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2/5
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Olympus has fallen -- flat. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
The most fun I've had in a theater all year. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
36%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone just isn't. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
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3/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
I'm recommending only because of the fabulous effects in 3D. But in reality, it is neither great, nor powerful. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
After Quartet, actor/director Dustin Hoffman should never direct again. Perfection like this cannot be repeated, and from here, everything is downhill."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
The Nicholas Sparks novel inspired movie is neither inspired nor novel. For those who love this stuff, your sugary treat awaits."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
46%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
Beautiful Creatures is a potential cure for Twihards going through Bella and Edward withdrawal and ultimately it's also a good movie. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Suspension of reality is a must. But that's Die Hard, and this Die Hard die hard fans won't love but won't hate either."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
84%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
Director Steven Soderbergh and the cast get the mind working overtime with the prescription drug debate and then up the ante with a superb mystery."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
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4/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Chemistry is the reason things click. Actors with the ability to connect their characters to you always overcome a multitude of movie sins. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
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3/5
|
15%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
Automatic weapons? Bows that shoot bunches of arrows? Brain death for a plot? Witchery and demonic doings not even close to what the Brothers Grimm had in mind in 1812. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 27, 2013
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4/5
|
82%
|
De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) (2012) |
"
The story is what it is, and other than the ridiculous ending crisis, isn't bad. What drives the film is Marion Cotillard's acting."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Silver Linings Playbook is the best movie of 2012 and the acting is mind-boggling good. Give me the Oscar picks, and it wins in every nominated category."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
66%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Two-thirds of the way through Mama a psychiatrist hypnotizing a little girl asks her if she's asleep. Yes, she says. In fact, by then, so is the audience. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Not Fade Away (2012) |
"
Fans of great 1960s rock and roll will love the incredible 40 song soundtrack but little else. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
The acting and characters did it for me. The story? Promising. Not perfect. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
The good news: Les Miserables is a less miserable film experience than expected. The bad news: it's still miserable."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Quentin Tarantino is seriously warped. But it's in a good way. His fertile imagination produces unique, albeit, violent and almost always, terrific movies. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
A minor flaw or two but assuming you don't spend all of your days barefoot like a Hobbit, the movie will knock your socks off. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Dec 14, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
4%
|
Playing for Keeps (2012) |
"
Soccer moms will find eye candy Gerard Butler good to look at if they can stay awake through his movie. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Dec 7, 2012
|
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5/5
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Nothing soft about Killing Them Softly. Think early Quentin Tarantino in plot and dialogue structure and you get the picture. Gruesome. Yes. But oh, so well done."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
This one is fun and is worth a couple of extra dollars for the 3D version. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
12%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
The back story of the making and release of Red Dawn is more interesting than the movie."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
87%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
Start with adjectives. Original. Stunning. Mesmerizing. Mind boggling. There are more, but you get the picture."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Too long, too many side stories but great work from Daniel Day-Lewis. Director Steven Spielberg often shoots him in poses that make him look like Lincoln's famous penny."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 17, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
No rocket's red glare or bombs bursting in air for this Twilight's last gleaming. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Daring to broach the subject of how dated the characters and the series are, Daniel Craig, Judi Dench and director Sam Mendes make one of the best Bond's of all. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 9, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
It's easy to focus on Denzel Washington's acting, but equally important to Flight is director Robert Zemeckis' storytelling and camera work. They give Flight its lift."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
Wreck-It Ralph isn't great but it's not a total train wreck either. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
30%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
The surfing scenes are spectacular. Unfortunately, those scenes cover about 30 minutes of a badly written, mostly boring 90-minute film."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
25%
|
Fun Size (2012) |
"
Fun Size? No fun in any size. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
66%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Cloud Atlas brilliantly explores the cloudy topic of reincarnation. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
Revenge becomes the dish served cold. In this case, non-entertaining cold."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 21, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
The bottom line is there are many perks to The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
83%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Seven Psychopaths is seven times the fun of most movies."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Argo is a gripping, nail-biting thriller whose last act will have you sitting on the edge of your seat."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
Decent but not extraordinary. I don't know about you but when weird noises happen in my house, when I think someone might be skulking about, I turn on the lights. Lots of them."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Revived are memories of lost pets, the realization of the reality of life and death, and the ability of kids to hang on to hope no matter how overwhelming the odds."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
Taken 2 is a tedious rehash of the same bad writing, acting and editing of the original."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
33%
|
Won't Back Down (2012) |
"
Won't Back Down supports the idea of privatizing some schools. The concept is controversial but provokes interesting discussion. Unfortunately, it's done in a very bad movie. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 29, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
45%
|
Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
Finally, a vampire movie - hint, hint Twilight - that is intentionally funny. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 29, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Time travel is tricky. Even more tricky than talking time is reviewing Looper and not giving away the tasty time treats awaiting serious and non-serious sci-fi fans."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
Art can imitate life. In places director Robert Lorenz edits the actors so badly that Clint Eastwood and the others really do look like they're talking to a chair. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
A bit long, but this character-driven story loosely based on L. Ron Hubbard and the -- dare we say -- invention of Scientology is riveting. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
5%
|
The Cold Light of Day (2012) |
"
The Cold Light of Day is an appropriately named action drama. It generates very little heat or light."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Finding Nemo (2003) |
"
If you're fishing for fun in an ocean of movie mediocrity, grab the kids or the grandkids, fork out a few extra bucks and see this one in three-dimensions."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Lawless fails to lay down the law."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
49%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
It burns rubber out of the gate, whips cleanly through all four gears, and after a clever pit stop or two, zooms across the finish line."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Sometimes, what makes a movie a good one is not the story so much as how that story is told."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
57%
|
Sparkle (2012) |
"
To have our last image of Whitney Houston come from this terrible, terrible movie is truly depressing. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 17, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
33%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
The Odd Life of Timothy Green is just average. Oddly, and ironically, being average is what gives the film its charm."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 17, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
Good movie but a horror movie for children ought to be more fun. Kids also like creepy and missing is that nice dash of the willies they love so much. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 17, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
75%
|
The Intouchables (2012) |
"
Untouchably good. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 11, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
Great acting but Hope Springs drags to the point of seeming eternal. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 11, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
Doesn't get my vote. I recommend a veto. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 11, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
You can be Bourne again without Bourne -- again. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 11, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
30%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
Could have been a terrific mind trip down memory lanes. Guilty pleasure if it's your thing. It's just not mine."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Aug 3, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
42%
|
Step Up Revolution (2012) |
"
Fabulous dancing but a dumb plot. Even predictable isn't normally this predictable. And there's so much eye candy in this one, I was worried about getting a cavity."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
17%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
Stars Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn and Jonah Hill. That can be good. Or that can be bad. In this case, it's bad. A great premise, some clever ideas but ultimately unwatchable. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
The Dark Knight Rises ... to the occasion. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 18, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
So good you're not going to care whether his time machine works or not."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
Finally one that's fun. Speaking of fun, why don't the producers give Scrat his own movie? "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
43%
|
To Rome with Love (2012) |
"
Woody Allen had a bunch of ideas, none good enough for a movie. Rather than toss them, he threw all of them at the screen to see what would stick. They all stick. Brilliantly."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 6, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
A violent but interesting - even good - movie until the inexplicable, out of nowhere, and - truthfully - quite stupid ending. It's a total "huh?""
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 6, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
This is what Spider-Man should have been all along. It's a little slow early. It's slow late. The middle, however, is packed with action, humor and fun."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
55%
|
People Like Us (2012) |
"
Left with little but to drag out an inability to tell the truth, this soap opera and its characters are propelled unhappily toward a predictably sappy happy ending."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
Works half a movie. The other half has too much Mike and not close to enough magic."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
68%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
TV is so confining. Words beginning in "F" can't be used, naked women and sex are taboo. Like his counterparts, Seth MacFarlane found a move to the movies irresistible."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
This isn't Wes Anderson's best effort by any stretch. However, any Anderson is better than no Anderson at all."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
56%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Don't wait until the end of the world to see it."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
The upside: the vampires really suck and the movie doesn't. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
The trailers promise a fabulous action flick packed with adventure and comedy. You get some. It's the 10-zillion slow spots in between that suck the life out of the film."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
58%
|
Hysteria (2012) |
"
Loosely wrapped into this "true" story is the invention of the first vibrator. The film, however, generates very little buzz."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 15, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
Everything about That's My Boy is offensive. I cannot explain why I liked it. I guess even playing an offensive, vile, self-centered cretin, Sandler is likable. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 15, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
My research indicates that most of what you see is true. That also adds to the appreciation of this small, very, very, well done movie."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
79%
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) |
"
The first two Madagascar's were pretty boring and strictly for kids. With great 3D and a little more fun, adults you have permission to like this one."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
There is no tension. Nothing to get you chewing your nails. You know going in very few characters are coming out. The only suspense is wondering if there will be a part two."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Is this classic miscasting. Kristen Stewart? The fairest one of all? In a pure, who's hot and who's not contest, Charlize Theron -- wicked queen or not -- wins in a slam dunk."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
78%
|
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) |
"
I'm not fond of the word, but no other adjective really gets to the heart of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel like delightful."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
By the time the credits roll, Men in Black III makes you wish you, too, could travel back in time, skip the movie and see the original for the first time. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
What to expect when you're watching What to Expect When You're Expecting? Not much. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
57%
|
The Dictator (2012) |
"
The Dictator is not laugh loud, snarfing, hurt you kind of funny, but it has moments where you'll do a snort or two."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Battleship may be based on the popular Hasbro game, but it's more like Transformers. Only Battleship can claim a better plot. But "better" is always a relative term."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
38%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
Finally. A vampire movie you can sink your teeth into. Move over Edward Cullen. Barnabas Collins really sucks. In style. With panache. And without all that awful sulking."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 11, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
Greta Gerwig and her three co-stars babble through writer/director Whit Stillman's excellent, though sometimes overly chatty, script."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 4, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Bully (2012) |
"
Every year, someone does a break-your-heart documentary. Children bullying other children is the subject, and the movie is Bully. See this one. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 4, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
The actors get the ensemble approach and - like their characters - put their egos aside, gel and enthusiastically embrace the fun."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted May 4, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
Pirates haven't generated this many laughs since Johnny Depp's first dip into the Caribbean."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
63%
|
The Five-Year Engagement (2012) |
"
A movie about a five-year engagement should not seem like you were in the theater the entire five years."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
Quoth the Raven - nevermore. it seems like good advice because nothing in this movie is worth ravin' about. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
22%
|
October Baby (2012) |
"
A couple of scenes - especially one with a cop with a heart - are touching. Depending on your point of view, October Baby does manage to score more than a few points."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
53%
|
Think Like a Man (2012) |
"
Movies that claim to have answers to life's relationship questions should really offer up those answers. "
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
20%
|
The Lucky One (2012) |
"
This is guy repellent turf. You'll likely want to let her do this one alone. And she ought to think twice."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
85%
|
The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
If blood and guts martial arts action is your thing, this is as close to nirvana as it gets."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) |
"
Salmon Fishing in Yemen isn't totally about salmon. Or Yemen. It's a love story. And a pretty good one."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
52%
|
The Three Stooges (2012) |
"
Sometimes, it's smart to do dumb. Unlike about half the Farrelly brothers flicks, The Three Stooges is actually funny."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
The Cabin in the Woods cooks up angles from every possible cliche horror film, pops them into the oven, peppers to taste and - presto - an original recipe."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 14, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Titanic (2012) |
"
Those who've only seen it on video don't think the film is that big a deal. Trust me, it is. Even with the dragged out love story, Cameron's film is still mind-blowing."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
78%
|
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012) |
"
This is writers/directors Jay and Mark Duplass first shot at something mainstream. This clever, and quite funny character study is still a little south of the goal."
—
Tri-City Herald
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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