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50%
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Thanks For Sharing (2013)
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"Amazingly unfunny "comedy" using peoples' weaknesses for targets. And a good cast wasted. "
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Boo Allen
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34%
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Salinger (2013)
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"Director Salerno struggles to provide the full picture of a man who didn't want his picture taken. "
|
Boo Allen
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89%
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The World's End (2013)
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"The comedy trio returns in a lesser effort, funny, but not up to their previous successes. "
|
Boo Allen
|
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73%
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Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013)
|
"Uninvolving bio-pic about a man who just happened to be around when things happened. Latter day Zelig fails to grip. "
|
Boo Allen
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72%
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Pacific Rim (2013)
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"Entertaining enough silliness. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
59%
|
The Bling Ring (2013)
|
"Repetitive, self-referential nonsense about a group of spoiled brats no one cares about. Supposed insights to celebrity-obsession are non-existent. "
|
Boo Allen
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49%
|
The Great Gatsby (2013)
|
"It's a movie, not a novel and a well executed, original and highly creative work in its own right. "
|
Boo Allen
|
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79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"Same old tired effects to go along with more Downey smugness. "
|
Boo Allen
|
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44%
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To The Wonder (2013)
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"Malick succeeds in creating his a separate reality, one drenched with longing and fear. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
38%
|
Admission (2013)
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"A comedy, but a serious comedy. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
25%
|
Phantom (2013)
|
"Slow start, fast finish. "
|
Boo Allen
|
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14%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
|
"Action packed but expectedly ridiculous."
|
Boo Allen
|
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012)
|
"Bloated and overdone but entertaing if not enthralling. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
51%
|
Promised Land (2013)
|
"A resonant cautionary tale. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
|
"A man's bi-polar disorder is supposed to give license to implausible and contrived histrionics. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
68%
|
Wuthering Heights (2012)
|
"Perfectly ridiculous adaptation of Emily Bronte's novel. Shaky-cam nausea combines with wooden amateur acting and sloppy editing to render an unpleasant experience. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012)
|
"Pure cinema. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
95%
|
The Imposter (2012)
|
"Perversely entertaining. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
79%
|
Ruby Sparks (2012)
|
"Charming, fresh, and creative. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
88%
|
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
|
"Over-written, over-plotted and with a ridiculous villain. Disappointing. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
77%
|
Take This Waltz (2012)
|
"The whimsical charms are not enough to overlook the unbearable cuteness and the mountain of contrivances. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
74%
|
Prometheus (2012)
|
"Ridley Scott succeeds in reluming this Promethean heat. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
94%
|
Moonrise Kingdom (2012)
|
"More unbearable Anderson whimsy. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
57%
|
The Dictator (2012)
|
"A funny movie from a funny man. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
92%
|
Marvel's The Avengers (2012)
|
"Sock, pow, zowie--plenty of firepower in the summer's first big lallapalooza. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
92%
|
The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
|
"Clever enough stuff until the computer generated monsters run amok. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
78%
|
The Deep Blue Sea (2012)
|
"Somber analysis of 1950's hypocrisy. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
67%
|
Friends With Kids (2012)
|
"Another perceptive take on modern relationships by triple threat Westfeldt. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
88%
|
In Darkness (2012)
|
"Compelling film, filled with human pathos. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
71%
|
Thin Ice (2012)
|
"Ingenious, cleverly plotted engima. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
79%
|
The Grey (2012)
|
"Effectively creepy. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
89%
|
The Descendants (2011)
|
"Director and co-writer Alexander Payne again shows the most acute and perceptive understanding of the American psyche of any current director. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
43%
|
J. Edgar (2011)
|
"Eastwood delivers an entertaing enough Best Hits version of Hoover's eventful life. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
81%
|
The Skin I Live In (2011)
|
"Unusually perverse even by Almodovar standards. Fascinating dissection of the moral identity. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
33%
|
Texas Killing Fields (2011)
|
"Despite the jumbled plot and structural problems, the shady characters and gritty settings compensate. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
85%
|
The Ides of March (2011)
|
"Well paced, intelligent, and showing us the even dirtier side of politics. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
25%
|
Killer Elite (2011)
|
"Despite the presence of some notable acting talent, this not-Elite work turns out to be just another dumb Jason Statham film. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
93%
|
Drive (2011)
|
"Moody, atmospheric and filled with twists. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
81%
|
Higher Ground (2011)
|
"Boring mess of an aimless movie in which Farmiga shows no aptitude for directing. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
74%
|
The Whistleblower (2011)
|
"Decent enough for this genre."
|
Boo Allen
|
|
76%
|
The Help (2011)
|
"Too many good intentions, too many sub-plots, too many histrionics. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
82%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
|
"Marginal effects and a laughable story. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
44%
|
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
|
"It works because it takes itself seriously without winking or smirking. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
14%
|
Zookeeper (2011)
|
"About as fluffy and silly as would be expected. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
36%
|
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
|
"More loud silliness. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011)
|
"Fun, fast homage to its many predecessors. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
84%
|
The Tree of Life (2011)
|
"Malick again shows his unparalleled personal vision. "
|
Boo Allen
|
|
33%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
|
"Pointless Pirates"
|
Boo Allen
|
|
77%
|
Thor (2011)
|
"THOR"
|
Boo Allen
|
|
72%
|
Hanna (2011)
|
"A wild ride, implausible and ridiculous. But, yes, fun. "
|
Boo Allen
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