|
B
|
59%
|
The First Grader (2011) |
"
...this heart warming, well-intentioned film is engaging and evocative, despite some clumsy and ham-fisted direction"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted May 26, 2011
|
|
B
|
90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
...strives to prove that gals can be as nasty as dudes, and when it comes to raunchy yuks, they are, until those darned realistic human emotions get in the way."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted May 13, 2011
|
|
B
|
54%
|
Hesher (2011) |
"
...darkly funny and refreshingly blunt, giving a big middle finger to conventionality, and offering a rebel yell that's hard to ignore."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted May 13, 2011
|
|
B
|
68%
|
Joueuse (Queen to Play) (2011) |
"
Kevin Kline's talent often makes acting look easy, and this time, just to show off, he does it in French. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 20, 2011
|
|
B
|
62%
|
Howl (2010) |
"
...through the sheer force of his talent, Franco holds together a film that can be as captivating, intriguing, vague and irritating as its complex hero."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jan 27, 2011
|
|
B
|
80%
|
Made in Dagenham (2010) |
"
It is intriguing to ponder what a bolder director, such as Michael Winterbottom or Ken Loach, might have made of the material, rather than the steady, unspectacular hand of Nigel Cole, who steered the cheeky Calendar Girls to gentle waters."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jan 5, 2011
|
|
B
|
81%
|
Catfish (2010) |
"
Dire cyber-age consequences of making up your life as you go along"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
B
|
58%
|
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) |
"
The title kind of says it all"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
B
|
36%
|
Hatchet II (2010) |
"
Not even a gnarly beheading can rescue this chop job"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
B
|
91%
|
Vengeance (Fuk sau) (2010) |
"
Johnny Hallyday and Johnnie To's glorious throwback to bitter bullets and bloody revenge"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
B
|
74%
|
De Helaasheid der Dingen (The Misfortunates) (2010) |
"
A debauched clan of Belgian mullet-heads backdrop a heatfelt comedy "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Aug 2, 2010
|
|
B
|
63%
|
Predators (2010) |
"
Adrien Brody turns a spindly blow-away into an ass-kicking grunter"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jul 16, 2010
|
|
B
|
91%
|
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010) |
"
Riveting doc dishes the dirt on the legendary queen of comedy"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 23, 2010
|
|
B
|
47%
|
The A-Team (2010) |
"
A for asinine, and awesomely capturing the gung-ho insanity to a Mr. T."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 14, 2010
|
|
B
|
84%
|
Looking for Eric (2010) |
"
Ken Loach's earthy gloom sees some sunshine for a change"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted May 19, 2010
|
|
B
|
78%
|
Bluebeard (2010) |
"
Even in quaint nursery stories, the maxim holds: Chicks dig a bad boy"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 30, 2010
|
|
B
|
67%
|
Date Night (2010) |
"
Steve Carrell and Tina Fey could be the new William Powell and Myrna Loy"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 15, 2010
|
|
B
|
92%
|
Vincere (2010) |
"
A glimpse at the private romance of a fascist leader"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 2, 2010
|
|
B
|
91%
|
Terribly Happy (Frygtelig lykkelig) (2010) |
"
No noirish yarn this good stays obscure long"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
B
|
41%
|
44 Inch Chest (2010) |
"
Filled with actorly weight, this top-heavy film needs a back brace"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Mar 25, 2010
|
|
B-
|
69%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Hathaway pitches her sweet voice to an octave she's sure that only Oscar voters can hear."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Dec 27, 2012
|
|
B-
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
Recycled as it is from the spare parts of fun fluff like "Bring it On," Pitch Perfect understands its own fizzy pop irrelevance, and wisely puts the emphasis on getting laughs. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
B-
|
50%
|
Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance (2012) |
"
Director Hercules doesn't show lots of muscle, preferring information to emotion, a curious choice in a movie about passionate people in an expressive art form, forever laboring for love."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
B-
|
89%
|
In Darkness (2012) |
"
This tale of fugitive Polish Jews hiding under the streets of Lvov, aided by a reluctant Catholic sewerage inspector, may be based on true events, but it sometimes feels like an entire season of soap opera scripts crammed into feature length."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
|
B-
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
It's immature, rude and sometimes quite funny, at least until the same gag makes a fourth or fifth lap around the track. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Mar 19, 2012
|
|
B-
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
...an enjoyable burst of silly escapism coated with thin layer of lowlife grime, suggesting a darker reality than it's willing to commit to. It's kind of like cruising through a rough neighborhood from the safety of your bulletproof limo. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jan 17, 2012
|
|
B-
|
84%
|
Puss in Boots (2011) |
"
Puss in Boots never slows down enough to concern itself with pacing or plotting, and like any good cat burglar; it always lands on its feet."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
B-
|
68%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
..silly, yet wildly entertaining amusement, as satisfying and regrettable as wolfing down an elephant ear before hopping on the Tilt-a-Whirl."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 21, 2011
|
|
B-
|
85%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
This is sophisticated, 21st century filmmaking, with a probing techno score - yet there is an unmistakable '70s disaster flick feel about it. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
B-
|
81%
|
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame (2011) |
"
...feels like a return to the thrilling salad days of HK action - but with a contemporary spin."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Sep 22, 2011
|
|
B-
|
76%
|
The Debt (2011) |
"
...an ass-kicking Helen Mirren helps cover many sins."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Sep 3, 2011
|
|
B-
|
26%
|
Green Lantern (2011) |
"
...fun but terminally unwieldy adaptation of the venerable DC comics franchise pinballs between above-it-all camp and gravely serious sci-fi shenanigans..."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 17, 2011
|
|
B-
|
59%
|
Yves Saint Laurent - L'amour fou (2011) |
"
L'Amour Fou is somehow intimate without being terribly revealing. It suffers from an overdose of elegance, and a desire to preserve a bit of the great man's dignity, ...but, like his work, it's only a beautiful drapery."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted May 26, 2011
|
|
B-
|
83%
|
Potiche (2011) |
"
French screen icons don't come much bigger than Catherine Deneuve and Gérard Depardieu, and in Depardieu's case quite literally..."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 20, 2011
|
|
B-
|
55%
|
The Conspirator (2011) |
"
Redford has never let a good story get in the way of a moral, and this handsomely made, stoutly acted and dramatically inert film is both fascinating and achingly dull."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 15, 2011
|
|
B-
|
26%
|
Your Highness (2011) |
"
Your Highness never met a problem it couldn't blast with an F-Bomb, and pushes the one-note gag of mixing pauncy medieval language with locker-room dirty talk about as far as humanly possible. Enjoyment hinges on your weakness for juvenilia."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Apr 8, 2011
|
|
B-
|
44%
|
The Green Hornet (2011) |
"
...rowdy, discordant, subversive and thoroughly modern, exactly what you'd expect when a stoner and a visual genius team up..."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jan 14, 2011
|
|
B-
|
88%
|
White Material (2010) |
"
...the film is as mesmerizing to watch as it is hopeless to draw deeper meaning from. "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Dec 17, 2010
|
|
B-
|
81%
|
Today's Special (2010) |
"
..the sort of small, quirky pleasure that invites hokey puns..."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Nov 17, 2010
|
|
B-
|
68%
|
Conviction (2010) |
"
Hilary Swank shows more grit and pluck than a KFC in the Sahara"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
B-
|
64%
|
Secretariat (2010) |
"
Secretariat is as sturdy and dependable as the stud it's named after. Plus, the ever-lovely Diane Lane!"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Oct 22, 2010
|
|
B-
|
85%
|
Easy A (2010) |
"
Rising superstar Emma Stone plays a smarty hottie for the 'A'"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Sep 20, 2010
|
|
B-
|
29%
|
The Virginity Hit (2010) |
"
Every generation deserves silly smut of its own"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Sep 20, 2010
|
|
B-
|
53%
|
Agora (2010) |
"
Despite noble intentions and bloody nods to religious intolerance, this historic epic can feel like a drippy toga party"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
B-
|
51%
|
The Switch (2010) |
"
A Bateman-Aniston farce based on a Jeffrey Eugenides short story - and it works, mostly"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Aug 26, 2010
|
|
B-
|
43%
|
Dinner for Schmucks (2010) |
"
Paul Rudd plays Abbott to Steve Carell's too-spastic Costello "
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Aug 2, 2010
|
|
B-
|
93%
|
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders (2010) |
"
Some of the purely medical scenes here will test your capacity for human suffering, but that's a minuscule impression of horrors these doctors face daily in far-flung corners of the globe."
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 23, 2010
|
|
B-
|
72%
|
Get Him to the Greek (2010) |
"
Russell Brand channels Peter O'Toole in the year's best (so far) alkie celeb yarn"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 14, 2010
|
|
B-
|
74%
|
Splice (2010) |
"
Stem-cell debate tarted up in monster drag? Nah, Just another Bjork look-alike mutant with oedipal issues"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 14, 2010
|
|
B-
|
43%
|
Air Doll (Kûki ningyô) (2009) |
"
A blow-up sex doll develops a soul and discovers a world"
—
Metro Times (Detroit, MI)
Posted Jun 14, 2010
|
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