|
81/100
|
43%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
What I want to believe is that Luhrmann was striving for his own green light at the end of the pier, and the only way he knew how to even try to reach it was to go all out. If he succeeded is up to you, but I'm a believer in his truly orgastic attempt."
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Flixist.com
Posted May 9, 2013
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|
4/5
|
77%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
That is why Iron Man 3 does a very smart thing, something comic fans have always known is what makes comics great: it takes a superhero and focuses on the man."
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Examiner.com
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
70/100
|
46%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
For most directors this film would be high octane, but for Bay it's practically a three hour art house film showing a flower blooming in excruciatingly slow motion."
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Flixist.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
79/100
|
77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
While it may not be the best baseball film ever, the movie leading up to that cliched home run crack of the bat is definitely worth watching. "
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Flixist.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
69/100
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
A wonderfully gorgeous and nostalgic film whose story doesn't live up to its look. "
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Flixist.com
Posted Apr 8, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
Bloody, disgusting, dark, scary and all with just a very small hint of that classic Raimi slapstick, the new Evil Dead delivers what you'd expect in spades and then goes beyond to both gross you out and kick some butt."
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Examiner.com
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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|
69/70
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Now you know G.I. Joe: Retaliation is a fun movie, and knowing is half the battle."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
44/100
|
43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
"Hey, look who's here," the film says excitedly as Rudd and Fey routinely attempt to make a stale screenplay humorous, "Why aren't you laughing at them?""
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Flixist.com
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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|
48/100
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
New drinking game: take a shot every time the American Flag or a Presidential portrait shows up in Olympus Has Fallen."
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Flixist.com
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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53/100
|
39%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
Cut to black. No. Really. There's a 3 second cut to black that can be interpreted as nothing else than a warning to not go on from here."
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Flixist.com
Posted Mar 15, 2013
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|
78/100
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
This isn't perfect, but it's a crazy interesting movie to watch."
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Flixist.com
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
40/100
|
——
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When Angels Sing () |
"
Not sure how it made it off the Hallmark Channel to the big screen."
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Flixist.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
88/100
|
75%
|
Prince Avalanche (2013) |
"
It's an impressively simple film that hits all the right notes between drama and humor."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Mar 12, 2013
|
|
80/100
|
88%
|
Much Ado About Nothing (2013) |
"
What's obvious here is that Joss Whedon is a great director, Shakespeare is a great writer and if you get a cast together that really clicks you're going to make a fun movie."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Mar 11, 2013
|
|
58/100
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
I was really torn about this movie so I decided to like it because Bruce Campbell is in it."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
54/100
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
There are definitely worse things than a movie that's just a bit of fun without doing anything special. Of course, there are definitely much better things too."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
57/100
|
58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
A bit of editing down and a lot less self-importance could have made this not only a compelling drama, but a compelling argument that Johnson could be more than just an action star."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Feb 22, 2013
|
|
32/100
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
John McClean goes to Chernobyl. That's where we're at. Chernobyl."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Feb 14, 2013
|
|
52/100
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
You want blood (check), fights (check), breasts (check) and Christian Slater acting like a mad man (check). If that is absolutely all you want out of this movie then you are not going to leave displeased."
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Flixist.com
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
88/100
|
——
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Persistence Of Vision () |
"
Schreck has crafted a moving tribute to Richard Williams's artistic ambition, and at the same time celebrates the melancholy beauty of impossible dreams."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jan 22, 2013
|
|
67/100
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
No, Arnold still can't act all that well, and may have in fact lost a step since his heyday, but the man is given the lines he needs and spits them out like an old pro."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
65%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Mama turns out to be a film that doesn't go far enough into its own concept, skirting the edges of edginess without ever wanting to actually commit to it."
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Examiner.com
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
52/100
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Where originality goes to get mowed down by a Tommy gun."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
86/100
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
The story of the hunt for Osama Bin Laden starts long before he was shot in his outpost in Pakistan, and if you're looking for the tale of Seal Team Six and their heroics that night than this is not your movie."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
95/100
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
While nothing will be as powerful as seeing it live on stage, Hooper directs the film with a straight forward brashness that shows a brave faith in his actors and the material."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
51/100
|
38%
|
The Guilt Trip (2012) |
"
A movie that's only true achievement is that it remains palatable instead of veering off into the "KILL IT BEFORE IT DESTROYS ALL OF FUNNY THINGS!" zone."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Dec 19, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
If the goal of Apatow was to make a film that in itself was a metaphor for a 40-year-old person having a failed mid-life crises than he succeeded, if it was to actually make a good movie about being 40 than he failed."
—
Examiner.com
Posted Dec 19, 2012
|
|
82/100
|
66%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
It may not be the story the book told in content and tone, but it's the story it had to be... plus 30 minutes."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
77/100
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
A few hitches, but they don't cock it up too much. "
—
Flixist.com
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
54/100
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012) |
"
You leave feeling like they took the images of these characters of childhood wonder and emptied them out of all their wonder. "
—
Flixist.com
Posted Nov 21, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Bond. James Bond is back."
—
Examiner.com
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
80/100
|
68%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
They adapted the story for the medium instead of the medium for the story, and it's a beautiful thing to see."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
68/100
|
61%
|
Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
"
The true gist is a kung fu movie for the modern age: jam packed full of the hyper kinetic stimuli of an ADHD generation."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Oct 22, 2012
|
|
33/100
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
If the Alex Cross books are known for being poorly written with bland characters, little emotion and plots that never amount to anything than this movie is one of the best adaptations I have ever seen."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Oct 19, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
For the most part End of Watch is about nothing, which is to say it's about life. Specifically it's a very real, sobering look at two people who happen to be cops."
—
Examiner.com
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
35/100
|
42%
|
Step Up 4: Miami Heat (2012) |
"
Spectacle works if you can keep it cohesive and making sense, but Speer and his editor chop his dance sequences together like one shot doesn't affect the other. "
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
By completely changing the tone and focus of the film, Nolan smartly makes it nearly impossible to compare Rises to its predecessor. "
—
Examiner.com
Posted Jul 19, 2012
|
|
49/100
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
If the change in ending was Stone's idea then he's truly lost it, but if it was the studio's idea then they're the real savages."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jul 6, 2012
|
|
75/100
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
There's far less wonder and amazement than in Raimi's initial outing."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
if McConaughey got any better at playing himself he might cause some sort of paradox."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
75/100
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
Do you like to laugh? Go see Ted."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
72/100
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
What you wouldn't expect is for a film where Abraham Lincoln uses a silver-tipped axe to chop of vampires head to be played straight. Well, as straight as an action film featuring a Civil War jam packed with vampires can be."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
32/100
|
13%
|
Piranha 3DD (2012) |
"
Piranha 3DD is a shining example of a movie so bad that it's awful."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jun 4, 2012
|
|
40/100
|
48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Forgetting the fact that we're supposed to accept Stewart as fairer than Theron in the first place (seriously, who cast this movie?), Theron's incredible performance is destroyed by the lines she has to deliver."
—
Flixist.com
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
50/100
|
20%
|
Chernobyl Diaries (2012) |
"
Chernobyl Diaries is a great movie to rent and watch for 85 minutes and then eject the disk before the ending truly ruins it."
—
Flixist.com
Posted May 25, 2012
|
|
66/100
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
The most important thing is that Men in Black III is actually fun."
—
Flixist.com
Posted May 25, 2012
|
|
35/100
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
The closest they come to a minority is Jennifer Lopez adopting a black baby, which is about as much of a minority experience as getting a taxi easily in New York."
—
Flixist.com
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
63/100
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Battleship is a movie where even benign satellite messages sent from NASA to distant worlds are giant laser beams that shoot through space causing lens flares and surround sound action."
—
Flixist.com
Posted May 18, 2012
|
|
48/100
|
38%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
There's fun to be had here, but it's buried under all the fun we're supposed to be having."
—
Flixist.com
Posted May 11, 2012
|
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