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14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
Nothing more than Dario Argento dialed down for fourteen-year-olds."
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East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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40%
|
Kon-Tiki (1950) |
"
Has similar sea-going survival thrills as Life of Pi, but somehow means more."
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East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
This maelstrom of violence is exhilarating, but you'll forget about it before you reach home."
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East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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87%
|
In the House (2013) |
"
One of Ozon's best."
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East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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58%
|
At Any Price (2013) |
"
Admirably avoids cheap pathos, and offers a glimpse into the sorts of lives often overlooked by Hollywood. "
—
East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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53%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
Nair and her writers are trying to tell an honest story about a thoughtful man being violently pulled in different directions. "
—
East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
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|
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50%
|
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2013) |
"
Needs someone tougher to ask questions."
—
East Bay Express
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
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74%
|
Simon Killer (2013) |
"
Not for everyone, in fact generally disrecommended for anyone except those who admired Martha Marcy May Marlene. "
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
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|
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56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
A giant IMAX screen makes a bad movie even worse."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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88%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
As heartwarming and uplifting as any tale could be that features vicious beatings and grand larceny."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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96%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
A completely enchanting fairy tale about the vicissitudes of fate, in live action and glorious black and white."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Nichols weaves it all together with consummate skill and a little black pepper."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
Termitic film nerds could chow down for years on the wood chips."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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68%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
This movie doesn't need a reviewer, it needs a family mediator."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 27, 2013
|
|
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68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
The best we can say about this is that it's better than Guy Ritchie."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
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90%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
Familiar youth crime/coming-of-age framework, novel setting and focus group."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
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77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
The baseball scenes are realistic, the acting is at the level of Lincoln, and the message is not overstated."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
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65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
Trite-sounding comic premise is lifted by a winning performance by Patrick Huard."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013) |
"
Ghetto laughs with a sophisticated point of view."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Will not inspire endless repeat viewings like the original, mostly because there's no Bruce Campbell."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
87%
|
The Silence (2013) |
"
Stunning performances and cinematography - too bad the plot machinations don't compare."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
If it were anyone else rather than Malick we would forget to care."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
The actors lift the story above and beyond."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
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79%
|
Reality (2013) |
"
A feast of eye candy and broad comic caterwauling."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
They can put a song across just like the Dreamgirls. What's not to like?"
—
East Bay Express
Posted Apr 16, 2013
|
|
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
Not the most enthralling Studio Ghibli animated feature, but the restrained story of a boy, a girl, and their beloved high school campus, circa 1963 in Yokohama, nevertheless creeps up on us emotionally in the best Ghibli fashion."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
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48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Director Antoine Fuqua just winds it up and sets it loose."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
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45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
Salles aims to do for Jack Kerouac what he did for Che Guevara, i.e., to make him and his pals rock stars."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
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58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
Makes its point, bluntly."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
|
65%
|
The We and the I (2013) |
"
Imagine a student video project with professional production values."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
So is Harmony Korine telling a cautionary tale or just trying to shock the squares? Why not both?"
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
Ms. Fanning, veteran of several domestic dramas, captures the rapture of the wonder years with ease."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
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43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
The jokes are subtle but sharply pointed, the dialogue is smart without being cruel."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
|
65%
|
A Fierce Green Fire (2013) |
"
Maybe the best environmental documentary."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
|
39%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
Taut, exciting thriller."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
|
38%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Traffic alert: Hideous comedian pileup on the interstate."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
Stark, deadpan, and darkly dry."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Enthralling enough to share a double feature bill with Victor Fleming's 1939 original."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
71%
|
Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) |
"
Not the most eloquent "outrage doc." "
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
Other than the restrained romantic flashbacks, there's nothing in this movie that hasn't been done better before."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
36%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
There's a small writing problem."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
——
|
Harana () |
"
Nostalgic travelogue, a Filipino Buena Vista Social Club."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
67%
|
Mekong Hotel () |
"
Indulges the writer-director's taste for near-catatonic pacing combined with supernatural comings and goings. "
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
A psychological, vaguely soap-operatic, decidedly gothic framework of cruelty and deceit."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
82%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
Kiarostami's "foreign tour" has proved beneficial for the Iranian filmmaker."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
Wildly colorful strokes, full of bitter humor."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
Stories of characters like Barbara continue to have meaning, even in a "free" society."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
|
47%
|
The Sweeney (2013) |
"
You'd be better off going out into the lobby for popcorn and a soda for the first hour."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
|
25%
|
Phantom (2013) |
"
Scuttle it."
—
East Bay Express
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
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