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Rating Title | Year Quote Author
42%

Black Rock (2013)

"This is a lean and mean variation on a familiar theme, tense throughout, with some terrific performances."

Richard Roeper

86%

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

"A solid but unspectacular effort that sets the stage for the next chapters."

Richard Roeper

50%

The Great Gatsby (2013)

"The best attempt yet to capture the essence of the novel. "

Richard Roeper

51%

At Any Price (2013)

"It's one of the weirdest movies I've ever seen, and not in a particularly good way."

Richard Roeper

54%

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)

"Deliberately ambiguous, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" provides just enough answers while leaving us with more than enough questions."

Richard Roeper

78%

Iron Man 3 (2013)

"'Iron Man 3 is one of the best entries in this modern golden age of superhero movies."

Richard Roeper

8%

The Big Wedding (2013)

"Looks great, some terrific ingredients, but when you slice it up, what a disappointment."

Richard Roeper

24%

Arthur Newman (2013)

"An offbeat, sometimes self-congratulatory road movie romance."

Richard Roeper

46%

Pain & Gain (2013)

"Kudos to Bay and his screenwriters for making sure we're laughing at them, not with them."

Richard Roeper

42%

To The Wonder (2013)

"We should not be exiting a Terrence Malick movie with a shrug, but there it is."

Richard Roeper

55%

Oblivion (2013)

"This is the sci-fi movie equivalent of a pretty damn good cover band. "

Richard Roeper

67%

Disconnect (2013)

""There wasn't a moment during this movie when I was thinking about anything other than this movie""

Richard Roeper

77%

42 (2013)

""This is a competent but mostly unexceptional film about a most extraordinary man.""

Richard Roeper

55%

The Company You Keep (2013)

""It winds up being less than the sum of its parts.""

Richard Roeper

47%

Olympus Has Fallen (2013)

"'Olympus Has Fallen is just too much of a pale 'Die Hard' ripoff."

Richard Roeper

46%

Beautiful Creatures (2013)

"'Beautiful Creatures' is stylish, campy fun at times."

Richard Roeper

15%

A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)

"What a disappointment."

Richard Roeper

85%

Side Effects (2013)

"Steven Soderbergh is one of our best and most versatile directors."

Richard Roeper

20%

Identity Thief (2013)

""Identity Thief" is a cheap copy of much better comedies."

Richard Roeper

80%

Warm Bodies (2013)

"This is a bloody fresh twist on the zombie genre."

Richard Roeper

30%

Broken City (2013)

"If you're in the mood for some slick trash featuring great actors slumming it without phoning it in, "Broken City" is a crackling good time."

Richard Roeper

81%

The Impossible (2012)

"This is an unforgettable tribute to the determination of a very special family."

Richard Roeper

32%

Gangster Squad (2013)

"Gangster Squad" is a highly stylized, pulp-fiction period piece based on true events."

Richard Roeper

45%

On the Road (2012)

"Well-intentioned and well-made but self-indulgent exercise tries really hard but falls short."

Richard Roeper

51%

Promised Land (2013)

"This is a solid if at times too conventional tale of a classic moral conflict."

Richard Roeper

61%

Jack Reacher (2012)

"The dialogue is often unintentionally funny and Cruise's performance is all wrong."

Richard Roeper

38%

The Guilt Trip (2012)

"A breezy, funny and warm road-trip comedy."

Richard Roeper

52%

This is 40 (2012)

"At times "This is 40" is brutally funny and brutally honest. Just as often, it's painfully shrill and unpleasant. "

Richard Roeper

69%

Les Misérables (2012)

"This is an unforgettable movie going experience, sure to garner multiple Oscar nominations."

Richard Roeper

38%

Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)

"Hyde Park on the Hudson' is a forgettable historical footnote."

Richard Roeper

88%

Django Unchained (2012)

"Tarantino gives us an American Spaghetti Western that's a bloody good time from start to finish. "

Richard Roeper

65%

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

"There's no denying the majesty in Peter Jackson's visuals but he's taken a relatively slim children's book and stretched it beyond the limits."

Richard Roeper

93%

Zero Dark Thirty (2013)

"'Zero Dark Thirty' is the best movie of 2012."

Richard Roeper

4%

Playing for Keeps (2012)

"Smarmy. Dopey. Sloppy. Lazy. Creepy. Tone-deaf. Predictable. Embarrassing. Lousy."

Richard Roeper

75%

Killing Them Softly (2012)

"'Killing Them Softly' collapses under the crushing weight of the director's narcissism."

Richard Roeper

63%

Hitchcock (2012)

"Filmed with lots of style and a macabre sense of humor the master himself would have enjoyed."

Richard Roeper

74%

Rise of the Guardians (2012)

"Less-than-compelling storyline."

Richard Roeper

92%

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

"Just about everybody in the cast of David O. Russell's strange and disturbing and deeply romantic new film has the chance to act with a capital A."

Richard Roeper

88%

Life of Pi (2012)

"One of the most remarkable films in recent years."

Richard Roeper

48%

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)

"The fifth and final entry in the historically successful "Twilight" franchise is the most self-aware and in some ways the most entertaining."

Richard Roeper

89%

Lincoln (2012)

""A richly detailed interpretation of all the backroom deals, political horse- trading and compromises Lincoln and his allies had to make to put an end to slavery in America."

Richard Roeper

92%

Skyfall (2012)

"This is perhaps the most visually stunning Bond movie ever made. "

Richard Roeper

78%

Flight (2012)

"Denzel Washington gives one of his most nuanced and impressive performances. "

Richard Roeper

86%

Wreck-it Ralph (2012)

"'Wreck-It Ralph' combines a fresh idea with a true love for retro pop culture. It's hard not to love this movie."

Richard Roeper

67%

Cloud Atlas (2012)

"It's a polarizing, ambitious, sometimes beautiful and occasionally maddening epic. "

Richard Roeper

82%

Seven Psychopaths (2012)

"This is one of the best times I've had at the movies in years."

Richard Roeper

96%

Argo (2012)

"'Argo' is one of the best movies of the year."

Richard Roeper

21%

Taken 2 (2012)

"A sloppy, lazy, unintentionally laughable sequel. "

Richard Roeper

81%

Pitch Perfect (2012)

"This is one of the strangest and also one of the more entertaining movies of the year."

Richard Roeper

87%

Frankenweenie (2012)

""Frankenweenie" is a chill-inducing delight."

Richard Roeper

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