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3.5/5
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88%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
A perfectly functional sequel that nevertheless falls rather short of 2009′s water-tight reboot."
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What Culture
Posted May 5, 2013
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1.5/5
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26%
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21 And Over (2013) |
"
Boozed-up students might enjoy it, but it's just going to make anyone over the age of 21 feel really old."
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What Culture
Posted May 2, 2013
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3/5
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67%
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A.C.O.D. () |
"
Disappointingly opts for broad humour over genuine drama in its second half, but anyone who has been through a similar situation will find it undeniably resonant."
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What Culture
Posted May 1, 2013
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4/5
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85%
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Sleepwalk With Me (2012) |
"
A riotous breakthrough for Mike Birbiglia, whose humanist comedy says a lot about modern relationships that many of us won't be prepared to admit."
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What Culture
Posted May 1, 2013
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1.5/5
|
40%
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Emanuel and the Truth about Fishes () |
"
The irony is that in playing its silly premise dead straight, the film becomes a goldmine of unintentional hilarity."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 30, 2013
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2/5
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60%
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I'm So Excited! (2013) |
"
It ultimately amounts to little more than a 90-minute-long gay joke that loses its charm after just a few."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 29, 2013
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3.5/5
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71%
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The Look of Love () |
"
Steve Coogan delivers a knock-out performance that renders the central figure in all of his complexity - at once admirable, deplorable and pitiable."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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4/5
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71%
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In a World... (2013) |
"
Serves as an uproarious coming out party for writer-director-lead Lake Bell, and you'll never watch a movie trailer the same way again."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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3.5/5
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——
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History Of The Eagles: Part 1 () |
"
An efficient talking heads doc that celebrates the band without deigning to hagiography."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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4/5
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100%
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Metro Manila () |
"
This immaculately composed heist flick-cum-morality play just might bring Hollywood knocking on Sean Ellis' door."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 24, 2013
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2/5
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33%
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Running From Crazy () |
"
Though undeniably well-intentioned, Barbara Kopple's documentary doesn't seem particularly concerned with asking - or trying to answer - the big questions surrounding familial suicide trends."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 24, 2013
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4/5
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——
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Blood Brother () |
"
Uncompromising and enormously life-affirming, this is sure to be one of the year's must-see documentaries. "
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What Culture
Posted Apr 24, 2013
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3.5/5
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——
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Muscle Shoals () |
"
A sumptuously assembled, exhaustively comprehensive film about music that changed lives."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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3/5
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77%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Go for the thrilling action and hilarious Shane Black one-liners. As for a compelling story and entertaining villains? Not so much."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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1.5/5
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38%
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Touchy Feely (2013) |
"
Save for a star turn from veteran character actor Josh Pais, Lynn Shelton's latest is pretty much dead on arrival."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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4/5
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——
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God Loves Uganda () |
"
The most infuriating and sinister documentary in recent memory. "
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What Culture
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
100%
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The Kings of Summer (2013) |
"
This tonally buoyant coming-of-age film works as both an off-kilter comedy and a potent drama."
—
What Culture
Posted Apr 22, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
67%
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The Moo Man () |
"
Though not without its stirring moments, this documentary takes far too long to make what is admittedly a pretty important point about British agricultrure."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 22, 2013
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3.5/5
|
87%
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Upstream Color (2013) |
"
Shane Carruth continues to grow as a filmmaker even as he remains keen to puzzle and perhaps frustrate. Upstream Color is, above all else, an unforgettable experience."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 22, 2013
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2/5
|
56%
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Oblivion (2013) |
"
Oblivion is one of the best-looking bad films ever made."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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4.5/5
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81%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
Go in knowing as little as possible and prepare to be blown away by Derek Cianfrance's American crime drama masterpiece."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 9, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
35%
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Dark Skies (2013) |
"
By parading out every tired trope from the sci-fi and horror genres, Dark Skies is unintentional self-parody, and quite dreadful indeed."
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What Culture
Posted Apr 3, 2013
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3/5
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Benefiting hugely from rock-bottom expectations, G.I. Joe: Retaliation sets a low bar that it clears effortlessly thanks to Johnson's charismatic performance and a humourous script that demonstrates surprising political awareness."
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What Culture
Posted Mar 27, 2013
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|
2.5/5
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68%
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Trance (2013) |
"
How much you'll bite down on Boyle's shtick will probably depend on your own suggestibility."
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What Culture
Posted Mar 25, 2013
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4/5
|
74%
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Simon Killer (2013) |
"
A sexy, seductive portrayal of one young man's downward spiral into existential Hell on the chilly Parisian streets."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 24, 2013
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|
1.5/5
|
13%
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Stolen (2012) |
"
Though this isn't quite rock-bottom for Nicolas Cage, that's hardly saying much these days."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 19, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
69%
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The Croods (2013) |
"
DreamWorks' latest is a lusciously mounted but simple-minded adventure that won't long linger in your memory."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 19, 2013
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|
1.5/5
|
13%
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Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Hollywood's cynicism knows no bounds. They're now remaking bad movies too."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 15, 2013
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2.5/5
|
51%
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Welcome to the Punch (2013) |
"
London's never looked so good, yet outside of the crackling action scenes, there's very little on offer."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 13, 2013
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3/5
|
62%
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Evil Dead (2013) |
"
The whole endeavour invites a sure feeling of pointlessness, but it's as beautifully shot and gore-soaked as these retreads come."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 12, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
38%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
This amiable oddball comedy should push things further, but it nevertheless earns a steady stream of laughs."
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What Culture
Posted Mar 10, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
——
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Verity's Summer () |
"
Difficult to criticise aesthetically or on the basis of its performances, Verity's Summer is nevertheless a promising but perplexing debut feature let down by a low narrative pulse that makes it difficult to care."
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What Culture
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
40%
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Parker (2013) |
"
A moderately entertaining, no-frills crime caper shot through with enthusiasm by its talented cast."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 5, 2013
|
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2/5
|
——
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The Package (2013) |
"
Austin and Lundgren fare surprisingly well in the talkier scenes, though the lack of action will test even the most enthusiastic audiences."
—
What Culture
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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|
2.5/5
|
43%
|
Breath Of The Gods () |
"
An undeniably relaxing sit, though one which also proves meandering on one too many occasions."
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What Culture
Posted Feb 22, 2013
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3/5
|
71%
|
Crawl (2013) |
"
Though minimalist to a fault, there's plenty of tension to keep this grisly Aussie thriller bounding along."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 18, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
45%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
A wiry slice of subversive Southern Gothic that will go down a treat with teens who consider themselves too smart for Twilight."
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What Culture
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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|
1.5/5
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
John McClane's latest outing delivers everything you should expect from the minds responsible for tripe like Max Payne and X-Men Origins: Wolverine."
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What Culture
Posted Feb 13, 2013
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|
1.5/5
|
13%
|
Safe Haven (2013) |
"
It all ends with a ludicrously mishandled plot twist guaranteed to send audiences into paroxysms of laughter. A feel good film indeed, then."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 13, 2013
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2/5
|
14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
Wirkola aims for camp but overshoots, causing things to feel less like Sam Raimi and more like Uwe Boll. "
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What Culture
Posted Feb 12, 2013
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|
4/5
|
98%
|
Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012) |
"
If you thought that Amy Berg's Deliver Us from Evil had extracted every last word on the issue of child abuse in the Catholic Church, Alex Gibney proves with his new film that there's still plenty left to be infuriated about."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 11, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
This sentimental, lightweight biopic is more concerned with the childish passive-aggressiveness of Hitchcock's marriage than the inner-workings of his artistic mind."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
65%
|
Mama (2013) |
"
Stylishly efficient and well acted horror fare that doesn't bash the viewer over the head with its mythology."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 6, 2013
|
|
2.5/5
|
16%
|
A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013) |
"
Charlie Sheen proves he still has something to contribute, but like us, he's defenceless against Roman Coppola's inchoate script."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 5, 2013
|
|
2/5
|
23%
|
The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia (2013) |
"
Credibly acted and hardly much worse than the original, but just as bereft of atmosphere and by-the-numbers."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 4, 2013
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Sound City (2013) |
"
An authoritative, beautifully assembled, personal, even romantic account of one of rock music's most important waypoints, a film which aficionados absolutely should not miss."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 3, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
39%
|
The ABCs of Death (2013) |
"
Little here is truly remarkable, but it's the variety that keeps it bounding long."
—
What Culture
Posted Feb 1, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
4%
|
Movie 43 (2013) |
"
A punishing exercise in brain cell annihilation that shoots for edgy but mostly settles for inane petulance."
—
What Culture
Posted Jan 27, 2013
|
|
3/5
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
A suitably lightweight comeback for Arnie, The Last Stand does just enough to please his legion of fans, and proves the action icon still has charisma to spare."
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What Culture
Posted Jan 24, 2013
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