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3/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
As Fantine, musical theater's favorite emo chick, Hathaway blows away whatever else is supposed to be going on."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013) |
"
...neither a firebrand nor a puppyish Oscar-chaser. It's becalmed, downright mellow at times."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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5/5
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
...the time always flies, and Tarantino gives us a lot of movie for our money."
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eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
Technically impeccable, The Impossible gives the brutal caprice of nature its due, never romanticizing it or demonizing it."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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5/5
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Bigelow has directed excellent movies before, but this deserves to be remembered as the film that established her as a master."
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eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
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The Dark Knight Returns: Part Two (2013) |
"
It's rated PG-13, as was its predecessor, but it's full of gore and pain and trauma...A worthy finale."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
81%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
The movie doesn't stand out much in memory - nothing in it really pops - but it's enjoyable while it lasts."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
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Night of The Living Dead: Reanimated (2010) |
"
This experiment's charm is hard to deny. "
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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4/5
|
56%
|
Would You Rather (2013) |
"
Jeffrey Combs is pretty much the reason to see this (or just about any) film."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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1/5
|
16%
|
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) |
"
We get this pallid, waifish film with a safe PG-13, which allows for no nastiness, no filthiness, and one lonely F-bomb. I remember when demon flicks used to be dangerous and shocking."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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3/5
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Franco, grinning and smirking his way through his performance, can't compete with the witches."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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5/5
|
44%
|
The Limits of Control (2009) |
"
...a Zen gangster film, a mandala that scatters itself at the end. Its very quietude and uneventfulness force you into the moment every moment..."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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2/5
|
52%
|
This is 40 (2012) |
"
Who thought it was a good idea to take the two most irritating characters in 'Knocked Up' and devote a two-hour-and-thirteen-minute movie to them?"
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jan 22, 2013
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4/5
|
38%
|
Dark Shadows (2012) |
"
It turns into a bit of a mess towards the finish line, but at least it's a fun mess, and if you're looking to Tim Burton for narrative tidiness you must be thinking of another Tim Burton."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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2/5
|
57%
|
The Dictator (2012) |
"
By now, what looked like good dirty fun, a funhouse mirror pointed at America, has calcified into easy shtick."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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3/5
|
70%
|
Men in Black III (2012) |
"
The hip, knowing backdrop of these films - their winking acknowledgment that what you suspect about aliens is true - is more interesting than the run-of-the-mill plots scampering around in front of it."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
3/5
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
The movie wasn't giving my brain much of a workout, but my eyes got a nice buzz. Prometheus is straight-up gorgeous..."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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2/5
|
47%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Dear god, is this thing setting us up for a sequel in which Kristen Stewart has to negotiate yet another love triangle?"
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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3/5
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
I go to a Spider-Man movie to see the guy duke it out with powerful bad guys. I'm simple that way. I don't need a welter of convolutions."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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4/5
|
51%
|
Savages (2012) |
"
This is by no means Oliver Stone's best work. But it's his best work in well over a decade."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
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88%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Technically, The Dark Knight Rises is a thick leatherbound volume with gilded pages, though flipping through it yields a story about a big bad bald man doing eeevil things until a vigilante with pointy ears comes to the rescue."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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5/5
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
In the summer of big, expensive superhero flicks, Moonrise Kingdom evokes awe, wonder and the magic of escapism in a much smaller and more precious way."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
2/5
|
30%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
Wiseman makes mildly pretty films, full of blues and grays and lens flares, but they're the definition of bland."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
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3/5
|
56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
Unless America is really that stuck on Matt Damon in the Bourne franchise, I see no reason that Renner's work here shouldn't make him a star."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
5/5
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
The kind of low-expectation late-summer film that can all too often fall under the radar but delivers more honestly and forcefully than most of its warm-weather predecessors."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
39%
|
The Possession (2012) |
"
The movie is well-appointed if not terribly well thought-out."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
0/5
|
26%
|
2016: Obama's America (2012) |
"
2016: Obama's America comes to seem like clownish alarmist speculation taking place in an echo chamber of talking heads."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
30%
|
Resident Evil: Retribution (2012) |
"
It's a funny thing about Jovovich as Alice: she gives the character just enough personality, but not enough to break the somber apocalyptic mood."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 (2012) |
"
...this first half is essentially throat-clearing before the operatic finale. The pacing seems abrupt and rapid..."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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4/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
The movie is morally murky, to put it lightly, and that's a bit refreshing; we're made to think about why we want the protagonists to achieve their goals."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
3/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Disney should've had more faith in this premise back in 1984, when it mattered, instead of shocking it back to a bigger life now..."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
This may be the most geek-friendly movie that never did the rounds at Comic-Con."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
3/5
|
24%
|
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
The eerie inertia and starkness of the past films' imagery are mostly gone here, and that style is what had set this series apart for me."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
66%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Cloud Atlas is never boring; I checked the time at one point, saw that we had about an hour to go, and settled back, relaxed and happy to get more."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
3/5
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
The movie is undeniably colorful and action-packed, and gorier than a slaughterhouse floor. But something's missing."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
4/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Skyfall isn't quite a throwback to the absurd thrills of the 007 films of old, but it does inject some fun back into the franchise."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
It's been a sappy and largely uneventful ride, and I welcome The Hunger Games taking its place in girls' hearts, but let's not pretend there haven't been far worse film series."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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|
3/5
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
The Ed Gein bits seem like pretentious filler, and a lot of Hitchcock feels padded, though it's only 98 minutes."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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3/5
|
68%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
MacFarlane, whose Ted sounds a lot like Peter Griffin on his show Family Guy, also co-wrote and directed Ted, so expect a lot of pop-culture references and random gags. Some of them hit, some don't."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jul 2, 2012
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|
2/5
|
56%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Often, the film seems to tiptoe up to something potentially scary or disturbing and then backs away fast."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 25, 2012
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|
4/5
|
——
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Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe (2011) |
"
Really, this is the sort of lightweight adventure we should be seeing Bruce Campbell in much more often..."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 22, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
41%
|
Rock of Ages (2012) |
"
Feels like a made-for-VH1 movie."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 18, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
92%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
Overall, this is as smooth and sprightly a franchise machine as we're likely to get this summer; even at two hours and twenty-three minutes it goes like lightning."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted May 6, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011) |
"
Before Contagion is anything else, it's a master class in filmmaking - shooting, editing, making a movie move."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
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|
4/5
|
94%
|
Moneyball (2011) |
"
A fine, strong, adult movie, and its theme can easily apply to any number of other walks of life."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
The Thing (2011) |
"
Gets the externals but can't duplicate the authentic chill and isolation of the original."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Paranormal Activity 3 (2011) |
"
In the moments that count, those silent wolf-hour compositions of gathering dread, the franchise has earned a place of pride in horror history."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011) |
"
Of obvious interest to Thompson acolytes and of no obvious interest to anyone else. As a fan of Thompson and Robinson, I enjoyed the film's laid-back shagginess."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
69%
|
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011) |
"
What started as a beautiful one-off, extended in a pretty decent sequel, has now grown gray at the edges."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 30, 2012
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