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2/5
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18%
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Parental Guidance (2012) |
"
It is with deep regret that the last film I review for 2012 be Andy Fickman's Parental Guidance, wherein Billy Crystal is struck in the testicles with a baseball bat, and then proceeds to vomit on a child out of agony."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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2/5
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65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
Peter Jackson didn't particularly want to direct The Hobbit, and I didn't particularly want to be bored to tears, but there we both were, fulfilling what could only be described as some sort of cinematic murder-suicide pact."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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3.5/5
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61%
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Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
Jack Reacher is trash, but since when is that a bad thing? If this should kick off a franchise, there are far worse signatures than a knowing sense of humour. It might just be what's missing from all those other deathly grim series out there."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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4/5
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88%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
With the help of DP Claudio Miranda, Lee constructs an impressionistic canvas that feels like our collective imagination projected on a screen. "
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 17, 2012
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4/5
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69%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Tom Hooper's adaptation of Les Misérables touches greatness more often than most of the movies released in the past calendar year, which is why it's so disappointing whenever the film returns to its more frequent state of being: pretty good. "
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 16, 2012
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4.5/5
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84%
|
The Jerk (1979) |
"
An oddball odyssey so strange, filled with non-sequiturs so funny, and decorated by a romance so sweet, it was an inevitable star-maker."
—
Quickflix
Posted Dec 12, 2012
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4/5
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86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
[It earns] an emotional final payoff, when it could have easily coasted on the nostalgia of parents, and the undiscerning tastes of infants. That it also injects a number of thrilling action sequences and witty asides is just icing on the delectable cake."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 10, 2012
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2.5/5
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73%
|
Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
Susanne Bier's Love Is All You Need is so relentlessly unremarkable it might sit as the precise median on a chart of all films ever released."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 10, 2012
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3/5
|
——
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Satellite Boy () |
"
McKenzie's movie, gorgeously shot and appropriately short, is a charmer, albeit a minor one."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 10, 2012
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3.5/5
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81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
In 2011, Bridesmaids launched a thousand annoying "girls are funny too!" articles. Hopefully, Pitch Perfect will be seen as a "well, duh" retort."
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Quickflix
Posted Dec 2, 2012
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3.5/5
|
70%
|
Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) |
"
It seems a little unfair that Rashida Jones - the great talent who has long gone unappreciated and underrepresented on TV shows The Office and Parks and Recreation - didn't get a meaty big screen role until she wrote one for herself."
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Quickflix
Posted Nov 26, 2012
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4/5
|
88%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
The Angels' Share is the charming story of four Scottish criminals who find redemption - if not exactly rehabilitation - through alcohol. It may not seem like the typical logline for a heart-warmer; it seems about right for a Ken Loach flick."
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Quickflix
Posted Nov 25, 2012
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3.5/5
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65%
|
2 Days in New York (2012) |
"
Julie Delpy's smartest move as a director is to feature Julie Delpy so prominently in her films. That endless reservoir of charm is drawn from yet again in her latest effort, an unnecessary but not unappealing sequel."
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Quickflix
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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0.5/5
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48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
Unequivocally the worst of the lot ... The final instalment of a five-film franchise has all the emotional weight and impact of an episode of Entourage. "
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Quickflix
Posted Nov 15, 2012
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4/5
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Skyfall might stand as the lone example of a satisfying, standalone narrative blending with all those tried-and-true Bond tropes. Adele tune aside, Mendes makes nary a misstep."
—
Quickflix
Posted Nov 12, 2012
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4/5
|
77%
|
Killer Joe (2012) |
"
Stage-to-screen adaptations are rarely this primal, and it's been a long time since a William Friedkin film has felt so vital."
—
Quickflix
Posted Nov 11, 2012
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4/5
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
For all the darkly comic asides and witty conversations in McDonagh's script, the gag he clearly takes the most pleasure in is the ol' genre bait-and-switch. They come for the gangland violence; they stay for the story seminar."
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Quickflix
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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5/5
|
86%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
The Master is just a film, and it satisfies, excites, entertains, and encourages debate just as the best ones should."
—
Quickflix
Posted Nov 4, 2012
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3/5
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
One patron at my screening reviewed the feature in the unique but still incisive manner of being sick all over himself... End of Watch does the unthinkable and nearly inspires a tear or two. Tears are always preferable to vomit."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 30, 2012
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|
4.5/5
|
91%
|
Carrie (1976) |
"
Carrie is one of the most heart-breaking and cringe-worthy high school dramas ever made, and that's before she even gets to her apocalyptic revenge."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 29, 2012
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2/5
|
55%
|
Bachelorette (2012) |
"
Leslye Headland's bitterly unfunny Bachelorette not only squanders a talented cast of comic performers, but also chastises the audience for revelling in the unfiltered awfulness of their characters."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 29, 2012
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4/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
There's "creating an intense, claustrophobic situation in a foreign locale" and there's "inciting unquestioning fear of 'the other'," and Argo pulls off the former far more often than it accidentally achieves the latter."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 24, 2012
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4/5
|
78%
|
Dredd (2012) |
"
Never too ambitious in its storytelling, but consistently impressive in execution, Dredd is an outlier in the vast wasteland of Hollywood's overproduction-line."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 22, 2012
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4/5
|
87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
An exceptionally appealing family comedy, a stunningly realised stop-motion celebration of cinema, and an audacious criticism of America's anti-intelligentsia plague in one."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 21, 2012
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2/5
|
25%
|
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
Well, it was fun while it lasted kids. The ghost train shudders to a halt with Paranormal Activity 4, the first entry in the usually innovative series unable to produce any decent scares."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 18, 2012
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3/5
|
43%
|
To Rome with Love (2012) |
"
It's a movie of moments - some great, some good, some flat out bad - just as his Allen's career has been made up of moments too."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 15, 2012
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3/5
|
59%
|
Friday the 13th (1980) |
"
It depicts what is surely the first recorded instance of the game "Strip Monopoly" and would later inspire Wet Hot American Summer, and we should all be grateful for that."
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Quickflix
Posted Oct 15, 2012
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4/5
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
The Cabin in the Woods is both chilling and cackle-inspiring. Most significantly, it's consistently surprising, and that alone is cause for recommendation in the age of endless reboots and the non-stop barrage of demonic possession movies."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 15, 2012
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2.5/5
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67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Utterly untroubled by any expectation to entertain - or even mildly engage - the audience, Hillcoat and screenwriter Nick Cave take a stroll through 1930s Virginia with the enthusiasm of beleaguered berry-pickers rather than raucous bootleggers."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 10, 2012
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4/5
|
93%
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Shadow Dancer (2013) |
"
Post-credits food-for-thought is a rarity in most films these days, and that it should come in the wrapper of a totally engrossing thriller is some kind of wonderful."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 9, 2012
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4.5/5
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Killing Them Softly is a caustic commentary on America's chilly economic climate, and writer-director Andrew Dominik is unafraid of underlining that point repeatedly throughout his movie's taut 97-minute runtime. "
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Quickflix
Posted Oct 8, 2012
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|
2.5/5
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
Literary soapie The Words is mutton dressed as bespectacled lamb."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 7, 2012
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1.5/5
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
A laughably slapdash concoction of steely Liam Neeson speeches, stolen cues from the Drive soundtrack, poorly cut fight scenes, and a healthy heaping of xenophobia. "
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 2, 2012
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4/5
|
86%
|
Time After Time (1979) |
"
Time After Time is still a fun fish-out-of-water flick that deserves more attention than it has received in the thirty years following its release. But there's still plenty of time for that."
—
Quickflix
Posted Oct 1, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
96%
|
Searching for Sugar Man (2012) |
"
Much credit to director Malik Bendjelloul for surprising this cynical and desensitised film watcher."
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Quickflix
Posted Oct 1, 2012
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4/5
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
It's nice to have a movie worm its way into your brain and leave you wondering and wanting more, and for the mechanics of the plot hold up to further scrutiny. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's fake eyebrows, I suspect, would not withstand such close examination."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 25, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
76%
|
Afterschool (2008) |
"
Antonio Campos' Afterschool plays like the creepy younger brother of Kenneth Lonergan's Margaret."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 23, 2012
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4/5
|
79%
|
Ruby Sparks (2012) |
"
Ruby Sparks is a profoundly sad tale of self-loathing masquerading as a cutesy romantic comedy. "
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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1/5
|
47%
|
Bait (2012) |
"
In what kind of a sick world does a shark movie allow the majority of its cast to walk away unchomped? That'd be the world of Bait 3D, where almost all genre promises are broken, accents are in a constant state of flux, and everyone is the absolute worst."
—
Quickflix
Posted Sep 18, 2012
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4.5/5
|
88%
|
RoboCop (1987) |
"
The 25-year-old flick still feels as if it was made tomorrow."
—
Quickflix
Posted Sep 17, 2012
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2/5
|
26%
|
Kath & Kimderella () |
"
You'll likely be looking for distractions to help make the time pass quicker. The obvious choice would be to keep count of all the hackneyed catch phrases, though I found tallying the repeated shots of exposed butt-cracks to be more fruitful."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 14, 2012
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3/5
|
16%
|
The Watch (2012) |
"
The Watch is indeed a feathered fish. It's a freaking underwater ostrich. Whether or not it will appeal to all four quadrants is of little concern to any viewer lucky enough to be located within its niche demographic, however."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 12, 2012
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2/5
|
57%
|
Out of Africa (1985) |
"
Not even the meticulous Meryl can breathe life into a movie that never really gets started, and takes almost an hour to end."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 3, 2012
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3/5
|
48%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
Normally it'd be an insult to say the most interesting thing about a movie is one of the actor's do's, but seriously, you've got to see this thing sitting on Cooper's head."
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Quickflix
Posted Sep 3, 2012
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3/5
|
65%
|
The Expendables 2 (2012) |
"
Any hope I had of keeping a tally of fatalities in The Expendables 2 was quickly dashed by the opening melee, which makes the last ten minutes of The Wild Bunch look like the first ten minutes of Up. "
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 29, 2012
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4.5/5
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94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012) |
"
Around the time of his disappointing and detached The Life Aquatic, I wondered if Wes could still tell real stories. He can. His way. That is all we can ever ask of a filmmaker."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 27, 2012
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2/5
|
31%
|
Total Recall (2012) |
"
"Bryan Cranston's hair," is the answer to many a question, now, chief among them, "What is the only good reason to see Total Recall?""
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 20, 2012
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5/5
|
98%
|
The Red Shoes (1948) |
"
There are no words. As a film critic, I can't really get away with that too often. This feels like a worthy deployment."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 20, 2012
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4/5
|
90%
|
Holy Motors (2012) |
"
Holy Motors quite literally takes us through the looking glass, but its most magical achievement is fooling us into forgiving and forgetting the fakery of it all."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 20, 2012
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2.5/5
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56%
|
The Bourne Legacy (2012) |
"
If Identity, Supremacy, and Ultimatum were the cheeky entrée, mouth-watering main, and delectable dessert, respectively, watching this fourquel feels like finally receiving the bill."
—
Quickflix
Posted Aug 13, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
Bernie (2012) |
"
Richard Linklater mixes documentary with recreation in this bizarre true story, mercifully avoiding caricature and farce despite the subject seemingly screaming for it."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 13, 2012
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4/5
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
No one's ever going to accuse a movie in which a character goes by the nickname of "ticklesh**s" of being particularly witty, but it takes a special kind of genius to deploy lowbrow humour in the service of scathing political commentary."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 9, 2012
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3/5
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
The Sapphires is a jukebox musical in every sense of the word; all the hits, none of the deep cuts... thankfully the wonderful performances convince us that a Best Of package, though often lacking in substance, can still be a whole lot of fun."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 6, 2012
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4/5
|
82%
|
Goon (2012) |
"
The bloodier the film gets, the sweeter Scott's lion-hearted enforcer seems, cheerfully taking pucks and sticks and skates to the face with a smile, all in the service of his beloved team."
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 5, 2012
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3.5/5
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64%
|
Cosmopolis (2012) |
"
It's a potent return to (de)form for the Canadian filmmaker, whose most recent effort, A Dangerous Method, lacked the ferocity of classics Crash, Videodrome, and The Fly. The body horror is back here, but so too is the scorching social commentary. "
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Quickflix
Posted Aug 3, 2012
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2/5
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
Sounds like it was pitched at the tail-end of a particularly cynical, three-day, coke-fuelled marketing strategy session in between Transformers with Boobs and The Voice: The Movie..."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 30, 2012
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3/5
|
78%
|
A Dangerous Method (2011) |
"
While [it] offers up the kind of creepy, carnal delights we usually enjoy in a Cronenberg flick, I found myself more intrigued by the matters of the mind that are more fleetingly addressed."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 30, 2012
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4/5
|
80%
|
Magic Mike (2012) |
"
The boy can move, and, in news that will be only barely significant to much of the audience, can act pretty well too."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 23, 2012
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4.5/5
|
87%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Nolan can be over-serious at times, but it's so nice to know someone finally treated the material seriously at all."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jul 17, 2012
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1/5
|
56%
|
Weird Science (1985) |
"
Watching Weird Science again in the harsh light of my 20s was like catching up with an old friend who I had recalled as a raucous party animal, but was now clearly a shaky meth addict with no teeth. "
—
Quickflix
Posted Jul 16, 2012
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3/5
|
100%
|
The King Is Dead () |
"
The King is Dead has some great comic asides, and the finale paints Max and Therese into a genuinely dangerous and entertaining corner."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 16, 2012
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2/5
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
It left me fantasising of ways to go back in time, Lost style, and keeping Family Guy from ever returning to screens and kicking off this terrible chain of events."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 11, 2012
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4/5
|
94%
|
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012) |
"
You can't expect a slow burn drama to payoff spectacularly unless it burns slowly, and this is precisely what Turkish auteur Nuri Bilge Ceylan orchestrates in this masterful murder-mystery."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jul 10, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012) |
"
More concerned with unfurling increasingly strange and creepy revelations than delving into the nature of grief."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jul 9, 2012
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4.5/5
|
95%
|
Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present (2012) |
"
If you have been looking for the natural meeting place of Jafar Panahi's document of life under house arrest This is Not a Film and Justin Bieber's popumentary Never Say Never, look no further."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 9, 2012
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4/5
|
77%
|
The Color Wheel (2012) |
"
It's so rare to see something this scathing and sweet and strange that I have to recommend it enthusiastically."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 8, 2012
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4.5/5
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83%
|
Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
Your Sister's Sister is a very sweet, very human feature that is also very, very funny. Much hay is made out of Mark Duplass' reaction shots, and that's just fine by me."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 8, 2012
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|
4.5/5
|
96%
|
Undefeated (2012) |
"
As far as American Football flicks go, it's the closest to touching the greatness of H.G. Bissinger's tome Friday Night Lights and Michael Lewis' The Blind Side. "
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 5, 2012
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4.5/5
|
100%
|
The Interrupters (2011) |
"
If the lack of progress in Chicago is upsetting, the reassurance of James' unparalleled talent is inspiring. He is not just one of the United States' most vital and humane filmmakers, but one of the world's."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 5, 2012
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3/5
|
73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
I can think of no reason to be angry at the existence of Marc Webb's The Amazing Spider-Man, even if it does come a mere ten years after Sam Raimi's original. There is cause, however, to be mildly disappointed."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 2, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
98%
|
Lolita (1962) |
"
"How did they ever make a movie of Lolita?" With great difficulty!"
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 2, 2012
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|
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95%
|
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"
Despite the early stylistic flourishes, Alice is a mostly naturalistic venture from Scorsese, and not that indicative of what would follow in his career. But it's a fantastic combination of these two seemingly divisive styles."
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Quickflix
Posted Jul 2, 2012
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|
4.5/5
|
94%
|
Barry Lyndon (1975) |
"
Clichés are affirmed and words proven inadequate when you're actually confronted with the beauty of the thing."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jul 2, 2012
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3.5/5
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51%
|
The Three Stooges (2012) |
"
Those with a penchant for consequence-free violence and olde-timey hijinks should be mighty amused. Basically, it's for dads and dads-at-heart."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 26, 2012
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|
2.5/5
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48%
|
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) |
"
Takes its cues from ... Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and HBO's hit series Game of Thrones. If only it ever felt as grand as the former, or were as incest and decapitation laden as the latter."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 20, 2012
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3/5
|
86%
|
Tabu (2012) |
"
Does the plot make sense? Probably, but that doesn't really matter. Tabu is about memories and fantasies and folklores, and since when have any of them been consistent with truth or logic."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 13, 2012
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|
3.5/5
|
81%
|
Excision (2012) |
"
Excision is no horror movie, but rather, a blood-strewn black comedy. It's an uneasy tone to strike, but Bates finds the right balance with his sharp script and just enough underlying tension."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 13, 2012
|
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2/5
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
A rambling, tedious, seemingly unending mess that can't be salvaged by three decent but mostly underwhelming performances. Maybe some Benzedrine would make the whole experience seem worthwhile."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 12, 2012
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2.5/5
|
78%
|
Take This Waltz (2012) |
"
They say specificity is the key to connecting with general audiences, but this just feels like a Mad Libs version of Blue Valentine, played by hipsters."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 12, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Brave (2012) |
"
Though it features some of the most exquisite animation ever put to film, it falls short of the benchmark set by the peerless triptych of Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up released at the end of the last decade."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jun 11, 2012
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4/5
|
75%
|
Alps (2012) |
"
Feels very much like a companion piece to Dogtooth; albeit a subtler, less confronting, and also less powerful one. How could it possibly compare? But Alps does have one trump card; a profoundly sad beating heart."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 11, 2012
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5/5
|
93%
|
Amour (2012) |
"
Haneke plays no funny games on the audience in his considerate and humanistic Amour, though it will have you begging for a remote control all the same; to wind back the clock and return to better times between Georges and Anne."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jun 10, 2012
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5/5
|
71%
|
Margaret (2011) |
"
If you wanted to see this troubled, acclaimed, mishandled movie, you had to go to New York, Los Angeles, or fly 40,000 feet above the Earth. Talk about a limited release."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 10, 2012
|
|
4.5/5
|
88%
|
Polisse (2012) |
"
Polisse is a fantastically compelling and complex portrait of the men and women who devote their days to the safety of children, and who must come to accept that the cycle of abuse and hardship rarely ends at their intervention."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 10, 2012
|
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3/5
|
100%
|
Be Omid E Didar () |
"
There is an undercurrent of rage in the character and the film. That it never bubbles to the surface only makes the portrayal of tyranny and repression in Iran even more chilling."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 10, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
87%
|
Bully (2012) |
"
It got fairly dusty fairly often for this critic, despite my misgivings about the picture's craftsmanship."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 10, 2012
|
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3.5/5
|
88%
|
Not Suitable for Children (2013) |
"
It's an assured and promising first picture from this writer and director, but if Not Suitable for Children is to be remembered for anything it'll be as the movie that introduced us to Sarah Snook."
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 9, 2012
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4/5
|
93%
|
Lore (2013) |
"
The history books are written by the winners. Cate Shortland considers what happens to the rest in her devastating World War 2 flick Lore (the long-anticipated follow-up to the AFI-scooping Somersault). "
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 9, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
78%
|
Jeff Who Lives at Home (2012) |
"
The fourth feature from Jay and Mark Duplass is the least impressive of their canon, despite it being sweet and slight and slim in all the right ways."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jun 8, 2012
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5/5
|
86%
|
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012) |
"
Both quixotic and brutally blunt, this mini-masterpiece bewitched me from the opening moments to the last."
—
Quickflix
Posted Jun 8, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
89%
|
A Royal Affair (2012) |
"
Nikolaj Arcel's A Royal Affair doesn't quite have the potency of a fleeting, passionate romance, so much as it mimics the drawn-out dissolution of a relationship. "
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 7, 2012
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2.5/5
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74%
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Rampart (2012) |
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Rampart asks a lot of its audience, and offers very little in return. Only Harrelson makes the ordeal worthwhile. "
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 6, 2012
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3.5/5
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94%
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Woody Allen: A Documentary (2012) |
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The doco only offers some insights, but even a minor glimpse into the notoriously private life of Allen is a treat. "
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 5, 2012
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4/5
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74%
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Prometheus (2012) |
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The film doesn't finish its meal before moving onto dessert; abandoning a satisfying conclusion in favour of starting work on the inevitable sequel. Naughty Hollywood! Eat your greens!"
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Quickflix
Posted Jun 4, 2012
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2.5/5
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22%
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What to Expect When You're Expecting (2012) |
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The eggs are there; someone just forgot to fertilise them."
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Quickflix
Posted May 28, 2012
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2.5/5
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70%
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Men in Black III (2012) |
"
J threatens to "pimpslap the shiznit" out of Andy Warhol, and the artist is befuddled by his ultra-hip parlance. If someone said that to me today, I too would assume they were a time-traveller, but from 1995 and not the future."
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Quickflix
Posted May 20, 2012
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3/5
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58%
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The Dictator (2012) |
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There is nary an awkward or horrifying scenario [Baron Cohen] won't subject himself to, and, despite the lack of fearless japery as seen in Borat and Bruno, The Dictator has its fair share of gleefully embarrassing, shudder-inspiring moments."
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Quickflix
Posted May 15, 2012
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4/5
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38%
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Dark Shadows (2012) |
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[Burton's] co-conspirators Depp, Bonham Carter, and the shaman that renders them all ageless have returned to wreak scenery-eating havoc once again, but the resulting concoction is significantly more delectable than anything they've conjured in some time."
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Quickflix
Posted May 7, 2012
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3/5
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67%
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Trishna (2012) |
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There are times when Trishna feels like a Five Obstructions-esque experiment, such is the way in which Winterbottom has worked in his recurring motifs (stylistic and thematic). That's not necessarily a bad thing. "
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Quickflix
Posted May 7, 2012
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