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47%
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The Great Gatsby (2013)
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"On paper "Gatsby" sounds like quite the film. On screen, though, things start to fall apart."
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Kenneth Turan
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91%
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Scandal (1989)
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"The film holds because of the brilliance of Hurt and the fascination of Whalley-Kilmer, as well as the sly, tongue-in-cheek viciousness of Bridget Fonda's Mandy Rice-Davies."
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Sheila Benson
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46%
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Agnes of God (2002)
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"While Agnes of God has been considerably opened up, it is actually muddled in its transfer from stage to screen."
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Kevin Thomas
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82%
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Wish You Were Here (Too Much) (1987)
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"Wish You Were Here may always be thought of as the movie that first gave us Emily Lloyd. Or as David Leland's first directing achievement."
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Sheila Benson
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70%
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In Country (1989)
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"There's a decency about this movie that's almost palpable. It's not trying to pump us up with false jingoism or the sins of the past. Jewison, a Canadian, probably approaches the entire subject with a mediatory mood."
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Michael Wilmington
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97%
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Groundhog Day (1993)
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"Groundhog Day may not be the funniest collaboration between Bill Murray and director Harold Ramis... Yet this gentle, small-scale effort is easily the most endearing film of both men's careers, a sweet and amusing surprise package."
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Kenneth Turan
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98%
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One False Move (1992)
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"For most of the way, One False Move is taut and sure-footed."
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Peter Rainer
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59%
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Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me (1992)
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"At its best, it's a dream within a dream, a nightmare in endlessly reflecting pop mirrors, a screen full of TV-movie sex and horror kitsch blowing up right in our faces."
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Michael Wilmington
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81%
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Something in the Air (2013)
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"In creating a mashup of a Paris rocked by political storms and a young man in just as much turmoil, the director has given us a glimpse of an imperfect moment and an imperfect life in a slightly imperfect but wonderful film."
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Betsy Sharkey
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57%
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Kiss Of The Damned (2013)
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"The confident, female-driven sensuality of "Kiss of the Damned" anchors this handsome nonsense."
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Amy Nicholson
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77%
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André Gregory: Before and After Dinner (2013)
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"Watching "André Gregory: Before and After Dinner" often feels like visiting with an elegant, genial, slightly mystifying old friend."
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Gary Goldstein
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44%
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Midnight's Children (2013)
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"A pretty but staidly linear epic drained of the novel's larkish, metaphorical sweep, and a collection of multi-generational love stories lacking their originally eccentric, fizzy charm."
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Robert Abele
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62%
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Paradise: Love (2013)
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"The whole affair curdles into a feeling of unearned, defensive superiority."
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Mark Olsen
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42%
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Paris Manhattan (2013)
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"Siphons off bits of "Play It Again, Sam," "Hannah and Her Sisters" and "Manhattan Murder Mystery" in its underwhelming tale of a thirtysomething Parisian's search for Mr. Right."
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Sheri Linden
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0%
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Generation Um... (2013)
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"Neither the film, nor the film within the film, hold our attention. Bummer, Keanu."
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Amy Nicholson
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75%
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Love Is All You Need (2013)
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"A lovely little lark with a good head on its shoulders."
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Betsy Sharkey
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67%
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The Iceman (2013)
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""The Iceman's" problem rests instead with the script, which the director wrote with Morgan Land, his collaborator on the "Rx" screenplay. It never gets underneath Kuklinski's skin in a way that illuminates the psychosis."
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Betsy Sharkey
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"By even posing questions of identity, the film creates the kind of jeopardy we can believe in, and for a superhero movie, that is an accomplishment in and of itself."
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Kenneth Turan
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47%
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Scatter My Ashes At Bergdorf's (2013)
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"Though partly funded by one of the descendants of the store's founder, director Matthew Miele has made a lively, clever, fast-moving film that isn't overly reverential about its subject."
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Kenneth Turan
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18%
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Aroused (2013)
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"For a film that purports to go beyond the surface and uncover the "true essence" of adult film stars, "Aroused" spends a lot of time admiring the surface."
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Sheri Linden
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33%
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Tai Chi Hero (2013)
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"There's less of the hyperventilated genre-pinging (video games, manga, comic books) from the first film. But there's still a nagging, cartoonish emptiness ..."
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Robert Abele
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54%
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Here and There (2013)
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"Esparza's cast of unknowns is so fresh and raw that the drama could be mistaken for a documentary if the camera work weren't so controlled ..."
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Amy Nicholson
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|
——
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War on Whistleblowers: Free Press and the National Security State (2013)
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"At under an hour, the film, which also touches on White House-driven leaks for political gain, can't help but feel a bit incomplete."
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Gary Goldstein
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33%
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The Numbers Station (2013)
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"A predictable hodgepodge of uninteresting psychological cat-and-mouse, dimly lighted action filmed by director Kasper Barfoed in standard-operating shaky-cam ..."
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Robert Abele
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|
——
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The Crumbles (2013)
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"The modest rhythms of small-time dreamers work in Boch's favor, when augmented by his elegant framing and affectionate location shooting among the L.A. neighborhood's sloping streets and hill-perched hipster enclaves."
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Robert Abele
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83%
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Graceland (2013)
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"A tense, twisty cinematic artichoke brimming with moral complexity and intriguing shades of gray."
|
Gary Goldstein
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|
98%
|
Mud (2013)
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"One of the most creatively rich and emotionally rewarding movies to come along this year."
|
Betsy Sharkey
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8%
|
The Big Wedding (2013)
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"Like many big weddings - a lot of things go wrong and not much goes right."
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Betsy Sharkey
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46%
|
Pain & Gain (2013)
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"It makes for some stupid/slap-shtick fun of the Stooges variety -- that is, if Larry, Curly and Moe had been hunky gym rats engaged in illegal activity. "
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Betsy Sharkey
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76%
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Kon Tiki (2013)
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""Kon-Tiki" is a ripping yarn torn from yesterday's headlines."
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Kenneth Turan
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24%
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Arthur Newman (2013)
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"The promise it begins with doesn't pay off. And while "Arthur Newman" is not a complete disaster, it does leave you wishing the romance and the ride had been a whole lot smoother."
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Betsy Sharkey
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53%
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The Reluctant Fundamentalist (2013)
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"If there ever was a time to see "The Reluctant Fundamentalist," that time is here and now."
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Kenneth Turan
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58%
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At Any Price (2013)
|
"With its fine eye for detail, At Any Price is also a complicated and revelatory look at the intersection of country folk and corporate might."
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Sheri Linden
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64%
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Antiviral (2013)
|
"If Cronenberg's not yet a dead ringer for his iconic dad, he's taken an intriguing first step."
|
Gary Goldstein
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50%
|
Bert Stern: Original Madman (2013)
|
"If someone is that bored with their own life, it's not clear why we should bother listening in, no matter what they've accomplished."
|
Kenneth Turan
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14%
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Oconomowoc (2013)
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"Writer-director Andy Gillies' shaggy underachiever alternates between the pointless and the elliptical as the movie sputters out its nominal story ..."
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Gary Goldstein
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73%
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Violeta Went to Heaven (2013)
|
"With its clarity and depth, Gavilan's singing is as good as her acting."
|
Sheri Linden
|
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45%
|
Filly Brown (2013)
|
"Almost despite our will, the cast keeps us invested in Filly's furious resurrection."
|
Amy Nicholson
|
|
56%
|
Oblivion (2013)
|
"More adventurous than your typical Hollywood tent pole, "Oblivion" makes you remember why science fiction movies pulled you in way back when and didn't let you go."
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Kenneth Turan
|
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50%
|
Home Run (2013)
|
"Almost from the beginning the message overwhelms the medium."
|
Betsy Sharkey
|
|
57%
|
Unmade In China (2013)
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"It's a cautionary tale of sorts, but the story is so strange it is often not clear exactly what it's cautioning us against."
|
Kenneth Turan
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87%
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In the House (2013)
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"The final scene is so open-ended that like Germain, you won't want the story to end."
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Betsy Sharkey
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——
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Pawn (2013)
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""Pawn's" cops and robbers game could have been far better played."
|
Betsy Sharkey
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100%
|
The Revolutionary Optimists (2013)
|
"A vital snapshot of developing world struggles and possibilities."
|
Gary Goldstein
|
|
100%
|
Stolen Seas (2013)
|
"What really elevates the film ... is the crucial context that Payne provides to explain - but not justify - the pirates' actions."
|
Glenn Whipp
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47%
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The Lords of Salem (2013)
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""The Lords of Salem" will make you feel bad. But it's supposed to."
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Mark Olsen
|
|
——
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Three Days (Three Days of Hamlet) ()
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"The result is high school English crossed with "Waiting for Guffman," though the humor is largely accidental."
|
Amy Nicholson
|
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4%
|
Scary Movie 5 (2013)
|
"For the art-house crowd, who may, I suppose, stumble drunk into the wrong theater after too much Chardonnay, there are nods to Black Swan and 127 Hours."
|
Amy Nicholson
|
|
77%
|
The Mask (1994)
|
"Not only is he adept at physical humor, the kind of knockabout stuff that recalls the classic silent clowns, but Carrey also has a bright and likable screen presence, a lost puppy quality that is surprisingly endearing."
|
Kenneth Turan
|
|
45%
|
Leonie (2013)
|
"As a portrait of female strength and a celebration of the artistic spirit, "Leonie" too seldom comes fully alive."
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Sheri Linden
|
47%
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