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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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0%
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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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22%
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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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11%
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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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74%
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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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59%
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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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52%
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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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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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86%
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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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56%
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Orphan (2009) |
"
Decidedly amoral."
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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%
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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%
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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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78%
|
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."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 14, 2009
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80%
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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."
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City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Posted Nov 3, 2009
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Jump! (2007) |
"
Handsomely produced but dramatically inert."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 29, 2009
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20%
|
Hannah Free (2009) |
"
Hannah Free is as predictable as a Hallmark Channel movie, although there's undeniable pleasure to be had from watching Gless mumble and grumble and generally chew the scenery. Cagney lives, and she's as cranky as ever."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 22, 2009
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Warning!!! Pedophile Released (2009) |
"
Whether Ryan means this as art or exploitation, I can't say, but it's definitely a theme more disturbing than the buzzword in the film's title."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 15, 2009
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82%
|
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"
The fact that its old-school scares caused seemingly jaded 20-somethings at a recent midnight screening to squirm in their seats suggests that there's hope for the world after all."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 8, 2009
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94%
|
The Damned United (2009) |
"
These actors are good at what they do -- like those soccer players that dodge and weave with effortless grace."
—
Village Voice
Posted Oct 6, 2009
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39%
|
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men (2009) |
"
Whatever it was about Hideous Men that so deeply affected Krasinski the college student has been lost in translation."
—
Village Voice
Posted Sep 23, 2009
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45%
|
White on Rice (2009) |
"
White on Rice glows with warmth.White on Rice glows with warmth."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 10, 2009
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6%
|
All About Steve (2009) |
"
[A] refreshingly quirky comedy."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 10, 2009
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21%
|
H2: Halloween II (2009) |
"
Zombie has talent to burn, but he's slumming here, and one suspects that he knows it."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Sep 1, 2009
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34%
|
G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra (2009) |
"
After a first hour that plays like a bad TV show, Sommers hits his groove with an over-the-top Paris chase sequence that, in turn, leads to an underwater finale that's absurdly overproduced, momentarily diverting, and then instantly forgettable."
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Village Voice
Posted Aug 12, 2009
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66%
|
Dead Snow (Død snø) (2009) |
"
Let's call this the gooiest movie of the year (so far)."
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Village Voice
Posted Jun 16, 2009
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Street Dreams (2009) |
"
First-time director Chris Zamoscianyk nicely captures the boozy, profane silliness of teenage boys on the loose, while drawing believable performances from a cast comprised largely of nonactors."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 11, 2009
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Unbeatable Harold (2010) |
"
Unbeatable Harold is an obvious labor of love that is, much like Harold himself, sweet and occasionally amusing but often a bit grating."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Jun 11, 2009
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18%
|
Love N' Dancing (2008) |
"
Everyone moves beautifully, yet director Robert Iscove keeps such a coolly professional distance from the dancers that we never feel their heat."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted May 7, 2009
|
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61%
|
Newcastle (2008) |
"
Slightly overlong but visually striking."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 30, 2009
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Baby on Board (2008) |
"
One winces for the cast, although end-title outtakes suggest that the principal stars had a high time -- which can only mean that when it comes to loving whoopee cushion humor, there is no middle ground."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Apr 2, 2009
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50%
|
The New Twenty (2009) |
"
Johnson and co-writer Ishmael Chawla have a light touch that keeps things from turning overly melodramatic."
—
Village Voice
Posted Mar 17, 2009
|
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52%
|
Shuttle (2008) |
"
Next time, spring for a cab."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Mar 5, 2009
|
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31%
|
The Uninvited (2009) |
"
We've seen it all before, but that doesn't diminish the accomplishment of first-time directors (and brothers) Charles and Thomas Guard, who clearly believe that a creaking door is scarier than a gouged-out eyeball."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 29, 2009
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Growing Out (2009) |
"
Well produced but overlong, Growing Out feels like a labor of love made by young filmmakers in need of a stern screenwriting professor."
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L.A. Weekly
Posted Jan 22, 2009
|
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49%
|
Twilight (2008) |
"
The movie version gives really good swoon."
—
Village Voice
Posted Nov 19, 2008
|
|
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44%
|
Soul Men (2008) |
"
As swan songs go, Soul Men is pretty sweet."
—
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Posted Nov 5, 2008
|
|
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71%
|
Splinter (2008) |
"
Splinter earns our respect while delivering 82 minutes of lean, mean fun."
Posted Oct 30, 2008
|
|
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82%
|
Saving Marriage (2006) |
"
Energetic and unapologetically biased."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 16, 2008
|
|
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50%
|
Breakfast with Scot (2007) |
"
Often quite funny."
—
City Pages, Minneapolis/St. Paul
Posted Oct 9, 2008
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Lower Learning (2008) |
"
Lafferty is all about expletives and sexual innuendo of the frankest kind, some of it so raunchy (and unfunny) as to make one wonder if the parents of the film's many child actors bothered to read the script."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 9, 2008
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79%
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