|
4/5
|
78%
|
Europa Report (2013) |
"
I've never been so engrossed in frank conversations involving landing zones, ice drilling, or hydrazine."
—
Film Racket
Posted Oct 6, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Curse of Chucky (2013) |
"
There's nothing here to indicate that the current iteration of Chucky contains enough life to stalk though anything more than a string of middling direct-to-video sequels. "
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Film Racket
Posted Oct 6, 2013
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|
1/5
|
——
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A Common Man (2013) |
"
The movie's tagline is "No justice. No peace." I couldn't agree more."
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Film Racket
Posted Oct 3, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
51%
|
Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's (2013) |
"
I imagine that watching a movie about Bergdorf's is probably a little like shopping at Bergdorf's. It may feel good in the moment, but in the aftermath, you start to feel a little sick about the whole thing."
—
Film Racket
Posted Sep 16, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
77%
|
Somm (2013) |
"
I found myself far more interested in the wines these guys were drinking than in them as individuals. "
—
Film Racket
Posted Aug 25, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
In the Family (2012) |
"
an amazing piece of work, a quiet, introspective indie film that will have you rethinking everything"
—
Film Racket
Posted Jul 23, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Way Way Back (2013) |
"
sneaky in the way it sets up a series of conventional themes and characters but slowly twists each of them, resulting in an experience that is subtly revelatory"
—
Film Racket
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
47%
|
I'm So Excited! (2013) |
"
completes the gradual movement in Almodovar's work toward completely mannered farcical soap opera"
—
Film Racket
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
58%
|
Stuck in Love (2013) |
"
Like many films paying lip service to the world of writing and publishing, Stuck in Love is in a big hurry to get to the good parts"
—
Film Racket
Posted Jul 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
Apocalyptic hysteria aside, a movie this confused couldn't possibly go out with a bang... instead, it goes out with an ellipsis."
—
Film Racket
Posted Jun 20, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Coppola, as ever, works in the subtlety of observation, immersing in the world of the characters and laying its flaws bare as opposed to strongly essaying the downfall of youth"
—
Film Racket
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
a meta-masterwork."
—
Film Racket
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
A Good Day to Die Hard isn't just half-boring and indifferently made; at its worst, it's downright dispiriting."
—
Film Racket
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
Before Midnight (2013) |
"
It's hard to remember another film where the ache of life's passing, and the ghostly memory of youthful freedoms has been more piercingly evoked."
—
Film Racket
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
69%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
The choreography in the centerpiece smash-'em-ups is relentless, as if Lin has spent most of the two years since the last movie maniacally storyboarding the demolition derby of his dreams"
—
Film Racket
Posted May 23, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
0%
|
Generation Um... (2013) |
"
The point of the movie seems to be: like, inarticulation, or something? "
—
Film Racket
Posted May 2, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
93%
|
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) |
"
The Citizen Kane of westerns."
—
Contactmusic.com
Posted Apr 29, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Jack Reacher revolves around wild impossibilities and baffling motivations, and the conclusion is a whopper that outdoes everything I've discussed above."
—
Film Racket
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
29%
|
The Numbers Station (2013) |
"
If you're looking for a dynamic, politically-tinged thriller, you could do a lot better, but you could also do a lot worse."
—
Film Racket
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
50%
|
At Any Price (2013) |
"
A movie about amateur race cars, sex in grain silos, murderous secrets, and Dennis Quaid's late-period acting crisis - only not as much fun as any of that sounds."
—
Film Racket
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
100%
|
Rio Bravo (1998) |
"
A definitive piece of Americana by way of Howard Hawks, Rio Bravo is what the late 1950s studio system was all about"
—
Contactmusic.com
Posted Apr 23, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
A tale that largely tells itself... with a little essential help from Hollywood's best special effects guys, that is."
—
Film Racket
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Staircase () |
"
So much legal craziness that you'll soon agree the whole system is totally out of whack."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 4, 2013
|
|
|
89%
|
Hamlet (1948) |
"
This Hamlet, a Best Picture winner, unfortunately stands as one of the stagier productions of the famous play."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 24, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
Brake (2012) |
"
an idea for a short extended far beyond its creative shelf life"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Last Days Here (2012) |
"
For a heavy metal film, there is a lot of soul here."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
1.5/5
|
29%
|
The Vow (2012) |
"
a cross between Romantic Conflict for Dummies and Tepid Soup for the Soul"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
13%
|
W.E. (2012) |
"
behaves better as a museum piece that should be framed, hung and admired than as a moving piece of cinema that encourages you to embrace and interact with it. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
Kitty Foyle (1940) |
"
It's an odd and unique testament to 1940s' zeitgeist, a period of hope and despair, both of which are reflected in Ms. Foyle."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 31, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
In this vast expanse of hopelessness, The Grey is a rare mainstream action picture, exploratory in genre and of whatever lies beyond"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
70%
|
Newlyweds (2012) |
"
Okay, so he's not Woody Allen. That's setting the bar a bit too high. But for Burns, he's never been better."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
I Melt with You (2011) |
"
Good Lord, is this what's waiting on the other side of 40?"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
76%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
It's not gonna be a pleasant chat. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Dec 1, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
all atmosphere and paranoia but little in the way of momentum"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
91%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
quiet and intimate"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 23, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
44%
|
Another Happy Day (2011) |
"
Writer/director Sam Levinson isn't so much making a movie as organizing a circus"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
3%
|
Jack and Jill (2011) |
"
bad, but not abysmal"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Nov 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
47%
|
Anonymous (2011) |
"
don't go into Roland Emmerich's Anonymous expecting some kind of enlightenment "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
Maybe this is a film that the faithful will see in a different light than a neophyte"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
8%
|
The Reunion (2011) |
"
You know what you're getting about five minutes into The Reunion: the kind of movie that trades brains in for guns, muscles, and breasts."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011) |
"
Marvel at its strangeness"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 13, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
61%
|
Toast (2011) |
"
like a country British superhero movie"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
82%
|
The Way (2011) |
"
one of the more joyous movies of the year"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
75%
|
Blackthorn (2011) |
"
strips Cassidy of the myth, reminding us that even Paul Newman couldn't escape old age. "
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
You Don't Like the Truth: 4 Days Inside Guantanamo (2011) |
"
likely the most important film you will see this year."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
highly satisfying and frustratingly open-ended"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 29, 2011
|
|
2.5/5
|
29%
|
Machine Gun Preacher (2011) |
"
a performance in search of a movie. An ostensible bit of sweeping Oscar bait..."
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Limelight (2011) |
"
lifts the entertaining veil of smoke and mirrors only to uncover an oligarchy turning the screws on an unknowing body politic"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
10%
|
One Fall (2011) |
"
a charming but inconsistent little superhero indie"
—
Filmcritic.com
Posted Sep 15, 2011
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