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86%
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The Institute (2013)
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"The film fascinates me, especially because, in all honesty, I'm not really the type of person who would've taken that initial step to play the game in the first place. Then again, based on watching the film, I may be playing right now."
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Mark Bell
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88%
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Rush (2013)
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"An overrated racing picture that literally goes nowhere fast. "
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Rick Kisonak
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78%
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Metallica Through the Never (2013)
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"This is the Metallica that Metallica wants you to remember. Larger than life, over-the-top and supremely powerful..."
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Mark Bell
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Manhattan Short Film Festival 2011 ()
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"Every one of these ten shorts is a winner in its own way and proves beyond a shadow of a digital doubt that less, in the right hands, definitely can be more."
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Rick Kisonak
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76%
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Concussion (2013)
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"Concussion is a brilliantly nuanced look at the complications of modern relationships."
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Mark Bell
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33%
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The Family (2013)
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"Obviously Robert De Niro was abducted by aliens, and the fellow we've watched sleepwalk through nearly 20 years of shlock is a pod person. A pod person with a terrible agent."
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Rick Kisonak
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91%
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The Spectacular Now (2013)
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"Director James Ponsoldt has a drinking problem. The problem is that he apparently can't stop making movies about drinking. "
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Rick Kisonak
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91%
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Fire In The Blood (2013)
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"Watch the film if and when you can. Hopefully the information in this film will reach the masses and the disgust at the situation, still ongoing, will prompt true change."
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Mark Bell
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64%
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One Direction: This Is Us (2013)
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"Spurlock makes inventive use of 3-D technology. The picture is trippy in places, making it more pleasant to sit through the forgettable songs than it otherwise would be. But Beatles comparisons? Please. One Direction is less a band than a business plan."
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Rick Kisonak
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69%
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I Declare War (2013)
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"It's both a nostalgic ode to the creativity of youth and a tragedy of growing up, wrapped in the graying dynamics of war as playtime... "
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Mark Bell
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92%
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This Is Martin Bonner (2013)
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"Chad Hartigan's This is Martin Bonner is a refreshing example of stark realism, minus the grit and melodrama that tends to muddy films of its ilk."
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Amy R. Handler
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Black Biscuit ()
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"I'm not sure why this was made."
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Chase Whale
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91%
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Blue Jasmine (2013)
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"After all the great things I'd heard, I felt like I must've stumbled into the wrong theater as I watched the sloppy, misanthropic sitcom that is Blue Jasmine"
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Rick Kisonak
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26%
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Jobs (2013)
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"The picture's most significant problem is simply that it's pointlessly truncated. It's the truth, just not the whole truth. Stern and Whiteley's is a story about big business when it should've been a story about big ideas. "
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Rick Kisonak
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Bomb It 2 ()
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"It's as much a reference documentary as it is an appreciation piece or inspirational experience..."
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Mark Bell
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47%
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We're The Millers (2013)
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"Certainties are few in this life, but you can take it from me: Though the movie listings might suggest otherwise, there's no such thing as Miller time."
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Rick Kisonak
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60%
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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
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"The film doesn't so much unfold as detonate. It's a swift kick in the pants at 66 minutes and utilizes a deft blend of archival footage, graphs, subject interviews and bites from knowledgeable talking heads such as David Carr."
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Rick Kisonak
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100%
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La Camioneta: The Journey of One American School Bus (2013)
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"La Camioneta succeeds by telling the bus's story while also expanding upon the different people who have now become a part of the bus's orbit."
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Mark Bell
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85%
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The Way Way Back (2013)
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"A moving bit of business about a boy learning the secret to making life a day at the beach and the best work yet from two guys who really do go way, way back. "
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Rick Kisonak
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85%
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Terms And Conditions May Apply (2013)
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"Your brain will be overflowing with information by the end of this short 79-minute exercise. Taxing? Perhaps. Entertaining. Yes..."
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Elias Savada
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The New Black ()
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"Richen and her crew have fashioned a well-polished and informative piece that hopefully will provide a blueprint for other communities in states that refuse to legalize gay marriage."
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Elias Savada
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95%
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The Hunt (2013)
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"The cornerstone to The Hunt is the mesmerizing performance by Mikkelsen, whose portrayal of a Danish everyman's shattered descent into a horrifying nightmare is one of the most powerful performances I've seen in recent memory."
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Elias Savada
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22%
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Rushlights (2013)
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"Stutz has crafted a decent thriller, actually. A lesser-man's Body Heat"
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Elias Savada
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52%
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The To Do List (2013)
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"The To Do List is not just a hard R sex comedy, but also an important player in film diversification."
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Jessica Baxter
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62%
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Scenic Route (2013)
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"It's beautifully shot, has awesome performances from its two leads but just ultimately is marred by its inconsistent storytelling and brutally awful ending."
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Noah Lee
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87%
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The Conjuring (2013)
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"James Wan's 2004 breakthrough, Saw, was the definition of torture porn. His latest, on the other hand, is simply torture."
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Rick Kisonak
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8%
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Grown Ups 2 (2013)
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"Sandler and his pals are in the enviable position of having the muscle to do their thing for fun and profit. "
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Rick Kisonak
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33%
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Bert and Arnie's Guide to Friendship (2013)
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"Stephen Schneider's Arnie is that guy who says and does the wrong thing at almost every turn, and yet somehow is ridiculously successful at what he does..."
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Mark Bell
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DAR HE: The Lynching of Emmett Till ()
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House Of Good And Evil (2013)
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The Attic Door ()
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"The Attic Door is a spooky mystery on a number of different levels."
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Mark Bell
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——
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We Always Lie to Strangers ()
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"Like the Leap Day tornado that hit the area in 2012, there's a resiliency afoot here. We Always Lie to Strangers won't muster up storm-size crowds (well, it might if they play it in Branson), but it's a nicely observed slice of life..."
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Elias Savada
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Remote Area Medical ()
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"While it may not be an exceptional film, it is an exceptional story of an unique, ephemeral event, captured with an unfettered eye and not a single special effect..."
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Elias Savada
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——
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A Will For The Woods ()
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"A Will for the Woods will help build awareness of the movement while also telling an immersive (for everyone, including the embedded filmmakers), heartwarming tale of one man's passionate struggle to find both peace on earth and peace in earth...""
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Elias Savada
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67%
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World War Z (2013)
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"Plot holes are barely outnumbered by the undead. How, for example, did the zombie apocalypse bring civilization to the brink of collapse without folks hearing about it on CNN? The film's writers, as Ricky Ricardo would say, 'have some splainin to do.'"
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Rick Kisonak
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Caucus ()
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"This isn't a pulse-pounding documentary, but a well structured slice of election life."
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Elias Savada
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I Learn America ()
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"The film takes the omnipresent camera approach, following the students and their teachers and social workers as they progress through one day at a time for a year..."
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Elias Savada
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87%
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100 Bloody Acres (2013)
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"While the Australian horror-comedy film 100 Bloody Acres isn't a knee-slapping, hilarious film, it's still a pretty fun flick that manages to pull off laughs as well as violence, gore and some truly sick plot twists."
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Don R. Lewis
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10%
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Molly's Theory Of Relativity (2013)
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"Jeff Lipsky's world is somewhere between Venus and Mars, and I'm still not sure if that means Earth..."
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Elias Savada
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——
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Mon Ami (2013)
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"As far as dark comedies goes, Mon Ami finds itself sharing the same ground as Peter Berg's Very Bad Things, and I mean that as a compliment."
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Mark Bell
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84%
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This Is the End (2013)
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"The dirty half dozen may find God at the last minute, but they've all been disciples of Judd Apatow for years. So the absence of taste is balanced by an abundance of heart."
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Rick Kisonak
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——
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Mistaken for Strangers ()
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"It's hard to say if Tom Berninger could make another film that clicks like this one, at least one which keeps him out of the frame. Yet, he has made an adorably lumpy movie. Go figure..."
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Elias Savada
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71%
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The Machine Which Makes Everything Disappear (2013)
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"Fitfully depressing and bravely open, Gurchiani's film commiserates on life's fleeting and often harrowing destinies..."
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Elias Savada
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35%
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The Internship (2013)
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"Nothing wipes the smiles off their faces-even when jobs vaporize, girlfriends bail and homes go into foreclosure. After a while, their positivity actually began to creep me out. They're like Stepford bros."
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Rick Kisonak
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33%
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Between Us (2013)
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"Between Us is strongly recommended for best friends, married couples, and those contemplating marriage at some future date."
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Amy R. Handler
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97%
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The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg (2000)
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"It's the extra scenes you'll want to explore. Interviews galore (some video is scratchy with dust artifacts, but the audio is perfectly clean) with relatives of Greenberg or friends, or with family of associates."
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Elias Savada
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The Age of Aluminum ()
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"There's a lot of bad shit in the world. You wouldn't think aluminium would be one of them. The Age of Aluminium puts us on notice."
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Elias Savada
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100%
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Ernest & Célestine (Ernest et Célestine) ()
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"A great children's film appeals to adults and children alike, but more importantly, it should strike a chord with everyone regardless of where they come from or what language they speak. Ernest & Celestine is a shining example."
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Jessica Baxter
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100%
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Masquerade (2012)
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"Following in the long tradition of lavish Asian epics, this new South Korean entry is a beautiful addition to the genre of period prince-and-the pauper themed films."
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Elias Savada
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75%
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Killing Them Softly (2012)
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"It's a middling gangster film, but belabored with too much Sturm und Drang, particularly in banging over the audience's head the constant reminders of the fiscal cliff."
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Elias Savada
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