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95%
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Star Trek (2009) |
"
Did somebody just reach through the space-time continuum and pull out a white rabbit?"
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CNN.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
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99%
|
Toy Story 3 (2010) |
"
I seriously doubt there will be a more hilarious and heartfelt blockbuster all summer."
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CNN.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
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89%
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
Waltz will be unknown to most American audiences -- he was certainly unknown to me -- but he's nothing less than sensational as the silky, polyglot SS officer charged by the Fuhrer to root out the remaining Jews in France. "
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CNN.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
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94%
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The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) |
"
Bourne -- or whatever his name really is -- is such a resourceful and reckless agent of chaos, we thrill to him despite the fact that he's officially a non-entity."
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CNN.com
Posted Aug 4, 2013
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19%
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The Hangover Part III (2013) |
"
If only what happened in Vegas had stayed in Vegas."
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CNN.com
Posted May 24, 2013
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69%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
Ludicrous, but undeniably fun and surprisingly affectionate, this is really all you could ask of a car crash movie, and more."
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CNN.com
Posted May 24, 2013
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49%
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The Great Gatsby (2013) |
"
There are no two ways about it: The Great Gatsby is misconceived and misjudged, a crude burlesque on what's probably American literature's most precious jewel."
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CNN.com
Posted May 15, 2013
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79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
It's a confidently tongue-in-cheek piece of blockbuster engineering, sweetly calibrated to Downey's cavalier appeal and to Kingsley's oddball interjections."
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CNN.com
Posted May 2, 2013
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55%
|
The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013) |
"
It's a dogged, thoughtful and well-acted movie that might have been more effective if it kept a narrower focus."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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49%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
This crude and ugly entertainment is as crass as everything this depressingly successful filmmaker has done."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
Glossy, derivative, ambitious and fatally underpowered."
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 19, 2013
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87%
|
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) (2008) |
"
Let's hope Universal stays the course and gives us that opportunity. People as creative as del Toro and his gang need all the support we can give them."
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 15, 2013
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73%
|
Iron Man 2 (2010) |
"
The whiz-bang stuff here -- while never less than slick -- doesn't produce anything we haven't seen before."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 15, 2013
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67%
|
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"
The climax is a bit of a yawn, but most of what precedes it is vigorous and sharp."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 14, 2013
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64%
|
Watchmen (2009) |
"
Watchmen the movie provides ample evidence that more is more, but less might have been closer to Moore in spirit (that is, anarchic, witty and compelling)."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 14, 2013
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77%
|
Thor (2011) |
"
Thor is on much safer ground here on Earth. The tone is immediately different: more relaxed; comic, not cosmic."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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75%
|
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
It's delirious stuff, often laugh-out-loud funny."
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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81%
|
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010) |
"
Full of fresh, sharp touches and nonchalantly brash performances, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World consistently hits the sweet spot."
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CNN.com
Posted Apr 12, 2013
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94%
|
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"
An exceptionally smart, brooding picture with some terrific performances."
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 10, 2013
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9%
|
The Host (2013) |
"
This is pretty silly stuff, Twi-lite if you will, but played with maximum solemnity, no discernible humor and minimal excitement."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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66%
|
Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
An authentically cracked expression of the crazy, conflicting signals bombarding today's teenagers."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
The new Oz falls short of the 1939 Oz in charm and innocence, and certainly in songs. But as family entertainment, it's hard to fault such a rapturous spectacle and astute, suspenseful piece of storytelling."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 8, 2013
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52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013) |
"
Jack the Giant Slayer is slight, but consistently amusing."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 1, 2013
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14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013) |
"
If there's something crassly opportunistic about exploiting a real life disaster on the scale of Chernobyl for cheap thrills, that's part and parcel of the film's cynicism."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 14, 2013
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20%
|
Identity Thief (2013) |
"
Even with all its shortcomings and sentimental fudges, there is something about McCarthy's refusal to lie down and play the victim that gives it a comic edge. A blunt edge, to be sure, but an edge all the same."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 8, 2013
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60%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
The movie's tongue in cheek humor will buy off most of the target audience. And Arnie? He's indestructible."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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|
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93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
What's striking is the absence of triumphalism -- Bigelow doesn't shy away from showing the victims shot down in cold blood in the compound -- and we come away with the overwhelming sense that this has been a grim, dark episode in our history."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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32%
|
Gangster Squad (2013) |
"
Gangster Squad looks the part, but it's so superficial it practically evaporates before our eyes."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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15%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013) |
"
If this long-delayed and blatantly pandering CGI malarkey is anything to go by, Hollywood's current craze for fairy tales isn't going to have a happy ending."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 5, 2013
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76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
An unpretentious throwback to the kind of action movie that had no need of superheroes, Premium Rush is hardly a classic but fun up to a point."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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79%
|
The Grey (2012) |
"
The Grey remains a genuinely gripping survival story and a refreshing change from stale urban action flicks."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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74%
|
Hope Springs (2012) |
"
Streep fans, I think you're going to enjoy this one. I know I did."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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85%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
In the end it may not have the emotional uplift the Academy or a popular mainstream audience craves, but make no mistake, this is an enthralling drama about a peculiarly American restlessness, and the striving for insight and grace."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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87%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Tim Burton's most enjoyable movie in a long time."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 7, 2013
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97%
|
The Kid with a Bike (2012) |
"
There is not a wasted shot in this stripped down, pared back fable. Yet, it accrues a deep and lasting power. You won't see many better this year."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 7, 2013
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98%
|
This Is Not a Film (2012) |
"
Not a conventional film, certainly, but a powerful and important statement."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 7, 2013
|
|
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94%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
A very different kind of love story, breaking taboos lightly, with sensitivity and humor."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
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92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012) |
"
One of the best movies of 2012 so far, in any genre."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
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92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
It's been a long time since I enjoyed a Bond movie so much."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
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93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Yes, it's a B movie sci-fi thriller, but not many prestige pictures have this much going on underneath the surface."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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|
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96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Affleck himself turns in a quietly impressive movie star performance. Tony Mendez is a kind of anti-Bourne, comfortable with his anonymity, living off his wits, not his fists."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2013
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88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Quentin Tarantino has made a spaghetti western and cross-pollinated it with a blaxploitation picture, but it's fully formed, unapologetic and easily one of the best popcorn flicks of the year."
—
CNN.com
Posted Dec 24, 2012
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65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
An Unexpected Journey is a major comedown, a muddle-headed and cumbersome piece of filmmaking that betrays Jackson's mercenary motives -- Tolkien's book, too."
—
CNN.com
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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87%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
This transcendent fable carries a real sting in its tail. Ang Lee has made a bold and wondrous movie, one of his best."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 21, 2012
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88%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) |
"
Others will see it differently, but for me this is a disappointingly clunky and bombastic conclusion to a superior series -- Nolan's biggest and worst movie to date."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jul 19, 2012
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73%
|
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012) |
"
At 28, Garfield's slightly older than Maguire was when he played Peter Parker in 2002, but his combination of fresh-faced innocence, nervous agitation and wry humor is immediately appealing."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jul 3, 2012
|
|
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92%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012) |
"
Never underestimate the entertainment value of the Hulk Smash."
—
CNN.com
Posted May 8, 2012
|
|
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96%
|
The Muppets (2011) |
"
A mixed bag then: The Muppets isn't the best or the worst of Kermit's big-screen capers. At least it's a reminder that here's one frog who isn't about to croak."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 23, 2011
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35%
|
Immortals (2011) |
"
The movie's landscape is a disappointingly barren digital domain, the same gray cliffs, deserts and seas familiar from 300 and so many game-worlds."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 11, 2011
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