|
2/5
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
It's easy to imagine how much better Runner Runner would be if it had a little more grit and a little less gloss, a little less humidity and a little more humanity; as the film stands, it's a losing bet for all concerned."
—
GeekNation
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
0.5/5
|
5%
|
Battle of the Year (2013) |
"
A dead-in-the-soul cash grab of a movie set in the competitive world of B-boy dancing that thinks clichés, phony melodrama and product placement can substitute for real storytelling and actual characters."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
" ... any more generic and this supernatural teen-lit adaptation might as well have a plain unbleached-paper label and a title in comic sans." "
—
The Playlist
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
27%
|
Planes (2013) |
"
"Planes" borrows a world from "Cars," but even compared to that soulless exercise in well-merchandised animated automotive adventure, "Planes" is dead in its big, googly eyes and hollow inside."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
THX-1138 filtered through Halo for the Xbox, Brave New World with more effects and less affect for a timid time of bloated blockbusters, Elysium squanders potential greatness, instead attaining costly mediocrity."
—
GeekNation
Posted Aug 6, 2013
|
|
6/10
|
38%
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
'Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters' is exactly the kind of film that was made for me to take my teen and tween nieces to, not for me to enjoy. There's some bloodless peril, not even a whiff of romance and plenty of spirited action."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 6, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
The Spectacular Now is a finely-made, assured and deeply felt film that still has hope and love in it, precisely because it understands, and shows, what hope and love cost."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jul 29, 2013
|
|
4
|
42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
What's interesting about 'RED 2' is that, not only is it better than its predecessor, it is miles better ..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
The Act Of Killing (2013) |
"
"The Act of Killing" is disquieting, uncomfortable ... and riveting." "
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jul 16, 2013
|
|
3/10
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
Monsters versus robots .. with no room for characters or story or anything other than shiny metal and roaring bulk. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 10, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
"
Heartfelt and hilarious, smart and silly, action-packed but never violent, "Despicable Me 2" is that rare sequel that outshines its beginnings."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jul 2, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
The Internship (2013) |
"
There are plenty of films out there competing for your money ... 'The Internship' doesn't even deserve a part-time gig ..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jun 18, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
75%
|
The East (2013) |
"
Marling and Batmangli are smart enough to know that character and ideas matter, and how the presence of those things can improve action and suspense."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
Alex Gibney's latest, "We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks," is very good -- manage to do both."
—
MSN Movies
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
19%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
This third installment could easily be dismissed as too little, too late, if only it weren't in fact too much, too late."
—
MSN Movies
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
We Are What We Are (2013) |
"
We Are What We Are is a re-make that succeeds superbly while remaining true to the strange and sad intimately grotesque spirit of the original."
—
MSN Movies
Posted May 20, 2013
|
|
B-
|
48%
|
Black Rock (2013) |
"
Black Rock isn't going to become the sort of classic that Deliverance was, but if you like your scares smart, and like them to happen to people you actually care about, then Aselton's island of friendship and fury is a nice place to visit."
—
The Playlist
Posted May 15, 2013
|
|
A
|
85%
|
Sightseers (2013) |
"
Sightseers homicidal holiday isn't just a pitch-black comedy made with skill, will and brains; it's also another demonstration that Wheatley is, to use an all-too-appropriate phrase, going places."
—
The Playlist
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
"Star Trek Into Darkness" kind of slumps back into the franchise's own canon, which is why it feels a bit less fun, fresh and funky than its predecessor; It's still a good time."
—
GeekNation
Posted May 9, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Iron Man 3 isn't a Blockbuster, it's a Blandbuster -- boring and safe and riddled with plot holes and filled with product placement. "
—
GeekNation
Posted Apr 30, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
"Pain and Gain" is Bay's best film, but we're judging on a curve that includes a talking big rig lecturing audiences about human rights and two Miami cops invading Cuba, so that's ultimately not saying much."
—
GeekNation
Posted Apr 24, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Some things borrowed, some things Cruise, some things old and nothing new; 'Oblivion' is pretty as a picture, but dumb and pointless as a bag of hammers made of meth."
—
GeekNation
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
4
|
44%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
... a breakneck, truly thrilling thriller, one that builds excitement through both brains and brutality ..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
" ... lurches its way into theaters like a dying whale into your living room, all breathless bulk and clammy fat." "
—
The Playlist
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
The director who came into the field with Sex, Lies, and Videotape leaves it with sex and lies shot on video, still surprising us with both the stories he tells and the stories hidden inside them."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Guns n' Poses in a cover-band version of 'The Untouchables,' a wax museum with a pulse. "
—
GeekNation
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
0/5
|
10%
|
A Haunted House (2013) |
"
Mean-spirited, badly made and unfunny is one set of disasters; adding in storytelling incompetence adds to the catastrophe."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Jan 9, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
'The Impossible' is a confounding misfire: so much artistic vision, combined with moral and emotional shortsightedness."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Dec 19, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Django isn't just a movie only America could make -- it's also a movie only America needs to"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 12, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
19%
|
Lay the Favorite (2012) |
"
Incoherent, loud and saddled with a lead character far less smart ... 'Lay the Favorite' simply lays down dead."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Dec 6, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Tolkien could invent names and languages, but he couldn't create a plot at gunpoint. "
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Dec 3, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
A masterwork from a master filmmaker"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 26, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
82%
|
De rouille et d'os (Rust and Bone) (2012) |
"
A must-see drama that will reward moviegoers who are both smart enough to seek it out and grown-up enough to take it"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
Rise of the Guardians isn't the year's best animated film -- that honor is still held by Wreck-It Ralph -- but it is, more impressively, the year's best animated film for kids"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 20, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
12%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
... the new "Red Dawn" feels like -- a surface-level photocopy with all of the problems of the first film and none of the accidental, seen-in-the-rearview power."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Nov 19, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
66%
|
This Must Be The Place (2012) |
"
Sean Penn as an ex-rock-star Nazi hunter feels like a lot to swallow. It is."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Nov 2, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
'Wreck-it Ralph' is a serious contender for the title of best animated film of the year."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Nov 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
A combo-platter mixing classic martial-arts cinema in all of its glorious excess with the beats and breaks and attitude of hip-hop"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
|
77%
|
The Bay (2012) |
"
As a smart, scary time-passing horror film designed to have you Googling the scientific information it's built on, satisfying your curiosity while roiling your guts with terror, The Bay has the will to thrill and the skill to scare. "
—
MSN Movies
Posted Oct 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Pusher (2012) |
"
... it feels like just another movie about crime and drugs as Frank's week goes from bad to worse."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Squint at Skyfall and you'll swear you're watching Bruce Wayne"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 23, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
24%
|
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
Adds plenty of in-jokes that also work as legitimate scares."
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
38%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
'Here Comes the Boom' is enjoyable -- or, at the very least, not torture like 'Grown Ups' ..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Oct 10, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
It turns found footage into a lost opportunity"
—
Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
34%
|
Butter (2012) |
"
Butter is laid on too thick, and in other places it's spread too thin, and it never quite develops a flavor of its own."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
This film, lazy and mismanaged as it is, just feels like the only thing that's going to get taken unjustly is your money."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
17%
|
Bringing Up Bobby (2012) |
"
'"Bringing Up Bobby" is hardly an auspicious debut for Janssen as a director, but, at the same time, there's enough there to suggest that a next attempt would be worthy of investigation..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Jarecki's film has a great performance at its center..."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Sep 11, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
83%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths promises a bloody good time. It delivers."
—
MSN Movies
Posted Sep 10, 2012
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