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Todd Gilchrist

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Critics' Group:: Los Angeles Film Critics Association

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Rating	T-Meter	Title \| Year	Add Date
	88%	The Congress ()	" a magnificent triumph, a half-fantasy-half-nightmare that combines animation and live action to shine a light on how we look at ourselves, and perhaps will going forward, as technology continues to engulf our lives." — GeekNation Posted Oct 4, 2013
	8%	Runner Runner (2013)	" not to put too fine a point on its subject matter, Runner Runner feels like a safe bet for its filmmakers. But thankfully, smart playing on their part makes it a safe one for audiences as well." — Comic Book Resources Posted Oct 4, 2013
	64%	Mood Indigo ()	" "Mood Indigo" perfectly balances Gondry's ornamental creativity and the verité storytelling of his more recent work, combining refined style and raw emotion into one devastating, beautiful package." — The Wrap Posted Oct 3, 2013
	85%	A Field in England ()	" a bizarre and challenging odyssey that showcases Ben Wheatley's undeniable talent even as it undoubtedly polarizes even the filmmaker's hardcore fans." — GeekNation Posted Oct 3, 2013
	100%	Afflicted ()	" A step in the right direction for the burgeoning filmmaking style that still needs to figure out how to tell stories as inventive as its techniques, or at least find ways not to completely discombobulate viewers with the ones they're telling now." — GeekNation Posted Oct 2, 2013
	58%	The Zero Theorem ()	" full of Gilliam's stylistic hallmarks - layered realities, overbearing technology, institutional paranoia and of course, quirky romance - it feels like a personal journey into his beliefs, as it stares into the divide between reason and faith." — The Wrap Posted Sep 30, 2013
	63%	The Green Inferno ()	" A serviceable reintroduction to Roth's idiosyncratic brand of horror, but it fails to either offend or exhilarate, instead chronicling the misadventures of a group of student activists with more technical acuity than singularity." — The Wrap Posted Sep 26, 2013
	76%	Man of Tai Chi (2013)	" Reeves' film offers serviceable action without doing much to introduce the world to the deeper complexities of tai chi. (A better title might have been "Game of Dearth.")" — The Wrap Posted Sep 25, 2013
	78%	Metallica Through the Never (2013)	" A sweeping, ambitious take on concert films, "Metallica: Through The Never" works well enough visually, and certainly musically, to make up for its feeble attempt to fictionalize the lengths to which a fan would go for his favorite band." — The Wrap Posted Sep 25, 2013
A-	——	Grand Piano ()	" Probably the best Brian De Palma movie he never made, "Grand Piano" expands the boundaries of single-location, real-time mysteries like "Phone Booth" and "Panic Room" with a brilliantly simple concept and nimble, elegant style." — The Playlist Posted Sep 25, 2013
	16%	Baggage Claim (2013)	" Painfully unfunny and entirely unromantic, "Baggage Claim" offers a woefully outdated look at the challenges of finding true love, boosted from mediocrity only occasionally by a handful of supporting performances." — The Wrap Posted Sep 24, 2013
B	——	We Gotta Get Out of This Place ()	" Gorgeously photographed, the Hawkins' film has a functionality to their work that doesn't add too many unnecessary flourishes, but it exudes a grace that elevates what might have been purely cliched material to something more special." — The Playlist Posted Sep 24, 2013
	——	Las brujas de Zugarramurdi (Witching and Bitching) ()	" Witching & Bitching, Alex de la Iglesia's latest madcap genre mash-up, literally could not get past its opening scenes, much less to its ridiculous conclusion, without its characters doing the dumbest and most inexplicable things possible." — GeekNation Posted Sep 23, 2013
	100%	Cheap Thrills ()	" Writer-director E.L. Katz manages to effortlessly balance punishing violence, rich characterizations, gallows humor, and even social commentary, all without compromising emotional accessibility or good old-fashioned storytelling." — GeekNation Posted Sep 23, 2013
	25%	Machete Kills (2013)	" Robert Rodriguez creates a sequel precisely as gratuitous as his fake trailer-turned-real movie deserves - which is to say, it's both excessively graphic and utterly pointless." — GeekNation Posted Sep 23, 2013
	88%	Rush (2013)	" Rush distinguishes itself by utilizing precision rather than power: namely, by focusing on its characters rather than the cars they race." — GeekNation Posted Sep 23, 2013
	63%	Escape From Tomorrow (2013)	" Randall Moore's film feels, quite frankly, like a Disney-fied version of a David Lynch film, exposing the underbelly of an American institution without offering any sort of real critique and featuring characters too unlikeable to care about." — The Playlist Posted Sep 23, 2013
	98%	Gravity (2013)	" A hard-science tale that offers a uniquely poetic portrait of hope and survival, "Gravity" is a both a virtuoso technical achievement and a powerfully visceral cinematic experience." — The Wrap Posted Sep 23, 2013
	5%	Battle of the Year (2013)	" its dramatization of a U.S. dream team's journey to the international showcase is leaden with predictable character types and storytelling clichés, neither of which its well-executed but oddly infrequent dance sequences are able to overcome." — The Wrap Posted Sep 23, 2013
	99%	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	" "The Wizard of Oz" celebrates its 75th anniversary looking younger and more vital than ever, simultaneously advertising good old-fashioned storytelling and the most advanced technology available." — The Wrap Posted Sep 17, 2013
	34%	Hell Baby (2013)	" Hell Baby offers a welcome alternative to the overwrought seriousness of modern horror movies with its frequently hilarious take on familiar genre tropes." — Comic Book Resources Posted Sep 15, 2013
	35%	Insidious: Chapter 2 (2013)	" A sprawling, idiosyncratic film that attempts to recontextualize the events of its predecessor, Wan's sequel is ambitious but shortsighted, creepy but cartoonish, but utterly watchable." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Sep 15, 2013
	80%	Prisoners (2013)	" a movie whose execution and performances are admirable, but its eventual concession to monologuing villains and life-or-death standoffs undermines the honest and substantive character work that precedes it." — The Wrap Posted Sep 15, 2013
3/10	60%	Riddick (2013)	" 'Riddick,' the overdue, and largely unwanted, third installment in Diesel's first big film series, is so full of tough-guy overcompensation that it makes the 'Fast and Furious' movies seem like understated character studies by comparison. " — ScreenCrush Posted Sep 4, 2013
	80%	Drinking Buddies (2013)	" the film casually observes the authentic complexities of relationships as they're tested, and eventually exposed, as obstacles - and sometimes, gateways - to true intimacy." — Comic Book Resources Posted Aug 30, 2013
	3%	Getaway (2013)	" Perhaps more suitably titled "GoPro: The Movie," "Getaway" is a movie for people who think "Taken" is too complicated." — The Wrap Posted Aug 28, 2013
	74%	The Grandmaster (2013)	" Philosophical and visceral, sweeping and intimate, Wong Kar Wai's film is the rare kind of cinematic experience that informs as it entertains, and most importantly, evokes powerful feelings from both its physical conflicts and intellectual ideas." — Comic Book Resources Posted Aug 23, 2013
	75%	You're Next (2013)	" Ultimately, You're Next is fun, scary and smart, with a mastery of the genre that manipulates audiences by scaring them with techniques they've experienced, and then surprising them with creative choices that they haven't." — Comic Book Resources Posted Aug 23, 2013
	4%	Paranoia (2013)	" Bolstered by a bland by a lead performance by Liam Hemsworth, Paranoia gives no reason for audiences to look over their shoulder, but plenty of them to keep an eye on their watches." — Comic Book Resources Posted Aug 23, 2013
	12%	The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)	" A passable new entry in the expanding subgenre of young-adult adaptations that should earn little attention from newcomers to the series, even if it might satisfy fans of the source material." — Comic Book Resources Posted Aug 22, 2013
	54%	Lovelace (2013)	" "Lovelace" becomes too distracted by industry politics and the cultural context of the film's release to provide more than a snapshot of her life either before or after she stepped in front of a camera." — The Wrap Posted Aug 16, 2013
	30%	Kick-Ass 2 (2013)	" Kick-Ass 2 feels fatally miscalculated, a would-be genre deconstruction that explains way too much without understanding at all what it wants to say." — The Verge Posted Aug 16, 2013
4/10	14%	The Smurfs 2 (2013)	" 'Smurfs 2′ isn't worth yelling about until you're blue in the face, because it merely fails to do more than satisfy the young children who occupy its target market -- who will probably respond with resounding enjoyment." — ScreenCrush Posted Jul 31, 2013
C+	89%	The World's End (2013)	" As a film whose central theme emphasizes the dangers of living in the past, Wright & co. become fatally distracted by nostalgia, eventually paying too much homage to previous classics to create a film that deserves to stand alongside them." — The Playlist Posted Jul 20, 2013
8.5/ 10	40%	Only God Forgives (2013)	" Refn's latest may very well exasperate you, and yet remain a great film - not in spite of, but because of that reaction." — ScreenCrush Posted Jul 19, 2013
	42%	Red 2 (2013)	" in a lackadaisical sequel no one asked for except perhaps his creditors, Bruce Willis seems unmotivated to smile at all, much less offer a series of emotions that constitute a believable or compelling performance." — The Wrap Posted Jul 15, 2013
	8%	Grown Ups 2 (2013)	" There can be no justification for the laziness and indifference of the makers of this, because I cannot understand how any audience, much less themselves, can tolerate the incompetent, sub-moronic spectacle that resulted from that lack of effort." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jul 12, 2013
	72%	Pacific Rim (2013)	" del Toro introduces a robots-versus-monsters scenario that includes the same sort of nerdy details and sci-fi jargon as its overcomplicated brethren, but under del Toro it all makes sense - and even better, he makes us care about it." — The Verge Posted Jul 8, 2013
	31%	The Lone Ranger (2013)	" A mean-spirited, misguided, overlong time-waster whose description as "popcorn" fare is fittingly appropriate, as it's an aggressively unhealthy substitute for more intellectually and emotionally nourishing entertainment." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jul 3, 2013
4/5	86%	The Conjuring (2013)	" Thoughtful where its competition is glib, featuring substantive and relatable characters, and steadily-paced where most feel lackadaisical, Wan has made a truly great movie. And I'm only talking about the parts that I saw from between my fingers." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Jun 27, 2013
1/5	47%	Maniac (2013)	" The kind of empty brutality modern horror feebly disguises as unvarnished realism, Maniac offers a literal first-person perspective in an attempt to create either empathy or complicity, but instead generates only repulsion, or more often, boredom." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Jun 24, 2013
	78%	Monsters University (2013)	" Monsters University manages to take the same characters audiences love, devolve them in an interesting way, and then tell a story that essentially has nothing to do with the original and yet somehow mostly reverberates with the same emotional weight." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jun 21, 2013
	67%	World War Z (2013)	" big-budget schlock too content to rely on cheap theatrics to tap into anything more substantive, even if its reportedly extensive re-shoots resulted in a third act that is considerably more engaging than the previous two." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jun 19, 2013
	35%	The Internship (2013)	" A portrait of advancing-age desperation that doubles as odd meta-commentary on its stars, The Internship is a floundering, often painfully unfunny film whose unifying quality may be in alienating not just one but every generation it aims to connect with." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jun 12, 2013
	84%	This Is the End (2013)	" Its psycho-analytical look at Hollywood mostly feels imperceptible given the nonstop barrage of jokes that the ensemble launches at one another throughout the film, both in grand proportions and asides." — Comic Book Resources Posted Jun 12, 2013
	56%	Man of Steel (2013)	" This is probably the last origin story for Kal-El that we ever need to see... the sophisticated foundation it creates allows future installments to function as more than victory laps, without requiring them to adhere to a purely melodramatic tone." — The Verge Posted Jun 12, 2013
4.5/5	69%	Stoker (2013)	" A visual feast whose psychosexual boilerplate proves intriguingly complex, Stoker is a born classic - a brilliant English-language crossover effort for Park that doubles as a genre-transcending triumph." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Jun 12, 2013
2.5/5	44%	Stitches (2013)	" Aiming for a gruesomely silly vibe that plays like equal parts American Pie and Evil Dead 2, Stitches preys on teenage foibles and clown clichés alike, offering mostly solid if not quite cult-classic-level fun." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Jun 12, 2013
3/5	63%	Kiss Of The Damned (2013)	" a significantly more mature - and sexy - take on vampire romance, approaching its subject with sophistication and sensuality even as it indulges in gore and terror that's as metaphorical as it is visceral." — ToddGilchrist.com Posted Jun 12, 2013

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