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Review: Sleepwalk with Me

January 24th, 2013
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A struggling comedian suffers from sleepwalking but fails to incorporate that personal fact into his routine until halfway through the movie in Sleepwalk with Me, a surprisingly entertaining film that defies expectations and establishes itself as one of the most overlooked movies of 2012.

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Review: Does ‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ Deserve Oscars?

January 16th, 2013
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Nominated for four Oscars including Best Director and Best Picture, Beasts of the Southern Wild has come out nowhere with its story of survival, courage and tough love. Though undeserving of its award nominations, Beasts is still an engaging movie that focuses on a part of America rarely seen.

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Liberal Arts Movie Review

January 10th, 2013
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Appearances can be deceiving. Liberal Arts is a movie with a boring title, a boring poster and a boring-sounding premise. Liberal Arts is also one of the more heartwarming and engaging romantic dramas of the year.

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Review: Streep and Jones Get Frisky In ‘Hope Springs’

January 9th, 2013
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My fantasy has finally come true. For years I’ve dreamed of a Meryl Streep/Tommy Lee Jones sex scene, and Hope Springs turned those dreams into reality. Funny and heartwarming, Hope Springs looks at the efforts of an aging couple whose marriage is hanging on by threads.

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The 10 Most Disappointing Movies of 2012

January 7th, 2013
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There are always bad movies, but you can often see them coming. There is something much worse, something much more sacrilegious, in the movie industry: the disappointing movie. Disappointing movies may not be terrible – in fact, they may not even be bad movies – but they failed to meet lofty expectations. To achieve their full potential. To reward the moviegoers who paid good money to see a good movie. To meet the anticipation set forth by marketing, buzz and high hopes. To keep children from crying.

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The Ten Best Movies of 2012

January 2nd, 2013
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2012 was a banner year for movies. From massive blockbusters to highly anticipated adaptations – and movies that came out of nowhere – the year treated audiences with a surprisingly strong selection in practically every genre. As in any year, not every film delivered (ask Taylor Kitsch), but also, a few stand out among the rest. Here are the top ten best movies of 2012:

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Review: ‘Cosmopolis’ Drives Onto Blu-ray

January 1st, 2013
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Robert Pattinson attempts to escape the sparkling hell he’s been trapped in for the last several years with the very serious and very talky Cosmopolis, the latest from  director David Cronenberg. Just in case “very serious” and “very talky” are not enough to sell you, Cosmopolis is also very boring.

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Review: The Overlooked ‘Perfect Sense’

December 30th, 2012
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The world is slowly going to hell. It’s not overpopulation. Or war. Nuclear disaster? Nope. Not even famine. The world is going to hell because people are losing their senses. Smell. Taste. Hearing. Sight. People are losing their connection with the world, and there is nothing they can do to stop it. That’s the premise of Perfect Sense, a largely overlooked romantic drama starring Ewan McGregor and Eva Green.

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Review: ‘Hitchcock’ is No Psycho

December 30th, 2012
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Anthony Hopkins dons a new face for the first time since his Hannibal Lecter days in Hitchcock, where the acclaimed actor plays the acclaimed filmmaker as he makes the acclaimed classic Psycho, in which Norman Bates goes batshit crazy after certain people use the word "acclaimed" too much in a single sentence. Unfortunately, "acclaimed" cannot be ascribed to Hitchcock, which is a rather ordinary affair.

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Review: Rust and Bone

December 29th, 2012
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Marion Cotillard shows some flesh, loses some flesh and shares some, too, in Rust and Bone, Jacques Audiard’s follow-up to his Oscar-nominated drama A Prophet. The movie, about a crippled woman who develops an unlikely relationship with a knuckle fighter, features powerful performances but never delivers a knockout blow.

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Review: ‘Not Fade Away’ Unfortunately Fades Away

December 28th, 2012
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The creator of “The Sopranos” makes his theatrical debut with Not Fade Away, a coming-of-age romantic drama set against the 1960’s rise of rock bands. Unfortunately, the movie fades away much faster than intended.

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Review: ‘Promised Land’ Has More Promise Than Plunder

December 27th, 2012
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The last time Matt Damon and director Gus Van Sant teamed up for a movie, the result was… Gerry. But before that limited release, it was Good Will Hunting, which was nominated for seven Academy Awards, won two additional Oscars and put Matt Damon on the map. The two have now reunited for Promised Land, an entertaining and easy-to-watch drama that unfortunately lacks the necessary power to compete with the end-of-year heavy hitters.

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Review: Osama Meets His Match in ‘Zero Dark Thirty’

December 23rd, 2012
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Osama bin Laden meets his match in Zero Dark Thirty, a detailed and mesmerizing account of the 10-year manhunt for the al Qaeda leader. Director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal, in their follow-up to 2008′s Academy Award-winning The Hurt Locker, have managed to outdo themselves with one of the best – if not the best – movie of the year.

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Review: Does ‘Les Miserables’ Live Up to the Hype?

December 22nd, 2012
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Heavily hyped and surrounded by deafening buzz, Les Misérables serves as Tom Hooper’s follow up to the Oscar-winning drama The King’s Speech and as this year’s sole mainstream musical. It is considered a heavyweight in the Best Picture category… but it doesn’t deserve it. Well done, beautifully acted and at times explosive, Les Misérables left me wanting more. Not more of the movie, but a more emotional connection.

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Review: Kristen Stewart Goes ‘On the Road’, Gets Naked

December 21st, 2012
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With the Twilight series officially behind her, Kristen Stewart seeks to make the world forget she ever was Bella, one of the most nauseating protagonists ever put to film. In her first post-Breaking Dawn role, Stewart plays a supporting character who is unafraid to get frisky, get naked and participate in threesomes. Unfortunately, the rest of On the Road isn’t nearly as titillating.

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