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4.5/5
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Glengarry Glen Ross |
"
Head of the direction duties, James Foley, strings it together well, making it harmonise like the musical piece it has succeeded to be.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Ashley Norris
,
HeyUGuys
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4/5
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Farewell, My Lovely |
"
What you have here is a very solid film that zings as well as zigs and zags to keep you guessing.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Ashley Norris
,
HeyUGuys
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4.5/5
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Samsara |
"
A truly individual, dedicated concept that pulls through by seamlessly flowing in perfect harmonic construction.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Ashley Norris
,
HeyUGuys
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4.5/5
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Detachment |
"
It's a film so well paced with a message so relevant that it deserves an audience bigger than what it got and it deserves more of an emotional impact than will resonant throughout.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Ashley Norris
,
HeyUGuys
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2.9/5
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Side Effects |
"
Stick around, Mr. Soderbergh, you have a better walk-off film in you than this one.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Mark Ellis
,
Schmoes Know
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4/5
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Side Effects |
"
I was hooked in early and was in this film's grip throughout. If "Side Effects" is any indication, Soderbergh is hanging it up way too soon.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 4:02 PM PST
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Kristian Harloff
,
Schmoes Know
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Flight |
"
In Flight Zemekis and co. have achieved something braver than the familiar "drugs are bad mmmk" chestnut, creating one of Hollywood's most vivid portrayals of a functional alcoholic character, and asking us not to judge him not by his addiction.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Luke Buckmaster
,
Crikey
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B
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V/H/S |
"
Reasonably fun, but hardly as memorable as handheld classics like "The Blair Witch Project".
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Daniel Kelly
,
eFilmCritic.com
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B+
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Zero Dark Thirty |
"
Compelling recount of the attempt to nab Osama Bin Laden, directed with energy and ferocity by Bigelow.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Daniel Kelly
,
eFilmCritic.com
|
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A
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Martha Marcy May Marlene |
"
Draws the audience in and slowly holds them for the entirety of its disturbing duration. Sensationally understated fare.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Daniel Kelly
,
eFilmCritic.com
|
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D
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House at the End of the Street |
"
I'm not sure if the final shot is a direct homage to "Psycho" or just a clumsy coincidence. Either way, it doesn't do this watered down offering any favours.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Daniel Kelly
,
eFilmCritic.com
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B+
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The Imposter |
"
Gripping film that splices traditional documentary technique with impressively rendered cinematic reenactments.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Daniel Kelly
,
eFilmCritic.com
|
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5
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Bullet to the Head |
"
The filmmakers must see this as idea laundering - if a movie comes from a French graphic novel inspired by American movies, then it's not really stolen moronic movie junk. It's French!
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Kirk Honeycutt
,
honeycuttshollywood.com
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6
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Lore |
"
Lore is a remarkable film that explores characters, often unlikable, in situations of unbearable stress.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Kirk Honeycutt
,
honeycuttshollywood.com
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2.5/5
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Caesar Must Die |
"
You can only guess what the lines mean to the inmates, who register as atmospheric blanks at best and brutal exotics at worst, even if the tale that they enact with such earnest vigor works because the original tragedy does.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Manohla Dargis
,
New York Times
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|
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A Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III |
"
Seriously, this is one of the strangest and most painful films in recent memory.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Andrew O'Hehir
,
Salon.com
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Side Effects |
"
Side Effects points out, but never didactically, just how broken our systems have become, whether medical, governmental, or economic.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Melissa Anderson
,
Village Voice
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|
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The Playroom |
"
The Playroom jettisons all things cute, but still takes flight by portraying the characters, adult and juvenile, under direct lighting, and asking you if you care about them.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Chris Packham
,
Village Voice
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|
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The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia |
"
The rotting corpses, projectile insect vomit, and creepy geezers in black arrive pretty much on cue, as does the great Cicely Tyson as the obligatory old blind woman who "sees" more than most people with two good eyes.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Scott Foundas
,
Village Voice
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|
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David |
"
It's thrilling to watch Nambiar futz around with tone and style for the sake of establishing a thematic progression.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Simon Abrams
,
Village Voice
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|
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Once Every Day |
"
Even if its ultimate meaning remains elusive, the film is enthralling.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Steve Erickson
,
Village Voice
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Porfirio |
"
This is a sui generis work -- warm, sporadically funny, deeply human, and altogether beguiling.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 3:02 PM PST
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Scott Foundas
,
Village Voice
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|
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Caesar Must Die |
"
So solid is that conception, and so resonant the text in which questions of freedom and slavery are paramount, that the impact can hardly be diminished.
"
Posted Feb 5, 2013 2:02 PM PST
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Nick Pinkerton
,
Village Voice
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|
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Night Across the Street |
"
These are the dreams of a man stepping out of this world, perhaps never more lucid and full of life.
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 2:02 PM PST
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Michelle Orange
,
Village Voice
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|
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Lore |
"
Shortland draws fine work from her actors, particularly the haunting Rosendahl ...
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Posted Feb 5, 2013 2:02 PM PST
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Scott Foundas
,
Village Voice
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