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72%
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
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"Contrary to the history of just about every other multi-sequel series and what I thought were the laws of nature, these keep getting better."
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Nell Minow
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88%
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What Maisie Knew (2013)
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"She still believes that the world is an enchanted place that cannot hurt her. She does not understand what is going on around her, but we do."
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Nell Minow
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21%
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
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"So entirely disappointing that it diminishes any fond memories of the original."
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Nell Minow
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87%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"This story is in the most literal sense, close to home. "
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Nell Minow
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36%
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Peeples (2013)
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"The humor is often crude and silly, but it is so good-hearted and the performers are so appealing that it might win your heart. "
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Nell Minow
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50%
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
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"It is a confetti gun of a movie, all sensation and senseless mash-up. The details are gorgeous for the sake of gorgeousness, with no sense of perspective or irony. "
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Nell Minow
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"What matters is Downey's total commitment to playing Stark as a flawed, complex, but greatly gifted character."
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Nell Minow
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46%
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Pain & Gain (2013)
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"Ed Harris steals the film as a former cop-turned detective."
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Nell Minow
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88%
|
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2013)
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"It is annoying, frustrating, embarrassing, and irresistible, which makes it a perfect Rorschach test and intriguing metaphor for contemporary Jewish identity. "
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Nell Minow
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67%
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Disconnect (2013)
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"Sensitive performances from the entire cast are absorbing, especially Jason Bateman in his first full-on dramatic role."
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Nell Minow
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55%
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The Company You Keep (2013)
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"As much about our relationship as long-term fans of these actors as it is about the characters who come to grips with their failures and betrayals."
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Nell Minow
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013)
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"If you thought Tree of Life was too linear and accessible try this pointillist tribute to sun flares, often lovely, sometimes provocative, always obscure. "
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Nell Minow
|
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77%
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42 (2013)
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"Packs a lot of power, thanks to an evocative sense of its period and star-making performances by Chadwick Boseman as Robinson and Nichole Beharie as his wife."
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Nell Minow
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81%
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From Up On Poppy Hill (2013)
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"It's strange to see so much focus on the details of the backgrounds, which are exquisitely rendered, when there is so little attention to the expressiveness of the characters."
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Nell Minow
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9%
|
The Host (2013)
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"Melanie had two voices in her head. I only had one, but it was clearly telling me that this movie is a mess."
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Nell Minow
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28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
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"As big, dumb, action and explosions and "hell, yeah, ooyah" movies based on toys go, this one is a lot of fun."
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Nell Minow
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43%
|
Admission (2013)
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"The commercials make it look like a standard romantic comedy but the plot line about reuniting with a child put up for adoption feels awkward, cluttered, and intrusive. "
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Nell Minow
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29%
|
Upside Down (2013)
|
"A work of bracingly singular imagination that is sheer visual pleasure, with some mind-bending ideas and a deeply romantic sensibility."
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Nell Minow
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37%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
|
"What this movie is missing is - magic. "
|
Nell Minow
|
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71%
|
Greedy Lying Bastards (2013)
|
"It's no longer an inconvenient truth. It is a question of our survival being put at risk by a few wealthy people who are determined to get even wealthier."
|
Nell Minow
|
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59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
|
"The real star of the story is the enchanting, rapturously imagined setting. "
|
Nell Minow
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52%
|
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
|
"A grand bedtime story, 21st century-style. "
|
Nell Minow
|
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27%
|
21 And Over (2013)
|
"The story wants to be deliciously outrageous and transgressive. It is just tawdry and juvenile. "
|
Nell Minow
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25%
|
Phantom (2013)
|
"Writer/director Todd Robinson clearly cares passionately about the material but he loses track of the narrative. "
|
Nell Minow
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|
58%
|
Snitch (2013)
|
"We never feel the sense of peril that would create some tension, and we miss the expected sense of satisfaction when no cans of whup-ass are opened. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
57%
|
Shanghai Calling (2013)
|
"Henney's lanky appeal as he tries to cope with an avalanche of language and cultural challenges is a pleasure to watch."
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Nell Minow
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|
26%
|
Escape From Planet Earth 3D (2013)
|
"It almost works as an amiable, if derivative, time-waster for kids with a few jokes for the grown-ups, but too much is unsettlingly off-base. "
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Nell Minow
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13%
|
Safe Haven (2013)
|
"Sparks' core formula: damaged hearts, pretty people, a body of water, the a small town community, a sad death, and a letter, plus a twist that feels desperate."
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Nell Minow
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|
46%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2013)
|
"The various transformations, expanding powers, and sense of alienation seem like a tangible reflection (and only mild exaggeration) of the experience of adolescence. "
|
Nell Minow
|
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15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
|
"Chases. Explosions. Guns. Crashes. Wisecracks. Punches."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
85%
|
Side Effects (2013)
|
"A nicely nasty thriller -- and the less you know before seeing it, the more you'll enjoy it."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
20%
|
Identity Thief (2013)
|
"A sloppy script from Craig Mazin shows no sense of character, and dragged-out direction from Seth Gordon shows no understanding of comic momentum. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013)
|
"R's concerns about how he appears to Julie are only a slightly amplified version of what we all go through when we meet someone who inspires to be on our best behavior. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
37%
|
Stand Up Guys (2013)
|
"Pacino, Walken, and Arkin show their vitality and know-how in the face of their mortality and the pure joy of performing in the knowledge that they are better than ever. "
|
Nell Minow
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14%
|
Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013)
|
"Cheeky anachronisms, some rocking fight scenes, and a brief running time so that it's over before you get tired of it."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
79%
|
Quartet (2013)
|
"There is something splendid about seeing fine actors at the top of their game, still nailing it - in a movie about older performers, still nailing it. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
59%
|
The Last Stand (2013)
|
"Just like the escaped prisoner episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" where the state police think that the local law enforcement are a bunch of rubes, but with lots of guns."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
30%
|
Broken City (2013)
|
"It's too bad to see top talent slumming in an underwritten, under-thought, under-whelming piece of multiplex fodder."
|
Nell Minow
|
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51%
|
Promised Land (2013)
|
"Smart, sincere, and timely, with thoughtful, intelligent performances by everyone, until it goes completely off the rails at the end."
|
Nell Minow
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18%
|
Parental Guidance (2012)
|
"Shtick-y and utterly synthetic"
|
Nell Minow
|
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012)
|
"Pure cinematic testosterone and filled with saucy variations on dozens of other films."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
69%
|
Les Misérables (2012)
|
"having the actors sing their parts while they were filming...gives the music a welcome organic quality and immediacy."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012)
|
"Robert Duvall brings a delicious zest to his scenes that almost make us forget that this is a movie in which a man is asked to bite off his own fingers."
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Nell Minow
|
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52%
|
This is 40 (2012)
|
"Asks us to care about the concerns of people who obsess about the most superficial and selfish problems, with no sense at all of how shallow and unappealing they are."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
38%
|
The Guilt Trip (2012)
|
"There's a reason Rogen's best work in film has been providing voices for animated characters. He only has two looks, a squinchy pained look and a dull confused look. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
38%
|
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
|
"Murray gives a beautifully subtle, complex and fully immersed performance as the President whose paralysis gave him a deeper understanding and sense of purpose. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
|
"Jackson himself seems to miss the forest of the story for the literal trees."
|
Nell Minow
|
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012)
|
"We get it, we get it, the real crooks are on Wall Street and in Washington. Balletic blood spatters juxtaposed with songs are ironic. Or something like that. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
13%
|
Red Dawn (2012)
|
"MGM looked at the original formula and decided that if it was going to upgrade just one ingredient, it would be the quality of the explosions. "
|
Nell Minow
|
|
74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
|
"Visually rich but cluttered."
|
Nell Minow
|
72%
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