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C+
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Java Heat (2013) |
"
An action movie for people who don't mind clichéd plotting, lame dialogue, and the low-wattage charisma of third-string Twilight heartthrob Kellan Lutz."
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AV Club
Posted May 9, 2013
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B-
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46%
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Peeples (2013) |
"
It's a light and occasionally very funny movie; its critical stance-a goldmine for Perryologists-comes more from context than content."
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AV Club
Posted May 9, 2013
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1.5/4
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8%
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
The movie is bland hackwork; its crime isn't incompetence, but indifference."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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2/4
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56%
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Oblivion (2013) |
"
If nothing else, "Oblivion" will go down in film history as the movie where Tom Cruise pilots a white, sperm-shaped craft into a giant space uterus."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 21, 2013
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3/4
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68%
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Trance (2013) |
"
Viewers who get hung up on story logic - or prefer movies that feature at least one sympathetic character - will spend much of "Trance"'s 101 minutes gritting their teeth."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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2.5/4
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70%
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Wrong (2013) |
"
Composed of skit-like scenes and populated by gimmicky characters, the movie is flimsy, glib, and occasionally pretty funny."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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2/4
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39%
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The Call (2013) |
"
A sputtering, so-so B thriller with a neat hook but very little personality."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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3/4
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88%
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Yossi (2013) |
"
It's serious about its characters and their emotions, but still finds room for humor."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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3/4
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63%
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The Monk (2013) |
"
"The Monk" is, first and foremost, a classy B-movie, keen to offer Gothic atmosphere, nudity, and mild shocks."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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3/4
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100%
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Pavilion (2013) |
"
If you're already on the movie's wavelength, it can be entrancing. If not, "Pavilion" may come off as flat and aimless."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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2.5/4
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80%
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North Sea Texas (2012) |
"
It's not just that film is underdeveloped - it's that it feels unwilling to develop, preferring to leave its characters and plot points static. The result feels stunted."
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Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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88%
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The Turin Horse (2012) |
"
Through Tarr's meticulous vision, these ordinary hardships take on cosmic weight; this is tedium vividly rendered."
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Chicago Reader
Posted Apr 6, 2012
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86%
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The Forgiveness of Blood (2012) |
"
It's intelligent, well-intentioned, and largely inert."
—
Chicago Reader
Posted Mar 8, 2012
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44%
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The Catechism Cataclysm (2011) |
"
A lot of it is tedious and directionless."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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50%
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The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
This very funny, keenly observant movie meanders in the best way possible."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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73%
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Like Crazy (2011) |
"
All that's left is this foolish idea that they're supposed to be together. It's like... they're crazy."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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47%
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Anonymous (2011) |
"
This movie is lurid fun that is much smarter than it has any business being."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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84%
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Puss in Boots (2011) |
"
Avoids all the worst tendencies of the later Shrek movies."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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38%
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Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
It's really the directing in this film that really fouls it all up."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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24%
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The Three Musketeers (2011) |
"
If you want over-the-top entertainment that doesn't respect the laws of physics, you can't do much better than this."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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33%
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Texas Killing Fields (2011) |
"
A pretty routine police procedural with...a little bit of regional flavor."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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88%
|
Margin Call (2011) |
"
A film like this -- with a large cast and a big subject -- needs a clear, concise vision, a strong hand, and Margin Call just doesn't have it."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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84%
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Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) |
"
It is four and a half hours long, but it's got enough plot for at least 30 movies."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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29%
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The Human Centipede II (Full Sequence) (2011) |
"
It tries to be more disgusting, more outrageous than this idea of a 12-person human centipede. The result is, by design, absolutely no good."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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0%
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Father of Invention (2011) |
"
Though it's got a few good ideas going for it, Father of Invention doesn't seem to know what kind of movie it wants to be."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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12%
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011) |
"
There's a germ of a light, goofy kids movie somewhere in here, but it's buried under a pile of clichés."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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66%
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The Women on the 6th Floor (2011) |
"
They romanticize the whole idea of these women. I mean, they're all essentially interchangeable."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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71%
|
Footloose (2011) |
"
I'm sure there was some great choreography and some great dancing that went into this movie. You don't see any of it."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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72%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
Great material, and it's got a really great sense of momentum."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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60%
|
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011) |
"
It feels like the fourth or fifth film in a tired franchise."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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60%
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Real Steel (2011) |
"
Never in a million years did I think that I would enjoy a boxing robot movie from the director of Night at the Museum."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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98%
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The Artist (2011) |
"
Dujardin's performance carries it forward like an adventure actor of the period."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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85%
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The Ides of March (2011) |
"
It's clear the Ides of March is about the nuts and bolts of politics."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
So much of it is ambiguous and vague, it's almost as if McQueen didn't fully think it through."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
It's this bleak sensibility that makes it so effective as a thriller."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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90%
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Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011) |
"
A really cleverly made movie."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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93%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
The role of Curtis in this film is a perfect fit for Shannon's intense and slightly unhinged screen persona."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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93%
|
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within (2011) |
"
The entire last half hour is just incredibly disingenuous."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 4, 2012
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|
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86%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
I liked it a lot."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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89%
|
The Descendants (2011) |
"
Director Alexander Payne's best film."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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93%
|
50/50 (2011) |
"
This film is thin."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) |
"
It has a few very good ideas, and then, the rest of it is totally lackluster."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
The energy that's behind all of [Scorsese's] films is definitely present here."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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93%
|
Drive (2011) |
"
The real star of this film is the direction of cult Danish filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn, making his Hollywood debut."
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Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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95%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
I enjoyed this film... with certain reservations."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
A good imitation of the Muppet style."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Jan 3, 2012
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|
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41%
|
Special Treatment (2011) |
"
Though the parallels drawn between therapy and prostitution grow tiresome, the duo's interaction is peppered with inspired comedic moments."
—
Chicago Reader
Posted Oct 13, 2011
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|
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84%
|
Mysteries of Lisbon (2011) |
"
Despite the running time (an even longer version was broadcast on Portuguese TV), the movie is never sluggish; on the contrary, it's smart, energetic filmmaking that also makes for engrossing entertainment."
—
Chicago Reader
Posted Sep 15, 2011
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|
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78%
|
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) |
"
I feel like it is trying to be too many things at once."
—
Ebert Presents At The Movies
Posted Aug 2, 2011
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