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1/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
It's a movie that's more concerned with striking poses than telling a story or delivering even one exciting action sequence."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
The quirk might be laid on a bit thick... [but] the Andersonian humor is also laid on pretty thick in a good way, and most of it comes at the expense of the adults."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted May 24, 2012
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3.5/5
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83%
|
Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope (2012) |
"
In 88 minutes, we get a very decent gloss on the Comic-Con experience and just what it can mean for some people."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Apr 5, 2012
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2.5/5
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44%
|
Casa de mi padre (2012) |
"
An often very funny but terribly haphazard spoof of low-budget south of the border pop culture."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Mar 15, 2012
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|
1.5/5
|
25%
|
Act of Valor (2012) |
"
There's a reason why old-fashioned, morale-boosting Hollywood war films were populated by trained actors. They can act."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Feb 23, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
Goon is a Canadian hockey comedy with a capital CANUCK. It oozes Great White North out of its every pore, which I'm glad to say is a lot less disgusting than it sounds."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Feb 23, 2012
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3/5
|
74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
The best and most enjoyable thing about Rampart is all the pyrotechnics emanating from the very interesting object that is Woody Harrelson's brain."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Jan 26, 2012
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3.5/5
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
Soderbergh describes it as 'a Pam Grier movie made by Alfred Hitchcock.' I'd say it's more like an espionage-driven Coffy as directed by Steven Soderbergh."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Jan 20, 2012
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3.5/5
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92%
|
Drag Me to Hell (2009) |
"
There's a necessary coldness at its heart, and I'm honestly unsure whether it's a plus or a minus. I'm convinced, however, that this big inner chill is part of the reason why it's still creeping me out just a bit."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Jan 7, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
72%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
Polanski's tremendous skill with creating dramatic tension ensures that we're in for a gripping as well as a very funny ride."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Dec 15, 2011
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2/5
|
35%
|
Immortals (2011) |
"
Just one more example of why this would be a better movie world if the screenplay were perceived as being the most crucial element of a film package."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Nov 10, 2011
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3/5
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
The Thing brings no shame to the franchise, but it doesn't build on it much, either."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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2/5
|
25%
|
Killer Elite (2011) |
"
Killer Elite had potential to be a really interesting, action-heavy political thriller. Sadly, it never really tries to be anything more than another vehicle for Jason Statham."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 22, 2011
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|
2.5/5
|
83%
|
Warrior (2011) |
"
It's just a shame that, when the punching and kicking really gets started during the film's final third, the 140-minute tale goes flabby due to an uncomfortable mix of sincere populist enthusiasm and artistic ambition."
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Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 8, 2011
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|
3/5
|
26%
|
Your Highness (2011) |
"
[Green] does a superb job of making the most of a script that needed some serious punching up."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Apr 7, 2011
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2/5
|
10%
|
Season of the Witch (2011) |
"
For long, long stretches, [it's] too leaden and dour to be any fun at all."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Apr 4, 2011
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2/5
|
23%
|
Sucker Punch (2011) |
"
I hope Snyder had fun, because it might be a few decades before he gets another shot."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Mar 26, 2011
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4/5
|
29%
|
Take Me Home Tonight (2011) |
"
Dowse achieves a level of sincerity and comic bite that transcends the efficient but sometimes painfully obvious screenplay."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Mar 3, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
80%
|
Barney's Version (2011) |
"
One thing that even relatively short novels often do that movies can have a hard time with is telling the story of a character's entire life."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Jan 15, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Another Year (2010) |
"
There is no trace of acting in Manville's work, which is awfully close to the greatest compliment you can give a film actor."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Jan 1, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
The Fighter (2010) |
"
Instead of trying to overwhelm us with the blood and beauty of boxing, Russell concentrates on creating an eye-level and entertaining, but also believable, family drama."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Dec 9, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Red Hill (2010) |
"
It may sound like a backhanded compliment, but I simply can't resist a suitably R-rated and rather dark action film that's also so oddly innocent."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Nov 5, 2010
|
|
2/5
|
66%
|
Tamara Drewe (2010) |
"
I can't join the chorus this time, even if the ingredients are there for a perfectly swell little semi-tragic comedy. "
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 9, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Freakonomics (2010) |
"
It's probably inevitable that some segments work better than others, and it's fortunate that executive producer and co-director Seth Gordon does a nice job of tying the whole thing together."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 1, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
40%
|
Middle Men (2010) |
"
Trust me when I say there is too much story here for a film that runs just over 100 minutes."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 25, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
45%
|
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) |
"
More often than not, Allen seems to sidestep his worst habits."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 25, 2010
|
|
2.5/5
|
62%
|
Howl (2010) |
"
As strong as most of its component parts often are, Howl just doesn't quite work."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 25, 2010
|
|
3.5/5
|
51%
|
Chloe (2010) |
"
Cinephile cynics may dismiss this as Atom Egoyan's "paycheck" picture, but I suspect those who follow him in the future may end up reexamining it a decade or so down the road and perhaps find it to be as valid as his strictly art house work."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Mar 26, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"
The hype around Paranormal Activity is more than justified, but it still isn't much more than an extremely well-made engine for getting a roomful of people to squirm, giggle, and actually scream in near unison."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Sep 25, 2009
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Touch of Evil (1958) |
"
Even 50 years after studio heads lost patience and dumped it onto the bottom half of double bills, the final Hollywood film from Orson Welles is the opposite of ordinary."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) |
"
Movies are a lot more than a bunch of pictures, no matter how ravishing, and the strong cast is key here, especially the three women who dominate Bauby's life."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007) |
"
A consistently strong piece of filmmaking with some breathtaking work by cinematographers Maryse Alberti and Greg Andracke."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
High Noon (1952) |
"
Carl Foreman's brilliant screenplay pays due respect to each character, no matter how sad or loathsome."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
2.5/5
|
85%
|
Blast of Silence (1961) |
"
Alan Baron's film is as mixed as bags get."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
The Class (2008) |
"
Its approach is a million miles from any tale of educational triumph and tragedy you've ever seen. "
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted May 24, 2008
|
|
2.5/5
|
86%
|
Heat (1995) |
"
I admire Mann's emotional commitment and his sense of style, but it also grates on me."
—
Bullz-Eye.com
Posted Dec 1, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Trudell (2006) |
"
To my mind, John Trudell often starts with the truth, but then he leaps over it to say and do a lot of things that are highly questionable or worse. Politics aside, he ought to be questioned -- if only to make for a more interesting documentary."
—
Film Threat
Posted Feb 4, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
18%
|
Loverboy (2006) |
"
Witty and effective, yet squirm-inducing."
—
Film Threat
Posted Jan 9, 2006
|
|
2.5/5
|
75%
|
Nine Lives (2005) |
"
... the first third of the film is marred by a tendency to be morbidly serious and overly dramatic."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 31, 2005
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Save The Green Planet (2004) |
"
Save the Green Planet may look like an ironic, jet black comedy -- and it succeeds brilliantly on that level -- but in it's sad and wistful heart, it's a completely sincere call for saving the Earth."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Rize (2005) |
"
Dealing with life's darkness is what this type of dancing is all about."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
2/5
|
48%
|
Demonlover (2003) |
"
Yes, the subject is entertainment in the 21st century. A shame that it's not more entertaining."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
2.5/5
|
86%
|
Junebug (2005) |
"
Junebug is an admirable film, but its charms will be visible only to the most patient filmgoers."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Brother From Another Planet (1984) |
"
It may not be the perfect John Sayles film, the perfect science fiction movie or the perfect film about black life --- but it manages to seamlessly mix wit, slapstick, poignancy and politics."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
3.5/5
|
89%
|
In America (2003) |
"
In America contains enough magic and sincerity to cover the proverbial multitude of cinematic sins."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Hustle & Flow (2005) |
"
An involving and fun tale of redemption with many fine musical moments as well an enjoyable subplot involving the rotund Key and his understandably skeptical wife."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
4/5
|
80%
|
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"
A brilliant solution to the eternal problem of how to discuss the creative process behind comedy without becoming boring."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
The Education of Shelby Knox (2005) |
"
... a well-made, often extremely funny coming of age tale ..."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
3/5
|
52%
|
Ellie Parker (2005) |
"
A rare pleasure."
—
Film Threat
Posted Oct 1, 2005
|
78%
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