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4/5
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96%
|
Blancanieves (2013) |
"
The story might be familiar, but Berger's film is so beautifully shot and so wonderfully scored - and so distinctively Spanish - that it stands as its own film."
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Times-Picayune
Posted May 7, 2013
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3/5
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78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
With its satisfying combination of humor, action and dazzling set pieces, Robert Downey Jr. and company provide everything fans of the franchise expect."
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Times-Picayune
Posted May 7, 2013
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3/5
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54%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
It tends to sag a touch in its third act, but it's a solidly engaging thriller thanks mostly to its ridiculously talented cast."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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2/5
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46%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
Michael Bay's comedy is energetic and edgy, but the fact that it's all based on a real-life tragedy mutes much of the comic potential."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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5/5
|
98%
|
Mud (2013) |
"
Set in the world of Piggly-Wigglys, people named Mae Pearl and pickup trucks without tailgates, it's a refreshingly non-condescending Southern-set charmer."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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2/5
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
The gifted Elle Fanning turns in an extraordinary performance, although Sally Potter's film is otherwise built on a flimsy, soap-opera story."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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2/5
|
45%
|
Leonie (2013) |
"
Despite some nice period elements, it's a mostly sparkle-free affair, sticking so closely to the genre blueprint as to be generic."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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3/5
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
A derivative but elegant sci-fi yarn that boasts dazzling visuals, whiz-bang action sequences and occasional moments of humanity. "
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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3/5
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77%
|
42 (2013) |
"
It's so straight-forwardly shot as to be unimaginative, but the story is an undeniably inspirational one, complemented by strong production values and a peppering of humor."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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4/5
|
81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
With wonderfully drawn -- and acted -- characters, it becomes an engrossing and compelling drama built on a powerful sense of emotion."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/5
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
Playing like an Inception lite, it requires considerable suspension of disbelief, but it does a nice job of keeping audiences back on their heels."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/5
|
76%
|
It's a Disaster (2013) |
"
A darkly comic crowd-pleaser built around a strong cast and sharp writing."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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4/5
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
A fascinating doc that will get both film geeks and conspiracy theorists alike drooling, it all but guarantees you'll never watch The Shining quite the same way again. "
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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|
5/5
|
——
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The Institute () |
"
One of the growing number of documentaries occupying that "elsewhere" separating fact and fiction, it is playful but profound stuff."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/5
|
100%
|
Sound City (2013) |
"
It cheapens itself by hitting some self-congratulatory notes, but until it does it covers some fascinating rock 'n' roll ground."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/5
|
——
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Getting Back To Abnormal () |
"
Although it times lacks focus, is sure to be of interest to anyone who regularly follows the bruising sport known as New Orleans politics."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/5
|
98%
|
56 Up (2013) |
"
Apted's subjects would object to the idea that we really know them, but we think we do -- and that's good enough to make his film feel like a reunion, a visit with an old friend. Or 14 of them."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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2/5
|
9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
There's much grave talk of souls in this sci-fi romance. Ironic, then, that it ends up being such a soulless and trifling affair."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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|
5/5
|
96%
|
War Witch (2013) |
"
Is it accurate depiction of Africa's child soldiers? I don't know, thank God. But it feels authentic to its very core, and that makes it as hard to forget as it is to ignore."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
A pretty disappointment."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
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3/5
|
——
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Band Of Sisters () |
"
It's a strictly no-frills, straight-forwardly shot affair, but the women on which it focuses its lens are endlessly inspiring."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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|
2/5
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
All historical and little drama."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
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|
2/5
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
It can boast of some truly extraordinary special effects, but this Evil Dead is far more gruesome than awesome."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Apr 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
This is a playtime movie, a bit of pre-adolescent wish fulfillment aimed squarely at 10-year-old boys."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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2/5
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
It does a lot of things well, but nothing extraordinarily. The end result is a solidly middle-of-the-road - and thus forgettable - bit of slapsticky animation."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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1/5
|
——
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The Pardon (2012) |
"
Part period drama, part courtroom drama and part sermon, it's a film that never gives itself much of a chance to hit its narrative stride."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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4/5
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
An up-close and personal look at the psychology of war -- their war and, by extension, all war."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
What this Die Hard copycat lacks in originality it makes up for in other areas, along the way becoming an entertaining and briskly paced throwback thriller."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
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2/5
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
There's a fine line separating 'unsettling' and 'off-putting,' and Park treads all over it. What we get is a film that is chilly in addition to be chilling."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
It's a surprisingly effective and suspenseful thriller -- up until it's idiotic ending, when the characters and the audience are betrayed all at once."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2013) |
"
Chilling and riveting, even if it feels as if there are many questions left unanswered."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
19%
|
Lay the Favorite (2012) |
"
A shrug of a film featuring unremarkable characters in an unremarkable story that never does more than limp toward it flat and flimsy third act."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
As intriguing as the words "Tommy Lee Jones as Gen. MacArthur" sound, the acting is rote and the story slack in a film that makes a vital historical moment feel irrelevant."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
The ABCs of Death (2013) |
"
This is one seriously ghoulish and messed-up movie. I realize that certain blood-thirsty moviegoers will consider that high praise. This film is for them. And only them."
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Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
West of Memphis (2012) |
"
It's nice to have all the twists and turns of the iconic case contained tidily in one well-crafted film, although there are no real revelations here."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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|
3/5
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
A lovely family fantasy that pays fitting homage to the spirit of the original with a well-formed sense of magic, wonder and fun."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
A barely passable, if unmemorable, bit of action-heavy entertainment -- as long as you don't think too hard about the script's eye-rollingly contrived setup."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
45%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
Trying to become the next "Twilight," it is a better film in most respects than any entry in that franchise - although that's damning it with faint praise."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
70%
|
Bless Me, Ultima (2013) |
"
It knows exactly what kind of film it is -- unfortunately, what kind of film it is, is an unimaginatively directed coming-of-age tale with hardly any narrative momentum."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
57%
|
The Power Of Few (2013) |
"
It's got a nice message and a strong cast, but both end up getting lost in the muddled storytelling."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
92%
|
11 Flowers (2013) |
"
A richly directed and historically credible film that -- with its sense of time and place -- ends up functioning as fascinating and poignant temporal travelogue."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
A manic Melissa McCarthy does her darndest to save this overly familiar comedy. Alas, it isn't enough."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action (2013) |
"
Lives up to its status as an annual Oscar-season treat."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
95%
|
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation (2013) |
"
Once again, chock-full of bite-sized gems."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
1/5
|
19%
|
The Baytown Outlaws (2013) |
"
There's nothing wrong with tipping one's cap to one's influences, but in no case does this loud, crude and derivative film ever raise the bar. In fact, it actually lowers it."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
Quartet (2013) |
"
Though sweet of demeanor, Dustin Hoffman's directoral debut is purely lightweight stuff, built around a flimsy plot and obvious choices every step of the way."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
Smashed (2012) |
"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead comes into her own in this lightly directed and disarmingly enjoyable film, which delivers its message without the aid of a soapbox."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Stand Up Guys (2013) |
"
The script is clunky, the story is contrived -- but old pros Walken and Pacino are an absolute pleasure to watch working together."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Sister (2012) |
"
A simple but emotionally laden slice-of-life drama that is at turns heartbreaking and hopeful."
—
Times-Picayune
Posted Jan 25, 2013
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