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4/5
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89%
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Koch (2013) |
"
A fascinating, multi-faceted look at a very complicated man, a quintessential New Yorker who was both an uncommonly skilled politician and, at times, a tremendous jerk."
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Posted May 2, 2013
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4/5
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77%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Doesn't break any new ground or transcend its genre. But it's still very entertaining and never boring."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted May 2, 2013
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1/5
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46%
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Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
This is just a nihilistic, scuzzy movie, and not it's not even nihilistic or scuzzy in an interesting way."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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3.5/5
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013) |
"
If "Tree of Life" was Terrence Malick's "2001: A Space Odyssey," then "To the Wonder" is his "Blue Valentine." Or possibly his "American Beauty"... "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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4/5
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77%
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42 (2013) |
"
This is baseball's Greatest Story Ever Told, and Helgeland tells it very, very well."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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2/5
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68%
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Trance (2013) |
"
Director Danny Boyle is clearly trying to make his "Inception," but instead he's made his "Vanilla Sky." "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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3.5/5
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81%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
It's a good movie, no doubt, but it's nowhere close to the achievement "Blue Valentine" was."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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4/5
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94%
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Room 237 (2013) |
"
Would it be hypocritical to say that I loved "Room 237," even thought I felt like 75 percent of what was said in it was completely hooey?"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Apr 3, 2013
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1.5/5
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43%
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Admission (2013) |
"
A comedy that's not especially funny, and a satire of the college admissions culture that isn't especially incisive"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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48%
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Olympus Has Fallen may require checking your brain at the door, but if you're a buff of the action cinema of the 1990s, you'll find much to enjoy."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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4/5
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
It's been awhile since we've had an exploitation film this pure and unapologetic."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Mar 20, 2013
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4.5/5
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60%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
Exactly what Tim Burton tried to do, and failed, with his last four films. But this time, with Raimi at the helm, it worked."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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2/5
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52%
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
This movie left no impression on me whatsoever. It went in one ear and out the other"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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2/5
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58%
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Snitch (2013) |
"
A thriller that hints at gangbusters action, but delivers some of the weakest, most ineptly photographed action scenes in memory"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Feb 21, 2013
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3/5
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
It's fun, but ultimately inconsequential, and doesn't feel especially like a "Die Hard" movie"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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4/5
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95%
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West of Memphis (2012) |
"
A powerful, touching and very infuriating documentary, although Berlinger and Sinofsky got there first and did it best "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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2/5
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85%
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Side Effects (2013) |
"
Starts out as a unique, fascinating and very daring movie, until it abruptly clicks and turns into something completely different and not nearly as good."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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1/5
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20%
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Identity Thief (2013) |
"
A disaster, lurching awkwardly from one tone to another, way too long with too many characters, and seriously short on laughs all the while. "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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2/5
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37%
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Stand Up Guys (2013) |
"
A huge mess, lurching through jarring shifts in tone and never really succeeding in any of them."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 31, 2013
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3/5
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40%
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Parker (2013) |
"
A standout crime thriller at the beginning and end, but takes some ill-advised, not-very-interesting detours in its middle third."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 25, 2013
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4.5/5
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93%
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Amour (2012) |
"
"Amour" isn't a fun time out at the movies, and I kind of doubt I'll ever see it again. But it's an amazingly act, absolutely heartbreaking film."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 24, 2013
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4/5
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81%
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Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
Mostly works because the characters are engaging and the musical performances well-chosen and well-done"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 23, 2013
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2/5
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30%
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Broken City (2013) |
"
Squanders a way-too-good cast in a meandering, not very compelling cop-and-political corruption story that plays like a half-hearted homage to Sidney Lumet"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 17, 2013
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5/5
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93%
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Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
It's cinema as an extension of long-form journalism, an intriguing and exciting story even though we know exactly how it's going to end."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Jan 3, 2013
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1/5
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51%
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Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
Seemingly written by people who have either never seen a baseball game or haven't followed the sport in years"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 31, 2012
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2/5
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69%
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Liberal Arts (2012) |
"
A writer/director/star, casting himself as the guy who's irresistible to all sorts of women? Woody Allen's been pulling that trick for about 40 years."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 28, 2012
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4.5/5
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100%
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How to Survive a Plague (2012) |
"
One of the most powerful, fascinating and saddest documentaries of the last several years."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 28, 2012
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2/5
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69%
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Not Fade Away (2012) |
"
A totally by-the-numbers boomer nostalgia exercise, of the type we've already seen dozens of times."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 27, 2012
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3.5/5
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51%
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Promised Land (2013) |
"
A pleasant surprise- a well-directed, well-acted and nuanced look at a controversial political issue. It's a shame the whole thing just about falls apart at the end."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 27, 2012
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3.5/5
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Four or five legitimately great cinematic moments, and across-the-board strong performances, but a bit too long and slow. "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 26, 2012
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3/5
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52%
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This is 40 (2012) |
"
Well-acted and well-made, but way too long and not particularly funny "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 26, 2012
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4/5
|
86%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
It's a superbly rendered, supremely creative effort that lovingly pays tribute to 1980s arcade games."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 21, 2012
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4.5/5
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70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
Among the very best recent adaptations of great stage musicals."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 21, 2012
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4/5
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012) |
"
An old-fashioned, supremely entertaining action picture that shows Cruise, who turned 50 this year, has still got it."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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1.5/5
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83%
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Your Sister's Sister (2012) |
"
I think I need a break from Mark Duplass for awhile. At least, from the Mark Duplass who isn't arguing about fantasy football with Ruxin and Taco."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 14, 2012
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2/5
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66%
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
If you're going to a see a nearly three-hour movie based on a fraction of a popular book, make it "Lincoln" "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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0/5
|
65%
|
The Campaign (2012) |
"
One of the most witless and toothless "political satires" ever released. "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 10, 2012
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4/5
|
90%
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Holy Motors (2012) |
"
Totally exhilarating and completely bonkers, like if 'Quantum Leap' had been a French art film "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Dec 5, 2012
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3.5/5
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76%
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Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Finds a pretty creative way to tell a generally conventional gangster story. It's when it moves beyond that that it runs into trouble."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 29, 2012
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2/5
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64%
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Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
Sports some good performances and is nice to look at at times, but it's ultimately both spectacularly ill-conceived and deathly boring."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 25, 2012
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2.5/5
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88%
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Life of Pi (2012) |
"
It's got amazing visuals and a handful of really great moments, but ultimately it just doesn't hold together."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 25, 2012
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4.5/5
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95%
|
The Queen of Versailles (2012) |
"
Both the quintessential documentary about the Great Recession, and quite possibly the most Schadenfreude-filled movie of all time."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 20, 2012
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2/5
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
What starts off as a serious examination of mental illness turns into an entirely different movie, one with nearly the exact same third act as "High School Musical." "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 16, 2012
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4/5
|
92%
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Skyfall (2012) |
"
It's a film worthy of the 007 name, as the series marks its 50th anniversary."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 8, 2012
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4.5/5
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Without question, the greatest film ever made about the American legislative process. "
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 8, 2012
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4/5
|
79%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
Posits a delicious, high-concept question: What if Sully Sullenberger, when he landed in the Hudson, had been drunk and high?"
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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2.5/5
|
68%
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Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Has a lot going for it- some amazing visuals, a handful of truly touching moments, and impressive versatility from the actors. But ultimately, just way too much of it doesn't work."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Oct 25, 2012
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4/5
|
82%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
Doesn't quite hold together at the end, but it's quite audacious, and supremely entertaining throughout."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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4.5/5
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Contains elements of thriller, comedy, political and Hollywood satire, and just about every one of them works."
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EntertainmentTell
Posted Oct 11, 2012
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