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3/5
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47%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
DiCaprio has aged into roles like this with a certain grace. He carries himself with the self-confidence Gatsby would, but also manages the shade of doubt, that it's all false bravado."
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Arizona Republic
Posted May 8, 2013
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3.5/5
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74%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
"Simon Killer" is a beautifully made look at ugliness and brutality, the kind of oxymoronic exercise that fascinates some and repels others."
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Arizona Republic
Posted May 2, 2013
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1/5
|
——
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Midget Zombie Takeover (2013) |
"
A horrible movie, an amateurish-looking disaster that makes you wonder if it isn't some kind of in-joke, a stunt to see how bad a movie can be and still find its way into theaters."
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Arizona Republic
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
3.5/5
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Downey is as funny as ever, if not more so. He ensures that Iron Man 3 is a solid installment in the franchise, and helps to make it seem, at least for a time, that it might be something more."
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Arizona Republic
Posted May 1, 2013
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2.5/5
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42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
A thing of great beauty, but not much more."
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
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4/5
|
81%
|
Renoir (2013) |
"
One would expect a film about French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir to look beautiful, to be shot in warm, sumptuous colors. And one would not be disappointed in Gilles Bourdos' "Renoir.""
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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|
4.5/5
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87%
|
Upstream Color (2013) |
"
I loved it."
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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|
4/5
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Once writer and director Jeff Nichols' film about love, lies and loss gets going, it never really stops."
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
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3/5
|
76%
|
It's a Disaster (2013) |
"
You certainly wouldn't want to spend your last moments with this bunch, but a couple of hours watching them is enjoyable enough."
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
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3.5/5
|
68%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
As cautionary tales go, "Disconnect" is a pretty good one, but it's not really a whole lot more than that."
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Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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2/5
|
47%
|
The Lords of Salem (2013) |
"
You get the idea that "The Lords of Salem" would be a lot scarier if you could tell what was going on."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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3.5/5
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
"Oblivion" may not live up fully to its grand ambitions, but it isn't for lack of trying."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
It's nuts, in the best possible way."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
If you're going to champion style over substance, you'll want Danny Boyle providing the style."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
Helgeland has given us an impressive introduction to one of the most important men in U.S. history. But you can't help wanting more."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Whether you think it's a good movie will depend largely upon your stomach for gruesome violence. Then again, if you are going to see a movie called "Evil Dead," you're probably going to be OK."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
Fine, fine, it's an epic. Now let us up for air, please."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
It's pure joy."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
It is a haunting movie, dealing with superstitions, possession, even exorcism, one in which Mungiu poses no easy answers, because there are none to be found."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
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3/5
|
70%
|
Wrong (2013) |
"
The key to making a movie like this work is for the characters to invest themselves completely in the weird little universe Dupieux has created for them, and they do."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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4/5
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
Fanning is nearly perfect as Ginger navigates choppier waters than most teens have to. There is not a false note in her performance; no matter how melodramatic things become, everything about Ginger remains genuine."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Ever played a video game with a friend and had to sit there while he hogged it, leaving you to do nothing but watch for what seemed like hours?"
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
56 Up (2013) |
"
Yes, on some level it's just a seven-year check-in with people maybe half-remembered, if that. Yet the films also serve as a kind of check-in with us, too."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
Just kind of dumb."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
You could call it a dramedy, I guess, but that manufactured term suggests a blending of the two elements. Here they exist almost as separate genres squeezed into the same movie."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
Director Walter Salles' film is fairly faithful to the source material. It's not going to start a movement, though."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
15%
|
Dorfman in Love (2013) |
"
The story is simple and predictable, harmlessly pleasant (except when it tries to be a little edgy; then it's just silly)."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
James Franco's performance alone is worth the price of admission."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
It's all well enough."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
"Like Someone in Love" is not a complicated story, but in Kiarostami's telling, it is a rich one, and a rewarding one, too."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
If the destination isn't what it might have been, the journey is a heck of a ride."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
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Old Goats (2013) |
"
"Old Goats" is a different kind of film, enjoyable in its uniqueness, though its charms have a limited shelf life."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
38%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Carell doesn't give us enough to root for. Burt is a jerk, pure and simple, with the charm missing. Sure, in the predictable story he slouches toward redemption, but at a certain point, it's too late to care."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
63%
|
The Monk (2013) |
"
A beautiful-looking film that portends disaster. And disaster arrives, eventually. It just takes its time getting there."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
[Fox is] so deadly serious, you long for a little fun. And that's what Jones supplies."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
It's not bad. Some bits are enjoyable. But ultimately, other than some genuinely impressive visuals, it never makes a compelling-enough case to justify its existence."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Mar 6, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
Moreh conducts a kind of primer in the organization's history, which is, in its own way, a history of modern Israel. It's fascinating."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
89%
|
Koch (2013) |
"
"How'm I doin'?" Koch famously asked anyone and everyone he passed by, rarely hanging around for the answer. In "Koch," for the most part, he does all right."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
16%
|
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) |
"
A movie that doesn't really seem to have any reason to exist, other than maybe to give writer and director Roman Coppola and star Charlie Sheen something to do for a few weeks."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
While some of the sequels have been entertaining enough, "A Good Day to Die Hard" signals that it may be a better day for John McClane to retire."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Amour (2012) |
"
Trintignant perfectly captures the resolve that eventually borders on obsession, as the woman he loves gradually, maddeningly, disappears before his eyes, and he does whatever he can to prevent it, though he knows it's impossible."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Masquerade (2012) |
"
There are plenty of antecedents for the story, like "The Prince and the Pauper" and "Dave." But what it lacks in originality, it makes up for in Lee's performance."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
Hoss is fantastic. Barbara is ice cold at the start, understandably so. Yet Hoss makes her sympathetic."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Stand Up Guys (2013) |
"
In the end Stevens, probably wisely, just gets out of the way and lets the old guys have a ball."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Sound City (2013) |
"
I didn't jump out of my chair and pump my fist till 24 minutes in."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
95%
|
West of Memphis (2012) |
"
Berg's film is as much an indictment of the state of Arkansas' legal system as it is the prosecution."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut is simply an old-fashioned charmer, relying on the considerable talents and charms of its seasoned British cast to win you over."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
65%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
The atmosphere is appropriately creepy, and there are some starts, if not outright scares. But it just gets stupid."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Bits and pieces here and there entertain. But it never really comes together in a satisfying way, and given the talent involved, that adds up to a big disappointment."
—
Arizona Republic
Posted Jan 9, 2013
|
47%
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