting movie to be made at all. Answer: There isn't."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 18, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
83%
|
Ways To Live Forever (2013) |
"
The result is as sugary as a fatal toothache, though it's hard to hate a film that merely wants to give the world a hug."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 18, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
90%
|
Storm Surfers 3D (2013) |
"
We slowly learn to see the water through their eyes, recognizing the different perils between lazy deep sea giants and the more brutish, tight curls that spit the brave straight onto the rocks."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 17, 2013
|
|
D
|
7%
|
Just Like A Woman (2013) |
"
Like belly-dancing itself, this drama is meant for the soul, not the mind - or as Marilyn's instructor commands, "Brains! Stop using them!""
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jul 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
The Stroller Strategy (2013) |
"
It's a goofy, episodic trifle designed to induce swoons among the saccharine who coo every time they see a cute guy, or a baby, or a cute guy holding a baby while watching YouTube videos about how to change a diaper."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
54%
|
Some Girl(s) (2013) |
"
The deft and merciless director sides with the girls, and to stack the deck she's hired five tremendous actresses who thrill to tear poor Brody apart"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
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Stepping High (2013) |
"
"Stepping High" is both a trifle and an impassioned argument that dance is a direct route to character, ethics and world peace."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
40%
|
The Rambler (2013) |
"
What all of this means is, frankly, nothing. But it's a handsome nothing, at least until you get sick of the screaming."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
25%
|
Vehicle 19 (2013) |
"
A serviceable if silly B-movie ..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 12, 2013
|
|
B+
|
86%
|
Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie (2013) |
"
Despite the shrieking Valkyries on the soundtrack, Évocateur is as fair a portrayal as the weak-chinned warrior will get -- and fairer than he deserves."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
13%
|
Hello Herman (2012) |
"
At least it doesn't lack in big moments where people cry and scream."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 6, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
22%
|
Rapture-Palooza (2013) |
"
Matheson's script focuses its energy on small, wickedly funny gags, half of which Robinson seems to have sputtered out as improv."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 6, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
|
From The Head (2013) |
"
Griffith's wry dramedy is both a character study and a personal showcase, but his fatal flaw is that Shoes just isn't as interesting as the drunks, jerks, goons and dreamers who stumble into his lair to relieve themselves. "
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
50%
|
Free Samples (2013) |
"
"Free Samples" is a film about wasting time, and it feels like it."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 30, 2013
|
|
|
75%
|
The East (2013) |
"
It's disappointing that, for all its empathy and equilibrium, The East has nowhere to go after the script backs itself into a corner."
—
Village Voice
Posted May 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
80%
|
The Painting (2013) |
"
While the artist-as-deity concept was flattering enough to get "The Painting" nominated for a 2012 Cesar Award, its big ideas about equality and friendship are flatly 2-D."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 23, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
3 Geezers! (2013) |
"
"3 Geezers" is painful: Simmons tags along doing his best Tim Allen impersonation, which is topped when Tim Allen himself shows up solely so the senior citizens can defecate in his bushes."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
8%
|
Java Heat (2013) |
"
The film's anthropological interest in Indonesia is the smartest thing in an otherwise familiar scramble of kidnapped babes, expensive jewelry and millions of bullets."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
48%
|
Black Rock (2013) |
"
Aselton, you sure have a purty mouth, but what are you trying to say?"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
Darkness is a cheery combo of classic catchphrases and young Hollywood heat ..."
—
Village Voice
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
67%
|
Desperate Acts Of Magic (2013) |
"
Tthe actors are better at making coins disappear than emoting, though brassy blond Dillman is as lively as a hat full of rabbits."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
0%
|
How Sweet It Is (2013) |
"
[Piscopo] isn't just too good for this film, he's too good to be giving it this much effort."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Kiss Of The Damned (2013) |
"
The confident, female-driven sensuality of "Kiss of the Damned" anchors this handsome nonsense."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
0%
|
Generation Um... (2013) |
"
Neither the film, nor the film within the film, hold our attention. Bummer, Keanu."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
Here and There (2013) |
"
Esparza's cast of unknowns is so fresh and raw that the drama could be mistaken for a documentary if the camera work weren't so controlled ..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
45%
|
Filly Brown (2013) |
"
Almost despite our will, the cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
Three Days (Three Days of Hamlet) () |
"
The result is high school English crossed with "Waiting for Guffman," though the humor is largely accidental."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
4%
|
Scary Movie 5 (2013) |
"
For the art-house crowd, who may, I suppose, stumble drunk into the wrong theater after too much Chardonnay, there are nods to Black Swan and 127 Hours."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 13, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
What works is the uncomfortable intimacy of peering over the shoulders of, say, Patton when she watches YouTube videos of her dead son, and the shudder of recognition that our hard drives are our external consciences."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
56%
|
Hunky Dory (2013) |
"
Golden-hued, feel-good treacle, the sort that the U.K. has tried to export ever since Billy Elliot."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
14%
|
Dorfman in Love (2013) |
"
Inoffensive to everyone besides the homeless living on L.A.'s skid row, whom Dorfman shies away from like they're soul-sucking dybbuks"
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
As amiable art-house fluff, it's a passable way to kill time before the Vince Vaughn American remake later this year."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
28%
|
21 And Over (2013) |
"
21 & Over powers along with a winning Abercrombie bonhomie, IE naked guys and racism. Hilarious racism."
—
Badass Digest
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
Yes, this is a film where The Rock Wikipedias "drug cartels." But somehow it works. "
—
Badass Digest
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
Their love story has a mellow ease -- as neither of them has much of a personality, we're just watching two swell people decide to bone"
—
Badass Digest
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
6/10
|
60%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
Just bold enough, brutal enough, and dumb enough to feel like a return to form."
—
Movieline
Posted Jan 19, 2013
|
|
7/10
|
66%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Is this Chastain's reputation-besmirching Norbit? Pshaw -- for my money, it's her best performance yet."
—
Movieline
Posted Jan 19, 2013
|
|
6.5/10
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
It's the Tom Cruise paradox; he's a great actor who's stopped acting. He can't vanish into a role, but then he doesn't have to."
—
Movieline
Posted Dec 19, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
Apatow gives us a couple who know less about each other than I do about my middle school friends on Facebook"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 3, 2012
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