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Marty Mapes

Agrees with the Tomatometer 75% of the time.

Biography:: Marty Mapes is a web developer by day. He has a B.F.A. in film from the University of Colorado.
Favorites:: FAVORITE MOVIES (as of 1998): Koyaanisqatsi (1981, Godfrey Reggio), Mr. Hulot's Holiday (1953, Jacques Tati), and Local Hero (1983, Bill Forsythe)
Publications:: Movie Habit
Critics' Group:: Online Film Critics Society

Total Reviews:: 1338
Total QuickRatings:: 18

Location:: Boulder, Colorado

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2.5/4	94%	The Sessions (2012)	" Survival isn't enough. Acceptance isn't enough. Mark needs fulfillment." — Movie Habit Posted Mar 28, 2013
	84%	Bestiaire (2012)	" Minimalism, but without the aesthetic" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 28, 2013
	54%	Here and There (2013)	" Slow-paced family drama a mixed bag " — Movie Habit Posted Mar 28, 2013
4/4	88%	Django Unchained (2012)	" Countless great scenes in the Tarantino universe" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
1.5/4	56%	Come Out And Play (2013)	" Creepy, troubling idea drains away through a gaping plot hole" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4	92%	Lore (2013)	" Texture and detail embellish a provocative story" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
	92%	The Gatekeepers (2013)	" Director Dror Moreh doesn't rest on his scoop" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
2.5/4	67%	Stoker (2013)	" Come for the atmosphere, but don't stay for the plot" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
3.5/4	92%	No (2013)	" Old technology plus the packaging of a revolution add up to a Yes" — Movie Habit Posted Mar 24, 2013
2/4	85%	Side Effects (2013)	" Plot twists? Or lurches between genres?" — Movie Habit Posted Feb 28, 2013
1.5/4	47%	Cellmates (2012)	" A lifer with little chance for appeal" — Movie Habit Posted Feb 22, 2013
3.5/4	94%	I Wish (2012)	" A charming, magical-childhood film from Japan" — Movie Habit Posted Feb 22, 2013
4/4	77%	Samsara (2012)	" Meet your new go-to disc for showing off your home theater" — Movie Habit Posted Feb 1, 2013
3.5/4	76%	Killing Them Softly (2012)	" Director Andrew Dominik controls the clock" — Movie Habit Posted Dec 14, 2012
2.5/4	63%	Hitchcock (2012)	" Mainstream telling of the making of Psycho is missing part of the story" — Movie Habit Posted Dec 14, 2012
4/4	90%	Holy Motors (2012)	" Mystifying and emotion-stirring, it demands that you bring yourself" — Movie Habit Posted Dec 14, 2012
3.5/4	84%	Manufactured Landscapes (2007)	" Marvel at the sheer size of human industry (or is that human folly?)" — Movie Habit Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4	66%	The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)	" Tolkein geeks rejoice" — Movie Habit Posted Dec 14, 2012
3/4	95%	Chasing Ice (2012)	" Postpones the inevitable conclusion long enough to tell a good story" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 23, 2012
3/4	84%	The Flat (2012)	" Grandma's closet contains a story only the third generation can hear" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 23, 2012
	89%	Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (Surviving Life (Theory and Practice)) (2010)	" Peek into the subconscious imagery of Jan Svankmajer" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 16, 2012
	——	Casting By ()	" Dances around the subject of casting in movies" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 16, 2012
	71%	We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists (2012)	" Fills you in on a few names you know from the headlines" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 16, 2012
	89%	Lincoln (2012)	" When Spielberg humanizes, it works, and when he mythologizes, it doesn't" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 16, 2012
3/4	100%	Urbanized (2011)	" A good (and great-looking) overview of urban planning" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 9, 2012
3/4	92%	Skyfall (2012)	" Old and new, Skyfall follows the well-worn patterns of its predecessors" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 9, 2012
	57%	Shanghai Calling (2013)	" Light mainstream feature has enough charisma and cultural observations -- but only just" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 9, 2012
	——	Snackbar ()	" Snacks are sold more to kill time than to nourish" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 9, 2012
	——	Bay Of All Saints ()	" "Not excellent" doesn't always correlate with "forgettable"" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 5, 2012
2.5/4	68%	Cloud Atlas (2012)	" Mash-up works best if you don't take it too seriously" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 5, 2012
3.5/4	95%	Sister (2012)	" Emotionally engaging and impeccably crafted" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 5, 2012
3.5/4	93%	Elena (2012)	" Not a shot is wasted in this tale of two families" — Movie Habit Posted Nov 5, 2012
	90%	The Well Digger's Daughter (2012)	" Remake lacks the power of context" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
	16%	The Watch (2012)	" Aims for ridiculous comedy, hits "ridiculous"" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4	87%	ParaNorman (2012)	" Charming stop-motion lumps chase a witch" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
3/4	64%	Cosmopolis (2012)	" For those who like their Cronenberg thick and chewy" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
4/4	77%	Samsara (2012)	" Ron Fricke tops Baraka" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
2/4	22%	The Words (2012)	" The Words becomes one of the year's most irritating movies." — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
	86%	The Master (2012)	" Strange, compelling, and boldly uncommon." — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
3/4	82%	Seven Psychopaths (2012)	" McDonagh manages to have it both ways" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
3.5/4	96%	Argo (2012)	" It's okay to take a few liberties in the name of a good story" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4	68%	Wuthering Heights (2012)	" A great sensual experience, but not a very good movie" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
2.5/4	81%	In Another Country (2013)	" An arty, though not particularly artful, experiment" — Movie Habit Posted Oct 20, 2012
3.5/4	74%	Prometheus (2012)	" Ridley Scott retells an old story" — Movie Habit Posted Jul 6, 2012
3/4	94%	Moonrise Kingdom (2012)	" Sweet, not saccharine" — Movie Habit Posted Jul 6, 2012
1.5/4	35%	Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012)	" Intriguing title the most interesting thing about Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter" — Movie Habit Posted Jul 1, 2012
2.5/4	78%	Brave (2012)	" Brave is stock Disney storytelling dressed up with Pixar majesty." — Movie Habit Posted Jul 1, 2012
3/4	33%	The Lady (2012)	" Biopic of Ang San Suu Kyi a notch above the rest " — Movie Habit Posted May 24, 2012
3/4	94%	The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)	" Ghibli makes another gorgeous growing-up movie" — Movie Habit Posted May 24, 2012

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