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38%
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Lockout (Unrated) (2012)
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"So it's the future. And the President's daughter is being held hostage in an outer space prison. And the only guy brave/tough/smartass enough to go get her just happens to be the ex-government agent who might be a murderer. "
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Joanna Langfield
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92%
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The Cabin in the Woods (2012)
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"A post-Scream scream, this genre puzzle rearranges the pieces to create quite the hoot."
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Joanna Langfield
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75%
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Damsels in Distress (2012)
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"Whit Stillman's college coeds don't look as if they are distressed at all, as this sneaky little comedy begins. "
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Joanna Langfield
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26%
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Wrath of the Titans (2012)
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"The biggest surprise of this mythical swashbuckler is how downright dull it is. Wrath is supposed to be emotional, right? And Titans? Shouldn't they at least be compelling?"
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Joanna Langfield
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53%
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Safe House (2012)
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"A "February" script with a "December" cast, this predictable thriller still manages to get the pulse to race once in a while."
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Joanna Langfield
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79%
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The Grey (2012)
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"Joe Carnahan's poetically virile Alaskan survival tale offers up some of the most unpleasant moments you can spend at the movies. I guess that's the point."
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Joanna Langfield
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34%
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Joyful Noise (2012)
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"Don't let all that corn-shucking gosh-darn-it stuff fool you: this is one canny movie."
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Joanna Langfield
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77%
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War Horse (2011)
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"Steven Spielberg's epic drama is technically superb and clearly heartfelt. It is also, I'm sad to say, an odd mix that sometimes soars, sometimes, doesn't."
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Joanna Langfield
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86%
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
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"By focusing on the strongest part of the best selling novels, David Fincher and Steve Zallian have delivered a stylish, mesmerizing thriller. "
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Joanna Langfield
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93%
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Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
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"If Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy was too cerebral for you, this movie should make you very happy. "
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Joanna Langfield
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60%
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Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
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"This is a mass appeal movie that actually appeals. Jolly good."
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Joanna Langfield
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12%
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I Melt with You (2011)
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"I don't know who was more miserable: the characters in this movie or me, watching them."
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Joanna Langfield
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83%
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
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"Each scene in this wonderfully mounted production is so near perfect, Tomas Alfredson's adaptation of John LeCarre's classic Cold War espionage novel can almost be forgiven for not tieing it all together as well."
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Joanna Langfield
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98%
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The Artist (2011)
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"This is a movie that sweeps over you like a warm breeze with a self-assured artistry as undeniable as it's soulful lessons of love."
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Joanna Langfield
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78%
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
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"David Cronenberg's take on the relationship between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jungis not just a fascinating look back at the developments of psychotherapy, but very much a remarkable love story, one between two men and the woman who drove them apart."
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Joanna Langfield
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89%
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The Descendants (2011)
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"This movie had me the minute George Clooney, as the responsible but not particularly engaged Matt King, describes himself as the "backup parent". "
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Joanna Langfield
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44%
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J. Edgar (2011)
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"This is an awfully polite movie about a man who was anything but."
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Joanna Langfield
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69%
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Tower Heist (2011)
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"Silly and well intentioned, this comic action flick feels like a big overstuffed buffet...boasting a few hearty treats and bloated with a bunch of excessive other stuff."
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Joanna Langfield
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85%
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The Ides of March (2011)
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"Ironic: this is a movie about politics that, like most politicians, promises far more than it ever delivers. "
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Joanna Langfield
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93%
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50/50 (2011)
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"Unsentimental, smart and funny, this dramatic comedy is the best film about illness I've ever seen. "
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Joanna Langfield
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95%
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Moneyball (2011)
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"Like Billy Beane's 2002 Oakland A's, this movie may not be a total winner, but it sure offers up a lot of memorable thrills."
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Joanna Langfield
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17%
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I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)
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"Do you have to be a married, working mom to really appreciate this one? Well, to be fair (one of the basic themes of this comedy), it's not going to hurt. "
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Joanna Langfield
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93%
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Drive (2011)
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"It is with the utmost respect I compare Nicolas Winding Refn's Drive to some of the seminal movies of the 1970's...because Drive is as heartpoundingly good as it is slim, stark and hard to shake."
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Joanna Langfield
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85%
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Contagion (2011)
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"Chilly, but not chilling, Steven Soderbergh's story of a worldwide pandemic is oddly antiseptic."
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Joanna Langfield
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76%
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The Help (2011)
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"Well intentioned and likeable, I would have loved this one had its take on the women of 1960's Mississippi been a little less, pardon the expression, black and white."
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Joanna Langfield
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82%
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
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"This nonsensical tale, by tapping into our most basic emotions, delivers a science fiction movie that makes profound sense, especially right now."
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Joanna Langfield
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44%
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Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
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"Considering its pedigree, I was expecting (and hoping) for more, but, as it stands, the mash up of genres still entertains"
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Joanna Langfield
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78%
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Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)
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"I love this movie. Crazy, smart, loving and laugh out loud funny, this romantic comedy is the best of its kind not just for this, but for many recent years."
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Joanna Langfield
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96%
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
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"This, the final chapter, is a remarkable achievement: as piercingly true as it is astonishingly magical."
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Joanna Langfield
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21%
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Snow Flower And The Secret Fan (2011)
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"This clumsy adaptation of Lisa See's popular novel may not be the biggest problem Rupert Murdoch's got on his plate, but it sure isn't going to help things, either."
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Joanna Langfield
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70%
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Horrible Bosses (2011)
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"Would I have really enjoyed this trio-in-trouble comedy if I hadn't felt it was a force feed of the Hangover formula? "
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Joanna Langfield
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84%
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A Better Life (2011)
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"Chris Weitz's light touch has made this incredibly timely immigrant story especially profound. "
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Joanna Langfield
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26%
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Green Lantern (2011)
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"If, indeed, it is true there are only seven original stories in this world, surely the super-hero comic genre's got a corner on the market on one of them. Now, even the people behind the mounting of this same-old same-old seem kinda bored by it all."
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Joanna Langfield
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88%
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X-Men: First Class (2011)
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"Director Matthew Vaughn has shaken the cobwebs off the franchise and confidently delivered this prequel as a first class blockbuster."
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Joanna Langfield
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84%
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The Tree of Life (2011)
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"Ambitious and imperfect, stunning and overwhelming, profound and perplexing, Terrence Malick's mediation on human life and our place in the universe is one of the most arguably exciting movies to come along in years."
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Joanna Langfield
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34%
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
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"In this world of give-'em-what-they-want, the team behind the 2009 comedy hit has reconvened to try and do just that. Too bad it doesn't work."
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Joanna Langfield
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33%
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
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"I don't usually like to review a movie through the prism of its budget, but, after spending a reported $200 million, shouldn't this one be more of a wow?"
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Joanna Langfield
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75%
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Everything Must Go (2011)
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"This poignant indie has a lot going for it. Not only is there a finely wrought slice-of-life lesson here, but there's also a wonderful cast playing it out, lead by a surprisingly wonderful Will Ferrell."
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Joanna Langfield
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90%
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Bridesmaids (2011)
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"Thanks to Kristin Wiig, her writing partner Annie Mumolo, Judd Apatow and Paul Fieg, we've got a dandy femme-centric, outrageously funny and downright smart comedy that nails one of the most emotionally wrought feminine rites of passage. "
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Joanna Langfield
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61%
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The Beaver (2011)
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"Could it be that Foster, who has gone on the record as a loyal ally of Gibson's, made this small, poignant drama about depression and redemption as a gift of love to her friend?"
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Joanna Langfield
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15%
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Something Borrowed (2011)
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"How annoying is this movie? This watered down chick-flick gives not just chicks, but flicks a bad name."
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Joanna Langfield
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61%
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Water for Elephants (2011)
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"Is it damning praise to declare this adaptation a good old fashioned movie? Because director Francis Lawrence's version of the popular novel is good. And yes, it is old fashioned. And appropriately so."
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Joanna Langfield
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73%
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POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)
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"Delightfully entertaining and downright informative, Morgan Spurlock only loses control of his experiment in product placement when he turns his investigation inward, towards himself."
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Joanna Langfield
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55%
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The Conspirator (2011)
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"Solid and dare I say interesting, this historical drama packs a sneaky moral punch."
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Joanna Langfield
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26%
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Arthur (2011)
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"Why?"
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Joanna Langfield
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71%
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Hanna (2011)
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"Now THIS is kick-ass movie making! With snap and verve, Joe Wright has taken a traditional film genre and stood it on its ear."
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Joanna Langfield
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91%
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Source Code (2011)
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"A rare popcorn flick that serves up drama you can sink your teeth into, this one confidently opens as a thriller that's a cut above the rest."
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Joanna Langfield
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70%
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Limitless (2011)
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"Timing is everything and, in this case, the moral repercussions of this drug-crazed sci-fi-er ring are especially reprehensible."
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Joanna Langfield
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94%
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Win Win (2011)
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"If charm were enough, this slight but very sweet domestic comedy would knock it out of the park."
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Joanna Langfield
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73%
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The Adjustment Bureau (2011)
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"A romantic action thriller with Inception-like ambitions, this one, sadly, falls short."
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Joanna Langfield
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74%
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