|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
V/H/S (2012) |
"
The film also plays to the strengths of the found-footage format, proving that sometimes the scariest things are the ones you can barely see."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
This is an exciting, exceptionally well-made futuristic thriller that also happens to be loaded with lived-in touches and punchy ideas."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
Side by Side (2012) |
"
Actors such as Robert Downey Jr. complain that because digital cameras can be reloaded in seconds, there is no time for performers to hang out in their trailers between takes (in protest, he urinated in jars, which he hid all over the sets of Zodiac). "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2012) |
"
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai reveals yet another facet of this always-unpredictable filmmaker: a flair for compassionate, humane melodrama."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
89%
|
Compliance (2012) |
"
The point of Compliance, which caused walkouts and shouting matches when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, is how we are programmed to do things that go against our natural instincts as long as we believe we have the law on our side."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
77%
|
Samsara (2012) |
"
Achingly beautiful and visually transfixing, Samsara offers a transporting vacation from the usual multiplex fare. It's a movie to get lost in. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
The actors' commitment to their roles is impressive, but it's tethered to a weightless, airless movie, a film so enamored of itself, the audience gets shut out."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 23, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Gere has always excelled at portraying smooth, elegant men who know a little more than everyone else in the room. But in Arbitrage he's playing a different note: Desperation. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
Director Malik Bendjelloul's engaging, cleverly structured documentary about the legendary folk singer Rodriguez is shaped like a mystery. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012) |
"
The most fascinating aspect of the movie is why the missing boy's family believed the imposter's story. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 13, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
For a good time, don't."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
The Words is a movie about writing and books made by people who apparently rarely read."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
The plot is as layered and complex as a TV ad for detergent. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
48%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
Hit and Run isn't very memorable, and it isn't all that exciting, but it's occasionally funny and sweet and more engaging than any action-comedy Jennifer Aniston has made in her entire career."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
You end up feeling sorry for all the actors forced to humiliate themselves, except for McConaughey, whose portrayal of sadistic, manipulative evil is mesmerizing."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
64%
|
Cosmopolis (2012) |
"
The movie isn't for everyone. But if it grabs you, prepare for it to stick in your head for days."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
97%
|
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012) |
"
The film's recurring theme is of an artist on a perpetual hunt for transparency, in his country and abroad. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
21%
|
360 (2012) |
"
The film's generic, meaningless title is a sign of the dullness to come."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
34%
|
The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012) |
"
A fable about parenting and its accompanying joys and sorrows, done in the trademark Walt Disney style of pleasant, feel-good entertainment that doesn't leave much of an emotional trace."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
87%
|
ParaNorman (2012) |
"
Butler and Fell are diehard fans of the horror genre and they have peppered the film with an endless array of subtle homages and gags."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 16, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
65%
|
The Expendables 2 (2012) |
"
Chuck Norris is also in this movie, although you should know that he gets roughly five minutes of screen time, half of those devoted to his telling of a Chuck Norris joke. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 15, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Dark Horse (2012) |
"
Solondz will never be much for happy endings, but the film is strangely optimistic and at times borders ever-so-slightly on the whimsical. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
79%
|
Ruby Sparks (2012) |
"
Ruby Sparks opts for a seemingly darker but ultimately easier resolution, one that involves magic and fantasy and the sort of neat, happily-ever-after finales that only exist in movies."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
Like a Hannah Montana movie, Hope Springs argues there are no romantic ills that a walk on the beach and a few pop songs on the soundtrack can't cure."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
The last half-hour of the film is one enormous action sequence in Manila that must have been exceptionally difficult to shoot and even harder to edit together. It's also hard to sit through."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
29%
|
Red Lights (2012) |
"
With the sort of last-minute plot twist that sank M. Night Shyamalan's career, Red Lights comes to an unexpected, risible end. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
The Queen of Versailles (2012) |
"
By the end, the movie has pulled off a small miracle: You become absorbed in the lives of these people for who they are and not what they own."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
46%
|
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) |
"
The movie looks like it was lit by lava lamps, scored on Moog synthesizers, written between bong hits and acted underwater. None of this is meant as praise. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
98%
|
Oslo, August 31st (2012) |
"
A study of a man who pulled away from the edge of the abyss at the nick of time, only to realize he may not be able to forgive himself for the things he's done. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
A beautiful, strange tone poem about childhood and innocence."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 20, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Saddled with the impossible expectations surrounding the final chapter in his trilogy of Batman movies, Nolan surprises by one-upping you. He gives you more than you expected."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 18, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
43%
|
To Rome with Love (2012) |
"
To Rome with Love desperately needs a script polish, as well as an entire third act."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
The superb craftsmanship and care behind Savages only helps to underscore what an asinine, unconvincing picture this is."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
Do we really need another Spider-Man movie? As long as it's this much fun - yes, yes, we do."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 29, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
This is exactly the same plot as The Muppets, in which Jason Segel was forced to choose between Amy Adams and Kermit the Frog. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
56%
|
People Like Us (2012) |
"
Do you see how colossally misguided this whole thing is?"
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 27, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
Safety Not Guaranteed is droll and hilarious, but there isn't a cheap laugh in it, and the ending is so perfect it sends you soaring."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
83%
|
Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
Who are these people, and why are we watching them?"
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
As Seeking a Friend for the End of the World crawls toward its sentimental finale, you're rooting for that asteroid to get here, quick."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
Enormous in its scope and colossal in its stupidity."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
Brave is fearless."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
Most of Wes Anderson's previous pictures came from the head; Moonrise Kingdom is one from the heart."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
Is it time for Adam Sandler to stop appearing in his own movies?"
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 15, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
58%
|
Hysteria (2012) |
"
Hysteria never gets too preachy or ponderous, and there's something in the film to educate even the most learned viewer."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
Why are we here? What is our purpose? Is there a God? When does this movie get good?"
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jun 6, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
Headhunters (2012) |
"
By film's end, we're deep into Coen brothers territory, with an extra splash of Sam Raimi-level gore."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
When Snow rides into battle wielding a sword, you want to tell her to put that thing down before she pokes her eye out."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
75%
|
Sound of My Voice (2012) |
"
There is a huge difference between an unexpectedly sudden ending (like The Sopranos) and a non-ending."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
Men in Black 3 is so dull and empty, it's the first movie that has ever made me think "Thank God this is in 3D.""
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Turn Me On, Dammit! (2012) |
"
For a genre dominated by American movies in which girls are usually prizes or objects of lust, Turn Me On, Dammit! practically feels revolutionary."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
The question of why the law must always be upheld, regardless of consequences, gives this light, amiable movie a surprising heft and weight."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 24, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
Bonsái (2012) |
"
Bonsai illustrates the unbearable lightness of loneliness in a quiet, delicate manner."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945) |
"
Shot in 1943 during World War II, Children of Paradise overcame so many seemingly impossible obstacles that today the film seems enchanted."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
At one point, a hot chick in a Jeep saves the world by ramming her car into an alien thingamajig."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 16, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
58%
|
The Dictator (2012) |
"
The Dictator does for Sacha Baron Cohen what The Love Guru did for Mike Myers."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 14, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
48%
|
The Perfect Family (2012) |
"
A leaden, ham-fisted affair that was exactly the sort of pap John Waters was spoofing when he cast Turner as a serial-killing soccer mom."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
57%
|
Detachment (2012) |
"
A loud, grating wallow in dime-store despair."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
83%
|
Comic-Con: Episode IV - A Fan's Hope (2012) |
"
You don't need to collect or even care about comic books to enjoy this funny, affection valentine to nerd culture."
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
38%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
Johnny Depp and Tim Burton enable each other's laziest, most indulgent habits: They make movies to entertain themselves instead of the audience. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
93%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
The Avengers has a knockout final 30 minutes, all gee-whiz crash and bang and eye candy that makes grand use of 3D and IMAX and all the other toys. But the Transformers movies did that, too. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted May 1, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Damsels in Distress (2012) |
"
Damsels in Distress ambles about amiably without much of a narrative: Plot has never been Stillman's strong suit, and in this film he seems particularly indifferent to its demands."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
23%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
For a good hour or so, The Raven is gruesome, ludicrous fun. Then it's just ludicrous."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
Marley (2012) |
"
You see a man, flawed and imperfect, finding his way through with his music, constantly searching for his place in the world until that quest was cut tragically short."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
62%
|
Café de Flore (2012) |
"
This is a gorgeous, flashy, widescreen epic, like Boogie Nights or Casino, about the most essential things in life: Family, friends and love. But most of all, love."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 18, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
97%
|
Monsieur Lazhar (2012) |
"
The film leaves you hopeful, and even exhilarated, that even the most painful wounds can sometimes heal."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Kill List (2012) |
"
One of the scariest films I've seen in ages, although I cannot in all honesty explain exactly what the movie is about."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 11, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
44%
|
American Reunion (2012) |
"
The movie never overcomes the feeling that it is - above all else - an attempt to wring a few more dollars out from a once-profitable franchise."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 5, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Titanic (2012) |
"
Here is a rare opportunity to return to something you once loved, and discover it still holds up, no apologies necessary. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Apr 2, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
33%
|
Musical Chairs (2012) |
"
Charming and upbeat, and it's stuffed with great, vibrant, insanely catchy music. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
85%
|
The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
Was it wrong to expect something more from "The Hunger Games" other than pajama-party fodder? "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 20, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012) |
"
A surprisingly sappy misfire from brothers Jay and Mark Duplass - a hug-it-out, touchy-feely movie that succumbs to the maudlin sentimentality they had avoided in all their previous pictures."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
44%
|
Casa de mi padre (2012) |
"
Hearing Ferrell shout "Alejate! O te doy una paliza con estas manos!" is a lot funnier if you speak Spanish - and much less so if you're stuck reading subtitles. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
21 Jump Street (2012) |
"
What makes 21 Jump Street so funny and exciting and lovable is all the stuff you don't see coming. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 14, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne return to devastating form with this compelling riff on the Italian neo-realist classic "Bicycle Thieves." "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 14, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Seeking Justice (2012) |
"
Seeking Justice is memorable only because it contains what may be my favorite new Cage line reading of all time. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 14, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
9%
|
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You (2012) |
"
The film is a pleasant watch, filled with nice little moments of comedy and tenderness, and optimistic about the fate of dreamers who happen to be a little slow out of the starting gate. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Juan of the Dead (2012) |
"
As a zombie picture, Juan of the Dead is merely OK. But as a satirical comedy of life in Cuba under Castro, it totally kills - and keeps coming back for more. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
In Darkness (2012) |
"
More than half of In Darkness takes place underground, shrouded in rank, oppressive shadows. But the movie also glows bright with life and hope."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
41%
|
Silent House (2012) |
"
"The silence will kill you!" warn the posters for "Silent House." That's only if the boredom doesn't get you first, though. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 8, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
0%
|
A Thousand Words (2012) |
"
The high point of the movie, for me, was when I got up from my seat and walked over to a guy who was texting in the theater and asked him to shut his phone off. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 7, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012) |
"
Tilda Swinton is the star of We Need to Talk About Kevin, and her performance is so complex and volcanic and transfixing that all of the film's flaws melt away."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Mar 1, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
27%
|
Project X (2012) |
"
Beneath its raunchy veneer, the movie is so noble and good-hearted that even the dog gets laid before the night is out. Twice. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 29, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
70%
|
Thin Ice (2012) |
"
The movie is familiar and generic, a pastiche that often reminds you of other, better films."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 17, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
26%
|
This Means War (2012) |
"
It's a date movie for suckers."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 17, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Chico & Rita (2012) |
"
The film melds dazzling visuals and a wildly infectious score into a simple yet affecting love story. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 10, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
40%
|
Granito (2011) |
"
The movie is erratically paced, often static and dry, and occasionally dull. But the subject matter keeps you intrigued - barely."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 4, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
——
|
La última cima (2010) |
"
The movie may be pure hagiography, but it still moves you regardless of your faith - or lack thereof."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 4, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
74%
|
Big Miracle (2012) |
"
The movie balances its sentimental side with a healthy dose of cynicism."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
The Woman in Black (2012) |
"
Just about the only trick the movie doesn't resort to is The Screaming Cat That Jumps Out of Nowhere, although there is a pesky crow fond of cawing suddenly in Dolby Digital 5.1 sound."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Feb 2, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
99%
|
A Separation (2011) |
"
Sometimes, in an attempt to do the best we can for the people we love, we end up wreaking irreparable damage."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
32%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012) |
"
Man on a Ledge made me think of an old Van Halen song: Jump."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 26, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
79%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
The wolves seem to have watched a lot of "Friday the 13th" movies, because they have a knack for pouncing out of the shadows that rivals the mad skills of Jason Voorhees. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 25, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
85%
|
Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos (2012) |
"
Like a lot of anime, the movie remains entertaining even when you have no idea what's going on. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 19, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012) |
"
Once you get over the novelty of watching mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano beat up her male co-stars, the film has practically nothing else to offer."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 18, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
46%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012) |
"
You need lots of gifted people chasing after the same bad idea to make a movie as colossally misguided as this one. "
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 18, 2012
|
|
2.4
|
72%
|
Carnage (2011) |
"
The entire point of Carnage is to poke fun at the fragile civility of the upper-middle class - they're all animals inside! - but how much more fun would this material have been if the story hadn't been about polite white people?"
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
Contraband (2012) |
"
There's a frothy, almost whimsical undercurrent quietly bubbling beneath the dead-serious story."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Jan 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
67%
|
We Bought a Zoo (2011) |
"
The picture annoys you, but it also wrings happy tears, because Crowe pulls at your heartstrings in crafty ways."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Dec 28, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
77%
|
War Horse (2011) |
"
There isn't a moment in the movie where you don't feel Spielberg's passion, and this time, the film is worthy of his enthusiasm. It's a knockout."
—
Miami Herald
Posted Dec 28, 2011
|
77%
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