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8/10
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98%
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Mud (2013) |
"
It's rare that films manage to capture the actual experience of what it is like to be a child, but 'Mud' seems to nail the ethos. "
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 27, 2013
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5.5/10
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46%
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Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
For the first time in a hugely successful career, he showed a sliver of something more sophisticated, and for that, I applaud the man for the first time."
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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6.5/10
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56%
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Oblivion (2013) |
"
'Oblivion' is atmospheric and good-looking and nigh thrilling enough."
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 17, 2013
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9/10
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013) |
"
Even a supposedly "lesser" Terrence Malick film like "To the Wonder" touches on some large and ultimately hopeful themes, despite its overall opaqueness."
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CraveOnline
Posted Apr 11, 2013
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8/10
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81%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013) |
"
An immensely thoughtful and well-constructed evolutionary analysis of the origins of crime, and how it subtly perpetuates throughout generations."
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 28, 2013
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8.5/10
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013) |
"
...Harmony Korine's Spring Breakers will leave you simultaneously cold, afraid, aroused, filthy, bemused, and wholly unsettled, bleeding and masturbating, half-conscious, at the bottom of a pit full of Bud Light and marijuana residue."
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 22, 2013
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6.5/10
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39%
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The Call (2013) |
"
Even when 'The Call' takes a hard left turn into implausible stupidity, it's still kinda fun."
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 15, 2013
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7/10
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29%
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Upside Down (2013) |
"
'Upside Down,' in terms of its visuals, is gorgeous and clever and creative."
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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6/10
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38%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013) |
"
Sweet and good-natured and periodically chuckle-worthy."
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 14, 2013
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5.5/10
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47%
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The Sweeney (2013) |
"
The film is just stylized enough to register as above average, but on the whole it's pretty forgettable - the kind of film you describe with a noncommittal "interesting," while walking out of the theater. "
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CraveOnline
Posted Mar 2, 2013
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2/10
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——
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A Talking Cat!?! () |
"
It's not quite crazy or energetic enough to be a proper Bad Movie Night kind of movie... indeed the film is pretty effing boring."
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CraveOnline
Posted Feb 20, 2013
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6.5/10
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85%
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Side Effects (2013) |
"
Most certainly not a trumpet blast of the Steven Soderbergh's energies... but it's a pretty good thriller from an interesting director."
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CraveOnline
Posted Feb 7, 2013
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5/10
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4%
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Movie 43 (2013) |
"
If testicles and poop... are enough for you, maybe "Movie 43" will be your cup of (*ulp*) tea."
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CraveOnline
Posted Jan 25, 2013
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7.5/10
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65%
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Mama (2013) |
"
Fun ghost story, awesome monster, and Jessica Chastain dressed as Joan Jett. What more could you want? "
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CraveOnline
Posted Jan 18, 2013
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6.5/10
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98%
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The Loved Ones (2012) |
"
I kinda dug the flick."
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CraveOnline
Posted Jan 8, 2013
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|
9.5/10
|
90%
|
Holy Motors (2012) |
"
Weird, baffling, and the lunatic work of a powerfully ambitious filmmaker, 'Holy Motors' is one of the best films of the year. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Nov 16, 2012
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8.5/10
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49%
|
The Man With the Iron Fists (2012) |
"
It occupies a middle ground between the '70s-obsessed eye of Tarantino, and the bold magical silliness of 'Big Trouble in Little China'"
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CraveOnline
Posted Nov 1, 2012
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7/10
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Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (Unrated) (2012) |
"
Resemble[s] a second-tier badass action flick from the mid-1980s."
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CraveOnline
Posted Oct 24, 2012
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8.5/10
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
Its politics are subtle, its performances are good, and its script is amazing."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Oct 24, 2012
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7.5/10
|
25%
|
Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
A sweet scary little night at the movies. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Oct 24, 2012
|
|
3.5/10
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
To call this film corny would be an insult to corn."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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8/10
|
85%
|
End of Watch (2012) |
"
End of Watch was a surprise. I liked it a lot. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 21, 2012
|
|
6.5/10
|
50%
|
The Tall Man (2012) |
"
A spooky and atmospheric little thriller that contains some actual and unexpected surprises."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 1, 2012
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|
7.5/10
|
78%
|
The Ambassador (2012) |
"
Full of incredulous guffaws at the open and expected corruption in this part of the world. But don't expect to be tickled. This film is making a point."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Sep 1, 2012
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7/10
|
58%
|
Red State (2011) |
"
It's an often-funny, sometimes precious, but always kind-of-scary little flick worth a note. If this was Smith's first film, he would be touted as a new talent to watch out for."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
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8/10
|
85%
|
The Ides of March (2011) |
"
The entire first two thirds of the film have the calm idiosyncratic qualities of a mellowed-out Mamet."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8.5/10
|
63%
|
Young Goethe In Love (2011) |
"
It's just as gorgeously shot, just as clever, just as frothy and dynamic as the period pieces of 15-20 years ago."
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CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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4/10
|
——
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Pete Smalls is Dead (2011) |
"
"Pete Smalls is Dead" nearly kills itself with an overdose of cutesy mainlined hipsterism."
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CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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6.5/10
|
——
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Showgirls 2: Penny's from Heaven () |
"
The film itself is a daunting and swirling phantasmagoria of storylines, weird back-and-forths, and just as much bizarro character vacillation as its predecessor."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
7.5/10
|
95%
|
Knuckle (2011) |
"
A dark, brutal, black hole world of casual physical violence."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
74%
|
Rampart (2012) |
"
No thrills, no secret plots, and no obvious politics, "Rampart" is a powerful and moving look into an empty person. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
3/10
|
54%
|
Dr Seuss' The Lorax (2012) |
"
Three minutes of substance, 91 minutes of shrill filler."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
7.5/10
|
86%
|
Sound of Noise (2012) |
"
The premise is so delightfully strange, it almost sounds like an Etgar Keret short story, or maybe even a playful exercise by Gabriel García Márquez."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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8/10
|
75%
|
Surviving Progress (2012) |
"
But this is not a film interested in partisan finger-wagging, nor is it looking to place blame directly on one specific group or another (despite some pretty heavy glances toward [some] politicians). No. "Surviving Progress" is more philosophical."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8.5/10
|
86%
|
The Pirates! Band of Misfits (2012) |
"
Yes, the film feels childish, but in the best possible way."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
80%
|
Get the Gringo (2012) |
"
It could have been too quirky for its own good, [but] as it stands... "Get the Gringo" is surprisingly good, coming out of left field the way it did. "
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
6.5/10
|
23%
|
The Raven (2012) |
"
Entertaining and fun to be sure, despite it's goofy premise. But it's not nearly as chilling as reading Poe's stories for yourself."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
4.5/10
|
13%
|
Meeting Evil (2012) |
"
A cheap slasher flick with some talented actors masking the banality with clever dialogue..."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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5/10
|
93%
|
Indie Game: The Movie (2012) |
"
Watching [a programmer] reboot a computer at a trade show over and over again was hardly what I'd call stirring cinema."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
6/10
|
81%
|
A Cat in Paris (2012) |
"
Come for the film, stay for the urban-mural visuals, leave vaguely satisfied."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
6.5/10
|
27%
|
High School (2012) |
"
Surprisingly solid and funny... It's rare for a stoner comedy to have so much ambition."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
7/10
|
——
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Fuzz Track City () |
"
Rewards the rock snob... Casts an old-timey light on a genre that often only banks on updated gimmicks."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8.5/10
|
67%
|
The Pact (2012) |
"
Quite easily, one of the scariest films I've seen in a long while... It's a corker."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
2/10
|
29%
|
Peace, Love, & Misunderstanding (2012) |
"
Somewhere Alison Bechdel is screaming."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
54%
|
Wallander: The Revenge (2012) |
"
A cop movie for grown ups. Or at least sophisticated teenagers... It's just great filmmaking."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
8/10
|
82%
|
Nobody Else But You (2012) |
"
You will watch this film with a baffled smirk on your face. At least I did."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
5/10
|
22%
|
6 Month Rule (2012) |
"
Budget indie-house comfort food for the '90s-romcom-besotted soul."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
1/10
|
21%
|
That's My Boy (2012) |
"
As a whole, the film is startlingly ugly."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
|
9/10
|
46%
|
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012) |
"
The product of a fevered mad auteur... May prove to be one of the more rewarding and disturbing film experiences in many a year."
—
CraveOnline
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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