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7 out of 10``
|
83%
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Nebraska (2013) |
"
Essentially this movie is about giving an old man his dignity, which is found through letting him play out an embarrassing misunderstanding, letting someone figure that out for themselves is more respectful than "saving" them from it by stepping in. "
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CraveOnline
Posted May 28, 2013
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9 out of 10
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95%
|
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) |
"
The Griswolds are a national treasure."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
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4 out of 10
|
44%
|
As I Lay Dying () |
"
The I Melt With You of the Cannes Film Festival"
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
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8 out of 10
|
93%
|
Behind the Candelabra (2013) |
"
All the joy, hurt and anger of any great cinema romance."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
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3.5 out of 10
|
20%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
I would rather just see more hangover mysteries. It's an inherently funny setup with limitless (see what I did there?) permutations to explore. And mark my words, they still will."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
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2.5 out of 10
|
32%
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Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
We got Refned."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
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7.5 out of 10
|
——
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Return to Nuke 'Em High () |
"
Paredes and Corcoran give really sincere performances. You really believe the relationship that forms between Chrissy and Lauren and it's legitimately touching. They are also adorable doing the ridiculous Troma gags."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
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8 out of 10
|
91%
|
Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) |
"
If O Brother, Where Art Thou was loosely based on The Odyssey, I think Inside Llewyn Davis is the Coen Brothers' Alice in Wonderland,"
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CraveOnline
Posted May 21, 2013
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2 out of 10
|
91%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
Frances Ha is not the worst film of the year. That would be Snitch. However, it is the most obnoxious film so far."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 18, 2013
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7 out of 10
|
62%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
This is Sofia Coppola's cocaine movie, which is still a lot calmer than Scorsese's cocaine movie."
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CraveOnline
Posted May 18, 2013
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7/10
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
I'd say it's a good thing I went into Star Trek Into Darkness with lowered expectations, because I ended up liked it way more than I expected to."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 15, 2013
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7 out of 10
|
88%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
It could make you angry, or open up old wounds, but in the best possible way. Let's get riled up, let's take it personally. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 3, 2013
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8/10
|
45%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
I loved Pain & Gain. I thought it was great. It shows that if you give Michael Bay a good script, he can kill it."
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
4 out of 10
|
56%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
The Company You Keep is Robert Redford's The Expendables."
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2 out of 10
|
37%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
Easily among the worst movies of the year."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The Shakes the Clown of magician movies"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
2.5 out of 10
|
26%
|
21 And Over (2013) |
"
It's rare that I'm offended by a film, and it's not the bad behavior that bothers me. It's the worldview. My heart breaks for anyone who believes life is that bleak"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Mar 2, 2013
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4 out of 10
|
——
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Who Is Dayani Cristal? () |
"
There's a really good documentary in Who Is Dayani Cristal?, or perhaps there is a strong narrative if they focused on it, but given the problematic nature of the narrative segments, I'm going to go with the documentary portion."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
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8 out of 10
|
——
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Inequality For All () |
"
It's still the CEOs' fault, but this movie holds them accountable for specific actions going back to the '70s, so that gives us a lot more to make sense of than just abstract blame. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
8.5 out of 10
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
You can make an interesting movie about anything if you let your characters show us who they are and trust them to do so. You can really elevate a genre movie like a mystery/thriller that way."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
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8 out of 10
|
100%
|
Don Jon (2013) |
"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt has turned out to be quite a good director. He has a very powerful style of editing and incorporating sound and music cues, with a light touch that's so important in communicating with an audience."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
9.5 out of 10
|
98%
|
Before Midnight (2013) |
"
"Before Midnight just destroyed me.""
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
5 out of 10
|
71%
|
Crystal Fairy (2013) |
"
Stoner arthouse, if you will."
—
Suite101.com
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
7 out of 10
|
56%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
A respectful, sympathetic portrait of an icon with a healthy balance of titillation, nostalgia and truth."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
8.5 out of 10
|
71%
|
The East (2013) |
"
When she dyes her hair blonde to go undercover, that's like the James Bond gun barrel to me. Brit is back!"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
7/10
|
18%
|
Allegiance (2012) |
"
I love when a movie creates an inherently dramatic situation and just lets it go. Sometimes plots try too hard. Allegiance just goes where the story takes it."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jan 2, 2013
|
|
7.5 out of 10
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
Pays respect to those who weren't as fortunate to survive the tsunami, but it emphasizes the spirit of perseverance and survival rather than dwelling on tragedy. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Nov 11, 2012
|
|
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
A boy, a tiger and a life raft = Fred's dream movie."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Nov 11, 2012
|
|
8 out of 10
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Lawrence goes Nicolas Cage crazy in her key moments. However, she kind of shows the most when she goes dead eyed. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Nov 11, 2012
|
|
4.5 out of 10
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
By this point, rejecting the Bond formula has become a cliché itself. It's been three movies, you can't still play the 'This is the NEW Bond' card."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Nov 11, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Zemeckis' last R-rated movie was Used Cars and what was that for, language? In Flight, he covers all the taboos before the plane even takes off."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
6/10
|
100%
|
The American Scream (2012) |
"
American Scream is really well done and has a lot of heart."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Oct 5, 2012
|
|
7 out of 10
|
——
|
Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) |
"
A triumphant return to directing for Billy Bob Thornton. It's maybe not as monumental as Sling Blade, but it's a fine piece of character work with an unmistakable Thornton touch."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 30, 2012
|
|
8.5 out of 10
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Boy, it's nice to have Tim Burton back... A beautiful movie... it will be quite threatening to some grown-ups, but those are the best kinds of kids movies."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 30, 2012
|
|
8.5 out of 10
|
50%
|
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) |
"
High Van Dammage and premium Lundrenergy ((TM)Fred Topel)"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 30, 2012
|
|
7 out of 10
|
13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
I'm just hoping it does well so I can pitch my own sequel, Fred Dawn, where terrorists take over Fantastic Fest and I take them out one by one and save the day... Perfectly good fun."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 30, 2012
|
|
6.5/10
|
25%
|
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
By part four, Schulman and Joost know what we're expecting so they have a little fun with fakeouts, and throw in some iconography from other classic horror movies."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
65%
|
Antiviral (2013) |
"
It's the Johnny Mnemonic of STDs!"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
The latest 'Richard Gere under pressure movie.'"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
84%
|
Smashed (2012) |
"
It is a strength of the movie that I wanted to see how this character gets sober and deals with the enablers in her life."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
8 out of 10
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
It's actually Terrence Malick's most linear film. It's still poetic and beautiful in the scenes, but it has a clear beginning, middle and end."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
Honestly, they could just call it Bluer Valentine: Drive Faster... See, in one movie he's a stuntman who drives getaway. In this movie he robs banks with a motorcycle, so it's totally different!"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
This is what drama is all about, characters just behaving. They can bring all the pain and joy a movie needs if they're not wasting time explaining why they're doing everything."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
84%
|
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) |
"
I actually got a lot more out of Whedon's Much Ado About Nothing than I did when my 9th grade English class went to see a production of the play."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
3 out of 10
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Too self-conscious about the laughs it's trying to get."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
6 out of 10
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
Realizing that On the Road is not really a movie for me, I think it is a good movie. It's well done, fast paced at over two hours and never dragging. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
7 out of 10
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
The movie I like the most with the most reservations this year. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
44%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
The movie is a dare to say, 'So, you like serious, edgy films. Can you handle this? And this? What about THIS?' If you are into that, then you should appreciate all the effort put into shock value."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
9.5 out of 10
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
The smartest movie of the year and the best action movie of the year."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
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