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Publications:: St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
2/5	46%	Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)	" Perhaps when it comes to fairy tales movie studios should just leave well enough alone unless they can come up with something that won't leave the audience feeling grumpy, sleepy or dopey." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jun 2, 2012
4/5	77%	The Intouchables (2012)	" While the movie does get a bit sugary and sentimental at times, writers and directors Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano take an evenhanded approach and do their best to let the characters speak for themselves." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jun 1, 2012
3.5/5	68%	Men in Black III (2012)	" But Men in Black III proves that it's always fun to save the galaxy with Agents J and K, even when bravely facing down the law of diminishing returns." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 25, 2012
1.5/5	34%	Battleship (2012)	" There is an earnestness to Battleship that makes it impossible to hate even with its clunky dialogue and plot holes so big you could float the entire Pacific Fleet through them." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 18, 2012
3/5	23%	What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012)	" Expecting is uneven and at times struggles under its own weight, but overcomes its shortcomings to be worthy of ponying up for a babysitter for the rare parental date-night." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 18, 2012
3/5	58%	The Dictator (2012)	" By cracking wise about subjects most people are hesitant even to mention, Cohen shows us where our boundaries are and then makes us question why we've put them there in the first place." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 16, 2012
2/5	40%	Dark Shadows (2012)	" The film is lifeless, which would be a funny thing to say about a vampire movie if it weren't so true." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 11, 2012
4/5	93%	Marvel's The Avengers (2012)	" The Avengers is everything you would want it to be and is the ultimate summer blockbuster. The movie is thrilling and funny without requiring any intellectual heavy lifting." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted May 4, 2012
2/5	21%	The Raven (2012)	" Let's just be sure that from now on we let poor Edgar rest in peace until we have a really good reason to disturb him." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 30, 2012
3/5	86%	The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012)	" There is a lot to like about The Pirates!, especially for those of us who watch a lot of BBC America. " — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 27, 2012
3/5	53%	Think Like a Man (2012)	" The result is a solid date-night movie with enough romance to satisfy the ladies and enough laughs to ensure the men won't spend the whole time checking their watches." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 20, 2012
3.5/5	74%	Chimpanzee (2012)	" At a light and lean 78 minutes, Chimpanzee is perfect family fare as kids will love watching the antics of the young chimps, and just before they figure out its educational, the credits are rolling." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 20, 2012
3/5	87%	Bully (2012)	" The movie seems to be content to just say "Bullying is a very real and very serious problem in American schools" as loudly and clearly as it can." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 13, 2012
4/5	90%	The Cabin in the Woods (2012)	" It's pretty clear from The Cabin in the Woods that co-writers Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard love horror movies almost as much as they are annoyed by them." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 13, 2012
3.5	43%	American Reunion (2012)	" The scenes between Levy and Biggs is really a master's class on improv as Levy's nervous ramblings continue to offer up way more information than should ever be shared between a father and son." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Apr 6, 2012
4/5	85%	The Hunger Games (2012)	" Katniss Everdeen is motion pictures' most fully realized and compelling female action hero since Sigourney Weaver's Ripley from the Alien franchise." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 23, 2012
4/5	85%	21 Jump Street (2012)	" 21 Jump Street is as fresh and original a comedy you'll ever find that is based on a totally stolen concept. If only all Hollywood rip-offs could be this good." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 19, 2012
3.5/5	77%	Jeff, Who Lives at Home (2012)	" Jeff, Who Lives at Home doesn't possess a ton of substance, but what it does have is the power to make you leave the theater with a smile on your face." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 17, 2012
2/5	76%	We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012)	" We Need to Talk About Kevin is basically emotional torture porn as the camera lingers on Eva as she repeatedly suffers inhuman amounts of psychological distress while the audience wonders how much more she, and we, can take." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 9, 2012
4/5	52%	John Carter (2012)	" This is an old-fashioned movie told with cutting-edge technology and while it is easy to be cynical about such a lightweight plotline, it is refreshing to see a movie that approaches its subject with an authentic, wide-eyed sense of wonder." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 9, 2012
4/5	56%	The Lorax (2012)	" What I found most impressive about the movie is that it manages to make its point without beating you over the head with its green-tinted message." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 2, 2012
3/5	26%	Project X (2012)	" This movie is a celebration of youthful abandon. It's about that magical time in life when you realize that you are old enough to do anything you want, but before you're smart enough to understand that you shouldn't." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Mar 2, 2012
2.5	59%	Wanderlust (2012)	" Wanderlust is the perfect title for the new Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston comedy because it is a potentially good movie that just gets lost along the way." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Feb 24, 2012
3/5	25%	Act of Valor (2012)	" These are the dudes who killed Bin Laden and take down Somali pirates for breakfast, so to see the real guys in action, even in a movie as ridiculous as this, is a sight to behold." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Feb 24, 2012
3/5	54%	Safe House (2012)	" Safe House is gritty, exciting, violent and predictable." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Feb 10, 2012
2/5	55%	Albert Nobbs (2012)	" Sadly, great performances do not a great film make." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jan 29, 2012
4/5	78%	A Dangerous Method (2011)	" But what makes it such a compelling film isn't its accuracy, but its measure of the human toll exacted on those who are the first to venture into a new scientific and medical frontier." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jan 20, 2012
4.5/5	47%	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012)	" Perhaps just being about 9/11 is this movie's greatest sin, as it is as well-made and well-acted as any film you'll see this year." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jan 20, 2012
2.5/5	51%	Contraband (2012)	" The biggest problem with the new Mark Wahlberg movie Contraband is that it can't decide if it wants to be a gritty crime drama, a rowdy action movie or a light-hearted heist film." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jan 13, 2012
3.5/5	53%	The Iron Lady (2012)	" What is undeniable though is that Streep is compelling throughout and gives what for any other actress would be the performance of a lifetime. For Streep, it's just another day at the office." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Jan 13, 2012
4.5/5	77%	War Horse (2011)	" The movie's emotional weight and sweeping scope trump any and all shortcomings." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Dec 25, 2011
5/5	98%	The Artist (2011)	" It's easy to dismiss The Artist as a simple love letter to the silent-film era, but there is a lot more at work here than just an attention-getting gimmick." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Dec 24, 2011
4/5	75%	The Adventures of Tintin (2011)	" The Adventures of Tintin showcases Spielberg at his entertaining best, a master of cinematic escapism suitable for the whole family." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Dec 21, 2011
3.5/5	87%	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)	" For those completely unfamiliar with the novel or the 2009 Swedish film, this dark Nordic tale of murder and mystery will knock your woolen socks right off." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Dec 20, 2011
3.5/5	61%	Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)	" I'm not sure how many more times Ritchie and Downey can go to this well before we tire of the whole shtick, but for now the game is afoot and we should enjoy it while we can." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Dec 16, 2011
3.5/5	94%	Hugo (2011)	" Hugo is a celebration of film and its power to create magical, dreamlike worlds. " — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 23, 2011
4/5	96%	The Muppets (2011)	" At their best, the Muppets embody a sort of moral anarchy, as the weirdest stuff can happen at any given moment, but you know it's going to be funny and you know no one is going to get hurt (they are just puppets after all)." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 23, 2011
1/5	25%	Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)	" So party on Twi-hards, you have no apologies to make for your love of this pulpy, romantic saga; just don't take it personally when the rest of us decide to party elsewhere." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 18, 2011
2.5/5	44%	Happy Feet Two (2011)	" In a lot of ways Happy Feet Two resembles the television show Glee; it's fun and magical during the musical numbers and kind of dull and uninteresting the rest of the time." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 18, 2011
3/5	36%	Immortals (2011)	" By combining gorgeous art direction and lighting generally reserved for Renaissance oil paintings, director Tarsem Singh goes all in on the movie's visuals while ignoring virtually everything else." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 11, 2011
2/5	44%	J. Edgar (2011)	" I suppose the ultimate failings of J. Edgar have to be laid at the feet of Clint Eastwood, which I hate to do because he continues to hold the title of 'senior citizen you'd least want to tangle with in a bar fight.'" — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 11, 2011
2.5/5	68%	Tower Heist (2011)	" All of this is to say that Tower Heist winds up being a poor man's Ocean's Eleven." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Nov 4, 2011
4/5	89%	Margin Call (2011)	" Given the assist of a most impressive ensemble cast, Margin Call is a fascinating and nimble little movie that walks us through the first 24 hours of a financial crisis." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 25, 2011
3.5/5	36%	Restless (2011)	" With Restless, Van Sant seems to be aiming for somewhere in between the art house and the cineplex by delivering a movie that is as heartwarming as it is strange." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 21, 2011
2.5/5	36%	The Thing (2011)	" What was most enjoyable about The Thing for a movie dork like me was looking out for the ways the 2011 and 1982 versions overlapped." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 14, 2011
3/5	29%	Machine Gun Preacher (2011)	" Machine Gun Preacher is a flawed and fascinating movie." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 8, 2011
5/5	85%	The Ides of March (2011)	" Every actor is at the top of his or her game; these are great performances all around." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 8, 2011
3.5/5	60%	Real Steel (2011)	" In spite of its by-the-books plotting, Real Steel solidly and confidently delivers the crowd-pleasing goods." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Oct 8, 2011
1.5/5	24%	What's Your Number? (2011)	" Evans does have legitimate movie-star charm and charisma, but you kind of get the feeling that What's Your Number? might be Faris' last at-bat in a leading role." — St. Louis Post-Dispatch Posted Sep 30, 2011

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