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8/10
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58%
|
The Sacrament () |
"
It is a suspenseful, thrilling movie that builds to a crescendo, but I don't want to spoil that part."
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CraveOnline
Posted Oct 1, 2013
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7 out of 10
|
100%
|
Cheap Thrills () |
"
With a grindhouse title like Cheap Thrills, Cheap Thrills delivers the goods by exploiting its characters in fun and provocative ways."
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CraveOnline
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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7.5 out of 10
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Ninja II () |
"
Hollywood movies don't give you this much value."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 23, 2013
|
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5 out of 10
|
38%
|
Nightbreed (1990) |
"
If you loved Nightbreed, The Cabal Cut will give you more of what you loved, but it fixes none of the film's shortcomings. It may even emphasize the film's story problems."
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CraveOnline
Posted Sep 22, 2013
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4 out of 10
|
25%
|
Machete Kills (2013) |
"
It breaks my heart too, because I am totally behind the concept of the Machete movies."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
7.5/10
|
100%
|
Afflicted () |
"
It's exciting, expertly done and I don't want to tell you any more because half the fun is in the surprise."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 18, 2013
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|
5 out of 10
|
88%
|
Rush (2013) |
"
Seabiscuit on wheels"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
|
|
7 out of 10
|
97%
|
12 Years a Slave (2013) |
"
I already feel like I have to defend myself for saying it's just good."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
|
|
8 out of 10
|
89%
|
Dallas Buyers Club (2013) |
"
For a movie about dying of AIDS, Dallas Buyers Club is really fun. Woodroof is beating the system so the process of obtaining and sharing drugs while skirting around federal regulations is engaging. "
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CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
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8 out of 10
|
36%
|
Devil's Knot () |
"
Considering I've seen four documentaries about the West Memphis Three, Devil's Knot is a really effective way to portray what those events must have been like from the inside"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
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|
8 out of 10
|
63%
|
The Green Inferno () |
"
Boy, Roth sure knows how to kill people. I mean, we knew that but it's been four movies now and he's coming up with innovative ways."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
|
|
7.5 out of 10
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
I always hate the shaky camera style but I think Marc Forster is better at it than Paul Greengrass. It's his editing... I guess I just speak Forster."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 17, 2013
|
|
8.5 out of 10
|
89%
|
Bad Words (2014) |
"
The anti-Rocky"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 12, 2013
|
|
7.5 out of 10
|
81%
|
The Wind Rises (Kaze tachinu) (2014) |
"
An engrossing, real world epic love story."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 11, 2013
|
|
8 out of 10
|
78%
|
Metallica Through the Never (2013) |
"
I actually forgot I was watching a movie at some points and wanted to applaud in between songs. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
8 out of 10
|
76%
|
Man of Tai Chi (2013) |
"
Reeves has achieved Bruce Lee's vision for Game of Death."
—
Suite101.com
Posted Sep 9, 2013
|
|
4 out of 10
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
Intellectual torture porn."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 7, 2013
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
35%
|
The Fifth Estate (2013) |
"
All the President's Men from Deep Throat's perspective."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
69%
|
I Declare War (2013) |
"
Writer/director Jason Lapeyre and co-director Robert Wilson made a movie with unknown kids that's thrilling, intelligent and emotional."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 20, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
26%
|
Jobs (2013) |
"
Jobs creates a powerful narrative in Steve Jobs' life and conveys the profound value of innovation, including the cost of such a drive."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 19, 2013
|
|
7/10
|
100%
|
Rewind This! (2013) |
"
Rewind This! didn't delve into every corner of VHS I might have wished, but it introduced plenty I'd never thought of."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
8/10
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
It's a sensitive story with no easy answers but a damned worthwhile set of questions."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
7.5/10
|
52%
|
The To Do List (2013) |
"
I loved The To Do List. It just made me so happy to see a movie embrace the humor of sexuality, and manage to not overdo it on the gross outs."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
5 out of 10
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
I know we all wanted a robots versus monsters movie, but we don't need to accept a mediocre one. In fact, it's even more imperative we hold out for better."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
|
99%
|
Short Term 12 (2013) |
"
We all want movies to make us feel things. We just need to know we can trust them with our feelings, and Short Term 12 earns our trust and then delivers the emotion."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
9 out of 10
|
75%
|
You're Next (2013) |
"
You're Next reminds us how much fun it can be when the filmmakers have fun with an audience."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
7.5 out of 10
|
86%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
Just a good old-fashioned scare, if you get scared by that sort of thing."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
7 out of 10``
|
81%
|
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. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 28, 2013
|
|
9 out of 10
|
95%
|
National Lampoon's Vacation (1983) |
"
The Griswolds are a national treasure."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
4 out of 10
|
42%
|
As I Lay Dying (2013) |
"
The I Melt With You of the Cannes Film Festival"
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
8 out of 10
|
95%
|
Behind the Candelabra (2013) |
"
All the joy, hurt and anger of any great cinema romance."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
3.5 out of 10
|
19%
|
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."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
2.5 out of 10
|
40%
|
Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
We got Refned."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
7.5 out of 10
|
——
|
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."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 25, 2013
|
|
8 out of 10
|
92%
|
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,"
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 21, 2013
|
|
2 out of 10
|
93%
|
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."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 18, 2013
|
|
7 out of 10
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
This is Sofia Coppola's cocaine movie, which is still a lot calmer than Scorsese's cocaine movie."
—
CraveOnline
Posted May 18, 2013
|
|
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
|
|
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
|
|
8/10
|
49%
|
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."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
4 out of 10
|
55%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
The Company You Keep is Robert Redford's The Expendables."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2 out of 10
|
38%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
Easily among the worst movies of the year."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
6.5 out of 10
|
36%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The Shakes the Clown of magician movies"
—
CraveOnline
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
2.5 out of 10
|
28%
|
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
|
|
4 out of 10
|
——
|
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
|
|
8 out of 10
|
90%
|
Inequality For All (2013) |
"
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
|
69%
|
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
|
|
8 out of 10
|
83%
|
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
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