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2.5/5
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61%
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The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Make no mistake, it is lovely to look at this celebrity bedazzled bit of L.A. crime history for a while. But the movie ultimately leaves you feeling as empty as the lives it means to portray."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 13, 2013
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4/5
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85%
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This Is the End (2013) |
"
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's script is scathing, while their directing debut is a revelation."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 11, 2013
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4/5
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93%
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Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself (2013) |
"
The movie by the writing/directing pair is almost as captivating as their subject."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 7, 2013
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3/5
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60%
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The Lesser Blessed (2013) |
"
Despite [the movie's] issues, Doron has no trouble capturing the haunting grace of place and people and the harsh realities faced by "The Lesser Blessed.""
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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2.5/5
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23%
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Violet & Daisy (2013) |
"
Ronan is good at shifting between killer and kid. But it's impossible not to wish she would once again have a role that matches her talent."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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2/5
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34%
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The Internship (2013) |
"
It's a one-liner forged into a two-hour joke."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted Jun 5, 2013
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3/5
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73%
|
The Kings of Summer (2013) |
"
The film starts unraveling fast as fable and reality collide in messy ways. But for a brief moment the kings have their day in the sun."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted May 30, 2013
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1.5/5
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11%
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After Earth (2013) |
"
There is no small irony that this sci-fi action adventure is about surviving a serious crash. The scorched earth left behind by "After Earth" is sure to leave a scar on everyone involved."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted May 30, 2013
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4/5
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71%
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The East (2013) |
"
By spicing up a complex morality tale marked by sophisticated themes with down and dirty back stabbing and betrayals, the movie turns corporate malfeasance into a spy game that is entertaining without being dumbed down."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 30, 2013
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|
2.5/5
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62%
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Epic (2013) |
"
The emotional connection that should have the crowd cheering wildly for the heroes and booing the villains never clicks in."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 24, 2013
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4/5
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98%
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Before Midnight (2013) |
"
If anything, the films have only gotten better by letting the relationship marinate. "Midnight's" more disgruntled edge reflects what creeps up on couples as years pass, regrets stack up, kids factor in, real life intervenes."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 23, 2013
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3.5/5
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71%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
True, the movie doesn't know when or how to put the brakes on. It does, however, understand precisely what it is."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 23, 2013
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1/5
|
20%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
I'm not sure who let the dogs out this time, but they should be made to pay."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted May 23, 2013
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2/5
|
44%
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The English Teacher (2013) |
"
"The English Teacher" is a tragedy masquerading as a comedy and doing a disservice to both."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 16, 2013
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4/5
|
88%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
Without losing the 19th century author's sensibility, screenwriters Carroll Cartwright and Nancy Doyne have brought into the modern age James' unforgiving examination of the effect of a messy divorce on a child."
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Los Angeles Times
Posted May 16, 2013
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3/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
It's a great deal of brash fun, and it should satisfy all those basic Trekkie cravings."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 15, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
84%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
If you are in the mood for a bizarre tale of how to rid the British countryside of some of society's modern ills - litterbugs beware - "Sightseers" should do the trick."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 9, 2013
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|
4.5/5
|
82%
|
Something in the Air (2013) |
"
In creating a mashup of a Paris rocked by political storms and a young man in just as much turmoil, the director has given us a glimpse of an imperfect moment and an imperfect life in a slightly imperfect but wonderful film."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 3, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
75%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
A lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
2/5
|
68%
|
The Iceman (2013) |
"
"The Iceman's" problem rests instead with the script, which the director wrote with Morgan Land, his collaborator on the "Rx" screenplay. It never gets underneath Kuklinski's skin in a way that illuminates the psychosis."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
4/5
|
99%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
One of the most creatively rich and emotionally rewarding movies to come along this year."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
Like many big weddings - a lot of things go wrong and not much goes right."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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3/5
|
45%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
It makes for some stupid/slap-shtick fun of the Stooges variety -- that is, if Larry, Curly and Moe had been hunky gym rats engaged in illegal activity. "
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
23%
|
Arthur Newman (2013) |
"
The promise it begins with doesn't pay off. And while "Arthur Newman" is not a complete disaster, it does leave you wishing the romance and the ride had been a whole lot smoother."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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|
2/5
|
50%
|
Home Run (2013) |
"
Almost from the beginning the message overwhelms the medium."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
In the House (2013) |
"
The final scene is so open-ended that like Germain, you won't want the story to end."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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|
2/5
|
——
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Pawn (2013) |
"
"Pawn's" cops and robbers game could have been far better played."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
There is no new ground, really, the distinction is in the way Malick covers it with glorious imagery, symphonies of sound, a cacophony of moods."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
88%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
"The Angels' Share" leaves a warm glow."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
It is brutally raw and difficult watching."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
56%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
"The Company You Keep" is a shrewder, more satisfying piece of filmmaking than we've seen from Redford in a while, though not quite in the league with his best behind-the-camera work ..."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
——
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Babe's and Ricky's Inn (2013) |
"
If you don't want to get up and move at some point during this film, go see a doctor."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
The movie is intimate in its telling, sweeping in its issues and stumbles only occasionally."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 29, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
Pick up the book. It does a far better job of breathing life into this monochromatic new world than the film."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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|
2/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
To borrow from Jack in the Box, "G. I. Joe: Retaliation" is one hot mess."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
Like the continents, it's a little too easy to drift away."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
A moody twist of hyper-violent vengeance and heartache where death is hand-delivered, mercy is hard to come by and love is never easy."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
30%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
Regrettably, "Emperor" does not match MacArthur's vigor, or mine his legacy. Instead, the movie is Fellers' tale and dryly told."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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|
4/5
|
94%
|
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters (2012) |
"
Though his work is dark, on camera at least, Crewdson is a delight."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Koch (2013) |
"
Though the film, more than two years in the making, was never intended as such, it plays like the kind of eulogy Koch would have approved - neither fawning nor eviscerating but always compelling."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
A bizarrely perverse, beautifully rendered mystery that you may or may not care to solve."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
19%
|
Inescapable (2013) |
"
One hopes "Inescapable" is only a momentary stumble for this promising filmmaker."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
57%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
The dialogue is preachy, the drama too earnest and the action kind of sluggish, though it's hard not to get a jolt when Johnson jumps behind the wheel."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Tristana (1970) |
"
You can almost sense the director's pleasure in taking apart the duplicities of a patriarchal Spanish society, the long-standing sexual double standard for men and one young woman's revolt against convention."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
87%
|
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2013) |
"
Herzog has become a master of the understatement - knowing just how long the images can sustain you without a word being said."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 14, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
46%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
The movie is an intriguing, intelligent enigma - three words not typically associated with teen romances."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
Long on beauty shots, short on depth and seriously intent on tugging your heartstrings. Indeed, it demands you reach for those tissues. Sob."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
75%
|
Oscar Nominated Documentary Shorts (2013) |
"
Trials and tribulations in myriad forms are at the center of all five Oscar-nominated documentary short films this year."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Its stars, Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy, steal so many laughs from such improbable places that the bumps in this revenge/road trip farce can be mostly forgiven, though not forgotten."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action (2013) |
"
If you're primed for the sudden shifts in tone, style, story and look, the payoff is one provocative and evocative film after another."
—
Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 1, 2013
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