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57%
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Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (in 3D) (2012)
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""Star Wars: Episode 1 -- The Phantom Menace" got dismissive reviews in 1999, and it deserves the same today. But you probably know that."
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John Anderson
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43%
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
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"Offers giant rocks clearly made of Styrofoam and Dwayne Johnson, who fits the same description."
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Rafer Guzman
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27%
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The Vow (2012)
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"Tatum is unusually expressive; Speedman, both hiss-worthy and sympathetic. But McAdams is the real draw."
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Joseph M. Amodio
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51%
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Safe House (2012)
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""Safe House" has just enough bone density to emit some satisfying cracks and pops whenever the action gets going."
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Rafer Guzman
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54%
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In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011)
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"It's a tough, clear-eyed look at a ghastly ethnic war, with an admirably wide perspective that affords compassion for both sides."
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Rafer Guzman
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72%
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Big Miracle (2012)
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""Big Miracle" might be subtitled, "How Hollywood Turned a Real Story Into Bogus Fiction.""
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Rafer Guzman
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64%
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The Woman in Black (2012)
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"A disappointing post-Potter debut from Radcliffe, barely breathing in this musty, creaky chiller."
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Rafer Guzman
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85%
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Chronicle (2012)
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"This very promising feature debut by director Josh Trank turns into one smart thriller, a parable of unchecked power, and an action film in which the action -- although seen through a viewfinder -- carries the viewer away."
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John Anderson
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77%
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The Grey (2012)
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"The film's conflicting tones never quite mesh, but some fine acting and powerful moments make "The Grey" watchable, if not entirely compelling."
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Rafer Guzman
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32%
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Man on a Ledge (2012)
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"A clumsily made thriller with very few thrills."
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Rafer Guzman
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99%
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A Separation (2011)
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"Asghar Farhadi's emotionally epic movie is not just a masterpiece dramatically, it is a movie dramatically of its moment."
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John Anderson
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53%
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Albert Nobbs (2012)
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"[A] funny, sorrowful, richly layered and tremendously moving film."
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Rafer Guzman
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68%
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Roadie (2012)
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"The hugely sympathetic Eldard ("Super 8") gives this slim movie a real, beating heart."
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Rafer Guzman
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36%
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Red Tails (2012)
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""Red Tails" has genuine admiration for the sacrifices and achievements made by the Tuskegee Airmen, but they deserve a better commemoration than this."
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Rafer Guzman
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48%
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Contraband (2012)
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"Everyone needs a little action now and then, right? Unfortunately, a little action is all you'll get."
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Rafer Guzman
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34%
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Joyful Noise (2012)
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"Whenever the characters open their mouths to sing, "Joyful Noise" rocks and swings with spirit to spare."
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Rafer Guzman
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71%
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Carnage (2011)
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"The astonishing Waltz steals the picture, possibly because he's the one with a rational perspective (despite his telephonic obsessiveness): He sees the whole exercise as pointless. Ultimately, so do we."
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John Anderson
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45%
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012)
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"Horn delivers a star turn as Oskar, a child trying to make sense of a tragedy that still baffles us all."
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Rafer Guzman
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79%
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The Sleeping Beauty (2011)
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Rafer Guzman
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63%
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We Bought a Zoo (2011)
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"The movie has animals, kids and fine acting from Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, but it lacks the emotional honesty and unpredictability that made Crowe's early films so irresistible."
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Rafer Guzman
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77%
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A Dangerous Method (2011)
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Rafer Guzman
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54%
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The Iron Lady (2012)
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"It isn't Streep's fault that The Iron Lady ends up feeling so uninvolving and oddly dour."
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Rafer Guzman
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76%
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War Horse (2011)
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"The material sometimes feels oversugared, though it's also guaranteed to raise a lump in your throat."
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Rafer Guzman
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96%
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 (2011)
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"Fiennes and Rickman get the actorly moments they've been building toward for so long, and the film is most fun when it sticks to mechanics: roller coaster rides, battle scenes, close calls."
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Rafer Guzman
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75%
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The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
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"A frenetic bonbon with an empty center, and a movie made without any perceivable audience outside of filmmakers besotted by their own innovative processes."
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John Anderson
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87%
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
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"It's stylish, if not exactly subtle, and daringly brutal for a Hollywood movie. It's also so uneven and overlong that it may leave non-fans wondering what all the fuss has been about."
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Rafer Guzman
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22%
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The Sitter (2011)
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"The Sitter seems to have a good heart, so why all the glib racism?"
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Rafer Guzman
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8%
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New Year's Eve (2011)
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"New Year's Eve is a perfect example of why the adjective "Hollywood" is so often used as a pejorative."
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Rafer Guzman
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9%
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Answers to Nothing (2011)
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"Nearly a dozen random themes and characters have been Scotch-taped together into a single mess."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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50%
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Sleeping Beauty (2011)
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"A fascinating, erotically charged mystery."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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45%
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Another Happy Day (2011)
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"Levinson piles on the anguish with such abandon he never convinces you that these people would ever speak to each other, much less live under the same roof."
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John Anderson
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0%
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Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star (2011)
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"Icky and repellent in ways it probably did not intend."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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64%
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (2011)
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Rafer Guzman
|
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78%
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Melancholia (2011)
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"Melancholia will haunt you for days, maybe weeks."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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94%
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Hugo (2011)
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"Although it brings Scorsese together with people and techniques he hasn't worked with before, it also touches on themes close to his heart: the birth of cinema, and its preservation."
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John Anderson
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92%
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
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"The results are not only funny and fresh, but represent a new way of tackling the whole yuletide paradigm: Santa as a high-tech hereditary monarchy."
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John Anderson
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96%
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The Muppets (2011)
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"It's nice to see the band back together. And when Kermit busts out the banjo for "Rainbow Connection," you might even go for your lighter."
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Rafer Guzman
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25%
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Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 (2011)
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"What remains is the total conviction that the ludicrous scenes are dead serious and fiercely meaningful. The result is not quite a laugh a minute, but close."
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Rafer Guzman
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73%
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The Whistleblower (2011)
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"Director Larysa Kondracki's debut film is unsparing in its portrayal of sexual trafficking in a supposedly civilized world. But it's valiant, too -- especially regarding Rachel Weisz's performance as reluctant crusader Kathryn Bolkovac."
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John Anderson
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76%
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The Help (2011)
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"The Help brings a chick-flick sensibility to a serious subject, which is more daring than it might sound. It's also incredibly refreshing."
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Rafer Guzman
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79%
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Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
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"A star-spangled superhero from the Norman Rockwell era, Captain America might seem ill-prepared to do battle at the modern box-office... But never underestimate the power of old-fashioned corn."
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Rafer Guzman
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39%
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Cars 2 (2011)
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"It's an example of what a sequel should, or at least can, be."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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87%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011)
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"The first such film since 2008's The Dark Knight that has something on its mind other than lavish effects and high decibels."
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Rafer Guzman
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56%
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The Conspirator (2011)
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"A bracing courtroom drama whose every scene seems wreathed in mist, dust motes and cigar smoke, the better to suggest a nation befogged by grief."
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John Anderson
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26%
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Your Highness (2011)
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"Dudes, we get it."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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60%
|
The Joneses (2010)
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"The Joneses starts with a great pitch but ultimately fails to close the deal."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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91%
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire (2009)
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10%
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Season of the Witch (2011)
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"Director Dominic Sena sets a quick pace; the dull moments are brightened by the unexpectedly likable team of Cage and Perlman."
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Rafer Guzman
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85%
|
Jane Eyre (2011)
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"If the motion-picture industry had existed in 1847, the year Charlotte Brontė's novel appeared, it might have produced an adaptation much like this one."
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Rafer Guzman
|
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84%
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The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
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"It's really just a solid courtroom drama, but these days moviegoers should take what they can get."
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Rafer Guzman
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