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Colin Covert

Agrees with the Tomatometer 76% of the time.

Publications:: Chicago Tribune , Minneapolis Star Tribune

Total Reviews:: 1927

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2.5/4	53%	The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)	" Nair's film draws a clear parallel between violent Islamic fundamentalism and job-destroying capitalist economic fundamentalism, and firmly rejects both. If only good intentions made up for heavy-handed dramatics." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
3/4	75%	No Place On Earth (2013)	" After nine years of research, Nicola unearthed an amazing chapter in WWII history." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
3/4	50%	Bert Stern: Original Madman (2013)	" Now in his 80s, Stern recalls his rise, fall and reinvention without evasion or apology." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
2/4	62%	Paradise: Love (2013)	" Ulrich Seidl: sadomasochistic provocateur or compassionate observer of the human condition?" — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
	76%	Kon Tiki (2013)	" The film harks back to the era of "Swiss Family Robinson," when films were like well-made hospital beds, all four corners neatly tucked." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
	94%	Room 237 (2013)	" "Room 237" evolves from an ode to movie love at its most delirious to a wry examination of the crackpot mind at work." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
3.5/4	77%	Iron Man 3 (2013)	" It balances massive, show-offy effects with hip knowingness and quirky human touches. It's a comic-book world seen not from the viewpoint of a fanboy but a wiseguy adult earthling." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted May 2, 2013
4/4	96%	Blancanieves (2013)	" Most films are experiences to be ignored or at best forgotten. "Blancanieves" is a little classic to be treasured." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 25, 2013
4/4	98%	Mud (2013)	" Writer/director Jeff Nichols creates richly realized characters in a tale that moves like a cottonmouth viper, advancing slowly until it strikes with sudden violence." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 25, 2013
2/4	46%	Pain & Gain (2013)	" "Pain & Gain" could have been a dark comedy about lowlifes chasing the high life, but lacks the guiding vision to hold its clashing elements in balance." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 25, 2013
2.5/4	81%	Renoir (2013)	" Stately to a fault, the film is not enough drama, too much still life." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 25, 2013
3.5/4	56%	Oblivion (2013)	" The film is rife with elements from its finest predecessors - Kubrick, Lucas, the Wachowskis and Pixar could be listed as creative consultants - but it has the spirit of a love letter to classic sci-fi, not an opportunistic mash-up." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/4	54%	The Company You Keep (2013)	" "The Company You Keep" is packaged as a political drama, but at heart it's a preachy nostalgia tour of Vietnam-era liberal doctrine." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 18, 2013
3/4	91%	Gimme The Loot (2013)	" A thousand-watt jolt of mischief, a spunky, funky, ebullient indie that packs its 81 minutes with cinematic exhilaration." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 18, 2013
2.5/4	68%	Disconnect (2013)	" I preferred "Disconnect" 10 years ago when it was called "Crash." " — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 18, 2013
2/4	65%	A Fierce Green Fire (2013)	" Kitchell plods through this worthy material." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 11, 2013
3.5/4	68%	Trance (2013)	" Boyle is telling us a story of a perfect crime gone awry. But like his protagonist, he's really shifty about it." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 11, 2013
3.5/4	42%	To The Wonder (2013)	" A film of simple themes, minimal dialogue and eloquent imagery." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 11, 2013
3.5/4	77%	42 (2013)	" It's a valuable history lesson, an intelligent drama that hits all the right emotional buttons, and an inspiring portrait of a true American hero." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 11, 2013
	90%	Beyond The Hills (2013)	" The final shot, with windshield wipers struggling to clean away a torrent of muddy water, suggests that no human agency is great enough to handle this world's misery." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 4, 2013
3/4	93%	The Sapphires (2013)	" "The Sapphires" sparkles with sass and Motown soul." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 4, 2013
2/4	62%	Evil Dead (2013)	" Bloody havoc? Check. Exuberant gore? Check. Fun? Meh." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 4, 2013
3/4	52%	The Playroom (2013)	" Standout Olivia Harris and Parker are heart-wrenching as the vitriolic mother and neglected teen daughter." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Apr 4, 2013
3/4	65%	Starbuck (2013)	" The film seems aware when it's being shameless ... and its goodhearted generosity is utterly endearing." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 28, 2013
2.5/4	81%	From Up On Poppy Hill (2013)	" Is there a Japanese word that combines "pretty," "demure" and "boring"?" — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 28, 2013
3/4	87%	The Silence (2013)	" "The Silence" is framed as a multi-character police procedural, but like "Mystic River" and "Zodiac," its inquiries probe deeper and darker." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 28, 2013
4/4	79%	Ginger & Rosa (2013)	" A near-flawless film, beautifully shot and cut, excitingly performed and deeply felt." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 28, 2013
2/4	9%	The Host (2013)	" There's only so much value that Niccol's slick presentation can add to Meyer's shallow material." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 28, 2013
3/4	100%	The Waiting Room (2012)	" It's a vivid portrait of the crisis in health care policy, with the caregivers and clinic itself as much on life support as the sick people." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
2.5/4	93%	Barbara (2012)	" Though the film runs a mere 105 minutes, it weighs on viewers like an eternity." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
3.5/4	96%	War Witch (2013)	" A haunting take on unspeakably grim subject matter, shot on location in the Democratic Republic of Congo." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	45%	On the Road (2012)	" It took more than half a century, but Jack Kerouac's autobiographical cult novel of bohemian youth in postwar America has reached the screen in wonderful form." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
3.5/4	69%	The Croods (2013)	" It's the kind of rib-tickling, emotionally satisfying, universally appealing effort that gives computer animation a good name." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
1.5/4	48%	Olympus Has Fallen (2013)	" "Olympus Has Fallen" is everything an audience nostalgic for the Steven Seagal killfests of the '90s expects and deserves." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	43%	Admission (2013)	" While most college-themed comedies aim for low-SAT yucks, "Admission" tosses out jokes and cultural references that aim higher." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
3/4	66%	Spring Breakers (2013)	" "Girls Gone Wild" meets "Natural Born Killers" with a chaser of social satire." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 21, 2013
2.5/4	82%	Like Someone in Love (2013)	" I came away from it as if I had spent an evening contemplating a handsome abstract canvas. I can't explain it to you, exactly, but I found it soothing." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 14, 2013
3/4	92%	Lore (2013)	" It's a harrowing walk through the heart of darkness." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 14, 2013
	67%	Stoker (2013)	" Refracted through Park's graceful filmmaking style, "Stoker" is mysterious, demanding, sometimes baffling and richly rewarding." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 14, 2013
	38%	The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)	" After 100 minutes of "Burt Wonderstone's" scant laughs and missed opportunities, you wish it would just vanish down a trapdoor." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 14, 2013
	60%	Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)	" Relax, my pretties. "Oz the Great and Powerful" is a lollapalooza of funhouse thrills and visually sumptuous filmmaking." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
3.5/4	92%	No (2013)	" It's a funny look at the way the media warp public opinion, and a curiously hopeful one." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
2.5/4	60%	John Dies at the End (2013)	" How can a single movie contain all this awesome craziness?" — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
2.5/4	63%	The Monk (2013)	" If only director Dominik Moll (who has clearly studied his Luis Buñuel) had not staged this bitter psychological horror story at half speed." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
1.5/4	31%	Emperor (2013)	" "Emperor" starts slowly and peters out from there." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
3.5/4	95%	West of Memphis (2012)	" A true-crime story that begins with a notorious murder case and grows into a chilling indictment of the American justice system." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Mar 7, 2013
3/4	26%	21 And Over (2013)	" Here is a youth comedy that is leering, offensive, politically incorrect, at times even disgusting, and yet not a bummer." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Feb 28, 2013
3/4	89%	A Place at the Table (2013)	" A well-reported and devastating look at hunger in rural America." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Feb 28, 2013
2/4	52%	Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)	" It feels like a film made by a committee, for a demographic rather than an audience. It's a tale full of sound and fury (and flying bodies) signifying nothing." — Minneapolis Star Tribune Posted Feb 28, 2013

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