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Gangster Squadnew
Poor screenwriting reveals that this movie is all style, no substance.
Orlando Weekly |
Jeff Meyers |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Zero Dark Thirtynew
Kathryn Bigelow's thriller about the hunt for Osama bin Laden is a crash course in military-torture tactics.
Orlando Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Rust and Bonenew
Jacques Audiard's stark and compelling love story succeeds in spite of itself.
Orlando Weekly |
Rob Boylan |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
Cole Smithey Predicts the 2013 Oscars
Ah the glorious flaws of democracy. As a film critic, I learned long ago to abandon any sense of personal investment in the conclusions drawn by Academy Award voters about the most deserving participants in the seventh arts.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-22-2013 |
Movies
A Lone Star look at this year's Sundance Film Festivalnew
This is finally Texas' year at Sundance Film Festival. On January 17-27, filmmakers from across the country will come together in Park City, Utah, to bring their film to market and pray for distribution, a scandal, or any other form of miracle.
San Antonio Current |
Natalia Ciolko |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
Marion Cotillard shines on trite 'Rust and Bone'new
For most of Rust and Bone, Marion Cotillard plays a legless woman. Though the corporeal deficiency is a hardship for the character, Stéphanie, an orca trainer whose limbs are amputated after she is attacked by a whale, it is a boon to the actor.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
01-16-2013 |
Movies
Mother Monster: Freaky Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Frightening
Guillermo del Toro — the director of such minor masterpieces as “The Devil’s Backbone” and “Pan’s Labyrinth” — weakens his sphere of influence by producing a sorely underdeveloped horror movie that manufactures scares from the crudest of tropes.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
01-15-2013 |
Reviews
Fracking and Feelingsnew
Matt Damon's message movie misses the mark.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-03-2013 |
Reviews
Matt Damon's anti-fracking Promised Landnew
It's hard to achieve high-minded aims using this single-minded script, acting and filmmaking acumen.
David Chase's feature debut, the nostalgic Not Fade Awaynew
While The Sopranos creator still has trouble knowing how to end a story, he does know how to pen a love letter to rock 'n' roll.
This Ain't a Wrapnew
This Ain't California, an unexpectedly controversial film about East German skaters, challenges the establishment in more ways than one.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Nicole Gluckstern |
12-28-2012 |
Movies
The Best of the Best: The Movie Year in Bracketsnew
The best? Argo and Zero Dark Thirty.
Boise Weekly |
George Prentice |
12-27-2012 |
Movies
Tags: Best Movies of 2012
Les Misérables reaches the screen in an extravagant visualizationnew
If you are one of the many fans of the popular Les Miz, you will find the cinematic version exciting and rewarding. Not a fan? You may remain unconvinced.
Django Unchainednew
Tarantino's new film, Django Unchained, is a pulp fantasy of the antebellum South in which a black man avenges slavery by killing a lot of white people.
Les Misérablesnew
Revolution for the hell of it.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
12-25-2012 |
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