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1/4
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8%
|
Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) |
"
By all evidence, to make Nerds II, it took over 1,000 people with an aggregate IQ of under 1."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 21, 2013
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2/4
|
5%
|
Cocktail (1988) |
"
It may not be a megaton bomb, but Cocktail is definitely of the Molotov type."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 21, 2013
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2/4
|
4%
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Problem Child (1990) |
"
Some kids are born bad. Others achieve badness. And some have badness thrust upon them. The same can be said of movies."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 21, 2013
|
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2/4
|
4%
|
Mobsters (1991) |
"
Slater and Dempsey bring to the film whatever shallow depth Mobsters occasionally exhibits."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 21, 2013
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2/4
|
0%
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Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991) |
"
Return to the Blue Lagoon is neither campy enough to be howlingly funny nor prurient enough to be provocative."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 21, 2013
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2.5/4
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40%
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Newsies (1992) |
"
Despite Newsies' many flaws, it's bracing to see Disney attempt a PG movie about something as meaty as labor relations. Would that every strike be resolved with so little bloodshed and so many songs."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 20, 2013
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2/4
|
29%
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The House of the Spirits (1994) |
"
How can an accomplished director take a great novel, the best actors working and the finest technicians available and make a film so... bland? It's a puzzlement."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 20, 2013
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2/4
|
31%
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Square Dance (Home is Where the Heart Is) (1987) |
"
Notwithstanding a knockabout performance by Jane Alexander as a Fort Worth floozy, Square Dance is do-si-dull."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 20, 2013
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3.5/4
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68%
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The Crucible (1996) |
"
I very much admire how Hytner... keeps the pace swift and doesn't fetishize the 17th-century decors and clothes. But I can't help feeling that in more ways than one, The Crucible is a period piece."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 17, 2013
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3/4
|
94%
|
Pulp Fiction (1994) |
"
Whether you call it razzmatazz, pizazz or sizzle, Pulp Fiction's got it, enough style for a dozen movies and, truth be told, enough story for five."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 15, 2013
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3/4
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80%
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The Boxer (1997) |
"
Day-Lewis has the ability to make the will to nonviolence look positively volcanic. And Watson, with her 200-watt incandescence, makes longing look radiant."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 14, 2013
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3/4
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82%
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Wish You Were Here (Too Much) (1987) |
"
As Lynda, the belligerent, exhibitionist daughter of a strait-laced British shopkeeper, Lloyd is electrifying. She's a foul-mouthed Hayley Mills."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 8, 2013
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3.5/4
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98%
|
The Wild Bunch (1969) |
"
In an era when body-count films mirror the mounting body count offscreen, The Wild Bunch dissects death rather than glorifying it."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 29, 2013
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3/4
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80%
|
Fight Club (1999) |
"
Blistering, hallucinatory, often brilliant, the film by David Fincher is a combination punch of social satire and sociopathology."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 22, 2013
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2.5/4
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68%
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Trance (2013) |
"
It's an ingeniously built automaton, sexy as hell, and devoid of a heart."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/4
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70%
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Batman (1989) |
"
It's an unforgivably flat ending for a movie of such astonishing contours. But its first two-thirds -- which should be called The Joker's Big Misadventure -- is probably the best film of the year."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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3/4
|
65%
|
Reality Bites (1993) |
"
However conventional Reality Bites resolves to be, it is always engaging. Best of all, Ryder has her greatest role since Heathers, once again proving herself a seriously funny young actress."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 27, 2013
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2/4
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54%
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Basic Instinct (1992) |
"
Call me a prude, but it's not sexy watching an erotic thriller in which every time a couple does it, one of them gets it with an ice pick. I don't care how many firmly toned tummies and tushes are bared."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 25, 2013
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2/4
|
81%
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Major League (1989) |
"
Somebody should tell Ward that winning isn't everything. Character is. And this is what his movie lacks."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 20, 2013
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3/4
|
18%
|
Parental Guidance (2012) |
"
Parental Guidance is an engaging comedy that bridges multiple generation gaps, making it that rare movie that grandparents, their kids, and their kids can enjoy."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Dec 25, 2012
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2.5/4
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47%
|
Cirque Du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D (2012) |
"
Inevitably, every time Adamson begins to involve the movie audience in the tumbling and wire work, the editor cuts to a different angle, breaking audience identification and concentration."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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3/4
|
77%
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Any Day Now (2012) |
"
The bare-bones script is fleshed out by Cumming and Dillahunt, who create characters that are as memorable as they are moving."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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1.5/4
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4%
|
Playing for Keeps (2012) |
"
If Gerard Butler exudes rakish charm and Jessica Biel a charming flintiness, then why is Playing for Keeps so utterly charmless?"
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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3/4
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
Pi's story makes you believe why Pi would believe in God, sacrificer of innocents, tester of souls, creator of rapturous beauty."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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3.5/4
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74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
The joy of Peter Ramsey's clever and well-paced film is how it maintains its focus on the experience of childhood wonder rather than on holiday loot."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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3/4
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
Like a video game, Rich Moore's 3-D film is colorful, noisy, and pixel-deep."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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3.5/4
|
87%
|
Middle of Nowhere (2012) |
"
Like its central character, Middle of Nowhere is a gem."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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3/4
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
As a director, Chbosky mirrors his central character's emotional state."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 27, 2012
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2.5/4
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
I smiled for the first half of the movie and started laughing hysterically when a supporting character hijacked it from its stars."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 27, 2012
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2/4
|
28%
|
Backwards (2012) |
"
It's a pleasant, but not especially dramatic, story about giving up your dream and hatching a new one."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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2.5/4
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
The good news is that this daddy/daughter reconciliation story connects with the ball. The not-so-good: It's a blooper."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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2.5/4
|
75%
|
Chicken with Plums (2012) |
"
Chicken is a movie that begins with a crescendo and doesn't sustain its lyricism."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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2/4
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
The film (a) is not recommended for the prudish and (b) does not live up to its title."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Sep 6, 2012
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3/4
|
58%
|
Sparkle (2012) |
"
Where the original Sparkle was a ghetto melodrama with equal parts mob and music, the Akils have refashioned it into a saga of family rupture and reconciliation."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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3.5/4
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
How delightfully funny Jones is."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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|
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74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
As the wife whose feelings are right on the surface and the husband whose are in a lockbox, Streep and Jones earned my empathy without asking for it. There are few actors whose body English is as eloquent."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Aug 8, 2012
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3/4
|
100%
|
Well Digger's Daughter () |
"
For lovers of classical French cinema, and I am one, this earthy throwback is a whiff of lavender borne by the bracing winds of the mistral."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Aug 2, 2012
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3/4
|
88%
|
Pink Ribbons, Inc. (2012) |
"
You have to agree with the advocates who charge that some corporations are milking cancer."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jul 26, 2012
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2/4
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World offers the beats of a series of bad news / worse news jokes. This is not necessarily a good thing."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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3/4
|
83%
|
Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
Shelton and her cast are so skillful that before long it seems we are not moviegoers watching a screen but flies on a wall witnessing real encounters and the beauty of the Pacific Northwest."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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2.5/4
|
34%
|
Lola Versus (2012) |
"
An unfinished portrait of an unfinished womanchild with fidgety poise nicely embodied by Gerwig."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
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2.5/4
|
29%
|
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2012) |
"
It's slight, but pleasurable fun."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 7, 2012
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3.5/4
|
88%
|
Polisse (2012) |
"
The mosaic of cases and caseworkers is like a season of The Wire distilled into two hours."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 24, 2012
|
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2/4
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
It makes one long for the comparative complexity and subtlety of Valentine's Day."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 17, 2012
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3/4
|
93%
|
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012) |
"
It may be a slight comedy but Turn Me On, Dammit! is enormously entertaining."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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3/4
|
53%
|
Think Like a Man (2012) |
"
It wants only to entertain - and it succeeds."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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3/4
|
53%
|
Being Flynn (2012) |
"
What's so satisfying about Weitz films like this one is how his lost boys and lost adults find themselves in the awkward dance of intimacy."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 15, 2012
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3/4
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
This potty-mouthed and drug-laced reimagining of the 1980s TV show has one of the highest laughs-per-minute ratios since the Naked Gun films."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
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3/4
|
50%
|
Wanderlust (2001) |
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 24, 2012
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78%
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