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78%
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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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53%
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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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46%
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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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56%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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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%
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011) |
"
It's delirious stuff, often laugh-out-loud funny."
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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%
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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."
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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."
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CNN.com
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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60%
|
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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15%
|
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%
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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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59%
|
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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93%
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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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14%
|
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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86%
|
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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96%
|
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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99%
|
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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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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66%
|
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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88%
|
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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|
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87%
|
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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93%
|
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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73%
|
The Whistleblower (2011) |
"
It's a little sluggish in the first act perhaps, and not as slick as some, but it's still more authentic than most, and angrier, too."
—
CNN.com
Posted Aug 5, 2011
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79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) |
"
Rather than fight against the character's flag-waving, Nazi-busting roots, the movie embraces them, going back to the early '40s to remind us what made the "greatest generation" so great."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jul 21, 2011
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36%
|
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) |
"
It's a lousy movie, but at least it's a lousy movie with a serviceable story, killer CGI and an action climax that goes on forever (at least an hour)."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 29, 2011
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82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
Abrams' imitation is a shade too reverent for my taste. He lacks the subversive edge that allowed Joe Dante to bite his producer's hand and bring Gremlins to life, for example, and Abrams seems unsure just how scary he wants things to get."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 9, 2011
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88%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011) |
"
In most respects it's a solid effort that maintains the integrity of this rather earnest series."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 2, 2011
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90%
|
Bridesmaids (2011) |
"
Bridesmaids is a stiletto-sharp, raunchy, no-holds-barred yuk-fest that stands as a worthy female counterpart to the likes of Wedding Crashers and The Hangover."
—
CNN.com
Posted May 14, 2011
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—
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83%
|
Rachel (2010) |
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 4, 2011
|
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