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33%
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No One Lives (2013) |
"
Director Ryûhei Kitamura (The Midnight Meat Train) is too talented for material this retro-junky, but he and screenwriter David Cohen keep the action coming hard and fast ..."
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Village Voice
Posted May 8, 2013
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33%
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The Numbers Station (2013) |
"
There are some decent shootouts, but the movie's strongest assets are the soulful performances ..."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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47%
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The Lords of Salem (2013) |
"
The movie is eerily photographed, but never suspenseful or scary, and eventually, events descend into goat-sacrificing silliness."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 16, 2013
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64%
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Antiviral (2013) |
"
Papa Cronenberg must be proud, but be advised: If there's a blood test in your future, book it before seeing this movie."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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Lucky Bastard (2013) |
"
Although it takes Nathan a bit too long to get his characters to Van Nuys, knowing in advance that Dave is likely to snap not only creates suspenseful dread, but ultimately makes the moviegoer complicit in the violence (which is believably haphazard)."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 8, 2013
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62%
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Evil Dead (2013) |
"
The plotting as a whole feels fresh, as does the emphasis on women strong enough to defend themselves."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 3, 2013
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0%
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Lotus Eaters (2013) |
"
Maddeningly shallow-maybe that's the point-but McGuinness does have talent."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 3, 2013
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80%
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The Story Of Luke (2013) |
"
A feel-good story about an autistic man's quest for independence, The Story of Luke is a charming little film in need of a bit more grit."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 3, 2013
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—
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96%
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Blancanieves (2013) |
"
So witty, riveting, and drop-dead gorgeous that moviegoers may forget to notice that they can't hear the dialogue."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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17%
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The Kill Hole (2013) |
"
Boseman and Kittles somehow push past the blather to reveal the inconsolable grief and fury that so often haunts our vets."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 12, 2013
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87%
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The Silence (2013) |
"
Making his feature debut, Swiss-born writer/director Baran bo Odar has turned Jan Costin Wagner's 2007 novel The Silence into a taut, beautifully acted thriller."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 5, 2013
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0%
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The Condemned (2013) |
"
So tame and so completely boring that to call it a horror film is to insult the genre."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 27, 2013
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47%
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Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Stallone looks great (even if his face doesn't quite move when he talks), while Hill brings lean economy to the film's bloody, unapologetic mayhem."
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Village Voice
Posted Jan 30, 2013
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27%
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) |
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Village Voice
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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61%
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Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Logic is rarely the point in movies like this (and the novels that inspire them). There's much to enjoy here ..."
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Village Voice
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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53%
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Citadel (2012) |
"
This hopelessly muddled horror movie takes place in a United Kingdom public housing high-rise so dingy and bleak you might feel that razing it would be a mercy."
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Village Voice
Posted Nov 8, 2012
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95%
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Chasing Ice (2012) |
"
Jeff Orlowski's beautiful yet sobering documentary about the world's rapidly melting ice caps."
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Village Voice
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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Dust Up (2012) |
"
Billy Jack meets Rob Zombie meets John Waters in this trippy, gory, not-as-fun-as-it-should-be genre mash-up from writer-director Ward Roberts."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 23, 2012
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25%
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Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
Screenwriter Christopher Landon, along with co-directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman, make a truly lame attempt at establishing a supernatural mythology to explain all this ..."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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84%
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The Flat (2012) |
"
In families, this fascinating film suggests, acknowledging or denying the darker truths of one's legacy is a choice that must be made again and again, each and every day."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 16, 2012
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37%
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Nobody Walks (2012) |
"
Evocative ..."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 16, 2012
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14%
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Smiley (2012) |
"
Smiley's face, or lack of one, is the single creepy effect in the limited trick bag of first-time writer-director Michael Gallagher, age 24, who otherwise relies, again and again, on false-scare musical shrieks to make audiences jump."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 9, 2012
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85%
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End of Watch (2012) |
"
As social insight, End of Watch is useless, but as engrossing entertainment, it's irresistible, thanks to Ayer's gift for dialogue, the relentless pacing set by film editor Dody Dorn, and gorgeous performances by Gyllenhaal and Peña ..."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 19, 2012
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50%
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The Oregonian (2012) |
"
Writer-director Calvin Lee Reeder, making his feature debut, isn't interested in satisfying the conventional expectations of an audience."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 5, 2012
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53%
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Kicking and Screaming (1995) |
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Village Voice
Posted May 16, 2012
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5%
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Hick (2012) |
"
Too odd to be funny, too cold-hearted to be tragic, Hick is an infuriating muddle."
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Village Voice
Posted May 8, 2012
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25%
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Jesus Henry Christ (2012) |
"
Making their screen debuts, young Spevack and Weinstein give the film's most natural performances and provide its little bit of warmth, but it seems time to petition Collette, a truly gifted actress, to take a long hiatus from playing bitter single moms."
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Village Voice
Posted May 1, 2012
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20%
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The Lucky One (2012) |
"
No amount of neck nuzzling or back arching can make us believe there's real heat rising between these two."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 17, 2012
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9%
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ATM (2012) |
"
After memorably sealing Ryan Reynolds in a coffin in Buried, screenwriter Chris Sparling's attempts to make a two-ATM vestibule equally claustrophobic are less inspired..."
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Village Voice
Posted Apr 3, 2012
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76%
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Kill List (2012) |
"
Brutal and bloody and utterly unnerving..."
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Village Voice
Posted Jan 31, 2012
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71%
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The Dead (2011) |
"
The Dead, with its vast, pitiless landscapes and moral seriousness, is Night of the Living Dead reimagined as a Sergio Leone western. It's a knockout."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 11, 2011
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58%
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Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark (2011) |
"
If the grand finale isn't as resonantly scary as the original's, maybe that's just because, try though we might, we're no longer impressionable kids."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 23, 2011
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51%
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Vanishing On 7th Street (2011) |
"
It is creepy enough to make you hope the theater parking lot is brightly lit."
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Village Voice
Posted Feb 15, 2011
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0%
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I Want Your Money (2010) |
"
Newt and company are here to warn of an Obama-Pelosi socialist takeover that can be stopped by voting out the fiscally Satanic Democrats in next month's election."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 21, 2010
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38%
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Jim (2010) |
"
Though one senses that the movie in Morris-Burkes head makes more sense than the movie onscreen, his technical virtuosity and thematic ambition mark him as a filmmaker of promise."
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Village Voice
Posted Oct 5, 2010
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36%
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Hatchet II (2010) |
"
By the time Crowley begins literally ripping Marybeth's posse apart, one is too numbed-out to cheer the gruesome ingenuity of the old-school special effects. Die, Victor, die. Please."
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Village Voice
Posted Sep 28, 2010
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Chosin (2010) |
"
Miraculous, cinematically dramatic escapes abound in these stories, but there's no triumph in the eyes of the tellers -- only guilt, remorse and pain."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 16, 2010
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73%
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Piranha 3-D (2010) |
"
Horny horror-movie revelers tend to deserve what's coming to them, a sentiment French-born director Alexandre Aja embraces with maniacal glee in a third-act massacre that's downright ruthless."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Aug 26, 2010
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64%
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Broderskab (Brotherhood) (2010) |
"
Sounds trashy, sounds silly, but first-time director Nicolo Donato, who wrote the screenplay with Rasmus Birch, and a superb ensemble refuse to wink, resulting in a film that constantly subverts expectation. "
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 3, 2010
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—
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71%
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Patrik 1,5, (Patrik Age 1.5) (2010) |
"
There aren't many surprises to what follows, but one is never bored, thanks to the innate charms of Skarsgård and young Ljungman, both of whom have such sweetly hopeful smiles that it's hard not to wish them eternal happiness."
—
Village Voice
Posted Aug 3, 2010
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85%
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Get Low (2010) |
"
Get Low is a pleasure to watch."
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Village Voice
Posted Jul 27, 2010
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55%
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Orphan (2009) |
"
Decidedly amoral."
—
Village Voice
Posted Jul 6, 2010
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22%
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The Black Waters of Echo's Pond (2010) |
"
Bloody and gory, but in a friendly way, this is a movie for old-school horror fans who understand that, sometimes, bad is good."
—
Village Voice
Posted Apr 6, 2010
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52%
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The Greatest (2010) |
"
A brave actor if not a technically dazzling one, Brosnan gives a moving performance, but he's constantly undercut by the predictability of Allen's woes."
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Village Voice
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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61%
|
Breaking Upwards (2010) |
"
Reportedly drawing on their own romantic relationship, Wein and Lister-Jones have co-written a low-budget romantic comedy that's smart and lively and, in the end, quite affecting."
—
Village Voice
Posted Mar 31, 2010
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90%
|
Easier with Practice (2009) |
"
The weird turns that Davy's life takes always feel emotionally honest, thanks in no small measure to Geraghty's achingly true performance."
—
Village Voice
Posted Feb 23, 2010
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74%
|
De Helaasheid der Dingen (The Misfortunates) (2010) |
"
A word of advice: Do not invite the Strobbe family over for Christmas dinner, as they're likely to leave the house strewn with beer bottles and broken furniture."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 14, 2009
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81%
|
That Evening Sun (2009) |
"
Holbrook is as unsentimental as Abner himself, and the beauty of his work here lies in his refusal to soften the character's hard edges. Regrettably, Teems's editorial choices in the film's homestretch waste that discipline."
—
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Posted Nov 3, 2009
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——
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Jump! (2007) |
"
Handsomely produced but dramatically inert."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 29, 2009
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