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88%
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Behind the Candelabra ()
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"It's rare that I hate an HBO movie, but it's been a long time since I loved one. Until now. "
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Alan Sepinwall
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71%
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Heli ()
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"Heli executes its shocks with sleek, gasp-inducing effectiveness, but neither it politics, nor its shifts in physical perspective, ever surprise or disorientate us."
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Guy Lodge
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100%
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The Congress ()
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"There's something exhilarating -- mesmerizing, even -- about The Congress's most ludicrous flourishes."
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Guy Lodge
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100%
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Le passé (The Past) (2013)
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"The Past further showcases Farhadi's dexterity as a dramatist of uncommon perspicacity and fairness."
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Guy Lodge
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L'inconnu du lac (Stranger by the Lake) ()
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"Hot and cold and provocative in more than just the expected ways, Stranger by the Lake presents even the most dishonest sex as an honest thrill."
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Guy Lodge
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57%
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Jimmy P. ()
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"[Desplechin has] come a cropper in this lethargic, self-important psychiatry study, which he himself seems to have directed from the couch."
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Guy Lodge
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90%
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Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
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"A wise, wintry ode to artistry lost, found and placed in storage."
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Guy Lodge
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44%
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As I Lay Dying ()
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"As interpretation, it's timid at best, taking the emotional accents of its irony-strewn, often bitterly funny source very much at face value."
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Guy Lodge
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88%
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Behind the Candelabra ()
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"As well as a touching and tough-minded love story, Behind the Candelabra is a sympathetic study of a man defiantly resisting his own significance."
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Guy Lodge
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63%
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Nebraska (2013)
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"Payne can't seem to decide if he's coddling these old-school Midwesterners for their rudely rustic values or sneering at the sheer narrowness of their worldview."
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Guy Lodge
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21%
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The Hangover Part III (2013)
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"... while it may not recapture the exact same giddy thrill as the first film, this film manages to clarify what the overall story of the trilogy is in a way that I found satisfying and quite fitting."
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Drew McWeeny
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92%
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We Are What We Are ()
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"The film is stunningly beautiful, and Ryan Samul's work here as cinematographer is impressive and overwhelming throughout."
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Drew McWeeny
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55%
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The Bling Ring (2013)
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"[D]ispassionately subversive and quietly modern, The Bling Ring may well be a morality tale with no moral."
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Guy Lodge
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72%
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Fast & Furious 6 (2013)
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"It's improbable, to say the least, but it is absolutely beautifully staged, and Lin milks every bit of tension possible out of every beat."
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Drew McWeeny
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50%
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
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"It's as if every bit of creativity dried up the moment the deal was signed. Yes, this is exactly what I would expect a Baz Luhrmann 'Gatsby' would look like, but is that enough?"
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Drew McWeeny
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87%
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
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"A pretty relentless piece of summer entertainment, anchored by what I consider one of the most exciting movie star performances in recent memory."
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Drew McWeeny
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"The film suggests they are still just starting to figure out what to do with this character, and I sincerely hope that the final credit of the film, 'Tony Stark Will Return,' is not just an empty promise."
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Drew McWeeny
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46%
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Pain & Gain (2013)
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"... loud and brutal and sometimes quite stupid, it is wildly funny even in its darkest moments, and by my calculations, that makes this a genuine, no apologies surprise from Bay."
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Drew McWeeny
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47%
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The Lords of Salem (2013)
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"If Rob Zombie is going to continue to evolve and pursue original visions moving forward, then he may well become the sort of filmmaker whose work is so important to him..."
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Drew McWeeny
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55%
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Oblivion (2013)
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"'Oblivion' may not be a complete redemption, but it is loaded with promise. "
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Drew McWeeny
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42%
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To The Wonder (2013)
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"Maybe I've been hanging out with the wrong women my whole life, but I don't know anyone who spins this much. Instructors in spin classes don't spin this much."
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Drew McWeeny
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77%
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42 (2013)
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"If you want to see a completely by-the-numbers Hollywood biopic that indulges a sort of surface-level myth-making, "42" is that film, and I suspect that's exactly the film they set out to make."
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Drew McWeeny
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88%
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Upstream Color (2013)
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"... a tremendous return by a gifted filmmaker, and one of the real highlights of this year's Sundance Film Festival."
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Drew McWeeny
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62%
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Evil Dead (2013)
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"... if you're looking for a film that works both thematically and viscerally, 'Evil Dead' comes up a little short, and in ways that left me frustrated just as much as I was entertained. "
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Drew McWeeny
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68%
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Trance (2013)
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"... the best film about the role memory plays in our lives since "Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind"..."
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Drew McWeeny
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
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"This movie is breathless in all the right ways, and I think audiences will have fun with it."
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Drew McWeeny
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92%
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Top of the Lake (2013)
|
"This is an absolute: Top of the Lake is great."
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Alan Sepinwall
|
|
59%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
|
"... it is every inch a Sam Raimi film... and it is a genuine delight. It is 'Oz' deep down in its bones... "
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Drew McWeeny
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37%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
|
"... 'Wonderstone' ends up being an uneven experience, a movie that never quite clicks on a narrative level even as it offers up some sporadic laughs from a talented cast. "
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Drew McWeeny
|
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
|
"Even taken at face value as a stand-alone film, unconnected to a franchise, A Good Day To Die Hard just plain doesn't work."
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Drew McWeeny
|
|
80%
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Warm Bodies (2013)
|
"... 'Warm Bodies' may be the best film adapted from this current batch of young adult material that Hollywood is desperate to get right..."
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Drew McWeeny
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|
100%
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Sound City (2013)
|
"It's a mismanaged balancing act (hey, sort of like having a band!), but it's an entertaining flick and rocking rock history nonetheless. "
|
|
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100%
|
The Kings of Summer (2013)
|
"It's an original, and a real gem."
|
Drew McWeeny
|
|
65%
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The Campaign (2012)
|
|
Drew McWeeny
|
|
91%
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Page Eight ()
|
|
Alan Sepinwall
|
|
——
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Bento Monogatari ()
|
|
Alan Sepinwall
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82%
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Sightseers (2013)
|
"Ben Wheatley has quietly turned into one of the most interesting voices in English film right now."
|
Drew McWeeny
|
|
91%
|
Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
|
|
Alan Sepinwall
|
|
100%
|
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (2013)
|
"There's something alluringly, disconcertingly off-kilter from the get-go in Ain't Them Bodies Saints."
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Guy Lodge
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66%
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Mama (2013)
|
"... there is a sadness that ultimately defines who or what 'Mama' really is, and that seems more important than the scares. "
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Drew McWeeny
|
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59%
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The Last Stand (2013)
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"Arnold is, as he promised, back, and it turns out that is good news indeed."
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Drew McWeeny
|
|
61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012)
|
"Cruise may not be the same size as the Reacher of the novels, but this is every bit as entertaining as any fan of the character could hope."
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Drew McWeeny
|
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88%
|
Django Unchained (2012)
|
"Django Unchained is Blazing Saddles with a body count, a positively incendiary entertainment about America's greatest shame, the personal and social toll of slavery... "
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Drew McWeeny
|
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69%
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Les Misérables (2012)
|
"When it all comes down to the singing, the communication of these grand, sweeping passions in song, 'Les Miserables' connects and connects and connects again, and on that level, it has to be called a triumph."
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Drew McWeeny
|
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65%
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
|
"For now, 'The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey' is a good start, but with the expectations resting on the film, is good going to be good enough? "
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Drew McWeeny
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50%
|
Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning (2012)
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"If you want a few well-done fights and you like Adkins, I can't completely recommend against it."
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Drew McWeeny
|
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52%
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This is 40 (2012)
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"Apatow's got a gift for writing every character in the film deeper than expected, and his supporting cast really gets a chance to shine."
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Drew McWeeny
|
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93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
|
"It has an integrity to it that is bracing and adult, and it manages to deliver a major visceral experience without ever once bending to Hollywood convention."
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Drew McWeeny
|
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63%
|
Hitchcock (2012)
|
"I liked 'Anvil' so much that I've been curious to see what [director Sacha Gervasi] could do with a great script. And now, the wait continues. "
|
Drew McWeeny
|
|
88%
|
Life of Pi (2012)
|
"... I found it to be a heart-breaking experience to see this much good work used in service of a story that is, ultimately, nothing but empty calories, a spiritual shell game."
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Drew McWeeny
|
72%
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