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3/4
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81%
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Rust and Bone (2012) |
"
An effective and moving drama about the strength of the human spirit and the will to survive."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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3/4
|
49%
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This is 40 (2012) |
"
"This Is 40" is a bull's-eye zeitgeist comedy, a movie in which everyone acts like real people but funnier."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 20, 2012
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3.5/4
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96%
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Monsters, Inc. 3D (2012) |
"
Its reassuring message is more relevant than ever."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 18, 2012
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3/4
|
38%
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Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) |
"
Casting Murray as FDR may feel like a gamble or a stunt at first, but after a few minutes the rightness of the choice is inarguable."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 13, 2012
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|
1.5/4
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65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
"The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey" is not the worst film of the year, but it may be the most disappointing."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 13, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
4%
|
Playing for Keeps (2012) |
"
"Playing for Keeps" is a perfectly pleasant romantic comedy completely lacking in novelty. This will leave many viewers unengaged, but may not be a disadvantage for its core audience."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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4/4
|
96%
|
Chasing Ice (2012) |
"
"Chasing Ice" is a grand adventure, a visual amazement and a powerful warning."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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3/4
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68%
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Barrymore (2012) |
"
Mr. Plummer stumbles beautifully, poignantly and often, leering and searching through a haze of memory or, with concern edged with panic, calling for 'a line, a line' much as Richard III calls for a horse."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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3/4
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67%
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Wuthering Heights (2012) |
"
Arnold drastically pares back dialogue and exposition, telling the classic tale of passion and revenge with probing, harshly sensual camera work and a minimum of sentimentality."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Dec 6, 2012
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|
4/4
|
96%
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Sister (2012) |
"
French-born director and co-screenwriter Ursula Meier balances the scenario's bleak, wrenching aspects with a stirring confidence in the redemptive power of love."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 29, 2012
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|
2/4
|
66%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
They could have subtitled it "Dial M for Muddle.""
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
Ang Lee's thrillingly audacious film transforms this inconceivable premise into visual poetry, high adventure and sheer enchantment."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 20, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
90%
|
Somewhere Between (2012) |
"
Documentarian Linda Goldstein Knowlton follows four teenage adoptees as they sort through the sensitive cultural and personal issues that arise from their dual identities."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 15, 2012
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|
2.5/4
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77%
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The Other Son (2012) |
"
A humane but emotionally anemic message movie whose dramatic craft doesn't live up to its good intentions."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
A Royal Affair (2012) |
"
The film moves along crisply, looks great and stimulates the brain (I am a sucker for torrid romances propelled by quotes from Rousseau and Voltaire.)"
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
91%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Day-Lewis' voice is thin and reedy, which jibes with historical accounts but subverts our expectations. His attitude makes listeners lean in, and so do we, magnetized by his kindly reserve."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
"Breaking Dawn, Part 2" doesn't end the series on an especially strong note, but it ends it. Let's count our blessings."
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
72%
|
A Late Quartet (2012) |
"
An auspicious feature debut for a director whose sensitivity to emotional harmonies is as rewarding as his reverence for timeless, transcendent music."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
70%
|
This Must Be The Place (2012) |
"
With its overbearing eccentricity, rib-nudging irony and confusion of tones, everything in the film is either underdeveloped or overstated."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
94%
|
Side by Side (2012) |
"
A trim, informative 99-minute primer on celluloid film, which to many viewers has a warmth and feel as soothing as buttered popcorn, and the brave new world of digital cinema."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
Escape Fire: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare (2012) |
"
This swiftly paced documentary assembles expert talking heads and real-world patients and practitioners to discuss defusing the ticking time bomb of American health care costs."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
100%
|
The Misfits (1961) |
"
Gable is a tender, stoic hand at the end of the line, and Montgomery Clift, Eli Wallach and Thelma Ritter add pungent support."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Skyfall (2012) |
"
Some of it is terrific. And some of it is spectacular."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 7, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
The Sessions (2012) |
"
This is a crowd-pleaser of the finest sort."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
77%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
The film tackles serious issues of addiction, legal intrigue and personal responsibility, with Denzel Washington in top form as a heroic yet morally compromised protagonist."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Wreck-it Ralph (2012) |
"
Think "Tron" with belly laughs. Or "Night at the Museum" with any laughs."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
71%
|
The Loneliest Planet (2012) |
"
Why expend more energy on the film than its makers did?"
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
|
98%
|
Brooklyn Castle (2012) |
"
Castle is suspenseful, funny and, particularly in its depiction of the challenging home lives of some of the kids, moving."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Nov 1, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
88%
|
The Other Dream Team (2012) |
"
Here's a twist on the plucky underdog sports movie. The Other Dream Team adds rock 'n' roll and eastern European history to the rah-rah mix."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 26, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
89%
|
Keep the Lights On (2012) |
"
The cast, uniformly excellent, draws us into a vibrant, energetic Manhattan where commitments are forged and broken through sheer chance and those seeking permanence must continually resist temptation and ennui."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
55%
|
Simon and the Oaks (2012) |
"
[A] lush, handsomely crafted middlebrow epic ..."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
33%
|
Chasing Mavericks (2012) |
"
Nothing special; decent enough considering the circumstances."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
83%
|
Smashed (2012) |
"
It conveys a rare depth of understanding and compassion for its protagonist."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
63%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
Three directors, plus six story lines, times five centuries equals one grandly conceived, impressively mounted megaflop."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
12%
|
Alex Cross (2012) |
"
From its clich� opening -- an irrelevant gun battle and chase -- to its derivative climax, this is a film with decades of dust on it."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 18, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
68%
|
Step Up To The Plate (2012) |
"
Foodies will drink in the beauty of the meal preparation and the stunning architecture of the modernist restaurant."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 13, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
38%
|
Here Comes the Boom (2012) |
"
Weak humor and vanilla plotting have replaced legitimate drama, pathos, and character development."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 13, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
81%
|
Seven Psychopaths (2012) |
"
A movie that leaves you stumbling out of the theater in a state of giddy, elated vertigo."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
39%
|
The Paperboy (2012) |
"
"The Paperboy" suggests something Tennessee Williams might have come up with, if he didn't know how to string together a plot."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
An impressive mix of serious suspense filmmaking and ironic, mood-lightening humor. And it has the added distinction of being mostly true, based on a declassified CIA operation."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 11, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Frankenweenie (2012) |
"
The story brims with self-parody, social satire, horror, nostalgia, wit and emotional insight, with Burton keeping all the plates spinning."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
50%
|
V/H/S (2012) |
"
This anthology of "found footage" horror featurettes is predictably hit-and-miss."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
32%
|
The Oranges (2012) |
"
When it's funny, it's laugh-out-loud funny, yet when the situation calls for groans of vicarious embarrassment, it provides them in spades."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
0.5/4
|
35%
|
Butter (2012) |
"
This film is dumb, blunt-instrument parody."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
1/4
|
21%
|
Taken 2 (2012) |
"
Why an actor of Neeson's ability would play this character once, let alone twice, is a mystery for the ages."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Oct 4, 2012
|
|
1.5/4
|
33%
|
Won't Back Down (2012) |
"
"Won't Back Down" is to school reform what "Reefer Madness" is to drug policy."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
85%
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) |
"
Stephen Chbosky's script is insightful about the exhilaration of soul-piercing first love, and the misery of being swept into a relationship with someone who's forceful, determined and utterly wrong for you."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
|
89%
|
El Velador (2012) |
"
An eerie look at the human cost of Mexico's drug wars. Filmmaker Natalia Almada turns her lens on a narco-cemetery in Culiacan, the capital of crime-ridden Sinaloa."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Sep 27, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
94%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
Johnson wears his new maturity with confidence, delivering a tense, twisty story with an unexpected emotional wallop."
—
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Posted Sep 27, 2012
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