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1.5/4
|
11%
|
After Earth (2013) |
"
It made me believe I'd been transported to a Hollywood studio backlot, where Smith family movies are made. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
Now You See Me (2013) |
"
This will be best enjoyed by those willing to be hoodwinked along with the characters."
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Tulsa World
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
Rude, crude and socially unacceptable, and in all of those ways, it is hilarious. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Jun 13, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
62%
|
Epic (2013) |
"
An unfortunate name for such a simplistic, sleepy little eco-goofy animated movie. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
20%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
It is a sobering realization to exit the theater and know that I have come to despise the Wolf Pack and these movies. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
The international ensemble might resemble a bad beer commercial if these people didn't work together so seamlessly and have actual conversations and laughs about their pasts, their futures, life, love and, of course, cars. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
Set phasers for fun with this blockbuster. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 27, 2013
|
|
2.5.4
|
50%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
Too specific when it should be open to interpretation, and too concerned with style, it looks lavish -- but looks aren't everything. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
36%
|
Peeples (2013) |
"
No one looks more lost in the movie than Washington, its biggest right-this-moment star. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
We can trust in Tony Stark, even when he's falling apart and can't trust himself."
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Of all of the qualities that Cruise brings to a film, an unfortunate one is inevitability. To alter that perception, and truly surprise us, would really be a Maverick move."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
50%
|
Home Run (2013) |
"
It delivers its message of hope and healing in a manner that is honest, entertaining and authentic, in a film that can reach audiences both religious and secular."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
Deliciously twisty, until it has too many twists."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
It's a movie that makes you think -- if not outright say -- You're a good guy. You don't have to do something this stupid. Oh, now look what you've gone and done. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
As a baseball movie, in its period look, in delivering its message: This entertaining picture is a solid double off the warning-track wall."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
As a testament to the transcendent power of love and faith, it's gorgeous to look at, occasionally erotic, thoroughly confounding and at times ridiculous. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
You've seen a magician call for a volunteer from the audience, and then once on stage put that person into a deep sleep, right? This movie does that to an entire audience. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 17, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
37%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
This is murky stuff plot-wise, but there's something odd and original about the relationship between Farrell's and Rapace's characters, in their mutual vengeance and shared pain."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
There will be a high nostalgia factor for those who love the original, but Oz the Great and Powerful can stand on its own. This is a rollicking adventure and wondrously entertaining. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 9, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
17%
|
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) |
"
It has a better chance of boring you to death than inducing fear. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
36%
|
Dark Skies (2013) |
"
Why do aliens unload the pantry and stack items in the form of an abstract art project, or make little boys wet their pants? Who knows, and who cares."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
A big-budget bore that can't decide whether it wants to play more to a fanboy audience or a family audience, virtually ensuring that it will please neither. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Amour (2012) |
"
Amour is a pure depiction of love, in all its many forms."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
46%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
The wow-factor is incredibly low. Stormy skies, blowing winds and turning teen boys into raging horndogs are part of the natural world and don't require much in the way of witchcraft."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
The poster-child for the big, dumb action movie, but Bruce Willis as John McClane makes everything better."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Unlike much of early 2013's dead-on-arrival movie fare, this picture has a pulse, and a brain, and a heart that beats strong."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Guess what is unexpected about this journey? Nothing, as there isn't one surprise in watching this continuation of the cinematic telling of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth tales."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
If this proves to be a transitional film, let it be as an introduction to an agent who comes back with his sense of humor intact. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Nov 9, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Affleck's triumph is the way he blends multiple tones in making 'Argo' work as an Iran story, a Hollywood story and a Washington, D.C., story."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Oct 14, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
The film is at its best when showing how blind justice can be, and why people in occupied countries don't automatically cheer when so-called "peacekeepers" arrive in their country."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Sep 19, 2011
|
|
1.5/4
|
34%
|
The Hangover Part II (2011) |
"
It just might be the worst sequel ever to a really good movie."
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 27, 2011
|
|
3.5/4
|
91%
|
Source Code (2011) |
"
Duncan Jones' twisty sci-fi gem knows how to build a mystery, how to parcel out clues, and how to keep an audience guessing until the end. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 1, 2011
|
|
|
61%
|
Leaves of Grass (2010) |
"
This is Tim Blake Nelson's affectionate and curious vision of his native Oklahoma, and what he sees makes for a uniquely restless, ribald motion picture."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Sep 17, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
66%
|
The American (2010) |
"
Clooney further solidifies himself as the modern cinematic model of the disillusioned American male"
—
Tulsa World
Posted Sep 1, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
41%
|
The Expendables (2010) |
"
While much of the film feels as slow as Stallone, 64, at a full sprint, the last 30 minutes is a blast. Literally. The movie's theme is overkill."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 14, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
73%
|
Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010) |
"
So much time is devoted to chases and ricocheting bullets that whimsy for whimsy's sake takes over."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
Solitary Man (2010) |
"
It became such a bore that I found myself watching a 60-year-old man and repeatedly saying, Will you just grow up? It's just sad."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
62%
|
Salt (2010) |
"
I should have been spending time considering why the defector would lie and why Salt would run, but I couldn't get past wondering why there are so many ponderous flashbacks."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
2.5
|
96%
|
Restrepo (2010) |
"
The film's depiction is honest, but showcasing anything more engaging or important proves elusive. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
1.5/4
|
52%
|
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010) |
"
This thin slice of so-called history is both so narrow in focus and out of focus that even the most devoted fans are likely to be disappointed."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
86%
|
Inception (2010) |
"
Is the movie over-thought? Sometimes, yes. But challenging material is rarely as satisfying as in this blockbuster from one of the dream factory's most gifted artisans. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
The Kids Are All Right (2010) |
"
It's no less than a classic portrait of an American family."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
The Other Guys (2010) |
"
Ferrell is funny. But any actor who allows himself to make the same movie again and again, with only slight variations, can expect the law of diminishing returns to kick in. "
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
There are so many unforgettable scenes, in which I found my heart racing at not knowing what was about to happen, that I found myself forgetting to breathe."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
3.5/4
|
81%
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) |
"
The driving force is the snappy, witty script, one of the year's best, and each actor completely buying into Wright's camp-up-the-comedy kookiness."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Aug 13, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Iron Man 2 (2010) |
"
It has more characters, more stuff blown to bits, more of everything. It's a condition common to sequels, and it can be both a good and bad thing, but this is still great fun."
—
Tulsa World
Posted May 8, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
28%
|
Clash of the Titans (2010) |
"
The kind of remake that I wish Hollywood would make more of: Take an old film that had great ideas but wasn't a great film, and get it right the second time."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 9, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
51%
|
Alice in Wonderland (2010) |
"
A head trip into blunderland."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 9, 2010
|
|
2/4
|
63%
|
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) |
"
Yes, there are some laugh-out-loud moments, but this is a one-joke movie."
—
Tulsa World
Posted Apr 9, 2010
|
72%
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