|
8.21/10
|
71%
|
Doin' It in the Park: Pick-Up Basketball, NYC (2013) |
"
An irresistibly entertaining, uplifting, well-edited tribute to the subculture of pick-up basketball in NYC. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 22, 2013
|
|
5.76
|
77%
|
Augustine (2013) |
"
Emotionally believable performances by Vincent Lindon and Soko can't save Augustine from meandering and being tediously stuck in its 1st act. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 19, 2013
|
|
8.95/10
|
100%
|
Elemental (2013) |
"
Inspirational. It finds just the right balance between entertaining the audience and provoking them emotionally and intellectually."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 17, 2013
|
|
5.9/10
|
73%
|
Becoming Traviata (2013) |
"
Initially engaging, but increasingly tedious and boring. Strictly for opera aficionados."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 15, 2013
|
|
5.212/10
|
82%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
Initially funny and imaginative, but increasingly lazy, unfunny and tedious. It would have worked better as a short. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 11, 2013
|
|
9.21/10
|
96%
|
Stories We Tell (2013) |
"
Suspenseful, unpredictable, mature, tender and funny. A triumph. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
8.12/10
|
60%
|
Released (2013) |
"
An inspiration for current convicts and as a cautionary tale for everyone else who may get tempted to go down the path of drugs and violence. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
6.25/10
|
67%
|
One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das (2013) |
"
A mildly engaging introduction to Krishna Das."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
9.5/10
|
——
|
The Girls in the Band (2013) |
"
Among those rare, delightful music documentaries, in the vein of Standing in the Shadows of Motown, that provokes you emotionally and intellectually while remaining entertaining throughout."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
7.45/10
|
88%
|
Herman's House (2013) |
"
A very poignant doc that celebrates the genuine virtues of compassion, friendship."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
4.9/10
|
50%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
Stellar performances and visual pizazz, but suffers from emotional hollowness and excessive style over substance. Combining rap and hip hop music with The Great Gatsby is like mixing ketchup with caviar. F. Scott Fitzgerald is rolling in his grave. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
7.85/10
|
57%
|
Unmade In China (2013) |
"
Fun and amusing albeit a little too much navel-gazing and low on insight. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
8.0/10
|
71%
|
The Source Family (2013) |
"
Fascinating. Equally entertaining and informative."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 6, 2013
|
|
6.25/10
|
——
|
Occupy Love (2013) |
"
A well-edited doc with its heart in the right place, but it's incomplete, simplistic and euphemistic."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
3.0/10
|
50%
|
Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's (2013) |
"
Shallow, tedious and, worst of all, boring."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
5.45/10
|
0%
|
Once Upon a Time in Brooklyn (2013) |
"
Solid performances can't save the film from its banal, convoluted screenplay that leaves no room for interpretation or subtlety. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 5, 2013
|
|
4.45/10
|
18%
|
Aroused (2013) |
"
Leaves you undernourished both intellectually and emotionally."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 4, 2013
|
|
8.1/10
|
80%
|
Something in the Air (2013) |
"
Emotionally resonating. Assayas has a keen eye for period detail and atmosphere."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
6.96/10
|
51%
|
Post Tenebras Lux (2013) |
"
Emotionally and intellectually demanding, but occasionally exhausting and tedious. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
8.35/10
|
100%
|
Trash Dance (2013) |
"
Warm, delightful and poignant. You'll never look at a garbage collector the same way again."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 30, 2013
|
|
7.9/10
|
——
|
Hamesima X (2013) |
"
Weird, funny, thought-provoking and suspenseful. The ultimate midnight movie. You've never seen anything like it before."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
5.4/10
|
60%
|
American Meat (2013) |
"
Too simplistic. You can't help but recall a much more insightful and thorough doc that treads similar ground, Food, Inc. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
9.25/10
|
83%
|
The Revolutionary (2013) |
"
Captivating, heartfelt and gripping. It should be a requirement for every young American to watch this documentary."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
5.85/10
|
76%
|
It's a Disaster (2013) |
"
An uneven, underwritten amalgam of comedy, drama and suspense that fails to pack a comedic, emotional or intellectual punch."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
8.0/10
|
——
|
Stranger Things (2013) |
"
Gentle, sweet and understated. A beautiful, quietly moving drama."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 6, 2013
|
|
7.89/10
|
55%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
An intelligent, slow-burn political thriller boasting stellar performances from its talented ensemble cast that compensate for the screenplay's minor shortcomings."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
7.0/10
|
50%
|
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2013) |
"
Highly entertaining, but not revealing or insightful enough."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 3, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
——
|
Smyrna: The Destruction of a Cosmopolitan City - 1900-1922 (2013) |
"
A vital, heartbreaking and informative history lesson as well as a cautionary tale. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 3, 2013
|
|
8.251/10
|
77%
|
André Gregory: Before and After Dinner (2013) |
"
A warm, tender, candid and thoughtful glimpse of André Gregory behind the curtain, warts-and-all."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 3, 2013
|
|
8.05/10
|
59%
|
Detour (2013) |
"
A suspenseful, intense and horrifying thriller boasting a raw performance by Neil Hopkins. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Apr 2, 2013
|
|
5.6/10
|
38%
|
Family Weekend (2013) |
"
Anarchic, silly, witless, cartoonish and unsophisticated despite lively performances by the talented Olesya Rulin and Joey King."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
8.72/10
|
100%
|
Rescue in the Philippines (2013) |
"
Riveting and vital."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
8.75/10
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
Hilarious, bizarre and provocative. You'll never look at The Shining the same way again"
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
9.1/10
|
100%
|
The Revolutionary Optimists (2013) |
"
Equally suspenseful, moving and inspirational."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
9.75/10
|
96%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
An invigorating, breathtaking and crowd-pleasing experience that feels nourishing for your mind, body and soul. It's destined to become a sleeper hit. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
5.2/10
|
50%
|
You Don't Need Feet to Dance (2013) |
"
Underwhelming and undernourishing."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
100%
|
Cuchillo de palo (108) (2013) |
"
Emotionally powerful and provocative."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
7.25/10
|
75%
|
Murph: The Protector (2013) |
"
A poignant and inspirational tribute to Lieutenant Michael Patrick Murphy."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
5.44/10
|
56%
|
Come Out And Play (2013) |
"
Occasionally creepy, but mostly inert, unimaginative and tedious. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 24, 2013
|
|
6/10
|
15%
|
Dorfman in Love (2013) |
"
Breezy with a charming performance by Sara Rue, but too sitcomish and shallow to rise above mediocrity. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
8.5/10
|
80%
|
Eden (2013) |
"
Brave, gritty, complex and suspenseful. Jamie Chung gives the best performance of her career."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 19, 2013
|
|
7.61/10
|
50%
|
Clip (2013) |
"
Unflinching, raw and bold with emotional complexity. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
8.45/10
|
79%
|
Reality (2013) |
"
A bold, outrageously funny and provocative satire. Garrone deftly blends the real with the surreal."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
6.1/10
|
65%
|
Don't Stop Believin': Everyman's Journey (2013) |
"
Entertaining and well-edited, but ultimately shallow."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
8.24/10
|
94%
|
The Bitter Buddha (2013) |
"
Engaging, revealing and even a bit moving."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
7.75/10
|
71%
|
Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) |
"
Provocative, vital and enraging. It goes further than An Inconvenient Truth."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
4.5/10
|
30%
|
Gut Renovation (2013) |
"
Rightfully angry, but too simplistic, annoying and tedious. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
4.48/10
|
31%
|
Language of a Broken Heart (2013) |
"
Lacks complexity, realism, wit and sophistication. Julie White radiates panache, though."
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
7.0/10
|
74%
|
Leviathan (2013) |
"
Bold, ugly, beautiful, haunting, nauseating, pretentious, scary, tedious and disgusting. One of the most viscerally horrifying films in years. Not for the weak-stomached. "
—
NYC Movie Guru
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
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