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2/4
|
43%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
The fourth big-screen version of the novel is no more satisfying than the first three."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Something in the Air (2013) |
"
The storytelling is wispy but, short of time travel, it's as close as you'll get to be a young French radical in the 1970s."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
54%
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At Any Price (2013) |
"
An overstuffed and overheated movie that is more about Sending A Message than Telling A Story."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
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In the House (2013) |
"
It's good, devious fun."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 9, 2013
|
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3/4
|
89%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
Drink it up!"
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 9, 2013
|
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2/4
|
54%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" often feels as if it's going nowhere. By the time it reaches its ambiguous conclusion, at least it should have helped us understand where Changez is coming from, but it doesn't."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
77%
|
Kon Tiki (2013) |
"
The voyage features some spectacularly exciting encounters with wildlife, difficult negotiations among the men and one stunning vista after another of sunny, blue gorgeousness."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
|
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2/4
|
76%
|
No Place On Earth (2013) |
"
There's a great book there, but "No Place on Earth" director Janet Tobias chose to fill the gaps in the story with lengthy, indifferently acted "re-creations" that lead us to question how much of what we're seeing is true and how much is fictionalized."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
50%
|
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2013) |
"
"Mad Man" presents a tantalizing overview of Stern's work as a photographer, confidently placing him among the greats in his field. But Stern as a person? Not so great."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
Watching it makes you feel like you're attending a really entertaining film class where your classmates confidently let their freak flags fly."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Black restores a light touch to the series, at least until the bloated finale, and puts the focus back on what has always separated this franchise from every other superhero movie: the wit and intelligence of Robert Downey Jr."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted May 2, 2013
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|
0/4
|
8%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
It has no value other than to remind us that these people have made better, similar films that we can rent."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
24%
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Arthur Newman (2013) |
"
Rent "Something Wild" instead. It tells a similar story with style, humor and pathos."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
90%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
[El Hosaini] has a devil of a time getting a handle on this complicated story."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
81%
|
Renoir (2013) |
"
If you are interested in Renoir, you're better off gazing at his beautiful body of work."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
The fun in the Spanish "Blancanieves" is the way it plays with our expectations."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Wallow in it."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
46%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
It's stylish, but there's not much there."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Starting with Cruise's opening slab of narration, "Oblivion" pauses every 15 minutes or so for someone to speak a couple of paragraphs that tell us what's going on without ever letting us discover anything for ourselves."
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St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
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3/4
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013) |
"
Simultaneously real and hopeful, "Loot" has almost no plot, but when the setting is so fresh and the characters feel so raw and alive, who needs one?"
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
68%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
It thinks it's smarter than it is."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
54%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
Redford's film almost, kinda, semi-touches on some fascinating stuff."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
While you're watching "Trance," it's so deft at pulling the wool over your eyes it's only later that you think, "I can't believe it got me.""
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
I can't be the only one who thinks every Terrence Malick movie is less interesting than the one before it."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
A Fierce Green Fire (2013) |
"
There's certainly plenty of material there, but the movie mostly tells us about them rather than showing us."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
Even if you're not a baseball fan, it's an inspiring and hopeful piece of history."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
Smart and challenging, it's one of the best movies of the year."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
Mungui's rigorous approach to filmmaking isn't a ton of fun to watch, but his ideas stick with you."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
From beginning to end, this reconfigured "Evil Dead" feels as if it were made by people who know exactly what fans of this sort of movie are looking for."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
52%
|
The Playroom (2013) |
"
The stuff with the adults is drab and stale, but the kids' scenes are excellent."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
"Sapphires," which was inspired by a true story, is propelled by a strong sense of music's power to connect people and change lives."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
The Silence (2013) |
"
How might criminals who get away with murder behave, the movie asks? Just like everyone else."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
As played by Elle Fanning, who can be either achingly vulnerable or frighteningly fierce when the role calls for it, Ginger is a fascinatingly mercurial character."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
It has a tender resolution, abundant humor, memorable supporting characters -- and plenty of other beautiful surprises, too."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
The film shows the younger Miyazaki going off in a new, slightly older-skewing direction while still firmly working in the gentle hand-drawn style with which the old man has been dazzling filmgoers for decades."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
If you wish Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight" had been even dopier and mopier, then "The Host" is the movie for you."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
The low-stakes acting is one reason "Retaliation," despite its nonstop violence, feels as simplistic and kiddish as a Saturday-morning TV show."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
The familiarity of the characters and their dynamics do make the movie feel comfy. You'll probably go into the prehistoric animated comedy thinking you know what it's going to be, and you'll be right."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
"Spring Breakers" is a visual feast with at least a dozen scenes that will be ripe for the picking at the end of the year when someone does a supercut of 2013's most memorable movie moments."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
It's not entirely successful, but it has many beautiful moments."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
A quietly absorbing character study."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
You'll note your expectations falling as well."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
The Waiting Room (2012) |
"
A dramatic and inspiring look at a piece of the U.S. health care problem."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
"Admission" probably shouldn't work, but intelligent dialogue and Tina Fey's enormous likability earn it a passing grade."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
39%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
It's not entirely credible, but it's entertaining anyway."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
Think of it as the cinematic equivalent of a short story, rather than a novel, that offers a brief and intriguing glimpse into the lives of its characters."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
It fits the bill if you like stylized dread."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
38%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The hand may be quicker than the eye, but the laughs are slower than molasses."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
36%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
Whoever made the trailer for Dead Man Down is a genius because that quick assembly of moments from the movie is exciting, clear and clever -- all the things the movie is not."
—
St. Paul Pioneer Press
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
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