|
2/5
|
61%
|
Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
"
If director Stephen Fung's frenetic visual style is the Red Bull in this cinematic cocktail, then the dozy plotting is the vodka-leaving you feeling momentarily excited but ultimately narcotized."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 16, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Simultaneously a sincere and sarcastic love letter to the magic of storytelling."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 10, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
Photographic Memory (2012) |
"
It's a personal journey, but one that speaks to universal ideas about aging, fatherhood and the way, as Maurice once put it, that "time wears on a photograph, erodes it, until all of its context is gone.""
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 9, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
69%
|
Not Fade Away (2012) |
"
Chase is the total package: a visual storyteller with a great ear for dialogue."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 8, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
The ludicrous plot and laughable dialogue are all in service of some very subpar action. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
54%
|
V/H/S (2012) |
"
Not for the faint of heart or the easily motion sick."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
67%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Complaining that the denouement doesn't live up to the enormity of Cloud Atlas scope is sort of like dismissing a gymnast's entire balance beam routine because she didn't stick a particularly tricky dismount."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Oct 3, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
75%
|
Berberian Sound Studio (2013) |
"
The movie Gilderoy's editing begins to feel more real than the one we're actually watching."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 26, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
An unusual documentary."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
79%
|
Miami Connection (2012) |
"
Clearly the greatest film ever made -- at least on whatever planet it came from. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
90%
|
Holy Motors (2012) |
"
The best dream you'll ever have without actually falling asleep."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
78%
|
Dredd (2012) |
"
Proceeds like its protagonist: ploddingly but relentlessly."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
88%
|
Head Games (2012) |
"
The results are, cinematically speaking, a little diffuse, but any parent who's contemplating whether they should sign their kids up for Pop Warner this fall may want to watch this first."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Sep 19, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Radio Unnameable (2012) |
"
As haunting and heroic as anything you'll see on the big screen this year."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Sep 18, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
End of Watch may not pass muster as a documentary but the actors more than sell the partners as brothers in arms."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
30%
|
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) |
"
Anderson's action chops are undeniable - but Resident Evil: Retribution might be one of the dumbest things ever crafted by human hands."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 15, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
Even in its most perplexing moments, it's always a delight to watch thanks to the astonishing performances and the gorgeous 70mm imagery."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 12, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
It feels like something new and different. Futuristic, even."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
There's a decent joke in For a Good Time, Call... but just one, and it's played over and over again."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 31, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Rarely delivers on its title's promise of high-class excitement."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
2/10
|
4%
|
The Apparition (2012) |
"
80 minutes of generic jump scares involving generic people who are largely to blame for their generic problems."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
58%
|
Sparkle (2012) |
"
Houston's presence makes a run-of-the-mill cautionary tale about rock and roll stardom feel deeply personal."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 17, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
64%
|
Cosmopolis (2012) |
"
It's better to think of David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis as a dream than a movie. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 14, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
65%
|
2 Days in New York (2012) |
"
The film's jokes are occasionally unfunny and its tone is frequently shrill. But you know what? Life is occasionally unfunny and frequently shrill. This movie understands that."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
I don't know where Hope Springs came from, but I wish someone would tell me so I could go there and find some more movies like it."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 8, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) |
"
Viewers enduring early adolescence or those grappling with its psychic scars will recognize the honesty in the comic humiliation."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Aug 3, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
31%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
Wisemen is totally uninterested in the very thing that makes Total Recall interesting. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
A very simple romantic comedy, coasting along on its likable leads' chemistry through their bittersweet breakup."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jul 31, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
16%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
This poor movie can't catch a break, which is a shame because it's actually pretty funny."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
|
79%
|
Klown (2012) |
"
While the jokes are utterly immature, the film actually offers a surprisingly mature portrait of masculinity in all its wondrous insecurities."
—
IFC.com
Posted Jul 23, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
For having the guts to swing for the fences, and having the skills to hit it out of the park at least a couple times, I give Nolan major props."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 18, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
5%
|
30 Beats (2012) |
"
The flaccid execution of this promiscuous-New Yorkers circle jerk is more worthy of the clap than a round of applause."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jul 17, 2012
|
|
3/10
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
Feels less like Ice Age 4 than Ice Age 1.4."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jul 13, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
There's no denying that Zeitlin is an emerging artist of serious talent."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
The marketing has advertised this version as 'The Untold Story' of Spider-Man's origin. To me, it felt a lot more like the retold story."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 27, 2012
|
|
3/10
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Purports to tell a story we see in movies all the time from a perspective we never see, but really it just swaps one genre's contrivances for another's."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 20, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
44%
|
The Last Ride (2012) |
"
At least Thomas gives a suitably burned-out performance as Williams. He's almost enough to melt your cold, cold heart."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jun 19, 2012
|
|
6/10
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
For once, the storytelling experts at Pixar have made a movie in which the storytelling is the weakest part."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 18, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
41%
|
Rock of Ages (2012) |
"
They didn't pour some sugar on this thing; they poured the whole friggin' box. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 13, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
Uses a target of modern day cynicism to tell a story about the importance of rejecting modern day cynicism."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
79%
|
Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012) |
"
Eye candy so saccharine sweet it might send viewers into diabetic comas."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
5%
|
Hick (2012) |
"
And so it came to Chloë Grace Moretz, as it must to all child actors: puberty."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Small, Beautifully Moving Parts (2012) |
"
The film is true to its title: small, beautiful and moving."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
13%
|
Piranha 3DD (2012) |
"
Though its title suggests new heights of outlandish comic gore (and bust sizes), Piranha 3DD feels awfully small in comparison with its predecessors."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
Never inept, but almost completely inert."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted May 22, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
Ideally, four times the protagonists should yield four times the entertainment value; here it only seems to result in four times the clichés."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted May 16, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
46%
|
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) |
"
A welcome attempt to bring back the days of El Topo and Eraserhead, when night owls embraced directors who wanted to screw with viewers' heads, not just the ones who screwed up their chances for auteristic posterity."
—
Time Out New York
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
81%
|
Quill: The Life of a Guide Dog (2012) |
"
The real star is Rafie, the golden pup that plays Quill; dogs can be taught to sit or lie down, but they can't fake the sort of connection he makes with the people around him."
—
Time Out New York
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
6/10
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Battleship is a surprisingly faithful adaptation of its board game source material: occasionally entertaining yet soul-crushingly repetitive."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
A testament to the ingenuity of independent film."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
64%
|
The Five-Year Engagement (2012) |
"
There's a good movie in here, maybe even a great one. But it's buried beneath an awful lot of shoulda-been-deleted scenes."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 25, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Citizen Gangster (2012) |
"
Writer-director Nathan Morlando leeches every last bit of color from the frame, until the world around Boyd looks so dreary and drab you can almost understand his desire to liven the place up with a little theatrical mayhem."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Apr 24, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
91%
|
Fake It So Real (2012) |
"
Outsider artists don't expect to be discovered; they just want to share their passion with the world. Greene's film communicates their devotion -- and their desire to hit people on the back with steel chairs."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Apr 23, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
20%
|
The Lucky One (2012) |
"
The problem with The Lucky One isn't the material's familiarity; it's its lifelessness. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
Keep your brain working while you watch this movie."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 16, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
83%
|
Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope (2012) |
"
An Odorama cut of Comic-Con would surely be the scariest film ever made."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
4/10
|
44%
|
Casa de mi padre (2012) |
"
One of the most admirably strange movies by a major Hollywood star in recent memory, though not an entirely satisfying one."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
51%
|
John Carter (2012) |
"
Isn't the disaster some industry observers predicted, but it's not the high-gloss masterpiece some of us hoped for either. "
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
Doug becomes a character you really root for."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/10
|
32%
|
Intruders (2012) |
"
Intruders was either the victim of reshoots and postproduction meddling or it desperately needed some."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
44%
|
American Reunion (2012) |
"
American Reunion has the same thing going for it that American Pie did: it understands the hilariously perverted inner-workings of the male mind."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
85%
|
The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
If you've never read Collins' novels, the odds that you'll enjoy the film are not in your favor."
—
ScreenCrush
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
93%
|
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012) |
"
The ladies deserve equal time, and they finally get some [Ahem] in this charmingly blunt Norwegian teen sex comedy."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Mar 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012) |
"
To quote an SNL sketch featuring costar and producer Will Ferrell, I don't think that legally this qualifies as cinema."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Mar 6, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
11%
|
Gone (2012) |
"
Siblings aren't the only things missing from Gone: Suspense, scares and common sense are all likewise MIA."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Feb 26, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Gnarr () |
"
It's easy to see what endeared Gnarr to Reykjavík voters, but it's tougher to find things to endear Gnarr, the documentary about his campaign, to American audiences."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Thin Ice (2012) |
"
If Mickey were a little less sneaky, he'd be the perfect protagonist for these hard economic times."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
82%
|
Splinters (2012) |
"
Though Splinters emulates a laid-back surfer-dude vibe all too well in its sluggish middle third, the final surf-off is a total white-knuckler."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Feb 10, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
70%
|
Newlyweds (2012) |
"
Burns and Fitzgerald make a snappy onscreen couple."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Feb 3, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
26%
|
Underworld Awakening (2012) |
"
Also missing... most of the so-called Lycans who, their appearance in a few respectable action sequences notwithstanding, are now nearly extinct. So is this franchise."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Feb 1, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
3%
|
Jack and Jill (2011) |
"
Totally mediocre..."
—
Time Out
Posted Jan 31, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
6%
|
The Devil Inside (2012) |
"
Whatever possessed Bell & Co. to turn a slow-burning creepfest into a frenzied freak show of multiple exorcisms (including one in a moving car), the devil only knows."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Jan 6, 2012
|
|
|
100%
|
Semper Fi: Always Faithful (2012) |
"
It makes an impact. These men fought for our right to pursue our own American Dreams. And as thanks, they had theirs ripped away from them."
—
IFC.com
Posted Jan 6, 2012
|
|
C-
|
52%
|
The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
Less of a movie than a showcase for Streep."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
|
|
A-
|
99%
|
A Separation (2011) |
"
Riveting"
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 29, 2011
|
|
B+
|
75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
Spielberg, the analog stalwart, has brought out the best in this new filmmaking technology."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 26, 2011
|
|
C
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
War Horse is the law of diminishing returns in action."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 26, 2011
|
|
B-
|
86%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) |
"
Handles the material competently, but not exceptionally."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 26, 2011
|
|
|
91%
|
Corman's World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel (2011) |
"
It's nice to see the greatest hits, and to listen to Corman's refined paternal baritone as he talks about his work."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 22, 2011
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Hugo (2011) |
"
Hugo is an intensely personal statement from Scorsese, one not just about magic, but also the magic of cinema."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
B
|
98%
|
The Artist (2011) |
"
Reminds us that silent films aren't inferior to sound ones, just a little different."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
B+
|
80%
|
Shame (2011) |
"
A serious character study and exploration of addiction."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
C+
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
The spy movie that refused to come in from the cold."
—
IFC.com
Posted Dec 9, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
7%
|
New Year's Eve (2011) |
"
It all adds up to a celebrity-obsessed city symphony played on one painfully flat note."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Dec 6, 2011
|
|
B
|
74%
|
The Lie (2011) |
"
Leonard does a nice job of ramping up the comedy without sacrificing the believability of the world he's established; the movie is very funny at times but it's never outlandish."
—
IFC.com
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
|
B
|
77%
|
The Other F Word (2011) |
"
Not just a fluffy portrait of dudes with tattoos and their cute kids"
—
IFC.com
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
B-
|
55%
|
Killing Bono (2011) |
"
An amusingly fluffy musical biopic."
—
IFC.com
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
B-
|
35%
|
Immortals (2011) |
"
The film is handsome enough to recommend on the strength of the visuals alone, which is basically what I'm doing."
—
IFC.com
Posted Nov 11, 2011
|
|
|
73%
|
Like Crazy (2011) |
"
Good acting, good filmmaking, plus something elusive that most Sundance movies about romance lack: sincerity."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 27, 2011
|
|
C
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
Never comes close to matching its subject's passion."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 26, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
71%
|
My Reincarnation (2011) |
"
It's fascinating to watch Yeshi grow from a skeptical teenager into a spiritual leader -- a transformation that still doesn't bring him any closer to his father."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 26, 2011
|
|
C
|
67%
|
Lord Byron (2011) |
"
There is something interesting about the tension between fact and fiction, but there's also something frustrating too."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 17, 2011
|
|
B
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
Here is a director talking about a subject he's covered many times before in a totally new way."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 17, 2011
|
|
2/5
|
38%
|
Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology (2011) |
"
She never figures out what, exactly, the deal is regarding our short attention spans, but her ADD-afflicted film definitely provides evidence that they exist."
—
Time Out New York
Posted Oct 11, 2011
|
|
B
|
74%
|
Blackthorn (2011) |
"
If ever a man deserved the nickname "Butch," it's Sam Shepard."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 7, 2011
|
|
3/5
|
53%
|
Puncture (2011) |
"
Evans's soulful performance keeps Puncture from overdosing on righteous indignation."
—
Time Out Chicago
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
A-
|
71%
|
Margaret (2011) |
"
It took six years to make this movie. Do yourself a favor: don't wait six years to see it."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 6, 2011
|
|
B-
|
95%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
I kept hoping for something about the film to surprise me. Very little did."
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 3, 2011
|
|
B-
|
76%
|
Let the Bullets Fly (2012) |
"
Funny, exciting, and at 132 minutes, a half an hour too long. "
—
IFC.com
Posted Oct 3, 2011
|
78%
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