|
2/4
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Things go boom and bodies go down and the one hour and fifty minutes zip by like oh, two hours and ten."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
An interesting movie, followed by a less interesting movie, followed by a third movie that's even weaker"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 26, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
The details and performances make this overly nostalgic and melodramatic coming-of-age picture watchable"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 25, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
What Salles gets just right is the sense of speed - of lives lived too fast, of the blacktop passing before their windshield in a blur."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
0%
|
InAPPropriate Comedy (2013) |
"
Surely there are phone apps that could write a funnier film than this."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 22, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Not the worst movie Gerry Butler's foisted on us in the last five years."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
69%
|
The Croods (2013) |
"
Nic Cage's best work since "Kick Ass.""
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Murph: The Protector (2013) |
"
Limited, but inspiring portrait of a true American hero. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 19, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Adorable, with a winning Chris O'Dowd turn. But overall, an unpolished gem"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 19, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
Not bad, but Tina Fey's loooooong winning streak ends here. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 19, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
A great big French-Canadian hug of a movie -- a farce with heart. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 18, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
45%
|
Leonie (2013) |
"
Uneven, but it captures a time, and a woman ahead of her time. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 16, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
People laughing at this are kind of missing the point."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 16, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Koch (2013) |
"
Captures the man, burnishes the myth and remembers the "mouth.""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 16, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
93%
|
Lore (2013) |
"
Worthwhile, but so subtle that it's frustrating. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 15, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
40%
|
Mental (2013) |
"
Not every cute movie about the mentally ill is Oscar worthy, but this touching and riotous one from Down Under works well enough."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
40%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
It damn well works. Until Halle Berry hangs up. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
Room 237 (2013) |
"
A bunch of obsessives obsessing about an obsessive movie maker's obsessive movie."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
37%
|
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The stars are more than game, but four credited writers don't give them the gags and jokes they deserve. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 12, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
Lovely, sentimental, but a conventional nostalgic melodrama that had no compelling reason to be filmed as anime"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 10, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
37%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
Random, ridiculous, badly acted. Maybe it would make more sense in Swedish, with subtitles. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
100%
|
Sound City (2013) |
"
Fascinating, as rock history, thrilling as rock entertainment. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Raimi turns out to be a much better Tim Burton impersonator than Bryan Singer. But the witches? Bland, blander and blonde bland."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
Entertaining, revealing about a little-known piece of history, but somewhat historically suspect."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 4, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
39%
|
The ABCs of Death (2013) |
"
Grim and gory, gross and goofy -- wildly uneven in tone and talent. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 3, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Greedy Lying Bastards (2013) |
"
If "An Inconvenient Truth" had been made by Michael Moore, it'd look and sound like this."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 2, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
13%
|
The Last Exorcism Part II (2013) |
"
No shaky cam, no "found footage," no preacher's moment of truth, no urgency."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
27%
|
21 And Over (2013) |
"
Gonzo, psychotic and deranged. And those are the best parts. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
Paranoia mixes neatly with optimism in this dramedy about the ad campaign that made Chile democratic. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 27, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Bryan Singer is no Tim Burton."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
25%
|
Phantom (2013) |
"
Watchable, thanks to a stellar cast of character players. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Feb 26, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
46%
|
The Sweeney (2013) |
"
A solid Ray Winstone action/cops vehicle, properly gritty with just enough surprises. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 25, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
Hitchcockian, with the usual creepy/kinky Chan-Wook Park touches."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 25, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
42%
|
Hide Away (A Year in Mooring) (2012) |
"
Beautifully shot, elegantly acted melodrama of the sailboating cure for what ails you. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 25, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
A Place at the Table (2013) |
"
America's Evil Twins, hunger and obesity, connected and humanized in one vivid documentary. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 23, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
No Place On Earth (2013) |
"
A well-crafted documentary variation on "Defiance," Ukrainian Jews saving themselves by going underground -- literally."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 23, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
34%
|
Dark Skies (2013) |
"
Nicely shot and editing, modestly chilling, but missing the panic and fear real parents would feel for kids in jeopardy."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2013) |
"
A playful and fun history of the Hebrew "Hokey Pokey." "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
A straight-no digital chaser actioner, with the most subtle Dwayne Johnson performance ever. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 19, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
70%
|
Bless Me, Ultima (2013) |
"
Meticulous recreation of a time and place, but this poetic novel becomes all-too-prosaic on the screen. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 19, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
26%
|
Escape From Planet Earth 3D (2013) |
"
Mediocre. But for The Weinsteins in animation? That's an improvement. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 15, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
Loud and tedious...not a decent villain or catchphrase in it. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
Relish the simple pleasures, because that's all this good-looking Nicholas Sparks adaptation offers. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
45%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
One-liners drawl from the lips like Spanish moss dripping from the oaks in a script so witty it attracted Oscar winners Emma Thompson and Jeremy Irons and Oscar nominee Viola Davis in supporting roles."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
60%
|
John Dies at the End (2013) |
"
Just trippy enough..."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
33%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) |
"
Competent, but joyless."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
They aimed for "Midnight Run," settled for attempting "Due Date," and wound up with "Guilt Trip.""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
A smart thriller that is more proof that Hollywood's smartest director has NO BUSINESS RETIRING later this year. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 5, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
27%
|
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2013) |
"
An amusing Chinese martial arts reminder that not all cheese comes from Switzerland, or Wisconsin. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 5, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
A Liar's Autobiography - The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman (2012) |
"
Such a clever conceit that you wish, ever so much, that they'd gotten it right."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
85%
|
Ghost Town (2008) |
"
The big screen's best use of the talents of the sarcastic, ever put-upon Mr. Gervais."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
52%
|
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (2010) |
"
An electrifying opening, a bit of a slog afterwards."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
83%
|
Paranormal Activity (2009) |
"
Fun as a communal experience in a crowded theater. Scary? Not that often. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
68%
|
Conviction (2010) |
"
Hilary Swank won her two Oscars for other films, but this may be her best performance yet."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
57%
|
Bran Nue Dae (2010) |
"
Cute and deliciously off-kilter."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
32%
|
For Colored Girls (2010) |
"
Perry aims high, and doesn't embarrass himself in tackling this iconic but dated play. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
52%
|
I'm Still Here (2010) |
"
Joaquin gets the last laugh on us all. But the movie's a mess."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
39%
|
Due Date (2010) |
"
Aims the slow burn of Robert Downey Jr. at the addled idiocy of Zach Galifianakis in a "Hangover" director's version of "Planes, Trains and Automobiles.""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
28%
|
Life as We Know It (2010) |
"
Josh Duhamel props up Heigl and makes this wildly uneven comedy her best rom-com since "Knocked Up.""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
79%
|
Nowhere Boy (2010) |
"
Fascinating...fills in a lot of blank spaces in the Beatles history we already knew."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
6%
|
Dream House (2011) |
"
So much is just so...obvious."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
64%
|
Secretariat (2010) |
"
It teeters between pleasantly generic film biography and rank manipulation."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
72%
|
Red (2010) |
"
Oh, that "RED" was the giddy romp it might have been, it promises to be or it thinks it is. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
47%
|
Hereafter (2010) |
"
Clint Eastwood's late life/late career fascination with mortality, death and grieving devolves, at long last, into a cheap parlor trick in Hereafter."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010) |
"
In an age of "let's all get along" pabulum, there's much to like in a cartoon not afraid to show its talons."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
52%
|
Devil (2010) |
"
M. Night Shyamalan at his most messianic -- he just takes too long to get to the frights. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
17%
|
You Again (2010) |
"
Pretty much the end of Disney's attempt to make Kristen Bell "America's Sweetheart.""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Stallone is still better than Schwarzenegger, but this is just as dumb as "Last Stand," and choppy to the point of incoherence. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Live Action (2013) |
"
A field of five films, every one as deserving and brilliant as the best of the best picture nominees this year. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 30, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Yes, Teresa Palmer is hot enough to reanimate the living dead. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
95%
|
The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2013: Animation (2013) |
"
See the showcase of animated shorts, pick your favorite to root for Oscar night. I'm pulling for "Adam and Dog.""
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
The Town (2010) |
"
One of the great modern heist pictures. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
23%
|
Case 39 (2010) |
"
The end of Zellweger as we've known her. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
56%
|
Gnomeo and Juliet (2011) |
"
A daft and mostly deft low-budget animated "Romeo & Juliet""
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Exit Through The Gift Shop (2010) |
"
Banksy exposes the con-job that is modern art for what it is."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Waiting for Superman (2010) |
"
More overwhelming than uplifting, and you can't help but feel this is a rich outsider looking in, and down on, public schools."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 29, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
45%
|
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) |
"
Woody at his weakest."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
20%
|
Beastly (2011) |
"
Under-rated."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 28, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Let Me In (2010) |
"
In playing up the bullying, Reeves has Americanized a very good Swedish film without de-fanging it. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
86%
|
Buried (2010) |
"
Remind yourself to breathe. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
71%
|
Never Let Me Go (2010) |
"
Melancholy, poignant and chilling"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
48%
|
Love and Other Drugs (2010) |
"
Lacks a certain something, but not chemistry between Jake and Anne. They set off real sparks. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
97%
|
Animal Kingdom (2010) |
"
Gets under your skin and in your head. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
43%
|
The Extra Man (2010) |
"
Kevin Kline's tour de force, a performance of uncommon joie de vivre."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
52%
|
The Next Three Days (2010) |
"
This is Crowe's movie to carry and he does it with an earthy realism that reminds of the actor he is beneath the persona."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
127 Hours (2010) |
"
You can know how this misdaventure came out and still be moved by this mystical/moving and miraculous film. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Tangled (2010) |
"
A version of Rapunzel that lets down its hair just enough to deserve a place of honor with all the other glorious Disney "princess" tales."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
The Illusionist (L'illusionniste) (2010) |
"
Hand drawn animation that is as soft and charming as the film itself. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Jack Goes Boating (2010) |
"
A low-energy/moments of heat romance that rewards the patient filmgoer and bores the impatient one. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
4/4
|
96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
The movie that shows you just what being "the smartest guy in the room" will get you. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) |
"
Slow, but it establishes the myth, the cast and the look. And it's holding up surprisingly well."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
4%
|
Movie 43 (2013) |
"
Well, they didn't name it after the number of big laughs in it. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
40%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
They make Statham talk too much. And Lopez? Thanks for stripping. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 25, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
They were shooting for sort of a witch hunting "Zombieland," an f-bomb riddled "Van Helsing" packed with comical anachronisms -- it doesn't work. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
83%
|
Telstar (Telstar: The Joe Meek Story) (2009) |
"
An overlong but fascinating look at the life of a forgotten innovator of early rock'n roll"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 24, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
75%
|
Cold Weather (2011) |
"
'Slow Cinema' at its slowest, this indie drama with comic touches is a dreary haul"
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 23, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
53%
|
The Mechanic (2011) |
"
Somewhat faithful to the original, but a stupendously violent fiasco that weasels its way into being unlikable. "
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 23, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
35%
|
Battle: Los Angeles (2011) |
"
It's not new, it's not novel and it's not art. But as a popcorn movie a couple of months out of summer season, it'll have to do."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 23, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
Country Strong (2011) |
"
A little like modern country music - odd moments of sincerity, heart and authenticity peek through the plastic, the hype and the manufactured hokum."
—
Movie Nation
Posted Jan 23, 2013
|
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