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2.5/5
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43%
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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
Saddled with the same slender story that made previous adaptations so bland, Luhrmann has opted for a sort of visual razzle-dazzle that eventually leaves a viewer feeling assaulted."
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Jam! Movies
Posted May 9, 2013
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1/5
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8%
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
Imagine a terrible TV sitcom stretched, horribly and inexplicably, to 90 minutes, and you've got the general idea of The Big Wedding."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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3.5/5
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013) |
"
To The Wonder is a meditation on love -- physical, spiritual, emotional -- and regret, and the story seems to belong to the past and to sorrow."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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3/5
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71%
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My Awkward Sexual Adventure (2013) |
"
A low-budget Canadian sex farce about an accountant and a stripper is full of surprises, all of them good."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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1/5
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4%
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Scary Movie 5 (2013) |
"
You must have a better way to spend that $13."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/5
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77%
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42 (2013) |
"
You don't have to love baseball to love the film 42, but it couldn't hurt."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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4/5
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81%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
It's a masterpiece, this thing, but it's exhausting to take in."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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1/5
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
The movie has a couple of visually interesting sequences outlining the sad, frenetic, barf-flecked reality of spring break. Otherwise, Spring Breakers is boring."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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3/5
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69%
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The Croods (2013) |
"
An animated adventure kids will love."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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3.5/5
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48%
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Not all the effects are brilliant, but the fighting and attack scenes are filmed with Fuqua's eye for spectacle and beauty, so the movie is always engaging to look at."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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3/5
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43%
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Admission (2013) |
"
There's a good movie in here. It just takes a bit of patience to find it."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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|
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39%
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The Call (2013) |
"
It goes off the rails and turns into a vigilante drama, but the end of the movie isn't enough to wipe out all the good material that came before it."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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3.5/5
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60%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
If it's spectacle you're after, you'll want to see Oz The Great and Powerful, a visual delight for which 3D makes perfect sense."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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3/5
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58%
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Snitch (2013) |
"
Snitch is a decent little crime thriller that pokes into some of the uglier nooks and crannies of the mandatory minimum laws for drug offences."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Feb 21, 2013
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2.5/5
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45%
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Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
No matter how many genres you mix and match to come up with this thing, it's still not very good."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Feb 13, 2013
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3/5
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47%
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Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
As James Bonomo, Stallone is refreshingly brutal, bullheaded and politically incorrect; he kills people who need killing, takes his paycheque and goes home."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Feb 1, 2013
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5/5
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95%
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West of Memphis (2012) |
"
A frankly extraordinary document about the three innocent children who were murdered in West Memphis, Arkansas and the three innocent teenagers who spent 18 years in prison for the crime."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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2.5/5
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6%
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A Haunted House (2013) |
"
A Haunted House is just what you'd expect of a spoof aimed squarely at adolescent males."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jan 25, 2013
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2.5/5
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38%
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The Guilt Trip (2012) |
"
It will never be mistaken for a great movie."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Dec 19, 2012
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3.5/5
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32%
|
Deadfall (2012) |
"
Deadfall is soaked in creepy, larded with violence and filled with people in pain. Cue the dread."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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3.5/5
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64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
Presents Tolstoy's creation as a passionate love story with great costumes."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Nov 29, 2012
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3.5/5
|
63%
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Hitchcock (2012) |
"
Hitchcock may be taking liberties in its ideas about the director's psyche, but it's a genuinely entertaining movie."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Nov 23, 2012
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3.5/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
The film is just as clumsy about psychological issues as Hollywood movies generally are, but Jennifer Lawrence's performance makes all that moot."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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3/5
|
49%
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The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
A combo of kung fu choreography and Hollywood gore carefully held together with cheese. "
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Jam! Movies
Posted Nov 4, 2012
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1.5/5
|
6%
|
Silent Hill: Revelation (2012) |
"
There's a bright young director behind Silent Hill: Revelation and a very strong cast to bring the story to life, but the movie is still terrible."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Oct 26, 2012
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|
5/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
It's exhilarating, in a violent sort of way. It's witty. And it's completely engaging. "
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Jam! Movies
Posted Oct 24, 2012
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4/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Argo is funny, scary and completely enthralling. And it's smart."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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3/5
|
39%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
A crowd pleaser about a biology teacher who gets into mixed martial arts fighting."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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3/5
|
11%
|
House at the End of the Street (2012) |
"
Though The House at the End of the Street is smarter than most films of the genre, it still has some fairly predictable plot turns."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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4/5
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
So completely does filmmaker David Ayer get you to invest in these characters that you'll watch half the film with your hands over your face."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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3/5
|
19%
|
Inescapable (2013) |
"
The film is shaped as a political thriller, but the emotion of a desperate father looking for his child makes Inescapable accessible; the stakes are personal."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Sep 14, 2012
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3/5
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
It's a noble attempt, but there's too much going on and the various story lines fail to come together."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Sep 7, 2012
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4/5
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Lawless is steeped in testosterone, a story full of wild characters and wilder events, and it's a very satisfying two hours at the movies."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 31, 2012
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|
4/5
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
A terrific comedy about female friendship."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 30, 2012
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3/5
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Premium Rush is little more than a 90-minute chase scene, but it's an often exhilarating ride thanks to adrenalin-triggering visuals."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 24, 2012
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2/5
|
48%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
It's a romance, it's a drama, it's a comedy, it's a road movie, it's an auto-body experience. Whatever it is, we didn't love it."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 23, 2012
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|
2.5/5
|
58%
|
Sparkle (2012) |
"
The story is simplistic and the characters never become fully three-dimensional."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
The Awakening (2012) |
"
This is a truly haunting story, beautiful to look at and involving all the atmosphere you can eat."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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|
2.5/5
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
It is a Herculean task to create a stop-motion film like ParaNorman, so it's too bad the story and the characters in this adventure tale are so weak."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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|
3/5
|
65%
|
The Expendables 2 (2012) |
"
It's relentless, in the best sort of way. And it's funny."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 16, 2012
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|
4/5
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
Mostly makes you want to go home and have a shower."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
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2/5
|
21%
|
360 (2012) |
"
The big thing about Fernando Meirelles' 360 is that you never forget you're watching a movie. That's not a compliment."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Aug 3, 2012
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|
4/5
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
It's a stunning movie, filled with unusual images and completely engaging characters, chief among them the child actress Quvenzhane Wallis, who plays Hushpuppy."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jul 13, 2012
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|
3/5
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
You don't go to the fourth installment of a kiddie movie with great expectations, but Ice Age: Continental Drift is bound to amuse the smallfry for whom it's intended."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jul 13, 2012
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|
4/5
|
88%
|
Neil Young Journeys (2012) |
"
The words 'Neil Young in concert' mean plenty to some people and little to others; if you're in the plenty category, you'll want to see this."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jul 12, 2012
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|
3/5
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
There are problems with the logic in Savages and the film is far too long, but if you have a sudden hankering for Oliver Stone in fine form, come on down."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jul 6, 2012
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|
5/5
|
78%
|
Take This Waltz (2012) |
"
Take This Waltz concerns the revolving door of romantic love; for the way it delivers disconcerting truths in an engaging package, it is a remarkable film."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jun 29, 2012
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|
|
56%
|
People Like Us (2012) |
"
People Like Us may be overwrought, but the performances make it worthwhile."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
The writing is fabulously rude, sexist, racist and funny, and everyone in Ted seems to be having a very good time."
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Jam! Movies
Posted Jun 29, 2012
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