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A minus
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93%
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Skyfall (2012) |
"
Take the plunge. "
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 7, 2012
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B minus
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68%
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The Loneliest Planet (2012) |
"
Presumably taking its title from BBC Worldwide's "Lonely Planet" travel books, "
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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C plus
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91%
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Holy Motors (2012) |
"
Holy moly, Carax drops the movie acid."
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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B
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48%
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The Details (2012) |
"
A very well cast, R-rated TV sitcom."
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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B
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85%
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Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
Amiable enough."
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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B plus
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77%
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Flight (2012) |
"
All aboard."
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Boston Herald
Posted Nov 2, 2012
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A minus
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85%
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The Big Picture (2012) |
"
Are you a fan of Patricia Highsmith's Ripley stories?"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 28, 2012
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C plus
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63%
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Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
'Atlas' shrugged"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 28, 2012
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C minus
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25%
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Paranormal Activity 4 (2012) |
"
Sequel lacks spirit. Will audiences pay to see the same no-budget fright film for the fourth time?"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 21, 2012
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A minus
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92%
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Beauty Is Embarrassing (2012) |
"
Using animation, CGI and stop-motion, and mixing analog and digital video, director Berkeley transforms 'Beauty Is Embarrassing' into a White-inspired but Berkeley made work of pop-folk art"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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B plus
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69%
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Wuthering Heights (2012) |
"
While director Arnold captures the semi-barbaric violence, rough beauty and rustic splendor of her setting and period, her use of nonprofessional actors in many roles detracts from the story's power."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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A minus
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96%
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Sister (2012) |
"
'Sister' often recalls the recent work of the Dardenne brothers of Belgium and that landmark of the French new wave, Francois Truffaut's 'The 400 Blows' (1959)."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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C minus
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12%
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Alex Cross (2012) |
"
A stomach-churning mix of sadism and sentimentality."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 19, 2012
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C minus
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37%
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The Paperboy (2012) |
"
Tennessee Williams on crack"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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B plus
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83%
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Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
For a film about nothing, 'Seven Psychopaths' is awfully entertaining."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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C minus
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62%
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Sinister (2012) |
"
The demon Bughuul is not to be confused with 'gabagool,' which is merely a demonic deli meat."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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A minus
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95%
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Argo (2012) |
"
Five years ago, I thought Ben Affleck was done."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 12, 2012
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A minus
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87%
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Head Games (2012) |
"
If you have children involved in contact sports, you must see 'Head Games.'"
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
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C
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52%
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V/H/S (2012) |
"
Unpleasant to watch and unoriginal evocation of "The Blair Witch Project" and J-Horror."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
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A
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89%
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Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
Burton's stop-motion 'Frankenweenie' is a lush, black-and-white monster-piece about children, pets, the allure of the neighborhood cemetery and unforgettable images created by the artist known as James Whale."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 5, 2012
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C plus
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21%
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Taken 2 (2012) |
"
'Taken 2' the cleaners."
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Boston Herald
Posted Oct 4, 2012
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C plus
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77%
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Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
If there is an honest moment in this should-be TV sitcom, I missed it. A-ca-phony."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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A minus
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95%
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Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has To Travel (2012) |
"
With her lacquered black hair and Kabuki-like face, one-time 'ugly duckling' Vreeland was her own work of art and, as the film reminds us, she was one of the most important and amusing self-made works of art of her century."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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C
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43%
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Hotel Transylvania (2012) |
"
'Scream cheese' is right. In addition to being notably unfunny, the 3-D version of the film is like a black hole sucking all the light out of the theater."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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B
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64%
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Solomon Kane (2012) |
"
If some of the special effects aren't so special and the theology is bit foggy, director Bassett knows that there is almost nothing more inherently scary than a dark forest and leading man Purefoy brings conviction to Kane."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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B minus
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94%
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Looper (2012) |
"
Other films evoked by 'Looper' include Brian De Palma's 'Carrie' and, inevitably, Terry Gilliam's '12 Monkeys' (1995), which also stars Willis and which is light years ahead of 'Looper.'"
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 28, 2012
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B minus
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79%
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Chicken with Plums (2012) |
"
Tepid stew."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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C plus
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59%
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10 Years (2012) |
"
Mediocre reunion pic, great cast."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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B
|
86%
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End of Watch (2012) |
"
Gyllenhaal and Pena have the sort of buddy-movie chemistry film directors can only dream of capturing. "
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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B plus
|
55%
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Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
This cast works its magic, and I dare you not to tear up when Eastwood's Gus sings 'You Are My Sunshine'"
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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A minus
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86%
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The Master (2012) |
"
The eternal struggle between the satyr and the mystic in human nature is joined."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 21, 2012
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B
|
77%
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Dredd 3D (2012) |
"
Plenty of red, dead meat for the hard-core crowd."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 20, 2012
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A minus
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42%
|
Little White Lies (2012) |
"
Who needs visual fireworks when you can just shoot a close-up of Marion Cotillard?"
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 14, 2012
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C minus
|
56%
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Beloved (2012) |
"
Mining the French New Wave for material and inspiration invites death by comparison."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 14, 2012
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B minus
|
84%
|
Arbitrage (2012) |
"
Richard Gere is the only real reason to see 'Arbitrage'"
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 14, 2012
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B
|
55%
|
Bachelorette (2012) |
"
A supposedly raunchier and 'darker' version of 'Bridesmaids' (it isn't), the film is beautifully cast and funny. "
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 7, 2012
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B
|
53%
|
The Inbetweeners (2012) |
"
Spring break, Brit-style."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
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B minus
|
22%
|
The Words (2012) |
"
What this film about plagiarism lacks is originality."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Sep 7, 2012
|
|
B+
|
94%
|
Side by Side (2012) |
"
A documentary film that asks the sort of questions most major film studios don't want asked or answered."
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Boston Herald
Posted Sep 5, 2012
|
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B
|
39%
|
The Possession (2012) |
"
'The Possession' is not bad. Director ole Bornedal has a nice touch with some things, such as the afore-mentioned atmosphere. But he inexplicably blows other things. Oy, Ole."
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Boston Herald
Posted Aug 31, 2012
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A minus
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70%
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The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate (2012) |
"
Among the standouts in the cast beyond the legendary Li is Lunmei Kwai as a Tartan warrior princess."
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Boston Herald
Posted Aug 31, 2012
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B
|
56%
|
For a Good Time, Call... (2012) |
"
Girls just want to have fun making raunchy R-rated comedies, too. "
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 31, 2012
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A minus
|
98%
|
Oslo, August 31st (2012) |
"
The film is perhaps the most emotionally devastating and yet paradoxically delicate effort of the year, a genuine gem."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 29, 2012
|
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B minus
|
67%
|
Lawless (2012) |
"
Tom Hardy is as incomprehensible as he is in 'The Dark Knight Rises'"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 29, 2012
|
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D
|
4%
|
The Apparition (2012) |
"
Scary bad."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 25, 2012
|
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A minus
|
65%
|
Cosmopolis (2012) |
"
GQ-ready, super-rich Internet entrepreneur/financier Eric Packer (Robert Pattinson) sails around New York inside a sleek, white, ovoid sarcophagus-limo from which he emerges like a modern-day, couture-clad Count Dracula"
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Boston Herald
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
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B
|
89%
|
Robot & Frank (2012) |
"
Blessed with artistry bordering on magic, Langella carries the film."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
B plus
|
75%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Feel this 'Rush.'"
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 24, 2012
|
|
B plus
|
47%
|
Hit & Run (2012) |
"
A quirky, modern romance wrapped around a motor-mouthed Tarantino-esque crime movie."
—
Boston Herald
Posted Aug 22, 2012
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