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A minus
|
95%
|
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2013) |
"
A unique tribute to a unique artist."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
46%
|
Parkland (2013) |
"
CliffNotes version of the Warren Commission Report."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
Lame 'Wall Street' knockoff. Timberlake is Leo-lite, but Affleck is fun as the heavy."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
A
|
98%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
Not since '2001: A Space Odyssey' has outer space seemed so real."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Oct 3, 2013
|
|
B-
|
90%
|
Inequality For All (2013) |
"
It all ends with Reich's students giving him a standing ovation. I felt like jumping out of a window."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
78%
|
Metallica Through the Never (2013) |
"
For Metallica fans only."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
B
|
86%
|
Blue Caprice (2013) |
"
Very well done, if a bit relentlessly grim."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
67%
|
Haute Cuisine (2013) |
"
A marvelous performance by Catherine Frot as Le President's private cook."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
A classic screwball comedy, and it works like a charm."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
88%
|
Rush (2013) |
"
A worthy successor to 'Grand Prix' and 'Le Mans.'"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
83%
|
Don Jon (2013) |
"
A 'Saturday Night Fever' for a new generation."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
B
|
57%
|
When Comedy Went to School (2013) |
"
Shallow but interesting and a lot of fun."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
B
|
56%
|
My Lucky Star (2013) |
"
Ziyi Zhang as heroine in 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' rom-com? Yes."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
50%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
12-Step self-indulgent soap opera. Pass."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
34%
|
Salinger (2013) |
"
Creepy hagiography, halo askew."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
51%
|
A Single Shot (2013) |
"
Hillbilly noir, great cast, dueling beards."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
The only prisoners are the audience."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
B
|
75%
|
Populaire (2013) |
"
A nice throwback, but less typing, please."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
C
|
34%
|
Adore (2013) |
"
'Mommy Dearest,' indeed. "
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
B minus
|
80%
|
Drinking Buddies (2013) |
"
Cast is good, material is a weak brew."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
33%
|
The Family (2013) |
"
De Niro and Pfeiffer still married to the mob and very funny."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
71%
|
Terraferma (2013) |
"
Another fine piece of work from one of the world's major filmmaking talents."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
34%
|
Hell Baby (2013) |
"
Like 98-minutes of 'MADtv.' I mean that in a good way."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
C minus
|
60%
|
Riddick (2013) |
"
Not as ghastly as 'Chronicles of Riddick,' but just as unnecessary."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
99%
|
Short Term 12 (2013) |
"
Marvelous ensemble work, Larson shines."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 30, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
74%
|
The Grandmaster (2013) |
"
Lyrical mix of wuxia and biopic."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 30, 2013
|
|
C
|
31%
|
Austenland (2013) |
"
Not smart enough by long shot to be Austen-inspired."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 30, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
46%
|
Closed Circuit (2013) |
"
Taut and timely spy drama."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 30, 2013
|
|
D
|
3%
|
Getaway (2013) |
"
Bottom of summer-movie barrel, we hope."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 29, 2013
|
|
A-
|
96%
|
Cutie And The Boxer (2013) |
"
The most wonderful, paint-splattered love story I've seen..."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
C
|
75%
|
You're Next (2013) |
"
Yet another home-invasion body-count movie, the just-released 2011 effort You're Next adds humor to the mix - with mixed results..."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
C
|
81%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
Ain't Them Bodies Saints doesn't live up to crime dramas it mimics"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
C minus
|
12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
Are you a 'mundane?' Oy."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 21, 2013
|
|
C minus
|
4%
|
Paranoia (2013) |
"
Another late summer loser."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 17, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
73%
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
It makes the most important American story of the 20th century personal and electrifying."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 17, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
78%
|
Europa Report (2013) |
"
A small, brilliantly cast sci-fi gem, a riveting piece of minimalist work."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
|
B minus
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
But only skin deep."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
|
A
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
Woody hasn't resolved the comedy and cruelty issue, but this dark comedy is brilliant and Blanchett's inspired turn dazzles."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
|
B
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
A big, tasty slice of B-movie cheese. Who knew Matt Damon was the new Arnold Schwarzenegger circa 'Total Recall?'"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
B
|
38%
|
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters (2013) |
"
Rehash of the Titans."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
Aniston is a gifted comic actor, and she is in amazing shape. Sudeikis, too, has serious comic chops and experience. But this material is weak and lacks warmth in spite of its hypocrisy."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 7, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
56%
|
The Look of Love (2013) |
"
Steve Coogan's fourth collaboration with director Michael Winterbottom is a funny, visually inventive take on Britain's Hugh Hefner."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
C
|
63%
|
2 Guns (2013) |
"
Really guys, another mediocre knockoff of 'Lethal Weapon'?"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 1, 2013
|
|
C plus
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
Just because actor-producer Jackman wants to replenish his coffers every year or two with one of these movies is no reason to see them, especially if their narratives are as thin as this."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
B plus
|
47%
|
I'm So Excited! (2013) |
"
Almodovar muse Cecilia Roth is Spain's own Cruella De Vil. Almodovar regular Lola Duenas is a sexy scream as a virgin psychic."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
91%
|
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2013) |
"
The film brilliantly incorporates Ungerer's art into its visuals in ways that are as instructive as they are delightful"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
C minus
|
8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
A mix of cheap sentiment and fart jokes."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
The epic-scale battles between the towering robots and massive monsters are a huge part of this film's spectacle quotient and often achieve pop-visual grandeur."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
A minus
|
63%
|
Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain (2013) |
"
Hart's comedy is the product of a brilliant acting performance. He uses his imposing physical and vocal skills to bring a paranoid, apoplectic madwoman to hilarious, side-splitting life."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Jul 4, 2013
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