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3.5/4
|
95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
A believable and organic funny-sad-dramatic tonal medley."
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MLive.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
Cuaron is as eager to invoke primal, instinctual fear as he is to indulge lyrical, philosophical reflection."
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MLive.com
Posted Oct 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Metallica Through the Never (2013) |
"
A rolling tank of a concert film, all audio-visual artillery, an exercise in bombast designed to tickle the denim-clad cockles of the hesher faithful."
—
MLive.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
59%
|
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) |
"
Like its predecessor, the sequel is paced like a triple Skittle-and-espresso cocktail."
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MLive.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
It's about good people dismantled by a quest to explain the inexplicable. But it's not a hopeless trek to the Gulag. "
—
MLive.com
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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|
3/4
|
81%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013) |
"
Even during its moments of unapologetic pastiche, David Lowery's Ain't Them Bodies Saints is an absorbing drama, nuanced and emotionally evocative."
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MLive.com
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) |
"
Despite its assured direction, the sequel to 2011's Insidious insists upon trotting out the hoary clichés of countless scarefests before it."
—
MLive.com
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
The film's utter believability on all fronts is its greatest asset."
—
MLive.com
Posted Sep 6, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
98%
|
Blackfish (2013) |
"
Blackfish takes an emotional argument and supports it with just enough logic to make it convincing."
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MLive.com
Posted Sep 5, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
Cate Blanchett gives a masterful performance.... Allen's work has rarely, if ever, hit so hard."
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
The World's End (2013) |
"
It's the least of Pegg and Wright's three creative collaborations, but nonetheless diverting for those tuned to its hyper-pop-culture wavelength."
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MLive.com
Posted Aug 23, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
The Act Of Killing (2013) |
"
Oppenheimer captures dozens of shocking, candid moments... My initial reaction was disbelief. "
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 22, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
The plot and character clichés in Blomkamp's screenplay are easier to accept thanks to his eye for visual detail."
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Crystal Fairy (2013) |
"
It has an air of authenticity, loose and free-flowing...(which) works very well thematically, as Cera and Hoffmann explore two different versions of aimlessness. "
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
A Band Called Death (2013) |
"
It could have dug a little deeper, pursued more candid moments to capture on film. But it compensates by recanting the emotionally meaningful story of the Hackney family."
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
The Canyons (2013) |
"
It's something you'd watch when you need to catch up on your magazine reading... Even as exploitation, The Canyons is a failure."
—
MLive.com
Posted Aug 2, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
One hottie, one cutie, one stoner, one jock and one intellectual go to a remote cabin in the woods. If this sounds like a setup for a joke, well, it kind of is."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 31, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
14%
|
The Smurfs 2 (2013) |
"
I recall, in the vernacular of the franchise, the first movie being a more painful boot to the Smurfberries than this sequel."
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MLive.com
Posted Jul 31, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Fruitvale Station (2013) |
"
Many recent movies so cavalierly dispense thousands upon thousands of ammunition rounds, you can sometimes forget the effect that one bullet can have on human life."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
This franchise is starting to feel as immortally weary as its most beloved hero."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
The Way Way Back (2013) |
"
(The) dialogue is a notch too clever for its own good. But the performances are enjoyable."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
I'm tempted to heavily plagiarize my review of 2010's Red. The two films are essentially the same."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
65%
|
Turbo (2013) |
"
Destined to be remembered only as That Snail Movie."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 17, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
Guillermo del Toro clearly intends to invoke the warm nostalgia of crappy-fun Japanese fare and grindhouse cinema, while repurposing the aesthetic for the modern digital age."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
The best thing I can say about Grown Ups 2 is that Rob Schneider is not in it. "
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Despicable Me 2 (2013) |
"
(The Minions) will make or break Despicable Me 2 for audiences, depending on whether you find them endearing or annoying."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 3, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
31%
|
The Lone Ranger (2013) |
"
Depp's performance isn't nearly endearing enough to make the onslaught of vulgar flapdoodle tolerable."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jul 3, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
The East (2013) |
"
Marling's creative input assures a healthy dosage of philosophical fodder within a solid what's-next plot that keeps us involved and guessing, even when it's implausible."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
65%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
There's enough inspiration in front of and behind the camera to push it beyond its formula trappings, but trumping that is how consistently it doles out good jokes."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
White House Down (2013) |
"
Another bacchanalia of mindless destruction from Emmerich. He putts for par: it's awful. But once the critical sphincter loosens a bit, the movie becomes a guilty pleasure."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
A well-made escapist action picture... it did a good job of staving off my growing zombie ennui, for what it's worth."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
Lesser Pixar ... charming and occasionally clever, although the story is familiar and unmemorable."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Man of Steel is no fun, whether Superman broods or is in action. Endless, mindless, explosive, stultifying action."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
55%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
Works well as a logistical crime-drama that sometimes veers into far-fetchedness."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
15%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
I laughed quite often, at its brazen and unapologetic stupidity more than its intentional stabs at comedy."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Thick with director Sam Raimi's gonzo flourishes, but thin on character."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
84%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
Banking successfully on the chemistry of its cast, it's a thoroughly enjoyable tweak of stoner-dude grossout yukfests."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
There's a thin line between comedy and tragedy, and Greta Gerwig walks it remarkably well."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
60%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
A throwback action movie that invokes 1980s nostalgia in all the right ways."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Empty, ugly and dumb, a grim and cynical exercise in death and destruction."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
A reasonably diverting blend of horror, comedy and romance"
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Bateman and McCarthy seem inspired enough to make this janky old jalopy of a story somewhat entertaining, playing to type with a lukewarm script."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
38%
|
Stand Up Guys (2013) |
"
There's much entertainment ... in watching a trio of great actors in the twilight of their careers, at work with a strong script."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 5, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
The film is about nothing more than Alvarez devising amusingly fiendish ways of freaking out audiences. "
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
69%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
An occasionally frustrating and far-fetched psychological thriller with enough deceptive plot switchbacks and visual tricks for three movies."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
79%
|
42 (2013) |
"
Endearing and watchable. But it has the simplistic tone of a grade-school textbook."
—
MLive.com
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
By linking [three vignettes], Cianfrance explores larger themes that enrich the otherwise patience-testing 140-minute experience."
—
MLive.com
Posted May 31, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
A classic case of concept being better than execution."
—
MLive.com
Posted May 31, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Jeff Nichols writes characters with depth, nurtures strong performances form his cast and allows the screenplay's backwater setting to effectively create tone and texture."
—
MLive.com
Posted May 31, 2013
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