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A
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87%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
Entertaining, smartly written, and well-paced, Star Trek Into Darkness is actually a better film overall than 2009's Star Trek."
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About.com
Posted May 17, 2013
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C+
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50%
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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
The Great Gatsby is flashy and energetic but never emotionally engaging. "
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Posted May 9, 2013
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B-
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
My best advice when it comes to heading out to a screening of Iron Man 3: lower your expectations."
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About.com
Posted May 2, 2013
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D-
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47%
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Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
In the hands of the Coen Brothers or filmmakers of that ilk, the story may have worked."
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About.com
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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B
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77%
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42 (2013) |
"
42's a compelling, uplifting story about two men who deserve to be remembered."
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About.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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D
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
To put it bluntly: move along, there's nothing to see here."
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About.com
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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B
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47%
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Because it doesn't take the easy way out, Olympus Has Fallen actually delivers more thrills than expected."
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About.com
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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C
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37%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone has one major problem: the main character isn't nearly as interesting as everyone who surrounds him."
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About.com
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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C+
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52%
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Characters and a fun story take backseat to the overpowering effects that hardly ever allow the audience to forget they're looking at something computer created."
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About.com
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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D
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Forget dialogue, character development, or logic, A Good Day to Die Hard is a bad day at the movies for anyone but the biggest Die Hard fans. "
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About.com
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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|
D
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13%
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Safe Haven (2013) |
"
This is the anti-Notebook, a film that shares only the author in common with that romantic tale."
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About.com
Posted Feb 13, 2013
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F
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20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
"
The theft of identity that's going on here is the fact this thing is falsely advertising itself as a comedy"
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About.com
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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B
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85%
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Side Effects (2013) |
"
With Side Effects, Soderbergh has once more perfectly cast a film."
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About.com
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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A-
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80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Warm Bodies is one of the first must-sees of 2013."
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About.com
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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D+
|
32%
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Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
This is a cast that, given the right material, could have made a film to rival The Untouchables. "
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About.com
Posted Jan 11, 2013
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A
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012) |
"
It's everything you'd expect from a Tarantino film, with the violence so amplified and exaggerated it's nearly been taken to a Looney Tunes level of comedy."
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About.com
Posted Jan 6, 2013
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B+
|
69%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Les Misérables is a frustrating, gorgeous, and even at times brilliant movie musical."
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About.com
Posted Jan 6, 2013
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C
|
38%
|
The Guilt Trip (2012) |
"
Unfortunately, Rogen's lifeless character and Streisand as a smothering Jewish mom can only yield so many jokes before it feels like the film's stuck in repeat mode. "
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About.com
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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C+
|
65%
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Just because you can do three movies doesn't mean you need to do three movies."
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About.com
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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F
|
4%
|
Playing for Keeps (2012) |
"
There's absolutely no reason to waste time playing around with Playing for Keeps."
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About.com
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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C
|
13%
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Red Dawn (2012) |
"
It's highly unlikely that 30 years from now anyone will be looking back with fondness on this 2012 release."
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About.com
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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B-
|
89%
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Lincoln (2012) |
"
Lincoln's cast gets high marks for making the film more entertaining than it has any right to be."
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About.com
Posted Nov 18, 2012
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B
|
48%
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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
It took Bella dying for Kristen Stewart to some have life to her performance."
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About.com
Posted Nov 15, 2012
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|
B
|
92%
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Skyfall (2012) |
"
Not to take anything away from the crazy action sequences of Skyfall, but the 1-1 between Silva (Javier Bardem) and Bond (Daniel Craig) is a thing of pure beauty."
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About.com
Posted Nov 9, 2012
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C
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Talk about your Hollywood endings...Flight could be held up as a textbook example."
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About.com
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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A
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Argo is a rare film, one that gets absolutely everything right. "
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About.com
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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|
B+
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
A sci-fi action thriller that's smart, complicated, and that actually follows through on plot twists guaranteed to make the audience uneasy."
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About.com
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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|
A
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
One of the best films of 2012 to date. "
—
About.com
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
C-
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
It's a big swing and a miss for first-time director [Robert] Lorenz."
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About.com
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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C+
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Almost unyielding in its stiffness and stuffiness."
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About.com
Posted Aug 29, 2012
|
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C-
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Bike messengers - and moviegoers - deserve better."
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About.com
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
C
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
It's Bourne, but in many ways it's Bourne-lite."
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About.com
Posted Aug 10, 2012
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|
C+
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
The Campaign won't be getting my vote for one of the top 10 comedies of 2012."
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About.com
Posted Aug 10, 2012
|
|
A
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
[Christopher] Nolan finishes up the trilogy with one of the best films of 2012."
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About.com
Posted Jul 18, 2012
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|
B-
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
For a film that claimed to be all about telling the untold story of the origin of Spider-Man, The Amazing Spider-Man is surprisingly shallow."
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About.com
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
B+
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
One of the funniest movies of 2012."
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About.com
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
C+
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
Target missed, opportunity lost."
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About.com
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
C
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
lots of gore, a too stingy sprinkling of humor, and horribly overdone, unnecessary 3D effects."
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About.com
Posted Jun 21, 2012
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|
C+
|
41%
|
Rock of Ages (2012) |
"
It's too bad the filmmakers didn't just let the music do all the talking."
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About.com
Posted Jun 14, 2012
|
|
B
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
Prometheus, as absolutely gorgeous as it is to look at, doesn't quite live up to the hype. "
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About.com
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
C+
|
48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Can we please stick a fork in the Snow White-inspired movies - at least for another dozen years or so?"
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About.com
Posted Jun 1, 2012
|
|
C
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
Men in Black 3 isn't a spectacular summer comedy nor is it the worst comedy you'll see this year. "
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About.com
Posted May 25, 2012
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|
D
|
22%
|
What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
"
It's a tedious, lifeless mishmash of characters with all the personality of mannequins. "
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About.com
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
D
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
...for some unknown reason Battleship tries to play like a romantic comedy - complete with a meet cute - for the first 1/3 of its overly long running time."
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About.com
Posted May 17, 2012
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A
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
The Avengers lives up to all the hype, embracing the geek in all of us and taking the audience on an incredibly wild ride."
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About.com
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
C-
|
20%
|
The Lucky One (2012) |
"
With zero chemistry and laden with cliches, The Lucky One won't leave audiences feeling lucky to have spent two hours of their lives taking in a screening."
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About.com
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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C-
|
51%
|
The Three Stooges (2012) |
"
The Three Stooges is better than you'd expect, although I doubt it will wind up converting any Three Stooges non-enthusiasts."
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About.com
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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|
C+
|
44%
|
American Reunion (2012) |
"
With a delay of nearly 10 years between the release of the third and the fourth film, we've had time to lose all interest in the group's antics."
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About.com
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
C
|
26%
|
Wrath of the Titans (2012) |
"
This is just more of the same, without nearly as much spirit but with slightly better fight scenes."
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About.com
Posted Mar 30, 2012
|
87%
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