|
6
|
35%
|
Cheerful Weather For The Wedding (2012) |
"
A welcome addition to the wedding comedy sub genre, light on its feet and brimming with vivid character portraits."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Dec 5, 2012
|
|
8
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Wild slides into caves, pell-mell chases, absurd cliffhangers and other such "thrill-rides" in 3D give the film a playfulness."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Dec 4, 2012
|
|
7
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
The film is fun and clever with a post-modern re-invention of nearly all your childhood fantasy figures"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 26, 2012
|
|
2
|
50%
|
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) |
"
A mash-up of bad vid-game effects and giggle-inducing splatter-movie gore."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 26, 2012
|
|
9
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
The film's resplendent images create a modern-day fable that reaches out to the unknown."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
47%
|
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) |
"
Shockingly, little of this 3D cartoon is funny apart from Graham Chapman's own humorous narration."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 6, 2012
|
|
8
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
Clearly, the filmmakers are in the mood for fun and not worrying how accurate anything is."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 6, 2012
|
|
9
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
A brilliantly articulated, rigorously accurate, tough-minded historical drama that focuses on character and meaning over spectacle."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 6, 2012
|
|
9
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
The best Bond movie in decades."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 6, 2012
|
|
7
|
94%
|
The Central Park Five (2012) |
"
What the film does best is explain the psychology behind police and prosecurtorial attachment to a false story."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
6
|
76%
|
The Bay (2012) |
"
A mixed bag - some of it is quite entertaining and thought-provoking while other parts are plain silly."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
While fun and made to fully maximize the stylized action, the movie is the work of a serious student of the genre rather than a master with a gift for reinvention."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Nov 3, 2012
|
|
5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
'Wreck-It Ralph' is a clutter of noise, eye-wearying animation, frenetic action and two-dimensional characters."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 30, 2012
|
|
4
|
33%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
A pretty good sports tale yet the human element is just barely there."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
|
80%
|
Vampira And Me () |
"
Vampira and Me winds up having much to say about stardom, friendships and betrayals along with delivering a slice of American pop cultural history."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
4
|
67%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
The film is elephantine and pretentious without being in the least bit significant."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 22, 2012
|
|
9
|
94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
This filmmaker knows exactly what he's doing every step of the way and is absolutely right in all his choices."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
6
|
68%
|
Step Up To The Plate (2012) |
"
Culinary idolatry where the camera takes up residence in the kitchen of a world-renowned chef to gaze in awe."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
8
|
87%
|
Middle of Nowhere (2012) |
"
The fim's emotions bubble to the surface in ways that don't seem acted, in scenes that don't seem scripted."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
4
|
39%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
Kevin James spends much more time in the embrace of sweaty tattooed males than he does in the arms of Salma Hayek."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
5
|
51%
|
Pusher (2012) |
"
'Pusher' is pretty empty of purpose."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
7
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
A solid crowd-pleaser but one awaits a tougher-minded movie from Ben Affleck. 'Argo' proves he has it in him."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
4
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
What was fresh and exciting in the original film is embalmed in a mechanical reproduction that insists against all logic the same thing happens in yet another foreign country."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
3
|
84%
|
Smashed (2012) |
"
The painfully thin story makes its characters all types, fails to examine them in any manner beyond their addiction and wraps things up in a thoroughly unconvincing fashion."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
4
|
32%
|
The Oranges (2012) |
"
'The Oranges' needed to be either much funnier - or draw blood."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
7
|
44%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
'The Paperboy' is one seriously demented film but what glorious melodrama oozes from that dementia!"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
4
|
54%
|
V/H/S (2012) |
"
Six horror shorts - one sings, the others mostly don't."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
9
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
A glorious, visually sumptuous stop-motion, black-and-white animated film that kids will see on one level while adults will read it on a completely different level."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
8
|
32%
|
Won't Back Down (2012) |
"
By skillfully navigating a minefield of political, social and moral issues involving the mostly broken American educational system, 'Won't Back Down' earns its happy ending"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
6
|
——
|
Almost Perfect (2012) |
"
'Almost Perfect' is a slight romantic comedy that refreshingly views people of color and a mixed marriage without that being its central focus."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
7
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
Delving into the peviously unexplored world of collegiate a cappella singing, there's a smarty-pants, tongue-in-cheek tone to 'Pitch Perfect.'"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
9
|
84%
|
Detropia (2012) |
"
'Detropia' is a tone poem, an impressionistic mosaic that gives you a sense of the city and a pandemic of pessimism that challenges those who elect to stay."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
6
|
43%
|
Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
The cartoon has funny moment but most of its ingenuity has gone into the critter design."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Intriguing conversation material but curiously cold and unsatisfying as drama."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
8
|
79%
|
The Other Son (2012) |
"
"The Other Son" may be wishful thinking but does show what might happen - what can happen - when the luxury of hatred is taken away from a Palestinian and an Israeli family."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
8
|
94%
|
Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012) |
"
It quickly becomes clear in this film that "Diana Vreeland" invented herself. She is a marvelous creation and totally original."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
7
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
It's every cop movie you've ever seen but from a fresh angle: You go into each situation without a clue about its outcome."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
4
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
Clint Eastwood strikes out but not on a curve ball. I think a change-up got him."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
4
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
A hollow epic that searches for a big bang yet ends in a whimper."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 11, 2012
|
|
4
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
'Arbitrage' switches genres mid-movie and pulls you every which way dramatically but never connects you to any emotions that matter."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
4
|
58%
|
The Eye of the Storm (2012) |
"
The actors and Fred Schepisi's direction are impeccable but so what? A brilliantly designed death watch is still a death watch."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
6
|
55%
|
Bachelorette (2012) |
"
You might tag the young writer-director Leslye Headland as someone to watch in the future."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
3
|
54%
|
The Inbetweeners (2012) |
"
You've seen all this teenage male awkwardness, sexual misadventures and body fluids in so damn many American movies that British accents don't make them any fresher."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
6
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
There is a genuine, high-minded earnestness about the film that, unfortunately, falls well short of its goals."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
6
|
70%
|
The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2012) |
"
The toys of 3D and Imax give martial-arts master Tsui Hark license to go berserk for two hours with flying things and non-stop action"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 31, 2012
|
|
4
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
A super-light R-rated comedy more in the Doris Day tradition than it's willing to acknowledge."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 31, 2012
|
|
8
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
A movie that lingers in the mind with strong images and a great soundtrack."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 31, 2012
|
|
6
|
77%
|
Samsara (2012) |
"
For a 102-minute film without any narration, you're not going to be bored for a single moment."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
7
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
"Premium Rush" may be one of the coolest dumb movie ever."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
8
|
75%
|
Chicken with Plums (2012) |
"
Mixing an international cast in an amusing and imaginary Tehran, the directors evoke a past of the memory - of iconic characters and emotions writ large."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 19, 2012
|
|
7
|
25%
|
Why Stop Now (2012) |
"
Each actor is adept at twisting a line or bit of spectacular illogic so gasps turn to laughs."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
8
|
34%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
Writer-director Peter Hedges has found a gem in young actor CJ Adams to play his magical character."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
6
|
65%
|
The Expendables 2 (2012) |
"
Personally, I rather enjoy an action movie that looks like everyone is still fighting World War II instead of aliens or high-tech spies."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 15, 2012
|
|
7
|
20%
|
Goats (2012) |
"
This is a very effecting drama about a teenage boy buffeted by starkly contrasting role models from the adult world."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 11, 2012
|
|
7
|
65%
|
2 Days in New York (2012) |
"
Julie Delpy's madcap touch is once more evident in the disheveled comedy and bracing, freeform mis-en-scène that plants organized chaos on the screen."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
6
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
The new "Bourne" movie ins't half bad only writer-directorTony Gilroy keeps referring back to previous movies, which reminds you what you're missing."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 8, 2012
|
|
4
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
Old pros Meryl Streep and Tommy Le Jones find moments for observant, revelatory acting but this 'comedy' lacks laughs."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 6, 2012
|
|
5
|
31%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
A two-hour chase film but an intriguing one where human figures get blended into a fast-moving digital world."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 4, 2012
|
|
1
|
8%
|
The Babymakers (2012) |
"
A movie to flee from with an agonized shriek."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
5
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
There is truly never a dull moment but that's not the same thing as good ones."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Aug 1, 2012
|
|
8
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
My real hope is that, yes, the movie does well, but that rereleases by Light in the Attic Records of the music will establish Rodriguez as an artist in the U.S."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
4
|
79%
|
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012) |
"
The tragedy Miike aims for somehow eludes him within these under-lit interiors and shooting through netting that often blurs facial expressions"
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
7
|
71%
|
Sacrifice (2012) |
"
The master's touch is evident throughout a carefully calibrated drama that builds to a shocking tragedy."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
3
|
16%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
You are hard pressed to say what the premise of "The Watch" even is."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
8
|
95%
|
The Queen of Versailles (2012) |
"
Documentarian Lauren Greenfield caught lightning in a bottle with this one."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 18, 2012
|
|
4
|
29%
|
Red Lights (2012) |
"
Rodrigo Cortes amps up the genre material so heavily that whatever he's trying to say about paranormal activity becomes incoherent."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 17, 2012
|
|
6
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
Continental Drift is a fine swan song for the cartoon series, if that's what this turns out to be."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 17, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
This film really is, arguably of course, the conclusion of the best film trilogy in popular cinema."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 17, 2012
|
|
7
|
56%
|
People Like Us (2012) |
"
Alex Kurtzman, in his directorial debut, delivers a compelling and emotional dramedy about a man who discovers he has a sister he knew nothing about."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
7
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
"Prometheus" comes off as a really fun movie with knockout effects, a splendid visual design, tense scenes, a playful attitude but ... well, it's a wee bit familiar."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
8
|
100%
|
G-Dog (2013) |
"
Freida Mock's doc about Father Boyle and Homeboy Industries is a strong, vibrant, resolute film that captures the essence of the miracles happening in downtown L.A."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
4
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Maybe it wasn't too smart to turn this Hasbro game into an alien-invasion movie."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
9
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
MIB3 defines how a smart summer tentpole extravaganza should look and act."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
4
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
The filmmakers play a conservative game, not setting out to make a great movie but simply making sure not to screw it up an entire franchise."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
8
|
76%
|
It's a Disaster (2013) |
"
A pitch-perfect black comedy, catching just the right tone of people blowing small things out of proportion when a really big thing, like Armageddon, is happening."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
8
|
87%
|
Robot & Frank (2012) |
"
This role fits Frank Langella to perfection as he plays away from the obvious comedy in search of greater truths."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
7
|
94%
|
Farewell, My Queen (2012) |
"
This movie blows away the dust of history to present a vivid, richly detailed account of life in the cocoon of the royal palace of the ancient régime before the Revolution."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
7
|
79%
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) |
"
Easily the best of the series."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
9
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
Pure Joy. This film's heroes may be pint-sized but their emotions and dreams are larger than life."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
7
|
43%
|
To Rome with Love (2012) |
"
A complete escape from reality where the irrational meets the silly with an overlay of Kafka. Well, that is if Kafka had told better jokes."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
8
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
The comedy surprise so far of the year."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
4
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
There must have been a contest among the actors on the set of Olivier Stone's new and often ludicrous movie to see who could play the biggest badass."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
4
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
While watching "Magic Mike," which plunges into the false glamour of male strippers, you search in vain for a reason why you're there."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
8
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
The new Spider-Man reboot is smart and - for an oft-told tale - surprisingly fresh despite some awkwardness in the script."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
6
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
A perfectly fine effort that lacks the Pixar touch of distinction."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
7
|
86%
|
Easy Money (2012) |
"
Director Daniel Espinosa play a game with his audience, making you like maybe one guy more than the next only to pull out the rug and dump him into the same moral cesspool."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
8
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012) |
"
The film touches on so many aspects of human foibles including shaky memories, the allure of false hope, the psychology of secrets and lies and the meaning of family itself."
—
honeycuttshollywood.com
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
|
97%
|
Paul Williams Still Alive (2012) |
"
A fascinating, penetrating look at a former celebrity who found his true self after crashing and burning."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 23, 2012
|
|
|
21%
|
360 (2012) |
"
La Ronde 2011-style is simply a game and its makers expert gamesmen. The film is never less than intriguing. But the artifice shows all too clearly."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 22, 2012
|
|
|
98%
|
Born To Be Wild (2011) |
"
A terrific big-screen/3D film about the rescue of baby elephants and orangutans by dedicated humans introduces young people to a strong conservation ethic."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 4, 2012
|
|
|
74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
In trying to create the worst cop ever in a realistic milieu, director Oren Moveerman comes up with a creature that is neither credible nor interesting."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 21, 2011
|
|
|
75%
|
Green (2012) |
"
The film never broadens that intimacy to include its audience."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 19, 2011
|
|
|
40%
|
Boy Wonder (2011) |
"
An intriguing, low-budget look at a young vigilante whose "heroism" comes with much moral ambivalence."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 17, 2011
|
|
|
81%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011) |
"
Only someone as talented as Almodóvar could have mixed such elements without blowing up an entire movie."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
|
69%
|
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) |
"
A mildly diverting naughty comedy, lacking the pure comic nastiness of Bad Santa or the sheer audacity of Up in Smoke."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 3, 2011
|
|
—
|
——
|
If You Are the One 2 (Fei Cheng Wu Rao Ii) (2010) |
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
|
79%
|
Ra. One (2011) |
"
RA.ONE nicely serves two masters -- good family values and good capitalist instincts."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 26, 2011
|
|
|
99%
|
Le Havre (2011) |
"
Aki Kaurismaki carves out another comically enchanted movie oasis from the real world where people can rise to the occasion and do the right things."
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 18, 2011
|
|
—
|
64%
|
Always (1989) |
—
Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
87%
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91%
85%
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