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4.5/5
|
84%
|
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) |
"
A simple charmer and refreshing change of pace during blockbuster season."
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 19, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
It's not that it's a bad movie. Mostly, it's just on the inconsequential side."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 19, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
I'm convinced there's probably a pretty darn good 105-minute movie wrapped inside this unwieldy 143-minute one -- not that we'll ever see it"
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 19, 2013
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|
2/5
|
14%
|
American Outlaws (2001) |
"
Let's cast a lot of cute boys as the James/Younger gang. In between hold-ups, they can bicker about who's the cutest and, oh yeah, they can take their shirts off a lot."
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Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 16, 2013
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|
5/5
|
90%
|
Amélie (2001) |
"
The sort of magical work that reminds us how truly fine movies at their best can be."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 16, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972) |
"
Idiosyncratic visionaries don't come any more idiosyncratic or visionary than Werner Herzog."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 16, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
98%
|
Before Midnight (2013) |
"
The performances and dialogue are so good that it's quite possible to overlook what an elegant and fluid film Linklater has made"
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
38%
|
The Purge (2013) |
"
Have you seen worse? Sure. I suppose you could call this efficient, but that stops short of being a recommendation."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
What Maisie Knew (2013) |
"
A movie that's much easier to admire than to actually enjoy, no matter how well done or acted."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
54%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
The very fact that Nair -- who is very at home on the subject of culture clashes -- tackled a thriller is noteworthy, as is the fact that she doesn't blow it."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Quite possibly the least original movie you'll see this summer -- and one of the most enjoyable."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Jun 4, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Frances Ha (2013) |
"
One of the most appealing films of the year to date -- and it may well end up being the most appealing indie release of the entire year"
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 28, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
71%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
A lumbering 130 minutes of asinine overkill that will probably have crossed the trillion dollar mark at the box office by the time you read this."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 28, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
Epic (2013) |
"
Apart from the visuals, it's pretty undistinguished."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 28, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
38%
|
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) |
"
Translates your average bad teen comedy into a below-average adult romantic comedy."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
14%
|
Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts) (2001) |
"
It's junk, too, and while maybe it's not as much fun as the original, neither does it disgrace its parent. "
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
74%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
It does look like it was made for a buck and a quarter and is sufficiently ambiguous to be taken as profound."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Mysterious Mr. Wong (1934) |
"
Mostly, the film is a chance for Lugosi to be sinister and say things like, "A few hours with the rats will loosen his tongue." Really, that's enough by itself."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
It works as drama. And strangely, considering we know the outcome, it generates considerable suspense."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
36%
|
Peeples (2013) |
"
Let's be honest -- harmless it may be, but bad it most certainly is."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
50%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
Luhrmann's film captures the essence of the book in ways no other version has -- giving us Luhrmann's brilliant imagining of it and how he sees and responds to the story."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
It doesn't all work -- and it sometimes feels like a much smarter take on Paul Haggis' Crash -- but enough of it works to make it a worthwhile film."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
76%
|
Renoir (2013) |
"
You will undoubtedly see better movies than Gilles Bourdos' Renoir this year, but there's a good chance you won't see a more breathtakingly gorgeous one."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
A lumbering half-assed attempt at self-seriousness with lots of stuff blowing up, a smattering of repartee, one excellent sequence, and a brace of uninteresting villains."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted May 8, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
Beyond the Hills' undercurrents prove more interesting than its storyline or characters."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 30, 2013
|
|
.5/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
Can I just say that The Big Wedding smells from herring and be done with it?"
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 30, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
55%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
That I didn't mind seeing it -- apart from finding the opening stretch on the tedious side -- isn't enough in my mind to warrant its reported $120 million price tag."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
99%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Nichols is something truly rare -- a non-condescending observer and chronicler of the modern South."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
That Night in Rio (1941) |
"
Yes, it's that kind of patently silly plot, but it works nicely here thanks to pleasant players, luminous Technicolor, a bright screenplay, and good songs. "
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Like Someone in Love (2013) |
"
If you can meet Like Someone in Love on its terms, it has much to recommend it."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
.5/5
|
4%
|
Scary Movie 5 (2013) |
"
Don't. Don't go see this. Don't subject yourself to this. Don't subject your brain to this. Don't give these people your money and encourage them to make more of this."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
A beguilingly brilliant cinematic puzzle."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
No matter how you slice it, it's a kind of horror wind-up toy: Once you set it in motion, it's going to do the same thing it always does. This one's no different. "
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 13, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
95%
|
West of Memphis (2012) |
"
A sobering look at how the wheels of justice can be -- and are -- manipulated by political expediency and a small town's tendrils of the old boy network"
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
16%
|
Temptation (2013) |
"
Never has a film so needed Tyler Perry in Madea drag or a pot of boiling grits hurled in someone's face."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
This is not the first time that Meyer's muddled prose has dragged an interesting director to his artistic doom."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
36%
|
The Collection (2012) |
"
Much splattery nonsense ensues -- some of it rather unpleasantly sadistic, and none of it particularly clever."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 30, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Torrid Zone (1940) |
"
Yeah, it's a melange of much, but, boy, is it ever a lot of slickly made fun."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Red meat for the red state-minded -- and something of an embarassment for the rest of us."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
It's not only entertaining, it's pretty darn visually impressive. On occasion, it's even rather touching."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
The Battle Of The Sexes (1928) |
"
The fact is Griffith delivered a good, solid, creative movie - it just wasn't the movie the studio was marketing. Seen today it's easier to appreciate than it was in 1928."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Calling Dr. Death (1943) |
"
The kind of thing that makes you feel that at least someone was really trying to make a good movie."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
98%
|
56 Up (2013) |
"
Chances are that you'll come away from this long film feeling a sense of knowing its characters."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
Easily the most remarkable film I've seen this year, and one that lingers in the mind. I also strongly suspect that it will pay dividends on repeat viewings."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Remains stubbornly mediocre without ever being actively awful. It's stuck in this dreadful oily neutral of being almost virulently OK."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
While there are quite a few fine things in Oz, I can't say I found the film entirely satisfying."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
60%
|
John Dies at the End (2013) |
"
Something so weird and off the beaten track that it's kind of wonderful."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
The fact that A Good Day to Die Hard returns the Die Hard series to its R-rated roots doesn't change the fact that this latest entry is pretty dire."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 6, 2013
|
|
.5/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Here we have about 70 minutes worth of movie spread out over 111 mind-numbingly painful minutes of running time."
—
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Posted Mar 6, 2013
|
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