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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	45%	Men at Lunch (2013)	" Few New York City photos are as familiar or evocative as the one that inspired the documentary "Men At Lunch." " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Oct 4, 2013
	100%	A.K.A. Doc Pomus (2013)	" A thoughtful, intimate documentary about a blues shouter, in the tradition of the great Joe Turner..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Oct 4, 2013
	98%	Gravity (2013)	" "Gravity" is a knock out, but without Bullock's movie-star charisma and everywoman relatability, the film wouldn't work nearly as well as it does." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Oct 4, 2013
2.1/2	46%	Parkland (2013)	" As someone who clearly remembers that November afternoon in 1963, and the days that followed, I was drawn to all of the detail in "Parkland." " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Oct 4, 2013
2.1/2	33%	The Family (2013)	" De Niro is a pleasure to watch in a role that calls on him to exercise his comedic chops with some degree of subtlety." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
	99%	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	" The old-fashioned, old-school wizardry of MGM still looks impressive to me today..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
2.1/2	80%	Prisoners (2013)	" "Prisoners" is gripping and exceptionally well made, but I found it relentless-too bleak for my taste..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
2.1/2	88%	Rush (2013)	" Ron Howard has brought this story to life with unbridled energy, transforming each race into an adrenaline-charged vignette that could serve as a master class in staging and editing action scenes." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
	90%	Inequality For All (2013)	" Filmmaker Kornbluth personalizes this story by using Reich's warmth and humor to win us over and keep his presentation from becoming a dry recitation of facts." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
	59%	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)	" The movie picks up where the last one left off, but the sequel bears little resemblance to 2009's "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs."" — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
	83%	Don Jon (2013)	" Every detail of this modest film is well thought out and executed, from the spot-on casting to the canny use of sound and music..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 27, 2013
	95%	Enough Said (2013)	" Louis-Dreyfuss reveals colors and shadings we've never seen before, while Gandolfini is irresistibly likable in his least characteristic role. " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 18, 2013
2.1/2	34%	Touchy Feely (2013)	" A great ensemble infuses life into the characters, but it's as if Shelton has painted herself into a corner with no clue what to do next." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Sep 12, 2013
	99%	Short Term 12 (2013)	" In portraying a wide range of attitudes and experiences writer-director Cretton never strikes a false note; if anything, you could almost be fooled into believing this is a fly-on-the-wall documentary." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 23, 2013
2.1/2`	74%	The Grandmaster (2013)	" Wong Kar Wai's new epic The Grandmaster is an exquisite-looking film and leading man, Tony Leung, is a quietly compelling presence in it. " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 23, 2013
	89%	The World's End (2013)	" The World's End is out to give its audience a good time, which the cast seems to be having from start to finish." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 23, 2013
	83%	The Patience Stone (2013)	" With so many dramas depicting the varied facets of life in war-torn Middle Eastern countries, none are quite like this intimate depiction of a young woman's existence in The Patience Stone." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 17, 2013
	26%	Jobs (2013)	" The film works best early on...watching how the young, ambitious college drop-out uses his wits and his wiles to develop an exciting idea and bring it to life." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 16, 2013
	31%	Austenland (2013)	" Everything about Austenland is heavy-handed, to put it mildly...even amateurish at times," — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 16, 2013
	73%	Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)	" Cecil Gaines may be a fictionalized character, but he carries a lot of weight on his shoulders, beautifully interpreted by Forest Whitaker. " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 16, 2013
	30%	Kick-Ass 2 (2013)	" Compared to this lame attempt at storytelling the first Kick-Ass is a masterpiece." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 16, 2013
	84%	Prince Avalanche (2013)	" Two good actors breathe life into a pair of flawed, mismatched, but utterly believable characters in David Gordon Green's Prince Avalanche." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 9, 2013
	54%	Lovelace (2013)	" Amanda Seyfried delivers a fearless and sympathetic portrayal of the young woman who is led into very dark places by a smooth-talking hustler played by Peter Sarsgaard. " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 8, 2013
2.1/2	68%	Elysium (2013)	" Neill Blomkamp's follow-up feature to District 9 has been keenly anticipated and Elysium starts out on that same solid footing." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 8, 2013
	91%	The Spectacular Now (2013)	" How these characters affect each other's decisions, and ultimate destiny, is at the heart of Neustadter and Weber's screenplay, brought to life with admirable honesty and restraint by James Ponsoldt..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 2, 2013
	63%	2 Guns (2013)	" Washington and Wahlberg make a charismatic team and have swagger to spare, as soldiers-of-fortune who are hustling money and drugs on both sides of the Mexican border." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Aug 2, 2013
	85%	The Way Way Back (2013)	" Like many of the best films in this genre The Way, Way Back is rooted in truth: honest observations about family dynamics, adolescence, dependence and independence." — indieWIRE Posted Jul 26, 2013
	94%	Fruitvale Station (2013)	" ...writer-director Ryan Coogler and his actors do such a good job the film is consistently compelling despite its predestined finale." — indieWIRE Posted Jul 26, 2013
2.1/2	52%	The To Do List (2013)	" ...even a generous viewer may have to admit that the film runs out of steam before it reaches the finale-a flaw it shares with far too many recent comedies." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 26, 2013
	69%	The Wolverine (2013)	" ...this serious script suddenly reaches for cheesy catchphrase dialogue toward the end, in what seems to be an act of desperation." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 26, 2013
	91%	Blue Jasmine (2013)	" Blue Jasmine is a character study, and although its principal character is a mess, she's utterly compelling, especially as played by Cate Blanchett." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 26, 2013
	42%	Red 2 (2013)	" Willis is solid, as usual, but it's Parker (and, later in the proceedings, Hopkins) who seem to actually be having fun, which is mildly contagious." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 19, 2013
	40%	Only God Forgives (2013)	" Some people value style over content; I prefer a melding of the two, which is why I found Refn's Drive so irritating and pretentious." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 19, 2013
	95%	The Hunt (2013)	" The characters... are not symbolic. They're real people, leading imperfect lives... but we can relate to their feelings, and their actions at every turn of this searing drama." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 12, 2013
	94%	Fruitvale Station (2013)	" The closeness of family and the feeling of community comes across as genuine in every scene..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 12, 2013
	8%	Grown Ups 2 (2013)	" Judging from the box-office success of 2010's Grown Ups, there is a healthy-sized audience for this brand of comedy." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 12, 2013
	72%	Pacific Rim (2013)	" For "Pacific Rim" to work we have to believe in this future world...and we do." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 12, 2013
	85%	The Way Way Back (2013)	" Writer-performers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, imbue the characters around them with three-dimensional qualities that give the movie its enormous appeal. " — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 8, 2013
	31%	The Lone Ranger (2013)	" You ought to provide the audience with someone to root for, and this lumbering screenplay offers nothing but lamebrains..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jul 3, 2013
2.1/2	47%	I'm So Excited! (2013)	" Almodóvar has opted for a return to the outrageous sexual humor that put him on the map." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 28, 2013
	50%	White House Down (2013)	" I've never seen anything quite like it ... outlandish, inventive, and completely entertaining." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 28, 2013
	65%	The Heat (2013)	" Bullock and McCarthy, in this rowdy, raunchy buddy-cop comedy, make a terrific team." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 28, 2013
2.1/2`	64%	Unfinished Song (2013)	" I can't fault the actors or their performances... but it's Vanessa Redgrave who validates Unfinished Song." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 21, 2013
2.1/2	78%	Monsters University (2013)	" ...I can applaud a story that not only celebrates oddballs and underdogs but shows how young outcasts can find their way in the world..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 21, 2013
	97%	A Hijacking (2013)	" Moment by moment we find ourselves wondering what will happen next..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 21, 2013
	67%	World War Z (2013)	" This is tried-and-true storytelling and it works like a charm." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 21, 2013
2.1/2	56%	Man of Steel (2013)	" The filmmakers throw us a curve by telling the story in non-linear fashion." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 14, 2013
	93%	Frances Ha (2013)	" Indie darling Gerwig has a great deal to do with the picture's success: she's disarmingly likable..." — Leonard Maltin's Picks Posted Jun 13, 2013
	19%	The Hangover Part III (2013)	" Among the movie's built-in problems are the fact that Galifianakis' character is more pathetic than amusing..." — indieWIRE Posted Jun 13, 2013

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