|
2.5/4
|
46%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
Skillfully made, genuinely funny and appalling for making light of true horror."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
You start wondering whether director Joseph Kosinski and screenwriters Karl Gajdusek and Michael DeBruyn have any original ideas of their own. And then you realize they don't."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 18, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
Rather than a jolting shot of joe, this French-Canadian comedy is a soothing cup of warm cocoa."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Trance (2013) |
"
[Boyle] leaves it to the audience to try to figure out just what's up, and what's going down, in this sleek psychological puzzler."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
62%
|
Evil Dead (2013) |
"
For fans of hard-core horror, "Evil Dead" definitely delivers."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
"No" is a picture that perches precariously on the cusp of a paradox."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
As for plot and character development, well, um ... did I mention the picture has a lot of guns?"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 27, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
The picture is basically a ground-based version of "Air Force One" with a much higher body count."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
63%
|
The Monk (2013) |
"
By the end, "The Monk" has revealed itself to be a too- predictable potboiler, served piping hot."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Mar 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
47%
|
The Sweeney (2013) |
"
[Winstone] radiates such a threatening vibe that he doesn't have to say a word to make your hair stand on end. And his grim, glowering work in "The Sweeney" ranks up there with his best."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
It's "A Good Day to Die Hard," aka "We've Got No Story To Speak Of But We Do Have an Infinite Special Effects Budget and We're Not Afraid To Spend It.""
—
Seattle Times
Posted Feb 13, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
47%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Fans of generic genre action will get their money's worth."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 31, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
40%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
Under Hackford's direction, there is more to "Parker" than explosively staged action sequences (though there are plenty of those)."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 25, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
Arnie is, as he likes to say, "back." And he keeps lumbering onward - thrashing and bashing about in a movie with an itty-bitty dino-sized brain."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 17, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
All the people in the picture are playing at their characters, rather than actually playing the characters. Everyone looks grand in their period clothes, but they're making make-believe that is not in the least bit believable."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jan 10, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Tarantino wants Django to be a rousing yarn as well as a commentary, but the movie so revels in its carnage that his larger point is drowned in a sea of blood."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 24, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
Hoss' acting is a marvel of subtlety; her body language is precisely calibrated to reveal a great deal about the character's inner feelings by the slightest changes of posture and facial expression."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 20, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
Deadfall (2012) |
"
It's sort of like "Fargo," only with a higher body count and without the wood chipper."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
——
|
Rape For Profit () |
"
A work of impassioned advocacy."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Dominik ... expertly captures the flavor of his Higgins source material."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 30, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
13%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Was anybody out there clamoring for a remake of "Red Dawn"? Show of hands? Anybody?"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 20, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
I'm happy to report that Bond is back, and he's bad. And that's good."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 7, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
50%
|
Bigfoot: The Lost Coast Tapes (2012) |
"
Seen it before? Sure you have. And this horror flick has exactly nothing new to say, or add, to that threadbare horror cliché."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
61%
|
Tai Chi Zero (2012) |
"
"Zero" is the first part of a trilogy. Part two, titled "Tai Chi Hero," is due in January. The legend is off to a promising start."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
82%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
It comes off as a big inside joke. And not a very funny one at that."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
63%
|
Sinister (2012) |
"
That title is off the mark. Here's a better one: "Stupid.""
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
"Taken 2" is nothing more than a naked cash grab."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
You can see every single twist and turn of the plot coming at you from 10 miles away."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
"End of Watch" feels new. Fresh. Immediate. Watching it, it's almost as though you're seeing a cop movie for the first time."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 20, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
54%
|
The Inbetweeners (2012) |
"
The audience should be interested in the antics of these idiots ... why, exactly?"
—
Seattle Times
Posted Sep 6, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
A character study that puts its focus on its least sympathetic characters."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 29, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Compliance (2012) |
"
One watches in horrified fascination, and a greater horror comes when one realizes that, placed in the same kind of situation, one might react in the same way."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 23, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
48%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
Earplugs, please. And wake me when it's over."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 21, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
29%
|
Red Lights (2012) |
"
"The X-Files" is long gone. Hail and farewell. But its spirit lives on in "Red Lights." Hail, hail."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Aug 9, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
88%
|
Ballplayer: Pelotero (2012) |
"
Full of twists and turns, including use of a spy camera, charges of exploitation of young players and a wrenching betrayal, "Ballplayer" offers a starkly unromanticized picture of the life and times of these particular boys of summer."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
37%
|
Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012) |
"
The picture's a scream, courtesy of Scrat."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jul 12, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
69%
|
Ted (2012) |
"
Some of this is undeniably funny, but the humor is very hit-or-miss."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 28, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
55%
|
Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012) |
"
Think of it as a greeting-card version of the end of times. Self-consciously winsome. Decorous."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
35%
|
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012) |
"
Walker's face is soft, bland, unremarkable. His acting, likewise."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 21, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012) |
"
While its vast sets and production values are simply stunning, "Prometheus" ultimately disappoints."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Jun 7, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
18%
|
For Greater Glory (2012) |
"
It's a powerful, visually elegant picture from first-time director Dean Wright."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 31, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
34%
|
Battleship (2012) |
"
Turn off your brain and enjoy. But don't forget to cover your ears."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
58%
|
The Dictator (2012) |
"
Terrorism and torture, anti-Semitism and pedophilia, onanism and armpit hair: They're all grist for the comic mill in Sacha Baron Cohen's latest assault on moviegoers' funny bones."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 15, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
26%
|
The Cup (2012) |
"
It's a very decorous picture in which a sense of conflict is largely lacking."
—
Seattle Times
Posted May 10, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
93%
|
Indie Game: The Movie (2012) |
"
They're works of art. They're windows onto the psychology of their creators. They're video games."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
57%
|
Safe (2012) |
"
Let the bullets fly. Let the bodies fall. Let a man who was grieving and suicidal rise up and wreak rough justice. And boy is it rough. And ever so satisfying."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
70%
|
The Hunter (2012) |
"
Not much happens in "The Hunter." And what little does happen, happens very slowly. And then is repeated."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 19, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
33%
|
The Lady (2012) |
"
Yeoh is perfectly cast. Slender and graceful, her physical resemblance to Suu Kyi is remarkable."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
51%
|
The Three Stooges (2012) |
"
They're mere imitations. There's nothing beneath the surface similarities and programmed franticness."
—
Seattle Times
Posted Apr 12, 2012
|
39%
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