|
2/4
|
8%
|
Runner Runner (2013) |
"
After an intriguing setup, Runner Runner devolves into a by-the-books thriller."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
98%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
This is one of the most stunning visual treats of the year and one of the most unforgettable thrill rides in recent memory."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Oct 3, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
83%
|
Don Jon (2013) |
"
Offbeat, frank and often surprising gem."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Sep 27, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Rush (2013) |
"
'Rush' ranks among the best movies about auto racing ever made, featuring two great performances from the leads."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Sep 26, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
The bittersweet feeling of seeing James Gandolfini soon gives way to appreciation for one of his best and most unusual roles: he plays a regular guy."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Sep 21, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
After the bleak brilliance of 'Shame,' this is an almost sunny look at sexual addiction. Almost."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Sep 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
34%
|
Salinger (2013) |
"
Where Salinger succeeds is in the gripping section on World War II, and in the exquisite, often melancholy details in the stories told by the likes of Joyce Maynard."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
50%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
First-time director Blumberg does a fine job and makes some brave choices."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
80%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
One of the most intense thrillers in recent years. Best performance of Hugh Jackman's career."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
33%
|
The Family (2013) |
"
This is a deliberately off-kilter, cheerfully violent, hit-and-miss effort with just enough moments of inspiration to warrant a recommendation."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
99%
|
Short Term 12 (2013) |
"
It's one of the best movies of the year and one of the truest portrayals I've ever seen about troubled teens and the people who dedicate their lives to trying to help them."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Sep 13, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
73%
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
Forest Whitaker gives the performance of his career."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
|
|
91%
|
The Spectacular Now (2013) |
"
In The Spectacular Now, the high school seniors look and talk like actual high school seniors."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 12, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
This is one of the better action films of the year."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
54%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
Lovelace" is a well-made but grim film. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
Despite a crazy-bad performance from a two-time Oscar winner, 'Elysium' is great entertainment."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
'We're the Millers' clicks on just enough cylinders to warrant a recommendation. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
63%
|
2 Guns (2013) |
"
Beyond ridiculous but always entertaining. Washington and Wahlberg are terrific."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
This is a serious, sometimes dark and deliberately paced story. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
This is one strange, sometimes uneven but mostly mesmerizing film. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 25, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
40%
|
Only God Forgives (2013) |
"
This is one of the most shocking and one of the best movies of the year."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Jul 23, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
20%
|
Girl Most Likely (2013) |
"
Another movie about a woman falling into a deep funk because some narcissistic twit dumped her."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 19, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
87%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
Treads familiar territory, but with style."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 18, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
72%
|
Pacific Rim (2013) |
"
A ridiculously entertaining (and often just plain ridiculous) monster-robot movie that plays like that "Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots" game from the 1960s."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
8%
|
Grown Ups 2 (2013) |
"
When Taylor Lautner is the funniest thing in a movie starring Adam Sandler and Chris Rock, we're in trouble."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
|
0
|
50%
|
White House Down (2013) |
"
Everyone in "White House Down" is an idiot, clinically insane, a cliché, or a vehicle for shameless exploitation."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 26, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013) |
"
Emma Watson is comedic gold."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 24, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
78%
|
Monsters University (2013) |
"
This is a safe, predictable, edge-free, nearly bland effort from a studio that rarely hedges its bets. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 21, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
Entertaining as hell. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 19, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
There's very little humor or joy in this Superman story."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 14, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
84%
|
This Is the End (2013) |
"
"This is one of the most tasteless, ridiculous and funniest comedies of the 21st century.""
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Jun 12, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
69%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
'Fast and Furious 6' is the fastest, funniest and most outlandishly entertaining chapter yet. I'm not kidding, I kinda loved this insanely stupid movie."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 23, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
19%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
Director Todd Phillips delivers a film so different from the first two, I'm not even sure it's supposed to be a comedy."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 23, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
48%
|
Black Rock (2013) |
"
This is a lean and mean variation on a familiar theme, tense throughout, with some terrific performances."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 19, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
A solid but unspectacular effort that sets the stage for the next chapters."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 14, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
49%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
The best attempt yet to capture the essence of the novel. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 10, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
50%
|
At Any Price (2013) |
"
It's one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen, and not in a particularly good way."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
4.5/5
|
55%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
Deliberately ambiguous, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" provides just enough answers while leaving us with more than enough questions."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
'Iron Man 3 is one of the best entries in this modern golden age of superhero movies."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted May 1, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
7%
|
The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
Looks great, some terrific ingredients, but when you slice it up, what a disappointment."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
23%
|
Arthur Newman (2013) |
"
An offbeat, sometimes self-congratulatory road movie romance."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
Kudos to Bay and his screenwriters for making sure we're laughing at them, not with them."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
44%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
We should not be exiting a Terrence Malick movie with a shrug, but there it is."
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 23, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
This is the sci-fi movie equivalent of a pretty damn good cover band. "
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 19, 2013
|
|
5/5
|
67%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
"There wasn't a moment during this movie when I was thinking about anything other than this movie""
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
79%
|
42 (2013) |
"
"This is a competent but mostly unexceptional film about a most extraordinary man.""
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
55%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
"It winds up being less than the sum of its parts.""
—
Richard Roeper.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
67%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
I believed the lives of these people. I believed they'd do the drastic things they do in the face of crisis. I ached for them when things went terribly wrong and rooted for them when there were glimmers of hope."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
55%
|
The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
Nearly every scene had me asking questions about what just transpired when I should have been absorbing what was happening next."
—
Chicago Sun-Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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