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13%
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Safe Haven (2013)
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"Expect to gag early and often, and consider breaking up with anyone who forces you to sit through this. "
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Phil Villarreal
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61%
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Jack Reacher (2012)
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"Cruise does his best to keep a straight face and make himself halfway believable as a brainy roughhouser - think of a less intense Jason Bourne - but ridiculous plotting undermines his efforts."
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Phil Villarreal
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98%
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
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"The Looney Tunes-Disney crossover still stands as the best blending of live action and animation. "
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Phil Villarreal
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13%
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Red Dawn (2012)
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"Chris Hemsworth continues his quest to try to become this generation's Patrick Swayze with this bizarre and unnecessary remake of the 1984 slice of Cold War paranoia."
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Phil Villarreal
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4%
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Playing for Keeps (2012)
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"Gerard Butler once again submits his man card to a brutal ritual sacrifice in pandering, mediocre romantic comedie. "
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Phil Villarreal
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95%
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A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
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"The first seven movies of the dreamy 1980s slasher series squeeze on to five discs, looking far better in HD than they did when you first saw them, peeking through a crack in your parents' bedroom door as they watched it on VHS."
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Phil Villarreal
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19%
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Lay the Favorite (2012)
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"Part invigorating gambling flick, part dull romantic comedy, the movie has trouble establishing a tone, but usually manages to entertain."
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Phil Villarreal
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27%
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21 And Over (2013)
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"The so-called comedy 21 & Over is offensive. Not because it's racist, sexist, homophobic and cruel, but because it's racist, sexist, homophobic and cruel in a dull, monotonous way. "
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Phil Villarreal
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90%
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Holy Motors (2012)
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"Beware of this one. It's one of those strange-for-the-sake-of-quirk slices of experimental nonsense that snooty critics fall all over themselves praising."
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Phil Villarreal
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86%
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The Master (2012)
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"Phoenix and Hoffman both put on clinics, and Anderson's story, though meandering, never stalls."
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Phil Villarreal
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58%
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Snitch (2013)
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"The incredibly moronic premise has no heft or momentum. Not a moment is believable and the whole thing just hurts. "
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Phil Villarreal
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55%
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Top Gun (1986)
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"The unashamedly goofy 1986 dogfighting classic flips on the afterburners to make yet another pass on Blu-ray, this time soaring into the third dimension. "
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Phil Villarreal
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33%
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Terminator Salvation (2009)
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"The previous Terminator Blu-ray looked pretty good, and it takes an eye trained better than mine to notice any relevant upgrade in this remastered cut of the 1984 sci-fi stalwart. "
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Phil Villarreal
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63%
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Sinister (2012)
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"Director Scott Derrickson's film never fails to impress."
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Phil Villarreal
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100%
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On the Waterfront (1954)
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"Criterion deliver a long-overdue tribute to Elia Kazan's astounding 1954 drama, which boasts one of moviedom's game-changing performances."
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Phil Villarreal
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26%
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Fun Size (2012)
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"Victoria Justice makes a rickety transition from Nickelodeon star to movie lead in this droll, Halloween-themed comedy."
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Phil Villarreal
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Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome (Unrated) ()
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"Impressive effects and an intriguing roundup of surely doomed characters lend color and heft to the production."
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Phil Villarreal
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5%
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Atlas Shrugged: Part II (2012)
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"The determined, if questionably talented, cast and crew of Ayn Rand devotees continue to hack their way through the lionized author's obtuse prose"
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Phil Villarreal
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96%
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Argo (2012)
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"Ben Affleck continues to thrust himself into the top echelon of directors."
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Phil Villarreal
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64%
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Anna Karenina (2012)
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"The meandering Russian tale of forbidden aristocratic love - Knightley's character spurns her stiff, high-ranking husband, played by Jude Law for military man Aaron Taylor-Johnson - fails to ignite. "
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Phil Villarreal
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15%
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A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
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"Willis is squint-eyed and angry throughout the movie, and not just because he's as old as he is, yet still feels the financial need to keep making these movies."
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Phil Villarreal
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92%
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Skyfall (2012)
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"I lump this head-scratchingly beloved Bond flick along with The Dark Knight Rises as the most inexplicably overrated movies of 2012."
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Phil Villarreal
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6%
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Silent Hill: Revelation (2012)
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"This wretched sequel embarrasses the franchise by dispensing with the tenuous hold on logic by the previous movie and increasingly nonsensical game series."
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Phil Villarreal
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94%
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The Sessions (2012)
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"Sure, it may be Cinemax-style soft-core porn lightly disguised as inspirational drama, but there's plenty of film-snob value here"
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Phil Villarreal
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85%
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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"The lauded teen coming-of-age drama lost me in the third act, which takes an unneccessary twist that muddies up what was previously a moving and relatable tale."
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Phil Villarreal
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87%
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Bully (2012)
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"The raw and devastating footage serves as a sorely needed wake-up call to tear the lid off one of society's closeted cancers. "
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Phil Villarreal
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31%
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A Star is Born (1976)
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"The slow-burn melodramatic love story takes a while to get where it's going, but Streisand's star power is in full effect and Kristofferson is deliciously bitter enough to keep things watchable."
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Phil Villarreal
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75%
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Peter Pan (1953)
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"Much like Dumbo, the film still suffers from a slew of embarrassingly racist moments in the midsection. "
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Phil Villarreal
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39%
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Here Comes the Boom (2012)
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"It's a wonder that the insultingly awful story is somehow watchable."
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Phil Villarreal
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78%
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Flight (2012)
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"Denzel Washington tosses another remarkable performance onto the pile, playing an alcoholic pilot who improbably navigates his rickety aircraft to safety amid a terrible storm. "
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Phil Villarreal
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70%
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Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)
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"Jones seens a bit too old for Samberg, and the role, but the chemistry they conjure is convincing."
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Phil Villarreal
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12%
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Alex Cross (2012)
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"Director Rob Cohen does what he can to liven up the humorless take on a Lethal Weapon-like concept."
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Phil Villarreal
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47%
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Bullet to the Head (2013)
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"He's taken out restraining orders against gray hairs, wrinkles and flab. His muscles are probably the great-grandchildren of his 1970s muscles, who have all decided to stick around."
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Phil Villarreal
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The Dark Knight Returns: Part Two (2013)
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"The second volume is even more fascinating and fast-paced than the first, released in September. "
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Phil Villarreal
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43%
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Hotel Transylvania (2012)
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"I was disappointed that this one didn't snag a best animated film Oscar nomination, because it was my second favorite movie in the category last year, after Wreck it Ralph. "
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Phil Villarreal
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100%
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That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
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"Luis Bunuel's final film is also one of his finest efforts."
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Phil Villarreal
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56%
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For a Good Time, Call... (2012)
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"Taking the same concept as Two Broke Girls and taking it on all sorts of joyfully dirty tangents, the movie rarely fails to deliver the good time promised in the title. "
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Phil Villarreal
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85%
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End of Watch (2012)
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"The performances and chemistry of the lead and believable, improvised dialogue keep the drama grounded."
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Phil Villarreal
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93%
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
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"Allen's talent for witty screenwriting and note-perfect observational touch are in full force, and his stunning cast never fails to mesmerize."
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Phil Villarreal
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92%
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Farewell, My Queen (2012)
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"Diane Kruger shows the youthful monarch quickly evolve from a sheltered, near-oblivious untouchable to a marked woman whose life and institution are crumbling at her feet."
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Phil Villarreal
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43%
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To Rome with Love (2012)
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"The jokes are hit and miss, but overall the movie is a marginally enjoyable romp."
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Phil Villarreal
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21%
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Taken 2 (2012)
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"The proceedings don't flow with the raw urgency of the first film, taking on the forced tone of a Die Hard sequel. "
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Phil Villarreal
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32%
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Gangster Squad (2013)
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"Count me among those who bail. Gangster Squad may be a poor movie, but it's a top-a-the-heap gangsta pitcha."
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Phil Villarreal
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87%
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Frankenweenie (2012)
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"The heedlessly macabre tone treats its audience with respect without slavishly condescending to kiddos for easy chuckles, and the visual style is elegant and haunting."
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Phil Villarreal
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48%
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Hit & Run (2012)
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"A pointless and humor-free affair."
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Phil Villarreal
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63%
|
Game Change (2013)
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"Moore captures Palin's magnetic appeal, as well as her eager overconfidence and cut-throat backroom demeanor. "
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Phil Villarreal
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78%
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Dredd (2012)
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"The action is crisp and entrancing, while the dialogue is as good as you could hope for in something like this, stopping short of embarrassing the actors."
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Phil Villarreal
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81%
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The Impossible (2012)
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"It's nearly impossible to do better than buying a ticket to The Impossible."
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Phil Villarreal
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93%
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Looper (2012)
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"Joseph Gordon-Levitt continues to prove to be one of the best actors at selecting scripts."
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Phil Villarreal
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64%
|
Cosmopolis (2012)
|
"Director David Cronenberg keeps the claustrophobic story flowing at a rapid pace, and Pattinson shows genuine acting chops, carrying what amounts to something of a one-man show."
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Phil Villarreal
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78%
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