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2.5/4
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58%
|
Pandora's Promise (2013) |
"
Its marshaling of the facts is one-sided, leaving many questions, and considerable scientific evidence, unexplored."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 13, 2013
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3/4
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82%
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Shadow Dancer (2013) |
"
[Riseborough's] work is indrawn and riveting. It's hard to read the look in her eye, but we never stop trying."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 13, 2013
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2/4
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56%
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Man of Steel (2013) |
"
Man of Steel is just the same old same old."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 13, 2013
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3/4
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85%
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This Is the End (2013) |
"
Out-of-control hilarious."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 12, 2013
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4/4
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98%
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Before Midnight (2013) |
"
Offers a remarkably intimate and provocative study of a marriage."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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|
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70%
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The East (2013) |
"
A taut espionage drama that pits global corporations against a radical band of ecoterrorists."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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2.5/4
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34%
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The Internship (2013) |
"
[It] would be kind of charming ... if this Google-recruitment film, this 119-minute commercial for Googliness, weren't so downright creepy."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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3.5/4
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91%
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We Steal Secrets: The Story Of Wikileaks (2013) |
"
A real-life cyber-thriller with real-life consequences, Alex Gibney's We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks is a riveting and revelatory documentary ..."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 6, 2013
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2/4
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5%
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Caddyshack II (1988) |
"
It is a sight not to behold."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Jun 4, 2013
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4/4
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96%
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Stories We Tell (2013) |
"
After you see it, you'll be practically exploding with questions - and with awe."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 30, 2013
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2.5/4
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50%
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Now You See Me (2013) |
"
The movie wants to be Ocean's Eleven with top hats and wands, but the rapport between Now You See Me's principals doesn't come close to approximating Clooney and company's (or Sinatra and company's) cool."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 30, 2013
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2.5/4
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11%
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After Earth (2013) |
"
After Earth is refreshing in that it's not rife with fast-cuts, whooshing camera shots, and overblown visual effects."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 30, 2013
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2/4
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7%
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House Arrest (1996) |
"
A headache of a movie with a Parent Trap premise that quickly devolves into clamorous farce."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 29, 2013
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3.5/4
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90%
|
Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay (2013) |
"
It reveals the philosophy behind Jay's art, a view of life that examines illusions from every which way, and finds meaning in the magic."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 24, 2013
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3/4
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75%
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Love Is All You Need (2013) |
"
Brosnan is good, and he and Dyrholm erase any and all signs of contrivance in the plot, the script."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 24, 2013
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4/4
|
91%
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Frances Ha (2013) |
"
A black-and-white salute to the French New Wave (the score is borrowed from Georges Delerue, composer of many a Truffaut and Godard film) that manages to be very much of this moment ..."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 24, 2013
|
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2.5/4
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62%
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Epic (2013) |
"
Generic entertainment with a brave heroine, cutesy-poo supporting characters, parental figures who are either absent or absent-minded, etcetera, etcetera."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 24, 2013
|
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1/4
|
0%
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Wagons East! (1994) |
"
[An] anemic Blazing Saddles-wannabe."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 22, 2013
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2/4
|
20%
|
The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
To quote a line from the movie, bad things happen and people get hurt."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 22, 2013
|
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2/4
|
9%
|
Milk Money (1994) |
"
[A] jaded attempt at warmhearted comedy."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 22, 2013
|
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3/4
|
83%
|
Kon Tiki (2013) |
"
Kon-Tiki is a widescreen man-against-nature epic, beautifully shot and boasting seamless, stunning visual effects."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 17, 2013
|
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3/4
|
68%
|
The Iceman (2013) |
"
A true-crime thriller directed with grit, gristle and punchy energy by Ariel Vromen, The Iceman is never less than fascinating, even if things get a little ham-fisted here and there."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 17, 2013
|
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2.5/4
|
48%
|
At Any Price (2013) |
"
Bahrani seems less interested in getting at the heart of a man who has sold his soul than he is in showing how the hard facts of modern farming have literally and figuratively changed the landscape."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 17, 2013
|
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2/4
|
0%
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Mac and Me (1988) |
"
Everything about MAC and Me -- not least the fact that it's fairly well-made and involving -- smacks of crass calculation. The filmmakers even have the gall, in the movie's parting shot, to announce a sequel."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 14, 2013
|
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3.5/4
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
The action is exhilarating, the visual effects spectacular - and spectacularly realized."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 14, 2013
|
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2.5/4
|
36%
|
Peeples (2013) |
"
Tina Gordon Chism's debut feature does point out the hypocrisy grown-ups are capable of - hiding secrets, hiding their feelings, even hiding valuable property from one another."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 9, 2013
|
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2/4
|
50%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
There have been other stabs at Fitzgerald's book ... But none can be deemed as audaciously miscalculated as this."
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 9, 2013
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3/4
|
97%
|
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
|
98%
|
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
|
59%
|
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
|
34%
|
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
|
50%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
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
|
78%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
The action plays like a video game because, well, it may as well be."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted May 2, 2013
|
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3.5/4
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 26, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
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
|
99%
|
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
|
7%
|
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
|
55%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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3/4
|
56%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 18, 2013
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2.5/4
|
77%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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3/4
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 12, 2013
|
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2/4
|
42%
|
To The Wonder (2013) |
"
It's more like a parody than cinematic poetry."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
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2.5/4
|
65%
|
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
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
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3/4
|
77%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
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2.5/4
|
78%
|
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 11, 2013
|
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3/4
|
80%
|
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."
—
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."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
65%
|
Starbuck (2013) |
"
Never mind high concept, this is high conception."
—
Philadelphia Inquirer
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
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