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B+
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Iron Man 3 provides loads of high-flying fun thanks to the immense charisma of the quick-quipping Robert Downey Jr."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted May 8, 2013
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B+
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47%
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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
Baz Luhrmann's visually exhilarating "The Great Gatsby" has flash, dash and a modern soundtrack. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire are terrific."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted May 8, 2013
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A
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93%
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Sugar (2008) |
"
I've watched thousands of baseball games and seen tons of baseball movies, but Sugar opened new doors of understanding and insight."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Mar 20, 2013
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B
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52%
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Fun if forgettable light entertainment. Ewan McGregor is a hoot."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Mar 4, 2013
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B
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Action-junkies' delight: blazing bullets, car crashes, perpetual motion. What, you were expecting dialogue and plot?"
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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C-
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16%
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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) |
"
An artist-playboy stalking an ex-girlfriend sounds tailor-made for Charlie Sheen, but he and his comedy are rather bland. A not quite fully formed film from Roman Coppola."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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B-
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60%
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John Dies at the End (2013) |
"
Not your typical psycho-action-comedy-horror hybrid. A fun idea that starts out great, but then . . ."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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C
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45%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
Repeat after me: Two appealing leads do not a movie make. Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert are likable in a film that never really goes anywhere."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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B+
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85%
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Side Effects (2013) |
"
Slow-burn of a thriller. Ending could have been stronger, but still a good one to chew on over drinks with friends afterwards. Jude Law at his best."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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B
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20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy make a terrific comedy team in this road trip romp."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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C
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80%
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Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Warmed Over is more like it. A nifty premise and likable lead (Nicholas Hoult)cannot make up for the film's overall blandness. "
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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A-
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93%
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Amour (2012) |
"
Moving, touching and beautifully acted. The question: Do audiences want to spend two hours watching an old couple go from sad to sadder to saddest?"
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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A
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79%
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An Oversimplification Of Her Beauty (2013) |
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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A
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93%
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Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012) |
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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B-
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63%
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Delicacy (2012) |
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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A-
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93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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B+
|
100%
|
I Am Eleven () |
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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B+
|
65%
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Mama (2013) |
"
Minus the blood, gore and carving devices of many horror films, Andres Muschietti's feature debut provides plenty of scares and jolts. Plus, there's Jessica Chastain."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 18, 2013
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B
|
82%
|
Rust and Bone (2012) |
"
Marion Cotillard impresses in this intimate, harsh and realistic study of two troubled souls."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 18, 2013
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B-
|
32%
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Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Ryan Gosling is so good that he manages to rise above the limitations of the script."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 11, 2013
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A
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93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Kathryn Bigelow turned 10 years of looking for bin Laden into a magnificently well-crafted film."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 11, 2013
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A
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52%
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This is 40 (2012) |
"
Leslie Mann deserves an Oscar nomination for her hilarious performance. "
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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C+
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway provide some winning musical moments, but overall Tom Hooper's film version is lumbering and drab."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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B+
|
66%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Very, very (very) slow in the early going, but Peter Jackson does get there (eventually)."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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A
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Christoph Waltz is now the chief channeler of all things Tarantino. And that's saying something in a film that includes QT verbosity expert Samuel L. Jackson."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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B-
|
51%
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Promised Land (2013) |
"
Timely topic. Likable cast. But this frack-attack drama never fully finds its footing. As pleasant as it is forgettable."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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A-
|
81%
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The Impossible (2012) |
"
Director J.A. Bayona beautifully embraces the power of the human spirit."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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A
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38%
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) |
"
Splendidly splendid. Oscars all around: Murray, Linney, et al."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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B+
|
76%
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Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
An intense little crime thumper from writer-director Andrew Dominik, who excels at sweaty realism."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 30, 2012
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B+
|
64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
Joe Wright's sweeping, dance-of-love adaptation of Anna Karenina is one of the most inventive, visually lush films of the year."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 30, 2012
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A
|
88%
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Life of Pi (2012) |
"
I'm going to use the M word. Here it comes: Life of Pi is magical! Catch it in 3-D if you can."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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B
|
13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Not as gloriously cheesy, or gritty, as the original, but still a good little low-rent action flick."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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B
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
An interesting drama with a wonderful cast (especially Jennifer Lawrence), though it never quite reaches the depth and richness it strives for."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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B-
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
Even by Twilight standards, this one's a snoozer."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 19, 2012
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B
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Why don't we give the best actor Oscar to Daniel Day-Lewis right now and save everyone a lot of trouble? "
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 19, 2012
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A-
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Skyfall is a rollicking good Bond and Daniel Craig's best."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 8, 2012
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B+
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
John Hawkes is exceptional. Look for him and Helen Hunt in the Oscar mix. "
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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C+
|
76%
|
The Bay (2012) |
"
The gross-out jolts are there, and the cautionary eco-fears. But it's just not that thrilling."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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A-
|
79%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
One of Denzel Washington's finest performances. And that's really saying something, considering everything he has accomplished on screen."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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|
C
|
26%
|
Fun Size (2012) |
"
Victoria Justice and Jane Levy are keepers, but the forced jokes and thinly drawn characters never add up to much of a movie. "
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 25, 2012
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B
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
Yes, outside of a dress, Tyler Perry is a powerful screen presence."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 25, 2012
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|
B+
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
Ezra Miller commits cinema larceny, stealing this movie from everyone."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 6, 2012
|
|
B
|
81%
|
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
"
Dry doings but certainly important and thorough."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 6, 2012
|
|
B+
|
69%
|
Liberal Arts (2012) |
"
The real reward of Liberal Arts is Elizabeth Olsen. With her genuineness and depth, she is the film's defining presence."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 6, 2012
|
|
B+
|
43%
|
Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
We only hear him, but this is the best thing Adam Sandler has done in years."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 6, 2012
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Looper's super. An action-thriller that bothers to have a brain."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Oct 6, 2012
|
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B-
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
Clunky and sleepy, yet it's not without it's sweet and funny Clint moments."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
A
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
There are many reasons to see The Master, but if nothing else, see it for the two killer performances by Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman."
—
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
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A-
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
Your Action Fix. In lesser hands the video-verite could be annoying. But Ayer deftly incorporates it into the story."
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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