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Rating
Title/Year
Author
1
4/5
22 Jump Street (2014)
In fact, much of the bawdy humor in 22 Jump Street comes from its makers' staunch refusal to take anything about the venture seriously.
Posted Jun 23, 2014
2
2/5
Maleficent (2014)
3
2/5
Haiku MacFarlane should have Watched Blazing Saddles instead of remaking it.
Posted Jun 4, 2014
4
0/5
21 And Over (2013)
With '21 and Over,' Lucas and Moore finally have a chance to demonstrate that they can be as witty as well as sophomoric. I'm still waiting for them to at least start trying.
Posted Mar 18, 2013
5
3/5
John Dies at the End (2013)
It is refreshing that Coscarelli is willing to offer viewers something that at least tries to take the rules of cinema into new directions.
Posted Mar 18, 2013
6
2.5/5
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)
Oz the Great and Powerful should probably have been titled Oz the so-so and Kind of Entertaining or Oz, At Least It's Better than The Wonderful Land of Oz.
Posted Mar 18, 2013
7
4/5
A Place at the Table (2013)
Jacboson and Silverbush know how to make this potentially unpleasant news palatable and inspiring.
Posted Mar 18, 2013
8
2/5
The Call (2013)
9
4/5
Les Misérables (2012)
10
3/5
This Is 40 (2012)
But for everything Apatow gets right, he bungles something else.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
11
3/5
Jack Reacher (2012)
12
4/5
13
4/5
The Flat (2012)
14
4/5
Anna Karenina (2012)
Knightley has a rare gift for making viewers willing to follow her characters even as they make catastrophically stupid decisions.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
15
1/5
Jack and Diane (2012)
Little movie, called Jack and Diane. Must have been sitting too long in the can. No, it doesn't have the Mellencamp song. And it gets everything thing else terribly wrong.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
16
4/5
The House I Live In (2012)
Our search for easy answers to the evils of drugs is an addiction we must wean ourselves from.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
17
2.5/5
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
Perhaps Hyde Park on Hudson would have been more edifying if it hadn't been released in the wake of The King's Speech.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
18
2.5/5
Not Fade Away (2012)
Unfortunately, Chase's failed group is no more interesting than one you or your friends might have played in.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
19
4/5
The Impossible (2012)
Unlike a lot of movies that have the "based on a true story" tagline, 'The Impossible' doesn't have to do much to remind us that its harrowing tale is genuine
Posted Feb 2, 2013
20
1/5
Gangster Squad (2013)
It's fitting that 'Gangster' Squad deals with crime because charging admission to this torpid film is robbery.
Posted Feb 2, 2013
21
4.5/5
Zero Dark Thirty (2013)
22
4/5
Through restraint, French director Jacques Audiard does a better job of tugging on viewers' hearts than most filmmakers can achieve with excess.
Posted Feb 1, 2013
23
4/5
Quartet (2013)
At 75, Dustin Hoffman makes his directorial debut with 'Quartet' and demonstrates some real promise if the acting thing doesn't work out.
Posted Feb 1, 2013
24
4.5/5
A Royal Affair (2012)
Sometimes falling in love can really change the world or at least the fate of a nation.
Posted Nov 29, 2012
25
4.5/5
Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Loaded with pleasant surprises, this adaptation of Matthew Quick's novel combines romantic comedy, dysfunctional family woes and a sense of danger without ever losing its way.
Posted Nov 29, 2012
26
2/5
Taken 2 (2012)
Like American filmmakers, it seems the French don't know when to quit, either.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
27
2/5
The Oranges (2012)
Essentially, the movie feels like a one-night-stand that's overstayed its welcome.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
28
1/5
V/H/S (2012)
Perhaps it's time to put the "POV, found footage" horror subgenre out to pasture, the way the western faded into obscurity.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
29
4.5/5
Frankenweenie (2012)
Tim Burton more than redeems himself by resurrecting something he made nearly 30 years ago.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
30
3/5
Here Comes the Boom (2012)
Kevin James is an appealing performer who'd probably be even more likable if he could pick out better scripts.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
31
4.5/5
Argo (2012)
Now that Affleck taken up directing and chosen his acting roles more carefully, the wait between his films seems intolerably long.
Posted Oct 14, 2012
32
2/5
10 Years (2012)
33
2/5
Hotel Transylvania (2012)
About the only thing interesting about 'Hotel Transylvania' is its release date, September 28, World Rabies Day.
Posted Sep 28, 2012
34
3/5
[REC] 3 Genesis (2012)
Just because a movie is subtitled doesn't mean it's any more imaginative or better crafted than domestic films.
Posted Sep 17, 2012
35
4/5
Sleepwalk With Me (2012)
There is something worthwhile about a comic who has the guts to admit not everything that arises from his lips is worthy of Mark Twain.
Posted Sep 17, 2012
36
.5/5
Last Ounce of Courage (2012)
It's a call for the faithful to rise up if they, or any heathens who stumble in the audience, can wake from their naps or their fits of helpless unintentional laughter.
Posted Sep 17, 2012
37
3.5/5
Sparkle (2012)
38
4.5/5
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry (2012)
Klayman deserves a lot of credit for being in the right place at the right time with the right person. Ai is a treat to follow around, and his courage is clearly more than a pose.
Posted Aug 26, 2012
39
4.5/5
The Queen of Versailles (2012)
It scores a lot of laughs at the Siegel's bad taste and odd ways of adapting to their newfound misfortune. Thankfully, Greenfield also makes the Siegels sympathetic.
Posted Aug 26, 2012
40
4.5/5
Killer Joe (2012)
41
4/5
Ruby Sparks (2012)
Haiku Ruby Sparks Creations don't stay abstract long when they become flesh and blood women
Posted Aug 10, 2012
42
4/5
Take This Waltz (2012)
Haiku Take This Waltz Sarah Polley can make stupid decisions seem well worth repeating
Posted Aug 10, 2012
43
3/5
Beyond The Black Rainbow (2012)
While never quite dull, 'Beyond the Black Rainbow' doesn't achieve all the chills it's capable of.
Posted Jul 16, 2012
44
3/5
Red Scorpion (1989)
45
2.5/5
That's My Boy (2012)
Without the handy chapter select features that come with DVDs and Blu-Rays, it's a long and painful wait for the good, I mean, bad stuff.
Posted Jul 1, 2012
46
4.5/5
Your Sister's Sister (2012)
It's an oddly charming and entertaining film that works because it's willing to embrace the less savory side of its characters.
Posted Jul 1, 2012
47
3.5/5
People Like Us (2012)
Director Alex Kurtzman occasionally makes some decisions that undermine the veracity of the tale.
Posted Jul 1, 2012
48
4/5
Ted (2012)
Just as he has done for cartoons, Family Guy mastermind Seth MacFarlane has made what could have been a children's story safe for raunch.
Posted Jun 30, 2012
49
1/5
It's a bad sign when Jane Fonda has to work to pass for an old hippie.
Posted Jun 9, 2012
50
2/5
For Greater Glory (2012)