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4/4
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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
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|
4/4
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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
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|
4/4
|
90%
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The Fighter (2010) |
"
Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished than what you see in "The Fighter," that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 16, 2013
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4/4
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
An Oscar contender with class, and chills. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 16, 2013
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4/4
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94%
|
The King's Speech (2010) |
"
A feel-good movie with a hearty dose of history and a hint of edge, a most-deserving Oscar winner"
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 15, 2013
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4/4
|
98%
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56 Up (2013) |
"
The latest, and perhaps greatest installment in a great documentary series. Moving, amusing and eye-opening. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 12, 2013
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4/4
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
A laugh-out-loud comedy as hard as "The French Connection," a modern spaghetti Western on the windswept wastes of Ireland.""
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 9, 2013
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4/4
|
93%
|
An Inconvenient Truth (2006) |
"
Netflix puts this Oscar winning documentary out again for those who spent the past seven years listening to paid-off-deniers and assorted other Fox News liars. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 9, 2013
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4/4
|
82%
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Super 8 (2011) |
"
The movie of the summer, the movie of many summers, going back to the '70s..."
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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4/4
|
95%
|
Star Trek (2009) |
"
A welcome reinvention of this most beloved sci-fi franchise"
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jan 6, 2013
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4/4
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
A startling debut feature - this year's "Winter's Bone," but a film all the more magical because we sense that even Zeitlin, as sharp as his eye undoubtably is, will never be able to duplicate it."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Dec 30, 2012
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4/4
|
93%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
Director Nichols walks a tightrope between giving us a dark, Gothic tale of misunderstood prophecy and a sobering lesson on the state of mental health care in rural America. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Dec 29, 2012
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4/4
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81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
The best picture of 2012."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Dec 28, 2012
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4/4
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Ben Affleck is closing in on the perfect thriller. "Argo" shows us how near the mark he has gotten in just three films. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
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4/4
|
99%
|
Finding Nemo 3D (2012) |
"
Think of this re-release as an encore, a handy touchstone for you and your kids. "Finding Nemo" was and remains the gold standard against which all other modern animated films are measured, a classic from the day it premiered. "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Sep 12, 2012
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|
4/4
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
Loud...lurid...and the best film of the summer"
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jul 24, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
97%
|
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945) |
"
Thanks to this glorious new restoration, "We'll always have THIS Paris." "
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Jul 15, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
The great actors, from Welles onward, want the popular audience to see what they see in Shakespeare -- that he still matters, that he still moves, thrills and teaches. With "Coriolanus," Fiennes brilliantly takes his place in their ranks."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Apr 18, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Beauty and the Beast (2012) |
"
The greatest animated film ever made and one of the screen's great musicals hardly needs this (3D) sort of sprucing up."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
74%
|
Big Miracle (2012) |
"
Political cynicism, media opportunism, dogmatic native traditions, corporate greed and environmentalist stubbornness are each, in turn, dashed against this sunny confection."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
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4/4
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
The film has intrigues, shootings, infidelities and clues -- lots of clues -- which we ponder, along with the poker-faced Smiley, played with Oscar-nominated perfection by Gary Oldman."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
93%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
Shannon wonderfully modulates Nichols' portrait of a man whose mind and life seem to unravel before our eyes."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 30, 2011
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
The Secret of Kells (2010) |
"
A gorgeous blend of the magical and the gloriously trippy."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 25, 2010
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|
5/5
|
——
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Toytown Story (2001) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 23, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
Get Low (2010) |
"
It contains yet another pitch-perfect performance by Robert Duvall, who has given more great performances over the age of 60 than any actor, probably ever."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 18, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
This unblinking look at America's Red State Crystal Meth Belt is an instant Southern Gothic classic."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jul 28, 2010
|
|
4/4
|
84%
|
The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"
Disney's The Princess and the Frog is an instant classic and one of the year's best films."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2009
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
Jason Reitman's dry, moving "comedy," based on the Walter Kirn novel, is a sly indictment of Corporate America, Marketing America and Frequent Flying America."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 10, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
81%
|
Okuribito (Departures) (2009) |
"
Departures is a loving tribute to the Japanese way of death."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jul 9, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
80%
|
Why We Fight (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
74%
|
The Painted Veil (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
63%
|
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) (2008) |
"
The result isn't a deep film, but rather a profound one."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
61%
|
The Duchess (2008) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Paper Moon (1973) |
"
It's everything a road picture is supposed to be, a life-changing personal journey, a quest, a bit old-fashioned and a hoot."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"
A work of grand visual wit, clever songs, funny gags and genuine pathos, it is perhaps the greatest stop-motion animated film ever, a painstaking style of model animation that computers have all but completely done away with."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
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|
5/5
|
80%
|
Brick (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
56%
|
The Soloist (2009) |
"
It's marvelous work all around, especially by Foxx and Downey. Their duet makes The Soloist sing."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 22, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
Coraline (2009) |
"
For all the polished electrons of the latest works from Pixar, Blue Sky or DreamWorks, Selick and Co. show that stop-motion animation still looks, moves and feels like nothing at all the computer animator's terrabytes can mimic."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Feb 4, 2009
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|
5/5
|
94%
|
Milk (2008) |
"
Perhaps it is simply an accident of timing that puts Milk in theaters at this moment. But fate or simple fortunate timing, Milk arrives as one of the best films of 2008."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"
[A] taut, tense and witty tale of human tragedy and triumphant humanity set against the sweep of modern India."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"
Rachel Getting Married is a magical wallow in excess, a too-happy, too-sad, too-indulgent plunge into an over-planned wedding."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Frozen River (2008) |
"
Courtney Hunt's Frozen River is the first great film of the fall. It has great actors playing vivid characters in a setting that makes for a clash of cultures."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 21, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
"
Filmmaker Alex Gibney had access to those who knew the guy, the famous, the infamous and the obscure, and he paints a picture of a serious journalist who saw himself documenting 'the death of the American Dream.'"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 8, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Mongol (2008) |
"
Mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old-fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
The idea that an ancient Hollywood musical, with its love duets and foot-tapping dance numbers, would be the thing that awakens emotions in both humans and robots, is pure genius."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
53%
|
The Foot Fist Way (2006) |
"
If I had my way, every indie comedy would be done The Foot Fist Way."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) |
"
Julien Temple's film is an energizing work of art, a visually striking and inspiring look at a band that never 'sold out' and the leader who saw to it that they didn't."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Young@Heart (2007) |
"
Young@Heart is nothing less than an ode to joy."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
The Counterfeiters (2007) |
"
This dark, absorbing thriller is not just a moral exercise in the awful choices faced by those determined to survive history's worst genocide. It invites us to imagine ourselves in the shoes of a not-quite-lovable rogue."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) (2007) |
"
Like no fish-out-of-water film in recent memory, it leaves you with the hope that these fish will find their way back to water, and maybe learn to share that puddle before the desert dries it up entirely."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 11, 2008
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