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4/5
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82%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
A memorable, thoughtful tale; a thriller with real meat on the bone."
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Quickflix
Posted May 22, 2013
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3/5
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21%
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The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
A game of 'decency chicken' has developed between the director and his audience, and much like the poor chicken that is literally smothered to death in the movie itself, the game is taken to its extremes in this franchise-ender."
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Quickflix
Posted May 21, 2013
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5/5
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90%
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The Shining (1980) |
"
The first time I saw Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, I had to turn it off during three key moments... Perhaps this time, I prayed, [it] would seem almost comically silly. Yeah, not so much."
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Quickflix
Posted May 13, 2013
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2.5/5
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62%
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Evil Dead (2013) |
"
I will always appreciate a horror flick that introduces novel and inventive ways to dispatch of its cast. But the frights are almost totally absent. So what are we even doing here?"
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Quickflix
Posted May 12, 2013
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4/5
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89%
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Compliance (2012) |
"
Compliance is a horror movie with no sudden frights, no gore, and not a single scream. It's a surveillance video, capturing us with all our blemishes; a reminder that how we see ourselves is so rarely in line with the truth"
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Quickflix
Posted May 5, 2013
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4/5
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87%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
I had begun to wonder if any of these big budget monstrosities could deliver something special; something that didn't feel like a facsimile of previous successes, totally devoid of heart and humanity. Star Trek Into Darkness is... almost that."
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Quickflix
Posted May 5, 2013
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4.5/5
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013) |
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The message may be lost on those who only came for the bountiful breasts and booties... Spring Breakers is an immersive phantasmagoria; one of the funniest, strangest, prettiest, and flat out maddest films of the year."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 30, 2013
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4/5
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86%
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Five Easy Pieces (1970) |
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The feature is anchored by Nicholson's performance, in which he demonstrates his unique ability to swiftly shape-shift from a cheeky sweet-heart into a volatile beast."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 30, 2013
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3/5
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Iron Man 3 carries that 'morning after' feeling former playboy Tony Stark is no doubt familiar with... There are plenty of great moments, but it barely hangs together as a film."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 23, 2013
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4.5/5
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98%
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Mean Streets (1973) |
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This marriage of indelible imagery with electric, seemingly incongruous pop songs wouldn't be bettered until, well, the next time Scorsese decided to do it."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 16, 2013
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3/5
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55%
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Oblivion (2013) |
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The pace is far less frenetic than other recent actioners, and the tone more thoughtful. With a lovely score and particularly nice performances from its central trio, the final cut of Oblivion suggests greatness was not entirely out of reach."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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3/5
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70%
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The Loneliest Planet (2012) |
"
Frankly, I've greatly enjoyed discussing the film, whereas I merely tolerated the experience of actually watching it."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 7, 2013
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2/5
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20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
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The first thing I did after returning from the screening was take two painkillers for my throbbing headache. A man can only withstand so much shrill shrieking and faux-screwball antics."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 2, 2013
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3.5/5
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68%
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Trance (2013) |
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The rolling of the end credits acts like a finger-snap, after which I suggest you return to your life without giving what's transpired much further though. Easy to watch; easy to dismiss."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 2, 2013
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4.5/5
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85%
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Sleepwalk With Me (2012) |
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Sleepwalk With Me is implausibly appealing. The idea of someone not liking this picture is implausible. It would be without plause."
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Quickflix
Posted Apr 1, 2013
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1.5/5
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9%
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The Host (2013) |
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Clunky, dramatically inert, ideologically repugnant, and just a plain old bore, The Host may be the worst thing anyone involved has ever been affiliated with. In some instances, that may also prove true for the audience."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 27, 2013
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5/5
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98%
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Lawrence of Arabia (1962) |
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How did David Lean and star Peter O'Toole achieve such perfection? If we could define and distil it, we wouldn't need a special category for those flicks we call 'classics.' Lawrence of Arabia is that, and then some."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 26, 2013
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3/5
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The Patience Stone (2013) |
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The only ferociousness comes from Farahani... She gives The Patience Stone its gravitas."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 24, 2013
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3.5/5
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Retaliation is easily the best film produced under the Hasbro banner, clearing the lowest cinematic bar perhaps ever known to humanity. It stars Dwayne Johnson, Bruce Willis, and a bunch of ninjas. You'd have to work hard to not make this thing fun."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 24, 2013
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4/5
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98%
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Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence In The House Of God (2012) |
"
Alex Gibney isn't casting the first stone at the Vatican with his documentary Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God. But, God willing, it will be the most effective in shattering their narrative of blissful ignorance."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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1.5/5
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
The Nakatomi Plaza has never felt so far away. Die Hard is my favourite film. I only attended AGDTDH as a sombre obligation; like a relative being asked to identify a corpse."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 19, 2013
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4/5
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96%
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Blancanieves (2013) |
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The final sequences - including the odd, unsettling epilogue - are truly beautiful, shot stunningly by Kiko de la Rica and scored by Alfonso de Vilallonga. And all of it is wordless. That's magic."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 17, 2013
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3.5/5
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37%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
The Incredible Burt Wonderstone gets a lot of mileage out of its stars' increasingly ridiculous hairdos. I'm not proud to say that they kept me giggling throughout, but they did, and I have to live with that."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 12, 2013
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3.5/5
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86%
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Easy Rider (1969) |
"
Though deserving of its esteemed status on account of the cinematic revolution it spawned, the feature itself is something of a relic. But since when isn't it fascinating to reflect on the fossils of the past?"
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 11, 2013
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4/5
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85%
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Side Effects (2013) |
"
The feature evolves from an icy, haunting tale of depression and abandonment into a squalid, sordid, serpentine Alfred Hitchcock pastiche. That it can glide from these two poles with us barely realising is a testament to Soderbergh's talent."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 10, 2013
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3.5/5
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59%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
[Is] Oz the Great and Powerful the tale of a playboy operator being forced to deal with the consequences of his bed-hopping past? An allegorical glimpse into the home life of Warren Beatty and Annette Bening? Perhaps not. It's pretty nonetheless."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 5, 2013
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2.5/5
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68%
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Great Expectations (2013) |
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You know what you're getting with this movie. Perhaps some will appreciate a nicely decorated, predictable take on a beloved book. I'd rather something riskier."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 4, 2013
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1.5/5
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Le prénom () |
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If I found any one of these five relatable, I wouldn't be wondering what to call my son, but rather inquiring into an operation that would make procreation an impossibility."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 4, 2013
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2/5
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30%
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Broken City (2013) |
"
Broken City may break new ground when it comes to pioneering cinematic scowls, but that's the only area where the cast is able to elevate the banal material."
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Quickflix
Posted Mar 4, 2013
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4/5
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67%
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Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
A compelling, uncynical, often thrilling package, the likes of which we've never seen before, and will perhaps never see replicated. I will watch Cloud Atlas more than once."
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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3.5/5
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44%
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The Paperboy (2012) |
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On their first meeting in prison, [Hillary] demands [Charlotte] put on a sex show of sorts in front of everyone. She obliges. Look, dating is tough."
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 25, 2013
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2.5/5
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38%
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Save Your Legs () |
"
[Stephen Curry] manages to put a few runs on the board for the Aussie cricket flick Save Your Legs, elevating Boyd Hicklin's spritely if not particularly funny flick to the realm of 'watchable.' "
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 24, 2013
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3/5
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59%
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The Last Stand (2013) |
"
The Last Stand sees bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger return to the big screen following an eight-year term as Governor of California, because that is the reality we now occupy... A fun, dumb, enjoyable, dumb, mostly well performed, super dumb film. "
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 21, 2013
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4.5/5
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92%
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No (2013) |
"
Larraín's script is punctuated by dark bursts of humour, and the filmmaker knowingly navigates his audience to a nail-biting - though never cloying, and fully warranted - climax."
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 17, 2013
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5/5
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100%
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On the Waterfront (1954) |
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Allow me to suggest On the Waterfront is one such 'classic' that holds up; a declaration that deserves only one, dismissive response: "No duh.""
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 12, 2013
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4/5
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91%
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Caesar Must Die (2013) |
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In just 76 minutes, the Taviani brothers treat us to a deeply affecting adaptation of this ancient play, embedded with even deeper meaning on account of its unconventional stars."
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 10, 2013
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4.5/5
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89%
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Lincoln (2012) |
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A focused, remarkably human production, anchored by Day-Lewis' understated performance as the softly spoken, long winded, devilishly funny Abraham"
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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2/5
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14%
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Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
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A half-heartedly conceived, boringly executed, and instantly forgettable feathered-fish for absolutely no one... just bad enough to incite an existential, soul-searching journey wherein we wonder if we are even capable of experiencing joy"
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 3, 2013
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3.5/5
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84%
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Smashed (2012) |
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In under eighty minutes, Smashed succeeds in so many ways."
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Quickflix
Posted Feb 3, 2013
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3.5/5
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92%
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Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Silver Linings Playbook is a fine, funny film, and one that should charm viewers who haven't been tricked by all those Oscar nominations into anticipating it as some kind of world-changing work of art for the ages."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 28, 2013
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3.5/5
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78%
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Flight (2012) |
"
Denzel Washington and Robert Zemeckis jettison their bad habits like so much frozen human waste from the back of a soaring airliner with their collaboration Flight."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 28, 2013
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3.5/5
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93%
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Barbara (2012) |
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A well-observed, compelling, and evocative character piece, haunted by the ghosts of Germany's recent past."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 28, 2013
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5/5
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93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
This thing is an embarrassment of riches; the jewel in director Kathryn Bigelow's crown."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 20, 2013
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2.5/5
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95%
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Sister (2012) |
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Slow-moving to the point of being glacial, Meier's icy endeavour is just barely rewarding enough to warrant the effort required to sit through it."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 20, 2013
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4/5
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92%
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Charade (1963) |
"
A novel, auteur-driven film populated with reliably charismatic stars; even at the age of 50 it leaves most modern produce in the dust. It was also a hit. Five decades later, why has Hollywood not learnt their lesson?"
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 14, 2013
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3.5/5
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91%
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The Hunt (2013) |
"
Humans do terrible things to one another. In The Hunt, Vinterberg believes we can do right too."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 14, 2013
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4.5/5
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Tarantino often reminds us that film can be used as a weapon. Here he purges all that racial ugliness from the past not by asking its left-leaning audience to whoop and cheer at whitey's demise, but by having our hero do battle with screen history itself."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 14, 2013
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3.5/5
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91%
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Safety Not Guaranteed (2012) |
"
If you like your science-fiction lo-fi, and your coming of age parables with a handy technological metaphor at their core, Colin Trevorrow's Safety Not Guaranteed is the movie you've been waiting for."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 13, 2013
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2/5
|
32%
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Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
The final product elicits little more than a shrug. Made it, ma. Top of the world..."
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Quickflix
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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