|
52%
|
Safe House (2012)
|
"Ignore the CIA agent gone rouge-laded story. Director Daniel Espinosa delivers a tense, Bourne-style action thriller with bold city streets car chases and messy, bloody fights in hallways."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
85%
|
Chronicle (2012)
|
"Stands above the rest in the "found footage" genre. I want more."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
13%
|
W.E. (2012)
|
"Madonna's second feature film establishes her as a director, but her sticking to the official myth is laughable. It never bothers to answer the haunting question, "Why Wallis?""
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
32%
|
Man on a Ledge (2012)
|
"Puts you on the ledge."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
80%
|
Haywire (2012)
|
"The perfect heir to Ripley. Fassbender's scenes give the movie an alarming erotic jolt. You actually believe this woman can fight a man and win. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011)
|
"Fiennes' modern interpretation is absolutely brilliant. There is pronounced homoeroticism and mother-fixation."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
48%
|
Contraband (2012)
|
"Tense, high speed action but with terrible acting, especially Ribisi and J.K. Simmons. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
80%
|
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012)
|
""We're still blaming mothers." - Joyce Flint, Jeffrey Dahmer's mother."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
71%
|
Carnage (2011)
|
"A comedy? Lazy, tedious Polanski. It's all about putting on and taking off coats. Moviegoers will not rush out to the theater after seeing this."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
93%
|
Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
|
"Best line of 2011 delivered by Jeremy Renner: "That's it. Next time I get to seduce the rich guy." Why is MI4 so terrific? I screamed out in the theater: "The pants are gonna rip!""
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
45%
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012)
|
"I hated the kid."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
87%
|
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011)
|
"Fincher's Twilight-like Hollywood heroine is shy and moody. Not the venal, alternate lifestyle lesbian-punk hacker from the beloved book. Anybody else think Mara's sex scenes with Craig were done by a body double?"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
80%
|
Shame (2011)
|
"Sex and incest. Michael Fassbinder electrifies. Unfairly an NC-17 movie."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
43%
|
The Perfect Host (2011)
|
"Very clever and highly enjoyable. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
73%
|
Rampart (2012)
|
"Has Ellroy's stamp of living through and surviving decadence. Harrelson expresses a bounty of hostile and rage-filled emotions."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
78%
|
Melancholia (2011)
|
"To understand von Trier one must accept Gregory of Nazianzus's explanation of the ascetic doctrine as "the pleasure of no pleasure.""
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
90%
|
Martha Marcy May Marlene (2011)
|
"Olsen gives a riveting, challenging performance. A taut psychological thriller."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
44%
|
J. Edgar (2011)
|
"DiCaprio astonishes. It is a revelation. Eastwood directs another sad love story but leaves his hackneyed, over-used score behind."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
47%
|
Anonymous (2011)
|
"To accurately and intelligently follow ANONYMOUS, you need a copy of Burke's Peerage. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
50%
|
The Rum Diary (2011)
|
"Depp plays a real person but is just a sleepwalker in a meaningless dream. What happened to acting? How about an interesting story?"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
76%
|
The Machinist (2004)
|
"A brilliant, harrowing performance by Bale."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
75%
|
The Woman (2011)
|
"Feral woman meets a lawyer/monster."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
36%
|
The Thing (2011)
|
"It's a remake disguised as a prequel. A very good remake."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
39%
|
The Big Year (2011)
|
"What's next? A movie about people watching TV?"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
43%
|
Cracks (2011)
|
"The story twists beautifully and shockingly. The ending is brilliant. Skillfully directed by Jordan Scott."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
70%
|
Beautiful Boy (2011)
|
"The parents always know."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
29%
|
Machine Gun Preacher (2011)
|
"After watching MGP I forgive Butler his Hollywood rom-coms. Who knew an American could go to the Sudan, kill lots of rebels without any consequences, and become a living legend?"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
59%
|
Real Steel (2011)
|
"Just awful. Didn't I see this movie in 1987 starring Sylvester Stallone?"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
85%
|
The Ides of March (2011)
|
"Clooney triumphs as a director. The script is acid sharp and the cast perfect."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
25%
|
Killer Elite (2011)
|
"Jason Statham (or his stunt doubles) demolishes two men while duct-taped to a chair. The entire movie has that kind of action."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
——
|
To Paint or To Make Love (Peindre ou faire l'amour) (2005)
|
"A middle-aged couple ignite a firestorm of eroticism."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
67%
|
Hobo With a Shotgun (2011)
|
"It's a grindhouse mess but it stars Rutger Hauer!"
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
94%
|
Moneyball (2011)
|
"Brad Pitt makes me almost like baseball. He's endearing and insists on looking his character's age. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
42%
|
Straw Dogs (2011)
|
"Implausible, weak characters with wonky motivations, and a skinny chick who instigates the carnage."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
93%
|
Drive (2011)
|
"A silent psychopath with a heart of gold."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
84%
|
Contagion (2011)
|
"I didn't care about any of the characters, especially happy-go-lucky Patient Zero."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
12%
|
Seven Days In Utopia (2011)
|
"Disgruntled teen golfer meets the Yoda of golf. Learns how golf is a metaphor for Buddhism."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
76%
|
The Debt (2011)
|
"The twists are shocking and mesmerizing. A high wire, intelligent espionage thriller. It is one of the best movies of 2011."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
40%
|
Yellowbrickroad (2011)
|
"Clever and packed with smart characters."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
83%
|
Warrior (2011)
|
"O'Connor has established Hardy as a star and successor to a young, intense Marlon Brando. Hardy gives so much emotion and commitment to every character he plays, that he is a dazzling revelation."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
71%
|
The Future (2011)
|
"The writer/director/star is enchanted with herself. I hated the cat."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
83%
|
Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
|
"The motion-capture technology is fantastic. The reboot is worthy and I'm looking forward to a long franchise."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
79%
|
Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
|
"Rooted in reality and without the superhero tights, an impressive 3D success. The CGI transformation of Steve Rogers is fantastic. I worry that Stan Lee, through his Hickcock cameos, will appear in perpetuity in all Marvel movies."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
44%
|
Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
|
"...and Indians, peyote, a kid, a girl, and the dazzling masculine energy of Daniel Craig. Highly original and takes this summer's pride of place. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
92%
|
Incendies (2011)
|
"Enthralling and very disturbing. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
87%
|
Buck (2011)
|
"Astonishing and moving."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
34%
|
Larry Crowne (2011)
|
"Hanks sabotages his and Roberts careers with this lazy, stupid disaster. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
35%
|
Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
|
"The 3D is sensational. Michael Bay delivers on his promise to the fans. The rest of us? Bay doesn't care about us."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
27%
|
Green Lantern (2011)
|
"I burned off a weekend in Hell sitting through this. What is Adolphe Menjou doing in this? I hate the color green now."
|
Victoria Alexander
|
|
87%
|
X-Men: First Class (2011)
|
"It's the love story of Charles and Erik. "
|
Victoria Alexander
|
