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0/4
|
——
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The Bad Penny (2012) |
"
Knockdown is a tedious narrative shambles that's almost hilariously unaware of its racism and sexism."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 4, 2012
|
|
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
This Coriolanus is a savage action movie that somehow manages to preserve the heart of the Bard's work while reducing his words to devastating shards."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jun 4, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
90%
|
Chely Wright: Wish Me Away (2012) |
"
Ultimately too concerned with courting the singer's fans to deliver anything more than a theatrical release of a very special episode of VH1's Behind the Music."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 30, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
86%
|
Battle Royale 3D (2012) |
"
Maybe Battle Royale's ultimate punchline is its inexplicable ability to fool some people into taking it seriously."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 20, 2012
|
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—
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——
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Dreileben -- Don't Follow Me Around (Dreileben - Komm Mir Nicht Nach) () |
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 18, 2012
|
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—
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——
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Elena Undone (2010) |
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
|
92%
|
Being John Malkovich (1999) |
"
Time has revealed one of the best American films of the 1990s to be less a meta comedy and more a despairing satirical horror film. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) |
"
The documentary is briskly paced, often compelling, but a little soft, as it succumbs to hero worship."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 16, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Elena (2012) |
"
Elena is a film deeply concerned with class resentment, but the filmmakers' attitude toward their titular character is disconcerting and even shocking."
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Slant Magazine
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
—
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81%
|
Wish You Were Here () |
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 12, 2012
|
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2/4
|
78%
|
You Are Here (2012) |
"
Some will find the film compelling, but underneath the riddles it's basically a self-important proclamation of "who the hell knows?""
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 11, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Portrait of Wally (2012) |
"
The conclusion is a testament to the fact that authentic justice is probably only attainable by accident."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 6, 2012
|
|
—
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45%
|
Mother's Day (1980) |
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 5, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
47%
|
Mother's Day (2012) |
"
A home-invasion film like Mother's Day is elongated coitus interruptus. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 4, 2012
|
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——
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Killer Nun (Suor Omicidi) (1982) |
"
The title is the only amusing thing about this dull work of nunsploitation cinema."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 3, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
44%
|
Restless City (2012) |
"
The script simply isn't in the same league as the images that Andrew Dosunmu and the gifted cinematographer Bradford Young have fashioned. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
——
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ReGeneration () |
"
Phillip Montgomery's film is ironically as undeveloped and busy as the sensational media it criticizes."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
|
91%
|
Into The Abyss (2011) |
"
The steadfastly human Into the Abyss is one of the most haunting movies concerning the unending reverberations in the wake of a small-town atrocity ever made."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
|
78%
|
The Innkeepers (2012) |
"
A beautiful transfer by Dark Sky Films of one of the best horror films of the last few years."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
|
94%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
The fun Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol could've been better, but the Blu-ray is outstanding."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
73%
|
Inside Hana's Suitcase (2012) |
"
A film relating a story of the Holocaust is destined to provoke a number of adjectives, but "cloying" shouldn't be one of them. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 17, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
60%
|
Unraveled (2012) |
"
Marc H. Simon's documentary has the thrust of a great American noir or black comedy."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
40%
|
Last Will and Embezzlement (2012) |
"
The doc is so obnoxiously simplistic that you find yourself strangely unsympathetic to its objectively inarguable aim to promote greater standards of elder care."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 11, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
88%
|
A Simple Life (2012) |
"
A Simple Life is moving and well made, but it could use a little emotional grit and, while we're at it, a sense of humor. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 10, 2012
|
|
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
A gorgeous transfer of another bracing Steven Spielberg oddity. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
91%
|
Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011) |
"
A solid transfer of an affectionate, surprisingly moving ode to an increasingly neglected pioneer of American cinema."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Apr 1, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Love in the Buff (2012) |
"
The film has an exhilarating tossed-off quality that characterized many of the most entertaining works of the French New Wave."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Player Hating: A Love Story (2012) |
"
One of the more intimate and revealing looks at American projects ever made; it's assured and empathetic without indulging in fashionable white guilt."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 28, 2012
|
|
—
|
——
|
Josef Mengele: Medical Madman of Auschwitz (2006) |
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
|
86%
|
Battle Royale 3D (2012) |
"
Released in time to hopefully capitalize on The Hunger Games, this Blu-ray of a grossly overrated genre oddity is well-transfered but bereft of extras. The rapid fan is advised to pick up the three-disc gift set instead."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 20, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
55%
|
All In: The Poker Movie (2012) |
"
The film has a shambling charm that actively disputes an unspoken notion that a documentary must be well-structured in order to effectively land its points."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 17, 2012
|
|
|
80%
|
Young Adult (2011) |
"
People who've already convinced themselves of Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody's genius should appreciate Young Adult's cynical, formulaic pandering, but doubters should stay far, far away."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 12, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
0%
|
Reuniting The Rubins (2012) |
"
Yoav Factor can't decide whether he wants to play his broad scenario as an exaggerated farce or as a heartwarming testament to blood ties."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 11, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Convento (2012) |
"
Convento captures the casually reassuring pleasure, as well as the potentially disconcerting oddness, of seeing something commonplace anew."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
0/4
|
50%
|
Good for Nothing (2012) |
"
The title is apropos, but it's also an understatement."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 6, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
——
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Heist: Who Stole The American Dream (2012) |
"
The film provides a crisp, succinct answer to a question that nags most Americans: What the hell happened?"
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Mar 3, 2012
|
|
|
30%
|
The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) |
"
Tom Six's smug gross-out gets a considerably better Blu-ray than it deserves."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 28, 2012
|
|
|
32%
|
London Boulevard (2011) |
"
A forgettable gangster movie gets a pointedly indifferent Blu-ray treatment."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 26, 2012
|
|
|
17%
|
The Son of No One (2011) |
"
A dull, barely coherent cop movie gets a decent Blu-ray transfer. Skip it."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 22, 2012
|
|
|
——
|
L'Ultimo treno della notte (Night Train Murders)(Xmas Massacre)(Don't Ride on Late Night Trains) (1975) |
"
The extras are skimpy, but the gorgeous transfer should please fans of this cult oddity. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 21, 2012
|
|
|
76%
|
Tiny Furniture (2010) |
"
Fans of this unusually ambitious, moving, mixed-up post-college malaise film will be very pleased with this superb transfer."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 14, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
50%
|
Bonsai People: The Vision of Muhammad Yunus (2012) |
"
The doc is ultimately more of an educational video than a movie. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 9, 2012
|
|
|
33%
|
Texas Killing Fields (2011) |
"
Texas Killing Fields is just another dull, morally mixed-up serial-killer movie."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
|
80%
|
Splinters (2012) |
"
Adam Pesce never condescends to any of his subjects, but good intentions alone don't make for a captivating movie."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Feb 1, 2012
|
|
|
60%
|
Real Steel (2011) |
"
An affectionate and comprehensively detailed presentation of a surprisingly decent tent-pole movie."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
|
75%
|
The Woman (2011) |
"
Lucky McKee fans should generally be pleased with this beautiful Blu-ray transfer of his ambitious, uneven new horror film. "
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 22, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
67%
|
The City Dark (2012) |
"
As an effort in civil duty, The City Dark would earn three sturdy stars, but as a film it's lacking."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 16, 2012
|
|
—
|
12%
|
The Bounty Hunter (2010) |
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 13, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
91%
|
Fake It So Real (2012) |
"
These wrestlers have a number of striking similarities which can be boiled down to one true commonality: They all felt like freaks."
—
Slant Magazine
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
79%
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