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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
3.5/5
V/H/S (2012)
Undeniably uneven but considerably more spirited and ambitious than we've seen from Hollywood lately.
Posted Aug 30, 2012
2
4/5
Compliance (2012)
Incredibly thorny issues of morality, responsibility, loyalty, trust and resentment are in play here.
Posted Aug 17, 2012
3
5/5
Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
A feeling of genuine enthusiasm and ingenuity ... as if everyone involved was truly discovering the power and potential of filmmaking for the first time.
Posted Jun 22, 2012
4
3.5/5
Friends With Kids (2012)
Likeable and astute, Friends with Kids is a minor revelation in a genre currently starved for worthwhile entries.
Posted Feb 28, 2012
5
3.5/5
The Secret World of Arrietty (2012)
It's a testament to the work of Studio Ghibli that the bighearted messages of films like Arrietty resonate as completely genuine.
Posted Feb 13, 2012
6
3/5
This Means War (2012)
An agreeably dim-witted effort that coasts along on the charm of its stars.
Posted Feb 13, 2012
7
3/5
How much you'll enjoy Billion Dollar Movie probably comes down to your tolerance for extreme gross out humor.
Posted Feb 12, 2012
8
3.5/5
Not quite up to the standard established in recent years ... still an enjoyably brisk bunch
Posted Feb 10, 2012
9
2/5
The Vow (2012)
10
3.5/5
Chronicle (2012)
Both a clever use of the found footage technique and a demonstration of its limitations.
Posted Feb 3, 2012
11
2.5/5
Perfect Sense (2012)
Ultimately too silly to truly captivate.
Posted Feb 3, 2012
12
3.5/5
The Woman in Black (2012)
13
3.5/5
The Invasion (2007)
Even with its flaws The Invasion is still eerie, provocative and a solid showcase for Kidman.
Posted Jan 24, 2012
14
3/5
Joyful Noise (2012)
There's a saving grace: whenever [Todd] Graff sets aside the plot and allows the music to take over, his movie truly sings.
Posted Jan 12, 2012
15
2.5/5
Contraband (2012)
A middling mix of drawn-out drama and underwhelming action that's never very fun or very smart.
Posted Jan 12, 2012
16
1.5/5
The Devil Inside (2012)
Far too cheap, familiar and flat-out dull to be frightening.
Posted Jan 6, 2012
17
4/5
A Separation (2011)
While the specifics are rooted in Iranian culture, the broad strokes are entirely universal -- it's an intelligent, intriguing and inviting film.
Posted Dec 29, 2011
18
3.5/5
Pariah (2011)
Despite a heroine who admirably follows her own path, the movie remains likable but familiar.
Posted Dec 29, 2011
19
2.5/5
Curiosity over how [Angelina] Jolie fares as a filmmaker will only go so far in establishing an audience for this solemn and punishing tragic romance.
Posted Dec 22, 2011
20
3/5
The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
If you come to Tintin with preexisting affection for the franchise, it might be easier to ... overlook the dull plot, slow to develop characters and miscalculated humor
Posted Dec 20, 2011
21
2.5/5
Albert Nobbs (2012)
All that passion behind the scenes doesn't really translate on screen.
Posted Dec 19, 2011
22
3.5/5
War Horse (2011)
Has just about everything you'd want from a Spielberg drama, except the narrative force and emotional power of the director's best work.
Posted Dec 19, 2011
23
3/5
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
All emotional shortcuts and vaguely defined characters, held together more than it deserves by [Matt] Damon's admirable star turn.
Posted Dec 19, 2011
24
3/5
Goes down easy enough and gets significant mileage from the high wattage interviewees.
Posted Dec 15, 2011
25
4/5
Massively scaled and ingeniously executed, Ghost Protocol delivers the action goods in genuinely awe-inspiring fashion.
Posted Dec 14, 2011
26
3/5
There's a relaxed confidence to this Holmes that was desperately missing the first time around.
Posted Dec 12, 2011
27
2.5/5
The Sitter (2011)
Doesn't stick around for long, but still manages to overstay its welcome.
Posted Dec 8, 2011
28
2.5/5
Young Adult (2011)
What really sinks this disappointing reunion is a narrative as stunted as Mavis' emotional development.
Posted Dec 8, 2011
29
4/5
We Need to Talk About Kevin (2012)
Not technically a horror movie, but ... could easily qualify as one of the scariest films you'll ever see.
Posted Dec 7, 2011
30
4/5
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011)
The dazzling spy games of Tinker, Tailor remain magnetic even at their most mysterious.
Posted Dec 7, 2011
31
2/5
I Melt with You (2011)
They also talk about life, memories, problems, disappointments, and then do more drugs. Lots and lots of drugs.
Posted Dec 7, 2011
32
3.5/5
Shame (2011)
Simultaneously seductive and repulsive, qualities matched in [Michael] Fassbender's spectacular performance.
Posted Nov 30, 2011
33
4.5/5
Hugo (2011)
Just as sure as Hugo will make some viewers restless, it's also guaranteed to provide everyone who sees it with an astonishing array of dazzling sequences to remember forever.
Posted Nov 23, 2011
34
3.5/5
Rampart (2012)
[Woody] Harrelson is sensational in his strongest showcase role in years.
Posted Nov 23, 2011
35
4/5
A Dangerous Method (2011)
A kinky undercurrent of sadomasochism certainly doesn't hurt in preventing the film from slipping into the stodgy bio-pic abyss.
Posted Nov 23, 2011
36
4/5
Arthur Christmas (2011)
Deftly blends the sophisticated sensibility of Aardman with the slick spectacle of American animation.
Posted Nov 22, 2011
37
4/5
The Muppets (2011)
You don't know what you've got till it's gone, and it turns out the movie world has been a lesser place without the Muppets.
Posted Nov 21, 2011
38
3/5
As maddeningly uneven as it is, Breaking Dawn boasts some of the strongest moments yet in a largely lackluster franchise.
Posted Nov 17, 2011
39
3/5
Happy Feet Two (2011)
Duplicates many of the strengths of the original, without surpassing or even matching its originality and inspiration
Posted Nov 17, 2011
40
2/5
Another Happy Day (2011)
Even if you can relate because you're unlucky enough to have a family like this, why would you want to watch a movie about it?
Posted Nov 17, 2011
41
5/5
The Descendants (2011)
42
2/5
Immortals (2011)
You'll want to frame [Tarsem's] work, not watch, listen to and experience it for nearly two hours.
Posted Nov 11, 2011
43
3/5
Into The Abyss (2011)
Upfront in its opposition to the death penalty on moral grounds, but ... never strident or manipulative.
Posted Nov 10, 2011
44
2.5/5
J. Edgar (2011)
May not be the sort of disingenuously heroic tale Hoover would've spun about himself, but it's too scattershot to feel entirely true -- or at least convincing.
Posted Nov 8, 2011
45
1.5/5
The Son of No One (2011)
The flashbacks to [Channing] Tatum's late '80s childhood are embarrassingly overwrought -- including some of the worst acting of [Al] Pacino's career.
Posted Nov 3, 2011
46
2.5/5
The 'more of the same' mandate may satisfy fans of middling marijuana jokes, but can't really justify a third film that's visually ambitious but comedically burnt out.
Posted Nov 3, 2011
47
2/5
Tower Heist (2011)
Flukes of timing aside, everything about the patently phony Tower Heist is all flash, no substance.
Posted Nov 3, 2011
48
2.5/5
Janie Jones (2011)
It isn't easy to make an indie movie these days, so it's dispiriting how many wind up exactly like Janie Jones
Posted Oct 27, 2011
49
3.5/5
In Time (2011)
That there are any ideas here to begin with marks enough of a victory for commercial filmmaking.
Posted Oct 27, 2011
50
2.5/5
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