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8%
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Runner Runner (2013) |
"
You want the movie to get outrageous, but it's too dignified to go there. Much like its central villain, it can't decide what it wants to be."
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Vulture
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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53%
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A.C.O.D. (2013) |
"
A.C.O.D. is reasonably pleasant and therapeutic and antiseptic and you just wish somebody would bring a chandelier down on somebody else at some point."
—
Vulture
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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59%
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) |
"
It's all very cute and awesomely disgusting, like a 9-year-old stuffing his face full of food and then pressing his cheeks to make it all explode out. (Nine-year-olds still do that, right?)"
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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16%
|
Baggage Claim (2013) |
"
Paula Patton is one of those actresses who seem to light up the screen whenever they appear, but even her considerable charms can't quite make Baggage Claim tolerable."
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Vulture
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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78%
|
Metallica Through the Never (2013) |
"
The 13-year-old me would have loved it, and I wouldn't be lying if I said that at times the movie turned me back into that 13-year-old kid."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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5%
|
Battle of the Year (2013) |
"
Battle of the Year clearly features lots of brilliant dancers, and I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy watching them move. But you wish there were more dancing here."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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88%
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Rush (2013) |
"
Rush satisfies our lust for both grand character combat and deadly gearhead spectacle."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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33%
|
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) |
"
Jayne Mansfield's Car isn't likely to set America's theaters on fire, but it's a powerful whisper of a film."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 13, 2013
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35%
|
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) |
"
Insidious: Chapter 2 may be somewhat uneven, but at a certain point near the end, I realized I hadn't taken any notes during the second half. For all its weirdness, the film had utterly transported me."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 13, 2013
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34%
|
Adore (2013) |
"
Adore wants it both ways. It asks not to be judged by standards of realism, but then tries to inject realism and naturalism into its absurdist narrative."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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60%
|
Riddick (2013) |
"
Imagine Alien, only told from the perspective of the alien, and he's played by a movie star, and at heart he's an okay dude. A cute idea, perhaps, but kind of a wash when it comes to narrative tension."
—
Vulture
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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3%
|
Getaway (2013) |
"
It may be the dumbest movie released this summer."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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46%
|
Closed Circuit (2013) |
"
The somber tone conflicts with the far-fetched story line, sapping it of the energy it needs to effectively sell its twists and turns."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 29, 2013
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75%
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You're Next (2013) |
"
Maybe, in another time and place, and with different actors and a better director, it might have worked. But this thing collapses right from the get-go."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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74%
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The Grandmaster (2013) |
"
It's hard not to feel that with this, Wong's first feature since 2007's misbegotten My Blueberry Nights, a dear old friend is finally back in the room."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
City of Bones isn't the worst of its kind, but crap served with flair is still basically crap."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 21, 2013
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4%
|
Paranoia (2013) |
"
You watch it and, despite all the au courant techno geekery on display, you feel like you've stepped into a time capsule. It's a nice feeling at first. If only the movie were better."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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81%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
As Ain't Them Bodies Saints moves along, its elliptical approach to drama goes from keeping us on our toes to dulling everything down."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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26%
|
Jobs (2013) |
"
Jobs is the equivalent of a feature-length slow clap."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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30%
|
Kick-Ass 2 (2013) |
"
While Kick-Ass 2 does a decent job of replicating the look and feel of the original (as well as that of the Millar comics), it doesn't have the same urgency."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 15, 2013
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84%
|
Prince Avalanche (2013) |
"
The movie barely seems to hold together. Could it even be called a movie? And yet, it's captivating - a bit like Gus Van Sant's Gerry, but not as conceptually hidebound."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 9, 2013
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27%
|
Planes (2013) |
"
It's not terrible, but it still feels like a waste."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 8, 2013
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38%
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
Even for those missing their Harry Potter fix, this is some weak, watered-down stuff."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
The result is a loose conglomeration of jokes that never really holds together: Funny in parts, but overwhelmed by the bland emptiness where its protagonist should be."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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63%
|
2 Guns (2013) |
"
This is what some summer movies should be like - clever in a stupid way, and stupid in a clever way."
—
Vulture
Posted Aug 1, 2013
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14%
|
The Smurfs 2 (2013) |
"
It would be too much to say that there's a good movie somewhere inside Smurfs 2 looking to get out. But it wouldn't be too much to say that sometimes, the movie we do have tries harder than we might expect."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 31, 2013
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52%
|
The To Do List (2013) |
"
By proudly wearing its "otherness" (a word I use ironically) on its sleeve, The To Do List feels fresh and strange and wondrously new. It shouldn't, but it does."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 26, 2013
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42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
No movie with this much ass-kicking should feel so lifeless."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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14%
|
R.I.P.D. (2013) |
"
God, where do I start?"
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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86%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
The damned thing works you so well that you may even consider leaving halfway through, for fear you'll have a heart attack."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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65%
|
Turbo (2013) |
"
Turbo won't set the world of animation on fire, but it's a fun movie."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 17, 2013
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81%
|
Crystal Fairy (2013) |
"
A perplexing movie that does certain things so well you can mostly forgive it for the things it doesn't. Mostly."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
It makes the first movie look like The Maltese Falcon."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
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75%
|
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
"
[Despicable] Me 2, even at its weakest, is still a charmer."
—
Vulture
Posted Jul 3, 2013
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49%
|
Redemption (2013) |
"
Look beyond the generic shell, and this wildly imperfect movie appears to have a rare soul lurking inside it."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 28, 2013
|
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65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
The Heat is kind of a mess, but it's a funny mess."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
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78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
Execution matters. Verve, and energy, and inventiveness matter. And Monsters University is funny, fast, and likable, with occasional moments of real visual surprise and laugh-out-loud offhand gags."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 20, 2013
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83%
|
Berberian Sound Studio (2013) |
"
Horror fiends looking for cheap thrills may be disappointed. But those with a flair for the offbeat might find themselves unnerved and riveted."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 17, 2013
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25%
|
Vehicle 19 (2013) |
"
Vehicle 19 sets up a fascinating conceit for itself, and then loses interest in delivering on it. It just wants to get to the cool car chase, but by the time it does, we've stopped caring."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 17, 2013
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35%
|
The Internship (2013) |
"
One of those movies that milks its stars' inherent charisma for as long as it can, but it does so mainly because it has little else."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 10, 2013
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38%
|
The Purge (2013) |
"
The Purge is not subtle. But why should it be? It's not a movie about class or morality, but about the need for violence -- our own. We are the audience, after all, and we must be purged, too."
—
Vulture
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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76%
|
The Kings of Summer (2013) |
"
For all its humor and fleeting moments of beauty, The Kings of Summer feels like a cluster of cheap narrative devices posing as a finished film."
—
Vulture
Posted May 31, 2013
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50%
|
Now You See Me (2013) |
"
Leterrier also tries to pack an extraordinary amount of story and twists into a fairly ordinary running time, resulting in editing so choppy that sometimes even the easy parts are hard to follow."
—
Vulture
Posted May 31, 2013
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64%
|
Epic (2013) |
"
For all its attempts at wonder and spectacle and play, Epic is mostly a slog."
—
Vulture
Posted May 27, 2013
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27%
|
Erased (2013) |
"
Characters we genuinely care about are lost in a movie that almost dissipates before our very eyes."
—
Vulture
Posted May 17, 2013
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35%
|
Peeples (2013) |
"
Pleasant, if inane - helped along by a likable cast that's clearly having fun."
—
Vulture
Posted May 13, 2013
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37%
|
Aftershock (2013) |
"
Was Aftershock just an elaborate ruse by writer-producer-star Eli Roth to justify an extended vacation to Chile?"
—
Vulture
Posted May 13, 2013
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7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
For all its surface amiability, The Big Wedding might be one of the more frustrating films of the year."
—
Vulture
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
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79%
|
42 (2013) |
"
As Robinson, Boseman has both physical grace and sly charm."
—
Vulture
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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