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And Now A Word From Our Sponsor (2013)
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"And Now a Word From Our Sponsor may not be good to the last drop, but parts of it are finger lickin' good. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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78%
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Iron Man 3 (2013)
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"Iron Man 3 is a spectacularly fun ride. A superhero movie that is, indeed, super. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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Running America (2011)
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"I found myself riveted by Running America. It has plenty of drama, but also a deeply inspirational quality."
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Mike McGranaghan
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8%
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The Big Wedding (2013)
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"It simply takes all the things you've seen in other wedding movies and recycles them, all while pretending you're dumb enough not to notice."
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Mike McGranaghan
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33%
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The Numbers Station (2013)
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"The Numbers Station is watchable for the things it gets right, yet it is impossible not to think that a lot of pieces to this puzzle are missing."
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Mike McGranaghan
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81%
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The Place Beyond The Pines (2013)
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"It allows you to really observe its characters and to ponder the themes that fuel the plot. For that reason, it is a film that makes a deeply emotional impact."
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Mike McGranaghan
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56%
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Oblivion (2013)
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"Oblivion would have been better titled Thelma & Louise because, like the characters in that 1991 drama, it drives itself over a cliff."
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Mike McGranaghan
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4%
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Scary Movie 5 (2013)
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"Scary Movie 5 is so bad, it makes A Haunted House look like a Seltzer/Friedberg comedy. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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87%
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Upstream Color (2013)
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"A reminder that cinema can still challenge you, rather than just placate you. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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Kinderblock 66: Return To Buchenwald ()
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"Kinderblock 66 offers a piece of history I didn't know about, but which I'm so glad to understand now. Compelling and emotional."
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Mike McGranaghan
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Lucky Bastard (2013)
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"Found footage films are a dime a dozen these days, but LUCKY BASTARD - the new thriller from executive producer Lukas Kendall and director Robert Nathan - does something interesting in a genre basically confined to cheap horror films."
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Andre Dursin
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62%
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Evil Dead (2013)
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"An uncompromising, hardcore, balls-to-the-wall fright flick."
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Mike McGranaghan
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92%
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Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (2013)
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"Only time can tell which movies become classics. No matter how many Ds you see it in, it's safe to say that this one has earned the label. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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9%
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The Host (2013)
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"There's a compelling idea in here somewhere, one that sadly gets bogged down in Stephenie Meyer's ongoing desire to focus intently on all the least interesting things in her own stories. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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28%
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G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013)
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"This is the second awful G.I. Joe movie. It is even worse than the first one. Perhaps there is not a good film to be made from this material."
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Mike McGranaghan
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94%
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Room 237 (2013)
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"For film buffs who love to debate cinematic subtext, the documentary is both exciting and riveting. It's also just plain fun."
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Mike McGranaghan
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59%
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Detour (2013)
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"In spite of a few significant flaws, Detour builds to a conclusion that sends you out the door shaken and thankful to see light. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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48%
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Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
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"A movie that drudges up the painful feelings associated with 9/11 just to make its routine, by-the-numbers action seem more relevant than it really is? Thanks, but no thanks."
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Mike McGranaghan
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66%
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Spring Breakers (2013)
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"Spring Breakers is a scathing indictment of a generation led to believe that being a bad-ass and having a screw-it attitude is admirable. It's an all-around stunner."
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Mike McGranaghan
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39%
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The Call (2013)
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"Two-thirds terrific and one-third routine. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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45%
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On the Road (2012)
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"The movie makes you feel as though you've just woken up from an all-time bender: disoriented, confused, and wondering why you just put yourself through it."
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Mike McGranaghan
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38%
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The Incredible Burt Wonderstone (2013)
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"If Siegfried dumped Roy and then launched a vendetta against Criss Angel, you'd have The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. It's a funny movie that is also more thoughtful than it initially appears."
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Mike McGranaghan
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60%
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Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
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"It may needlessly complicate exquisitely crafted source material, yet it's visually stunning, has enthusiastic performances, and is often quite funny. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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65%
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The We and the I (2013)
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"Often raucously funny and occasionally touching, with real insight into the behavior patterns of adolescents. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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52%
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Jack the Giant Slayer (2013)
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"Jack the Giant Slayer delivers some primo giant-y goodness. I can now say I've seen a giant pick a booger out of his nose and eat it in 3D. So I've got that going for me."
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Mike McGranaghan
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58%
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Snitch (2013)
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"Snitch is not your typical Dwayne Johnson action movie. For starters, there's hardly any action in it. It also has more going on inside its head than you would expect. The movie turns out to be a very pleasant surprise."
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Mike McGranaghan
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The 904: Shadow On The Sunshine State ()
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"The film is rather unfocused, so eager is it to touch on every facet of the problem, but there's no denying that it raises some provocative issues"
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Mike McGranaghan
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15%
|
A Good Day To Die Hard (2013)
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"A Good Day to Die Hard is the Superman IV: The Quest for Peace of the Die Hard series. It is Jaws: The Revenge, The Next Karate Kid, and that movie where Jason Voorhees kills people in a spaceship."
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Mike McGranaghan
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27%
|
The Sorcerer and the White Snake (2013)
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"A masterpiece of imagination. Offers wall-to-wall goofy fun for fans of martial arts flicks, fantasies, or just good old-fashioned cinematic nuttiness. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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97%
|
Cabaret (1972)
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"Cabaret is in some respects a typical feel-good musical, yet it's also so much deeper than that."
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Mike McGranaghan
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85%
|
Side Effects (2013)
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"While it may not be the scathing indictment of the "business" of selling meds that it could - and probably should - be, Side Effects still gets credit for asking some of the right questions and delivering a few intelligent thrills. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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80%
|
Warm Bodies (2013)
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"I never thought I'd use the word "sweet" to describe a zombie flick, but that's exactly what Warm Bodies is."
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Mike McGranaghan
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4%
|
Movie 43 (2013)
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"Painfully unfunny, inordinately stupid, and about as entertaining as a colonoscopy. If there's a worse film in 2013, I'll be very, very surprised."
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Mike McGranaghan
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Standing Silent ()
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"Powerful and shocking. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
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"Consistently engaging, funny, and touching. This is the kind of picture in which two hours of running time whiz by in a flash."
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Mike McGranaghan
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93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
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"Powerful and gripping, the movie is not only a fine document of the hunt for Public Enemy #1, but also a testament to the dedication of those in every corner of the military, government, and intelligence community who refused to give up the search."
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Mike McGranaghan
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0%
|
TerrorVision (1986)
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"I know that I, for one, will never look at my satellite dish the same way again. On second thought, yes I will. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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19%
|
Texas Chainsaw 3D (2013)
|
"Forget Texas Chainsaw 3D. For $11.75, I'll hold a chainsaw three inches from your face for an hour and a half. I'll even make you popcorn."
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Mike McGranaghan
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88%
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Django Unchained (2012)
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"Django Unchained is everything you want from a Quentin Tarantino movie, with a few new things added in. Powerful, dazzling, and insanely entertaining."
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Mike McGranaghan
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61%
|
Jack Reacher (2012)
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"The combination of strong mystery, eccentric characterization, off-kilter humor, and sporadic, yet effective, action makes Jack Reacher feel different from the garden variety tough-guy-solving-a-crime thriller."
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Mike McGranaghan
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81%
|
The Impossible (2012)
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"This is one of the most gut-wrenching and emotional pictures I've ever seen. I walked away from it physically exhausted. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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70%
|
Les Misérables (2012)
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"A lush, engaging take on the tale, filled with strong performances of both the musical and the dramatic variety."
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Mike McGranaghan
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52%
|
This is 40 (2012)
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"Like most of Apatow's movies, it's a half-hour too long and filled with too many side characters. Also like most of his movies, it's often very funny."
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Mike McGranaghan
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66%
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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
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"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is like 90 minutes of flirting, an hour of foreplay, and no sex. In other words, it's fun, but not entirely satisfying."
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Mike McGranaghan
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63%
|
Hitchcock (2012)
|
"While undeniably flawed, Hitchcock remains a breezy, entertaining show-biz tale. "
|
Mike McGranaghan
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48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012)
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"Hopelessly dumb and often unintentionally funny. As with everything about this nutty series, I couldn't shake the feeling that Stephenie Meyer's creation is just kooky in all the wrong ways. "
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Mike McGranaghan
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74%
|
Rise of the Guardians (2012)
|
"Rise of the Guardians is kind of like The Avengers, except that instead of superheroes, the characters are people your parents lied to you about when you were a kid. It could become a perennial family favorite."
|
Mike McGranaghan
|
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64%
|
The Fitzgerald Family Christmas (2012)
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"A terrific holiday movie. Edward Burns' most invigorating, heartfelt picture in years."
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Mike McGranaghan
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64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012)
|
"I found it extremely difficult to become emotionally invested because the style kept intruding, pulling me out of Anna's journey and making me concentrate on the filmmaking choices. "
|
Mike McGranaghan
|
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88%
|
Life of Pi (2012)
|
"Gorgeously photographed and filled with first-rate special effects, Life of Pi is a wonderfully unique and special film. The 3D represents a new gold standard."
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Mike McGranaghan
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47%
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