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4/4
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98%
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Gravity (2013) |
"
The movie impresses us with the vastness and cold emptiness of space as few films have since 2001: A Space Odyssey."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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4/5
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88%
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Rush (2013) |
"
[It's] about auto racing... but it's much more interesting in showing how two men compete with each other without losing their souls in the process. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Sep 29, 2013
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4/5
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83%
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Don Jon (2013) |
"
By treating Jon with sympathy but without sentimentality, Gordon-Levitt has given us a daring portrait of modern masculinity. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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2/5
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59%
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) |
"
Undiscriminating youngsters may be diverted, but even grownups who were somehow charmed by the original movie will have a hard time swallowing this sorry stew. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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1/5
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80%
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Prisoners (2013) |
"
Prisoners is cruel and unusual punishment."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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3.5/5
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33%
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The Family (2013) |
"
"Luc Besson has done the seemingly impossible. He's resuscitated the corpse of Robert De Niro's career." "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Sep 14, 2013
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1/5
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3%
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Getaway (2013) |
"
...the car chases are dull, the stunt work isn't very interesting, and the characters would have to be fleshed out to become cardboard figures."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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3.5/5
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89%
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The World's End (2013) |
"
...one of the most entertaining movies to have come out this summer. "
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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3.5/5
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75%
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You're Next (2013) |
"
It's not for the squeamish. Fortunately, it wasn't made by or for idiots either."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 22, 2013
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2.5/4
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12%
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The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
Yet for all that familiarity, the story is told with style and some wit..."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Aug 21, 2013
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2.5/5
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26%
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Jobs (2013) |
"
If Jobs is a bit of a disappointment as a dramatization of recent technological history, it remains worth seeing as a demonstration of Kutcher's skills as an actor. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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3/5
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30%
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Kick-Ass 2 (2013) |
"
Kick-Ass 2 is goofy, foul-mouthed at times, very violent, and both Kick-Ass and Hit Girl get to, well, kick ass. It is what the film promises, and it delivers."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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3.5/5
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73%
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Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
It would be a mistake to pigeonhole this as a film for "black viewers," as if the history depicted here hasn't impacted us all. This is a film that deserves a wide audience. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 16, 2013
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3/4
|
38%
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Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
...a special effects laden fantasy where one can actually follow the action and focus on the characters. This summer that's quite an achievement all by itself."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Aug 8, 2013
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4.5/5
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68%
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Elysium (2013) |
"
...the sort of science fiction thriller some of us have been craving all summer only to see one film after another fall short. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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3/5
|
47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
This has not been a great year for film comedy... We're the Millers sets down that same low comedy road but then something odd happens: it's actually funny."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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4/5
|
63%
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2 Guns (2013) |
"
...an occasionally comic and very violent action film with a wonderfully convoluted plot. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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3.5/4
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
... a curious and very entertaining movie."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jul 24, 2013
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3/5
|
14%
|
R.I.P.D. (2013) |
"
It's the sort of movie that, if the air conditioning is working and the popcorn is handy, can provide a nice way to beat the heat."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
87%
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The Conjuring (2013) |
"
...a truly creepy exercise. You may not believe in haunted houses, but you will while watching the movie."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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3.5/5
|
42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
If you are able to treat the violence as simply cartoonish-knowing they're just actors playing 'let's pretend'-then Red 2 can be a lot of fun. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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1/5
|
8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
It's like watching your parents do pratfalls or, even worse, make out."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 11, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
Pacific Rim is not a very good movie. That's not to say that a lot of people aren't going to have a lot of fun watching it."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jul 10, 2013
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5/5
|
75%
|
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
"
Gru might hate this characterization since he is an ex-villain, but Despicable Me 2 is the feel good movie of the summer."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 3, 2013
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2/5
|
31%
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The Lone Ranger (2013) |
"
Clearly they are trying to turn Tonto into another Captain Jack Sparrow, but it doesn't work."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 3, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Watson's performance is the real revelation here... [It] makes you eager to see what she will do next."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jul 3, 2013
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|
2/5
|
50%
|
White House Down (2013) |
"
Under the direction of Roland Emmerich realism is the first casualty. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jun 26, 2013
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|
1/5
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
McCarthy is the female equivalent of Adam Sandler, and that's not meant as a compliment."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jun 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
Here's the short review: it's a lot of fun, but let's hope they don't do a third one. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jun 20, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
It is an acceptable summer movie escape, but the implication at the end of the film that there will be a demand for a sequel may be wishful thinking. "
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jun 19, 2013
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3.5/4
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Warners has its Superman franchise back. What they do with it now remains to be seen."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jun 12, 2013
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3/4
|
84%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
One gets a sense that these guys really are friends and they made this for the same reason Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack made the original Ocean's Eleven. "
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jun 12, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
35%
|
The Internship (2013) |
"
There have been some horrible excuses for comedies this year, and it may be a backhanded compliment, but The Internship is not one of them."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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3/4
|
38%
|
The Purge (2013) |
"
...a smartly crafted movie that will leave you not only glad you don't live in that world, but wondering who you could trust among your friends and neighbors if you did."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Jun 5, 2013
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|
1.5/4
|
11%
|
After Earth (2013) |
"
Well, it's not as bad as Wild, Wild West. "
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted May 30, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
64%
|
Epic (2013) |
"
...something family-friendly which will enchant children young enough that they won't have seen it all before as well as adults willing to give themselves over to its charms."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted May 24, 2013
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4/5
|
69%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
Sure, this is a 'check your brain at the door' movie. If you like high speed chases, fight scenes, and explosions, Fast & Furious 6 delivers. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted May 23, 2013
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|
1/5
|
19%
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The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
The ads say, 'It all ends.' Promises, promises."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted May 23, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
By film's end it's clear that Abrams really needed two films to fully complete his reboot. "
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted May 16, 2013
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3/5
|
49%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
...one wishes Baz Luhrmann had pursued a career as an art director rather than as a filmmaker. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted May 8, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Downey's performance is impeccable. He gets that he's not simply playing a comic book character for the fourth time but a character who is evolving. "
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted May 1, 2013
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|
0/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
[It]makes one wonder what kind of salacious info writer/director Justin Zackham has for blackmail purposes to get a cast like this to agree to appear in a movie this bad. "
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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|
3/5
|
49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
Pain & Gain may find its audience, but this might not have been the best week for it."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
The only ones who will be really disappointed are those who wanted something engaging instead of what amounts to little more than entertaining eye candy."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Apr 17, 2013
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5/5
|
79%
|
42 (2013) |
"
42 instantly enters the pantheon of great baseball movies, but it's much more than that."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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2/4
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
...for a film about demonic possession it is surprisingly soulless."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
If making a Stephanie Meyers adaptation far less annoying than any of the Twilight movies helps [Andrew Niccol] get his next project, it will have been worth it."
—
Sci-Fi Movie Page
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Part Die Hard, part 24, with a dash of The West Wing, the action-thriller Olympus has Fallen asks you to suspend your disbelief. "
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
38%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
If Admission was a college application, it would be rejected, but only after the application fee had been deposited."
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New England Movies Weekly
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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