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3/4
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90%
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Inequality For All (2013) |
"
Directed by Jacob Kornbluth, Inequality works by avoiding most of the political minefields that have made the economy mulch for partisan consumption."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 26, 2013
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|
3.5/4
|
81%
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The Short Game (2013) |
"
Like its half-pint stars, The Short Game stands on the cusp of brilliance."
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USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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1/4
|
5%
|
Battle of the Year (2013) |
"
A frenetic mess that makes Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloolook like a Fellini film."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 19, 2013
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|
1.5/4
|
34%
|
Hell Baby (2013) |
"
A film that's less than half as funny as its predecessor, and a sliver as clever as the original."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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|
1/4
|
3%
|
Getaway (2013) |
"
A car-chase clunker that can't escape its own noxious emissions."
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USA Today
Posted Aug 29, 2013
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3/4
|
62%
|
Scenic Route (2013) |
"
It begins with energy, dulls in the middle stretches but redeems itself with a final destination that makes the trip feel worth it."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 22, 2013
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1/4
|
75%
|
You're Next (2013) |
"
A film of repetition, a bloody dance consisting of three steps: stab, scream, repeat."
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USA Today
Posted Aug 22, 2013
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3/4
|
74%
|
The Grandmaster (2013) |
"
An historical opus that is equal parts ballet and biography, though the second component pales in comparison with the first."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 22, 2013
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1.5/4
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12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
Though it has flashes of promise, Bones traces the footsteps of its fantasy film predecessors too closely to blaze anything close to an original narrative."
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USA Today
Posted Aug 21, 2013
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2/4
|
4%
|
Paranoia (2013) |
"
Were it the sum of its formidable parts, Paranoia might give good movies an inferiority complex."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 15, 2013
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|
2.5/4
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42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
Passable summer entertainment - an Expendables with people who can act."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 18, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
36%
|
The Hot Flashes (2013) |
"
This comedy deserves credit for taking a decided viewpoint - and delivering a heartfelt if occasionally misguided message."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 11, 2013
|
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2/4
|
50%
|
Now You See Me (2013) |
"
Boasting a terrific cast and a flimsy plot whose logic disappears faster than a rabbit in a hat, Now struggles to pull off its cinematic sleights of hand."
—
USA Today
Posted May 31, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
A more sure-footed shoot-'em-up that finds some heart, wit and perhaps enough momentum to spawn a formidable action franchise."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
84%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
The movie descends into a TV-grade police procedural, with twists so sharp and a plot so convoluted you may need meds to clear your head."
—
USA Today
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
[It] manages to make off with just enough laughs to work, thanks to the wondrous McCarthy, one of the few actresses in Hollywood allowed to showcase her wit and charisma as much as her physique."
—
USA Today
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
46%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
[Its] sole redeeming quality is that it ends. Eventually."
—
USA Today
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
81%
|
Warm Bodies (2013) |
"
Warm Bodies pulls a nifty trick in the red-hot zombie genre: It lacks a brain, though it eats plenty of them."
—
USA Today
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
38%
|
Stand Up Guys (2013) |
"
It's been a long time since a movie wasted as much talent as Stand Up Guys, a film that aims to be a geezer Goodfellas but whose execution is a misfire."
—
USA Today
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
18%
|
Parental Guidance (2012) |
"
While its senior stars do a terrific job capturing aging in a youth-crazed culture, Guidance drops the ball, in all departments, in its portrayal of anyone younger than 55."
—
USA Today
Posted Dec 24, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
50%
|
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012) |
"
Universal soldiers, it seems, never die, even if they deserve a slow and deliberate farewell."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
Goes a long way in demonstrating that a bad movie with big names is still a bad movie. Just prettier."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
38%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
Here Comes the Boom telegraphs every punch in its arsenal, but when the comedy connects, it can deliver with funny force."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
Relies more on "gotcha" moments than storytelling."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
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2/4
|
44%
|
Decoding Deepak (2012) |
"
While Decoding offers some tantalizing insights into the celebrity guru, the movie, at its core, is playing out daddy issues as the filmmaker wonders aloud about whether his dad has gotten too big for his britches."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
34%
|
Butter (2012) |
"
Butter is a film more enamored of its premise than interested in making it work."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
Taken 2 is a rehash of the original. Fortunately, they're leftovers from a fine first course."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Arbitrage overcomes some pulpy plot twists and a little anti-corporate sermonizing to become a brisk tale of a financial wizard whose sins have returned to collect a debt."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 13, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
94%
|
Side by Side (2012) |
"
Alas, if you're someone who enjoys movies as, say, a two-hour escape, you may find this documentary on the death of film at digital's hands a bit too inside baseball."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
55%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
Despite some earnest laughs and a sincere heart, Call can't seem to rise above its TV sitcom styling."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 30, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
0%
|
Assassin's Bullet (2012) |
"
Think the Bourne franchise meets the Bond franchise, without the wit or action."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 5, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012) |
"
It all makes for goofy fun, and physical comedy that will have parents rolling their eyes."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 2, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
42%
|
Step Up Revolution (2012) |
"
There isn't a franchise around that matches the kids' moves in the Step Up series. We just need a better reason to dance along."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 26, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
Despite its factual dismemberment of the movie's namesake, Hunter bristles as summer action fodder. Honest."
—
USA Today
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Stunningly shot and inconsistently acted and written, Snow White has enough visual fireworks to keep the film afloat, even if star Kristen Stewart can't get out of Twilight mode."
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USA Today
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
27%
|
High School (2012) |
"
Somehow, High, directed by newcomer John Stalberg, lured serious talent, including Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks and Michael Chiklis. Even odder: They're the worst actors of the bunch."
—
USA Today
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
Marley (2012) |
"
Sprinkled with riffs, concert footage and home videos, the family-authorized documentary does what the artist usually did: When in doubt, return to the beat."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 20, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
To the Arctic (2012) |
"
Unless you're rich, it may be the closest thing to being there."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
38%
|
Blue Like Jazz (2012) |
"
Just earnest enough to blend its religious theme with a beer-chugging hero for a surprisingly contemporary look at faith."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 13, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
38%
|
Lockout (Unrated) (2012) |
"
A putrid film that comes dead-weighted with hammy one-liners and a plot so silly it borders on comedy..."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
We the Party (2012) |
"
Every time it dabbles in real-world teen issues like sex and drugs, it returns to a fanciful high school where kids quote Nietzsche and play acoustic guitar on lunch breaks."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 6, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
84%
|
The Hunger Games (2012) |
"
Like the select participants of its savage sport, The Hunger Games stands triumphant, if scarred and a bit wobbly from the contest."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
48%
|
4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012) |
"
Ferrara doesn't give his protagonists room to do much beyond have arguments and sex (though the intimacy is shot well)."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
The Raid: Redemption (2012) |
"
Unapologetically brutal and unencumbered by much plot, Raid is the year's most turbo-charged film, an Indonesian martial-arts movie that ups the violence by giving its characters a modern-day worldview - and weaponry."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 22, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012) |
"
Despite sporting the worst cinematic title since The Chumscrubber, Salmon Fishing in the Yemen hooks some charming laughs and a quaint romance by not delving too deeply into its subject matter."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012) |
"
Sarandon is worth leaving home for, even if Jeff won't."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 15, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
22%
|
The Sitter (2011) |
"
[A] well-intentioned mess of a comedy so desperate for laughs it crams a half-dozen story arcs into the plot without telling one of them well."
—
USA Today
Posted Dec 8, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
As a biographical film, Method gives real insight to its subjects, especially Jung."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 22, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
91%
|
Arthur Christmas (2011) |
"
What makes Arthur sing is that it plays as much like a family comedy as a holiday film."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 22, 2011
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