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3.5/4
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95%
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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
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3.5/4
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84%
|
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
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|
3.5/4
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79%
|
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 1 (2010) |
"
Menacing and meditative, Hallows is arguably the best installment of the planned eight-film franchise, though audiences who haven't kept up with previous chapters will be hopelessly lost."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 18, 2010
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|
3.5/4
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89%
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Let Me In (2010) |
"
Despite being about vampires, Let Me In can feel chillingly real."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 30, 2010
|
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3.5/4
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39%
|
My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006) |
"
Girlfriend skewers both superhero films and romantic comedies. And it does so with surprising deftness; Girlfriend is not only the funniest film of summer; it may be the best superhero film since Spider-Man."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 20, 2006
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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
|
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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
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3/4
|
85%
|
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
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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
|
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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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3/4
|
24%
|
Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011) |
"
The series is finding momentum as it nears its finale."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 16, 2011
|
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3/4
|
41%
|
Straw Dogs (2011) |
"
Lurie informs his movie with plenty of nods to the original and at least manages a story that will have people talking - if not about the nature of human violence, then about the grisly depiction of it."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 15, 2011
|
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3/4
|
72%
|
Fright Night (2011) |
"
Fright has matured nicely over the quarter-century. While remaining sharp-tongued, the film knows its place on the teen landscape."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 18, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
73%
|
Sarah's Key (2011) |
"
Unflinching yet poignant, Sarah's Key asks just how deeply you want to delve into your past."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 21, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Winnie the Pooh (2011) |
"
While his movie doesn't stand a chance at the box office, Pooh succeeds by embracing much of what modern films ... have largely forgotten: old-fashioned movie pleasures."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 14, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
Horrible Bosses (2011) |
"
It's over-the-top stuff, to be sure. But Bosses never crosses that line into the macabre. Don't call in sick to this shift."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 8, 2011
|
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3/4
|
81%
|
Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) |
"
It may not tread new narrative ground, but Panda echoes some worthy tales that parents heard a long time ago at a theater far, far away."
—
USA Today
Posted May 26, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
75%
|
Everything Must Go (2011) |
"
If he isn't careful, Will Ferrell is going to become a bona fide actor."
—
USA Today
Posted May 12, 2011
|
|
3/4
|
67%
|
The Company Men (2011) |
"
It's simple stuff, but the movie's heart is in the right place."
—
USA Today
Posted Jan 20, 2011
|
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3/4
|
86%
|
Unstoppable (2010) |
"
Unstoppable gathers steam with a plot that's predictable but plausible and a few old-school-filmmaking flourishes that churn the picture forward."
—
USA Today
Posted Nov 11, 2010
|
|
3/4
|
51%
|
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"
30 Days of Night manages to do for the vampire genre what 28 Days Later did for the zombie flick: give age-old monsters a modern-day makeover."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 19, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
You Kill Me (2007) |
"
Surely there aren't many emotionally fragile mobster stories left in the Hollywood arsenal. But at least Kill is a pretty good shot with the laughs."
—
USA Today
Posted Sep 1, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
78%
|
1408 (2007) |
"
A faithful and creepy adaptation of [King's] 2002 short story."
—
USA Today
Posted Jun 22, 2007
|
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3/4
|
53%
|
Eagle vs. Shark (2007) |
"
Eagle vs. Shark is the kind of movie Hollywood should make but rarely does."
—
USA Today
Posted Jun 14, 2007
|
|
3/4
|
74%
|
Monster House (2006) |
"
The movie treats children with respect. Monster's pre-teens are sarcastic, think they're smarter than their parents and are going crazy over the opposite sex."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 21, 2006
|
|
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
|
|
2.5/4
|
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
|
|
2.5/4
|
39%
|
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
|
|
2.5/4
|
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
|
|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
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
|
|
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
|
48%
|
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."
—
USA Today
Posted May 31, 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
|
|
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
|
|
2.5/4
|
36%
|
In Time (2011) |
"
Despite a terrific concept that could make for an Inception for 2011, we get Logan's Run meets Robin Hood. And not the good parts."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 28, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
38%
|
Johnny English Reborn (2011) |
"
The humor isn't as dual-edged as, say, a Pixar comedy. But director Oliver Parker knows his genre well enough to lampoon the mainstays of the spy-flick genre, from impossibly high-tech weapons to foot chases worthy of Olympic medals."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 20, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
61%
|
Final Destination 5 (2011) |
"
The Godfather II it isn't, but for teens with money to burn, there are worse options to curdle blood."
—
USA Today
Posted Aug 11, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
71%
|
Hanna (2011) |
"
Too concerned with looking adult than being mature, and that's a death sentence for an action wannabe."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 7, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules (2011) |
"
None of it amounts to belly-aching laughs, but Rodrick clicks in much the way A Christmas Story became a cult hit, by viewing the world through the eyes of an ordinary kid."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 24, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
72%
|
Paul (2011) |
"
It's not out of this world, but Paul is just spacey enough to convince us the truth is out there. And buzzed."
—
USA Today
Posted Mar 17, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
19%
|
Just Go with It (2011) |
"
When Adam Sandler isn't making bathroom jokes or talking like a 2-year-old with a sinus infection, the guy can be disarming."
—
USA Today
Posted Feb 10, 2011
|
|
2.5/4
|
6%
|
The Last Airbender (2010) |
"
He hasn't mastered the craft yet, but M. Night Shyamalan may be on to something with this action-movie thing."
—
USA Today
Posted Jun 30, 2010
|
|
2.5/4
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007) |
"
As prison-break movies go, Rescue ranks among the best."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 5, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
37%
|
Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) |
"
Once you accept that Fantastic Four is not trying to be anything deeper than popcorn fare, the ride can be fun -- with an ending more satisfying than Spider-Man 3."
—
USA Today
Posted Jun 14, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
56%
|
Vacancy (2007) |
"
It's welcome to see another movie that relies more on apprehension and suspense than torture chambers. Vacancy might not get Mr. Hitchcock smiling from above. But he won't be spinning in his grave, either."
—
USA Today
Posted Apr 20, 2007
|
|
2.5/4
|
12%
|
Little Man (2006) |
"
Give the Wayans brothers some credit. For a movie that could have fallen flat on its infantile face, Man scores some points for thinking big."
—
USA Today
Posted Jul 13, 2006
|
|
2/4
|
85%
|
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
|
|
2/4
|
80%
|
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
|
|
2/4
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
Relies more on "gotcha" moments than storytelling."
—
USA Today
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
76%
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