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3/4
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87%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
In The Conjuring, the scary casts out the spirit of the silly, permanently, and with a vengeance."
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Washington Post
Posted Oct 7, 2013
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|
3/4
|
64%
|
Herb & Dorothy 50x50 (2013) |
"
It's a compelling, even stirring, tale."
—
Washington Post
Posted Oct 3, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
50%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
It's surprisingly wise, funny and affecting, thanks in part to a sensitive script, and in part to a strong ensemble cast."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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|
3/4
|
75%
|
Populaire (2013) |
"
Roinsard, who wrote his feature debut with Daniel Presley and Romain Compingt, is unabashedly in love with cheesy, cornball sentiment, which he dusts off and polishes to a fair-thee-well."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 12, 2013
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|
2/4
|
71%
|
Money for Nothing: Inside the Federal Reserve (2013) |
"
A Washington-centric wonk-fest, with appearances by a parade of economists, pundits and former governors of the Federal Reserve Board, it's academic, insider-y and dry to the point of dull at times."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 12, 2013
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|
1.5/4
|
35%
|
Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013) |
"
Considering how creatively bankrupt and stylistically profligate this second installment of the franchise is, the new movie should really be called Insidious: Chapter 11."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 12, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
53%
|
Instructions Not Included (2013) |
"
The film's counterintuitive success is largely due to Derbez, who demonstrates why he is beloved, both south and north of the border."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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|
2/4
|
15%
|
Winnie Mandela (2013) |
"
Despite the marquee names and their obvious talent, the film feels like a made-for-TV movie."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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|
1/4
|
18%
|
The Ultimate Life (2013) |
"
The message of "The Ultimate Life" could be summed up on a greeting card."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
——
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Follow The Leader: Young, American And Right () |
"
[A] slight but eminently watchable film."
—
Washington Post
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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2/4
|
68%
|
The Artist and the Model (2013) |
"
The film's insights about beauty are ... superficial. They amount to such commonplace observations as the fact that no two leaves are alike."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 29, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
84%
|
Smash & Grab: The Story of the Pink Panthers (2013) |
"
[The] excursions into moral and sociological themes are what makes "Smash and Grab" so intriguing, and what separate it from a kind of "Ocean's Eleven"-style verite."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 22, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Cutie And The Boxer (2013) |
"
Movies twice as long are often half as eloquent."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 22, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
26%
|
Jobs (2013) |
"
There's a void inside the man that Kutcher never manages to fill."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013) |
"
A depressing reflection of a pervasive and thoroughly modern malaise."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
Its maudlin third act mars what is, for much of the film, a pretty nuanced and well-acted biopic, as well as something of a cultural critique."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
80%
|
The Good Son: The Life of Ray Boom Boom Mancini (2013) |
"
As documentaries go, it's somewhat dull ..."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
|
93%
|
Out of Sight (1998) |
"
The characters all seem to have known each other for years, referring to long-held grudges and resentments that only gradually are revealed to the audience. They're a seedy, petty, dangerous and delightful bunch."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 4, 2013
|
|
|
92%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998) |
"
Spielberg goes a long, long way toward overcoming his tendencies toward the shallow, but the visceral punch of his not-quite-masterful film is softened by an almost neurotic slickness that keeps getting in the way of the [issues it raises]."
—
Washington Post
Posted Aug 2, 2013
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|
|
——
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The Devil You Know () |
"
The film has the breezy, cheesy appeal of a tray of melon ball shooters: so bad, it's good."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 26, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Crystal Fairy (2013) |
"
Part drug comedy, part psychological drama, the movie is slight, but only superficially so."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
A refreshing summer cocktail of action-movie staples, The Wolverine combines the bracingly adult flavor of everyone's favorite mutant antihero with the fizzy effervescence of several mixers from the cabinet of Japanese genre cinema."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Still Mine (2013) |
"
The bond between Craig and Irene is beautifully illuminated by McGowan's script and by acting that feels rich and real."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
More Than Honey (2013) |
"
What's really frightening about Honey isn't what a hive of angry bees might do to us, but what we've done to them."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 19, 2013
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|
|
——
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Magic Camp (2013) |
"
The film is, at times, very funny. At the same time, Ehrlich tries to show us not just the budding magician, but the budding person."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story (2013) |
"
For the most part, Bernstein lets Ungerer, still impish in his 80s, do the talking."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
61%
|
Byzantium (2013) |
"
Byzantium has a few moves that might surprise you. They have nothing to do with blood, but everything to do with the heart."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
56%
|
The Look of Love (2013) |
"
Coogan turns in a fine dramatic performance in a role that calls for as much actual acting as wisecracking."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jul 5, 2013
|
|
|
70%
|
The Happy Poet (2013) |
"
It's hardly slick, but that's the selling point. The Happy Poet approaches the ups and downs of friendship, love, work and life with a disposition that is both sardonic and sunny."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
97%
|
A Hijacking (2013) |
"
To refuse to call A Hijacking a thriller is not to say it isn't thrilling, in a dryly cerebral way."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
89%
|
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2013) |
"
A documentary portrait of the magician, author and actor who is known as one of today's preeminent practitioners of close-up magic."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
99%
|
20 Feet From Stardom (2013) |
"
An engaging look at the nexus of art and commerce, talent and hard work. It's a story of standing out and blending in, sometimes at the same time."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
The result is a charming addition to the Monsters canon."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 20, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
The Attack (2013) |
"
The Attack spreads the blame around for what is undeniably a nasty situation, any way you look at it."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 20, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
Augustine (2013) |
"
Fiercely yet faithfully imagined by... Alice Winocur, [the film] is not exclusively a mystery. It's also part love story, part horror story, as well as a parable of gender, power and the enduring enigma that is the mind-body connection."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 20, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
100%
|
Elemental (2013) |
"
Elemental speaks to the importance of protecting the natural elements: water, air, earth. It's a beautifully filmed piece, even when it's showing us white clouds of pollutants billowing out of a smokestack."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
59%
|
Pandora's Promise (2013) |
"
In the end, its somewhat equivocal message - that nuclear power might just be the lesser of several evils - is more convincing than you'd think."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 14, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
The East (2013) |
"
As a scriptwriter, actress Brit Marling has so far demonstrated an unerring instinct for creating meaty, if somewhat hard-to-swallow, roles for herself."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 7, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
82%
|
Dirty Wars (2013) |
"
It's shocking stuff, even if much of it has already been in the news. That's mostly because of the way that Scahill strings it together into a coherent, convincing argument."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 7, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
38%
|
The Purge (2013) |
"
A nutty if bloody lark, with a strange artificiality to the behaviors it portrays. That blunts the sharpness of any cultural critique it might aspire to."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
Despite its wonky-Washington theme, We Steal Secrets ends up being a surprisingly soulful and, yes, even moving story of hubris, good intentions and mistakes."
—
Washington Post
Posted Jun 3, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
11%
|
After Earth (2013) |
"
The futuristic production design is blandly generic, the special effects, props and costumes cheap and slapdash-looking."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 30, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
19%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
Coupled with its logic headaches, it left me feeling like I needed an Alka-Seltzer Plus. Anything to add a little fizzy relief to these flat and unfunny proceedings."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
64%
|
Epic (2013) |
"
It may not be epic, but it's eye-popping entertainment."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
91%
|
My Brother The Devil (2013) |
"
A story of brothers that's both tough and tender."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Aroused (2013) |
"
Too many times, "Aroused" arouses curiosity without really satisfying it."
—
Washington Post
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
The whole thing is played for laughs that almost never come."
—
Washington Post
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
If you're able to forgive and forget, Oblivion isn't a bad place to start loving Tom Cruise all over again."
—
Washington Post
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
44%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
The cinematography here is enough to make you swoon. Would that the story were equally compelling."
—
Washington Post
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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