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Willamette Week

Rating Title | Year Quote Author
54%

The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)

"As Nair's film forgoes provocation for pandering, it assumes a tragic air, albeit not for the reasons she intended."

Curtis Woloschuk

55%

Oblivion (2013)

"Oblivion is too somber to cater in escapist thrills and too vacuous to offer emotional or intellectual engagement."

Curtis Woloschuk

15%

A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)

"It's a decent action flick, but change a few characters' names and it's barely recognizable as a Die Hard movie."

Michael Nordine

16%

A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III (2013)

"At once feeds into and deconstructs the Sheen persona; it also serves as a welcome reminder that, when he's not busy "winning" or having a public meltdown, the man is a charismatic onscreen presence."

Michael Nordine

40%

Parker (2013)

"Twenty years later, it turns out that Statham may be the last real action hero."

Michael Nordine

47%

Bullet to the Head (2013)

"Carried out with a sort of kinetic grace that betrays its makers' experience within the genre."

Michael Nordine

46%

The Comedy (2012)

"Champions what it appears to mock and indicts what it appears to glorify."

Michael Nordine

30%

Broken City (2013)

"Somewhat passable in spite of its familiarity."

Michael Nordine

19%

Texas Chainsaw (2013)

"An artless exercise, but also sporadically successful in its attempts to expand on the Leatherface mythos in a new-ish way."

Michael Nordine

88%

Starlet (2012)

"Either avoids or transcends nearly every cliché we've come to associate with American independent film."

Michael Nordine

90%

Keep the Lights On (2012)

"Small in frame but large in heart."

Michael Nordine

92%

Farewell, My Queen (2012)

"By the time Seydoux realizes what's in store for her and her queen, we're almost as surprised as she is. "

Michael Nordine

69%

A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (2011)

"4 out of 5 reindeers prefer this sequel to #2. As rude and wild as expected, frankly it's surprising that the filmmakers didn't go in for 3D chests and nuts roasting on an open fire."

Kimberly Gadette

36%

One Day (2011)

"The movie lumbers from one insufferable moment after another. But at least the title's accurate: it seems like you're sitting there for 24 hours."

Kimberly Gadette

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