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LATEST FILM REVIEWS ADDED

November 5, 2012, 3:09 PM
Rating Movie Review Critic
Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters

" Reverent if none-too-probing portrait of a master of the micro-managed tableau. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 2:11 PM PST

David Noh ,
Film Journal International

Festival of Lights

" Interesting drama about an Indo-Guyanese teenager suffers from amateurish acting and writing. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 2:11 PM PST

Eric Monder ,
Film Journal International

4/5 Skyfall

" The most fun Bond flick since about 1977... "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 2:11 PM PST

Matt Glasby ,
Flicks.co.nz

2/4 Coffy

" Are these righteous breasts, or breasts of righteousness? Can they really be both at once? "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 1:11 PM PST

Josh Larsen ,
LarsenOnFilm

Far Out Isn't Far Enough: The Tomi Ungerer Story

" One can sense the healing power of art simply by basking in his presence, which no amount of irritating directorial interventions can completely undermine. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 12:11 PM PST

Kenji Fujishima ,
House Next Door

2/5 Vamps

" In Amy Herckerling's film, being a vampire is ordinary rather than remarkable - which pretty much describes VAMPS. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 11:11 AM PST

Steve Biodrowski ,
Cinefantastique

9/10 Casino Royale

" A streamlined back to basics approach for Bond that hits all the right marks in rejuvenating the franchise for a new generation. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 11:11 AM PST

Jeffrey Lyles ,
Lyles' Movie Files

Silver Linings Playbook

" Silver Linings Playbook is the sort of feel-good claptrap that normally irritates me, but Russell plays it with the pitch and verve of a classic screwball comedy. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 11:11 AM PST

Devin Faraci ,
Badass Digest

The Comedy

" The anomie of entitlement pushed to poisonous extremes is the basis of this provocation, which is as frustrating as it is intriguing. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

David Rooney ,
Hollywood Reporter

Bay Of All Saints

" "Not excellent" doesn't always correlate with "forgettable" "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Marty Mapes ,
Movie Habit

2.5/4 Cloud Atlas

" Mash-up works best if you don't take it too seriously "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Marty Mapes ,
Movie Habit

Cloud Atlas

" An epic in bite-sized chunks "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

The House I Live In

" Jarecki's conclusion is powerfully plausible "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare

" A more sweeping look at the assumptions behind American healthcare "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

Chicken with Plums

" Takes its time creating sad beauty "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

3.5/4 Sister

" Emotionally engaging and impeccably crafted "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Marty Mapes ,
Movie Habit

Flight

" Washington keeps a firm hand on the controls "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

The Sessions

" Sex & a very singular man "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Robert Denerstein ,
Movie Habit

3.5/4 Wreck-it Ralph

" Wreck-It Ralph earns a high score for giving video games the Roger Rabbit treatment. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Matt Anderson ,
Movie Habit

Caf� de Flore

" Decade-hopping metaphysical romance descends into overwrought histrionics. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Neil Young ,
Hollywood Reporter

Citadel

" U.K.-set monster movie has few scares, plenty of noxious overtones. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

John DeFore ,
Hollywood Reporter

Un plan parfait

" The couple's chemistry is persuasive, especially in the crucial second half, and Chaumeil again demonstrates a keen eye for balancing character and situational comedy against a glamorous backdrop. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Boyd van Hoeij ,
Variety

4/5 The Postman Always Rings Twice

" A heated-up drama about sexual passion and obsession. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat ,
Spirituality and Practice

2/5 People Like Us

" Banks makes a feisty soccer-mom, Wilde has nothing to do but look frostily on, and Pine smoulders pointlessly at everyone he meets, completely failing to suggest anything but complete vapidity. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Eddie Harrison ,
The List

3/5 The Hunt (Jagten)

" The powerfully acted The Hunt concerns itself with how an innocent individual is caught up in a modern-day witch-hunt, based solely on the false memories of a child. "

Posted Nov 5, 2012 10:11 AM PST

Tom Dawson ,
The List

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