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Fading Gigolo
(2013)
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Robert Sims
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With his fifth directorial effort, John Turturro offers a thoughtful Woody Allen-esque meditation on the lengths to which lonely people go to fill the emotional holes in their lives.
Posted Jan 22, 2022
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3/4
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Nim's Island
(2008)
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Betsy Bozdech
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In an era when so many kids' movies rely on special effects and flashy animation to grab an audience's attention an old-fashioned adventure like Nim's Island is a refreshing island breeze
Posted Sep 27, 2021
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The Girl
(2012)
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Matt Patches
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Toby Jones is astounding as Hitchcock, conjuring up the charm on the surface and unearthing Hitchcock's twisted center that would occasionally bubble to the top.
Posted Aug 04, 2020
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James Dean
(2001)
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Hollywood.com Staff
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Sure, you get the rebellious side of the man... All the legendary stuff. But you also get a morose portrait of a man twisted and torn, self-destructive but fiercely vulnerable. Any fan should catch this flick.
Posted May 11, 2020
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Ass Backwards
(2013)
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Matt Patches
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It helps that Wilson and Raphael both come from sketch comedy. They're well-versed in hyper-specific characters -- and ones we want to spend more time with, just to see what trouble they weasel their ways into. R
Posted Apr 27, 2020
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The Year Without a Santa Claus
(1974)
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Molly Freeman
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The best one of all - and surely we can all agree on this one - is The Year Without A Santa Claus. On top of being an animated Christmas special, it's also a musical with songs like I Could Be Santa Claus and Blue Christmas.
Posted Nov 26, 2018
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Happy Feet
(2006)
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Brian Marder
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Miller's labor of love which he'd deliberated over for some time encompasses all the kiddie messages we've come to expect while managing to toss in the rare animation curveball: ecological themes.
Posted Nov 03, 2018
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Someone Like You
(2001)
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Hollywood.com Staff
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Someone Like You clearly tries to go beyond the typical romantic comedy but its failure to do so is all the more painful to watch.
Posted Oct 31, 2018
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3.5/4
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The Others
(2001)
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Guylaine Cadorette
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The Others is that rare film which scares without blood and gore relying instead on intelligent story telling and never ending tension.
Posted Oct 30, 2018
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4/5
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I Am Bolt
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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A thrilling and warm documentary of a young man whose name is already in the history books.
Posted Nov 23, 2016
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4/5
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Moana
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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In addition to the music, animation and storyline, Cravalho and Johnson are wonderful together.
Posted Nov 21, 2016
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4/5
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The Edge of Seventeen
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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I'm not so removed from my teenage years that I've forgotten the struggles and the anxiety that comes along with being a teenager... The Edge of Seventeen gave me that exact same feeling.
Posted Nov 17, 2016
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The Girl on the Train
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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It's no Gone Girl, but it's not half bad either.
Posted Nov 01, 2016
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Bridget Jones's Baby
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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Bridget Jones's Baby delivers a feel-good romcom with just the right amount of refreshing comedy, a sprinkle of slapstick and a whole lot of quirkiness. And of course, the soundtrack is perfection.
Posted Nov 01, 2016
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4/5
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Doctor Strange
(2016)
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Aramide Tinubu
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The film is a strangely bizarre and brilliant departure from what we usually see from Marvel, and that's why I adored it.
Posted Nov 01, 2016
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Elektra
(2005)
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Matthew Reynolds
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The problem is Elektra is not among the most compelling of characters. She doesn't have enough humanity and the story not enough depth to sustain us between fight scenes.
Posted Jul 14, 2015
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2.5/5
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Kick-Ass 2
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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A total failure of a movie? Hardly. But in its will to reinvent and experiment anew with everything we discovered in the original, we'd have to call Kick-Ass 2 effectively powerless.
Posted Jul 07, 2015
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American Beauty
(1999)
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Robert Nuñez
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It took a British stage director to create the ultimate movie about the American family.
Posted Feb 22, 2015
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5/5
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12 Years a Slave
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Yes, we've all been enlightened unto the depletive hell that was the era of American slavery. But perhaps never, at least through cinema, have we been placed so vividly among the human beings who suffered through it.
Posted Jan 13, 2015
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3.5/5
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The Fault in Our Stars
(2014)
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Julia Emmanuele
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The weight of the film, however, rests squarely on Woodley's shoulders, and she does an excellent job as Hazel, balancing her sharp wit and sheer determination with the right amount of frailty and fear.
Posted Jan 06, 2015
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3/5
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A Most Wanted Man
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Ultimately, we are welcome to marvel at A Most Wanted Man, but it'd be nearly impossible to revel in it.
Posted Jan 05, 2015
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3.5/5
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Edge of Tomorrow
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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It seems to know what we've all been forgetting since 1985: science fiction can be funny, blockbusters can be kooky, and Tom Cruise can, and should, be a jackass.
Posted Jan 05, 2015
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3/5
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Captain America: The Winter Soldier
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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In the absence of definitive work done in our heroing couple, a pair rich in fibers but relegated to broad strokes and easy quips in this turn, most of it amounts to a fairly good spy thriller, not an ace-in-the-whole neo-superhero masterpiece.
Posted Jan 04, 2015
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5/5
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Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Even more impressive than what Dawn of the Planet of the Apes has to say is how it goes about saying it.
Posted Jan 04, 2015
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4/5
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The LEGO Movie
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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From scene one, The Lego Movie is maniacal in its comic delivery.
Posted Jan 03, 2015
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4/5
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Starred Up
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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The power of this movie is in its lack of interest in the dramatic and its preference, instead, of the humane.
Posted Jan 02, 2015
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5/5
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The Grand Budapest Hotel
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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No matter who you are, this movie will charm your dandy pants off and then some.
Posted Jan 02, 2015
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3.5/5
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X-Men: Days of Future Past
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Although it might lack in the flare of some of its big screen comic book competitors, Days of Future Past does have plenty of "cool stuff" in its arsenal.
Posted Jan 02, 2015
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4.5/5
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Snowpiercer
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Snowpiercer's ultimate victory is how palatable it makes its unbelievably weird material.
Posted Jan 02, 2015
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5/5
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Boyhood
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Its complete submission to those nothings, mediums, beautiful portraits of life's fabric is what makes Boyhood unprecedented.
Posted Jan 02, 2015
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4/5
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Frozen
(2013)
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Hans Morgenstern
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Frozen, the new animated film by Disney earns its charms the honest way: with smart writing and heartfelt performances.
Posted Dec 08, 2014
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4.5/5
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Whiplash
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Andrew's story breathes and moves like a song -- a jazz number, naturally -- which renders every turn, reveal, and twist of perspective a tremendous showstopper.
Posted Oct 06, 2014
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4/5
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Gone Girl
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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It's all very frightening, all too provocative, and all one mess of a good time.
Posted Oct 02, 2014
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Guardians of the Galaxy
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Throughout this technical haze, Guardians carries forth with more spirit than anything Marvel has put out to date.
Posted Sep 30, 2014
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3.5/5
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Dolphin Tale 2
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Founding itself on the values of seizing responsibility and setting sail out into the world, the saccharine, sleepy sequel could actually be a pretty valuable experience for young viewers.
Posted Sep 11, 2014
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To Be Takei
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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There is a whole lot of Takei in between the early days of Sulu and the current era of hashtagged witticisms, and that is vast middle section is chronicled in the new documentary To Be Takei.
Posted Aug 28, 2014
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3/5
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The One I Love
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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The One I Love fails to make the most of its interesting, dense concept.
Posted Aug 21, 2014
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3/5
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The Expendables 3
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Off to the side of the top-heavy bulk, these elements make up the real victory of Expendables 3: the fun is in the weird.
Posted Aug 15, 2014
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0.5/5
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Grown Ups 2
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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The single consistent throughline Grown Ups 2 seems to have, in fact, is its bigotry.
Posted Jul 28, 2014
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4/5
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Godzilla
(2014)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Edwards' creature design is dazzling, his deus ex machina are riveting, and the ultimate payoff to which he treats his audience is the sort of gangbusters crowd-pleaser that your average contemporary monster movie is too afraid to consider.
Posted May 16, 2014
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The Discoverers
(2012)
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Matt Patches
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The Discoverers gets lost in woods of indie land at times, with a few of its asides feeling arbitrary and reaching jokes, but Schwarz assembled the perfect cast to tell his story.
Posted May 12, 2014
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Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
(2013)
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Matt Patches
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Even if the characters aren't fully conceived, the perspectives are. With Stand Clear, Fleischner has delivered a great "New York movie," because he shows us his New York.
Posted Apr 23, 2014
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4.5/5
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Hide Your Smiling Faces
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Hide Your Smiling Faces gives us something touching, tremendous, and new.
Posted Mar 31, 2014
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Miracle on 34th Street
(1947)
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Brian Salisbury
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What is interesting about Miracle on 34th Street is how it acknowledges the cynicism of the season.
Posted Dec 04, 2013
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3/5
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Ender's Game
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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Ender's Game works just fine for anyone looking to float free from the world for two hours.
Posted Nov 19, 2013
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4/5
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Nebraska
(2013)
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Hans Morgenstern
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Payne does not resort to sentimental hokum but offers a poignant portrait of aging with the burden of regret.
Posted Nov 15, 2013
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5/5
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Short Term 12
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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From the get-go, the movie has you, anchoring you down to its sad and beautiful world and demanding that you carry with you all of the incredible thoughts and feelings it has to offer.
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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Scenic Route
(2013)
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Aly Semigran
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Scenic Route is a movie that crawls under your skin and stays there for a while, thanks largely in part to its haunting ending.
Posted Jul 29, 2013
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3.5/5
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White House Down
(2013)
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Michael Arbeiter
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White House Down is as much fun as you might want it to be.
Posted Jun 28, 2013
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8.7/10
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Man of Steel
(2013)
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Matt Patches
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If the word "epic" has lost its meaning, 'Man of Steel' forcefully redefines it.
Posted Jun 10, 2013
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