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3/4
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97%
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Groundhog Day (1993) |
"
Murray hasn't made a comedy this winningly dumb and smart and -- yes -- sweet in a long time. If, indeed, he ever has."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 6, 2013
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3.5/4
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98%
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One False Move (1992) |
"
Everything about this movie -- the terse writing, the concise directing, the smart, unaffected acting -- is eminently satisfying."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 6, 2013
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2.5/4
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59%
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Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (1992) |
"
In Twin Peaks the movie, all the twists get straightened out. The thrill is gone."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 3, 2013
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2.5/4
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34%
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Hackers (1995) |
"
Hackers isn't a very good movie, but it's a darn sight more fun than The Net."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 3, 2013
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2.5/4
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46%
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Mumia: Long Distance Revolutionary (2013) |
"
Director Stephen Vittoria lines up a roster of writers and educators, actors and activists, to sing Abu-Jamal's praise. And praise they do."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 3, 2013
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2.5/4
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53%
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
Despite the charismatic efforts of the British actor Ahmed, The Reluctant Fundamentalist gets bogged down in proselytizing and plot."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 3, 2013
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2.5/4
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77%
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Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
The action plays like a video game because, well, it may as well be."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 2, 2013
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3.5/4
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88%
|
The Angels' Share (2013) |
"
A lark, but it's a serious-minded lark, addressing issues of class and culture, the haves and have-nots."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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3.5/4
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89%
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Koch (2013) |
"
He was certainly combative, and confident, and full of love for the city he governed with such gusto. Koch is a New York story for the whole world to appreciate."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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4/4
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98%
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Mud (2013) |
"
Mud is steeped in a sense of place, and the people inhabiting it. Southern. Superstitious. Suspenseful. Sublime."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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2/4
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8%
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The Big Wedding (2013) |
"
In order to pull off this sort of business, the pace should be breakneck, there shouldn't be an extra second to contemplate the moral lapses and betrayals. Alas, The Big Wedding, which inches along like a stoned snail, gives us all the time in the world."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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2.5/4
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56%
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Oblivion (2013) |
"
[Cruise] oversees some pretty impressive stuff here, from the drones that ping-pong around in the air to the bubbleship that Jack uses to go to and fro to that awesome house with its panoramic views."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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3/4
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54%
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The Company You Keep (2013) |
"
Directed in steady fashion by Redford, The Company You Keep manages to keep its multiple strands of plot - and the people caught in them - from collapsing in a jumble of confusion."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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2.5/4
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77%
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The Mask (1994) |
"
When his face turns green and his limbs get limber, Carrey's pretty much unstoppable. This cartoon-y creation is an amazing fusion of physical comedy and state-of-the- art cinema illusion."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/4
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81%
|
From Up On Poppy Hill (2013) |
"
In the wisdom of this artfully rendered film, Umi and Shun - and the viewer - come to learn that the past and the future should go hand in hand, that the best way to move forward is to reflect, and respect, what came before."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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2/4
|
42%
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To The Wonder (2013) |
"
It's more like a parody than cinematic poetry."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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2.5/4
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68%
|
Disconnect (2013) |
"
Rubin, the award-winning documentary filmmaker of Murderball, working with a script by Andrew Stern, is good with the details, and he gets strong performances from his cast in this, his debut feature."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3.5/4
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81%
|
The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
This is a story about legacy, the sins of the father, the restlessness in our souls. It's powerful, it's bold, it hits you hard."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/4
|
77%
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42 (2013) |
"
It's a great and triumphant story, and writer and director Brian Helgeland (an Oscar winner for his L.A. Confidential screenplay) brings it to life in burnished, old-fashioned Hollywood style."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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2.5/4
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78%
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Addams Family Values (1993) |
"
Even if the sequel doesn't offer the delight of discovery, the trip back to Chateau Addams is more than the dead end it could have been."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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3/4
|
79%
|
Reality (2013) |
"
A dark allegorical comedy about the nature of fame, about obsession, about madness - and the point where they converge: on Big Brother, a TV show watched by millions."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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3/4
|
91%
|
Gimme The Loot (2013) |
"
A movie about teenage taggers in the Bronx should be fast and raw, scruffy and loose, and Adam Leon's Gimme the Loot is just that."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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3.5/4
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65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
Never mind high concept, this is high conception."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 4, 2013
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3/4
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92%
|
Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (2013) |
"
The earthshaking footfalls of these lizard-kings are palpable and terrifying. Spielberg's crew of dinosaur-effects artists has conjured up a Mesozoic menagerie whose realism outdoes anything in cinema history."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 1, 2013
|
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2.5/4
|
27%
|
Everybody Has a Plan (2013) |
"
Everybody Has a Plan is in the vein of, if not on the same plane as, Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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2/4
|
93%
|
The Sapphires (2013) |
"
Let's trivialize a legacy of cruelty and denigration, in a country where indigenous people suffered from centuries of human rights abuse! And let's make the carnage of Vietnam look like a paintball game!"
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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3/4
|
90%
|
Beyond The Hills (2013) |
"
A film that asks its viewer to consider the nature of good and evil, love and trust - and trust that turns into something like blind faith."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Ginger & Rosa (2013) |
"
Elle Fanning is scary. Scarily good."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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3/4
|
45%
|
On the Road (2012) |
"
In Salles, screenwriter Jose Rivera and company's effort to get the details right, they only get so far. And it's not quite far enough."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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2.5/4
|
43%
|
Admission (2013) |
"
Fey and Rudd achieve a couple of comedy mindmelds ... but they're fleeting, as Admission's outlandish contrivances continue to get in the way."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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2.5/4
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Any semblance of seriousness and verisimilitude suggested by the marketing campaign is quickly forgotten once director Antoine Fuqua's enjoyably tacky Die Hard-on-the-Potomac gets under way."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 21, 2013
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3.5/4
|
92%
|
No (2013) |
"
A political drama, a personal drama, a sharp-eyed study of how the media manipulate us from all sides, No reels and ricochets with emotional force."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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2/4
|
39%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
The film is at once shamelessly transparent, manipulative, and far-fetched, and impossibly suspenseful. You'll want to take a shower afterward - that's how icky you'll feel."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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3/4
|
67%
|
Stoker (2013) |
"
A beautifully twisted, slow-burning psychothriller that may or may not all be taking place inside India's head, Stoker marks South Korean cult director Chan-wook Park's inaugural English language venture."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 14, 2013
|
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2/4
|
60%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
It's a journey of self-discovery, rife with movie cliches about believing in yourself, believing in your dreams, yada-yada."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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4/4
|
93%
|
Barbara (2012) |
"
Hoss, wearing her blond hair pulled back tight, and wearing an expression of inscrutable melancholy, gives a performance that doesn't feel like a performance at all."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 8, 2013
|
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1.5/4
|
36%
|
Dead Man Down (2013) |
"
The film has been directed in a murky, rhythmless fashion by Niels Arden Oplev, who directed Rapace in the original, and terrific, Swedish-language The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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2/4
|
31%
|
Emperor (2013) |
"
The epigrams fly, but the movie never really takes off."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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3.5/4
|
89%
|
A Place at the Table (2013) |
"
A Place at the Table is advocacy journalism at its best, lining up its facts, illustrating the widespread problem with a few trenchant and compelling cases, and offering solutions."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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4/4
|
92%
|
The Gatekeepers (2013) |
"
As a clear-eyed examination of a conflict that seems to have no end, The Gatekeepers is powerful, provocative stuff."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 28, 2013
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2.5/4
|
52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Singer's take on ye olde yarne has wit about it, and it certainly looks good."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 28, 2013
|
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4/4
|
98%
|
56 Up (2013) |
"
What ultimately is so compelling about 56 Up is the universality of the experiences. We were all once children. And we all will die. And in between, there is everything else."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 21, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
58%
|
Snitch (2013) |
"
The B-movie action version of an advocacy doc: It tries (with some success) to show the inequity in a system in which a first offender on a drug charge can, in many cases, spend more time behind bars than a rapist, or armed robber, or even a murderer."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 21, 2013
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3.5/4
|
87%
|
Happy People: A Year in the Taiga (2013) |
"
Albeit a found film of sorts, Happy People is very much of a piece with Herzog's other work, examining man's place in the natural world, looking at man's history and man's ability to survive, to endure."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 15, 2013
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2.5/4
|
45%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013) |
"
Beautiful Creatures tries terribly hard to establish its own mythology of magic and witchcraft and Southern-fried adolescent angst."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 14, 2013
|
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2/4
|
15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
A Good Day to Die Hard wants to be a movie about family values - a father and son, bonding over bullets and bombs - but it's really just about the value of a box-office franchise, and its value is on the wane."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 14, 2013
|
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3.5/4
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013) |
"
Sex, lies, and violence."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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3/4
|
60%
|
John Dies at the End (2013) |
"
Salvador Dali meets George Romero. Say hello."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
If nothing else, Identity Thief confirms McCarthy's identity in the Hollywood hierarchy: She's a big, ballsy star."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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