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RogerEbert rated The Iran Job
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”I confess to being a sucker for sports movies, the ones with the "Big Game" at the end. "The Iran Job" has all the requisite elements of that cinematic…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Gimme the Loot
and wrote a review Gimme the Loot
”Writer-director Adam Leon has a natural, casual style that makes us feel we're eavesdropping on the lives of Sofia (Tashiana Washington) and Malcolm (Ty…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Wrong
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RogerEbert rated From Up on Poppy Hill
and wrote a review From Up on Poppy Hill
”The artistry is peaceful and comforting to the eyes but not especially stirring. Given the pictorial extremes that Studio Ghibli has gone to in the past,…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Sapphires
and wrote a review The Sapphires
”Co-written by the son of one of the real-life singers and directed by Wayne Blair, who starred in the play based on their story, "The Sapphires" is clearly…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Place Beyond the Pines
and wrote a review The Place Beyond the Pines
”American filmmaker Derek Cianfrance takes on too much at all at once in "The Place Beyond the Pines," an over-stuffed, hyper-pulpy, and mostly trite trifurcated…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Host
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RogerEbert rated G.I. Joe: Retaliation
and wrote a review G.I. Joe: Retaliation
”To say "G.I. Joe: Retaliation" is a video game for the big screen is to insult a number of video games that are far more creative, challenging and better-looking.…“ (more)Mar 28th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Everybody Has a Plan
and wrote a review Everybody Has a Plan
”Everybody Has a Plan" is a pretty good existential crime thriller set in a snake-infested jungle swampland of Argentina. Its relaxed air of menace, and…“ (more)Mar 21st, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Angels' Share
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”Forget about the plot. Don't worry about whether this film has a happy or tragic ending. What's important is the voice that tells the tale, offering an…“ (more)Mar 21st, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Ginger & Rosa
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”"Ginger & Rosa" tells two early-coming-of-age stories, one political, one emotional —... “ (more)Mar 21st, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Olympus Has Fallen
and wrote a review Olympus Has Fallen
”While "Olympus Has Fallen" breaks no major new ground in the political thriller genre, Fuqua has directed a sharp, very taut adventure that keeps you engrossed…“ (more)Mar 21st, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Croods
and wrote a review The Croods
”Kids will enjoy outsmarting the Neanderthals, whose experience of the world is so limited that they think fire can be extinguished by dry grass. They will…“ (more)Mar 21st, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Admission
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RogerEbert rated Spring Breakers
and wrote a review Spring Breakers
”Korine's latest is a characteristically serious film about inherently ridiculous characters, but it's too montonous to be really thoughtful or funny. Korine…“ (more)Mar 18th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The We and the I
and wrote a review The We and the I
”In many ways, the film plays like a "Breakfast Club"-lite version of all the coming-of-age stories in which a group of teenagers slowly reveals insecurities,…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Call
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RogerEbert rated Upside Down
and wrote a review Upside Down
”Simply put, this is one of the craziest films to come along in a while and I can confidently say that anyone who sees it will either hail it is some kind…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Reincarnated
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”"Reincarnated" seems more interested in showing us countless scenes of people smoking herb than in giving us details about the making of the album it purports…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Silence
and wrote a review The Silence
”In Baran bo Odar's first-rate thriller "The Silence," the aerial panoramic images, which survey undeniably gorgeous slices of Bavarian countryside, express…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
and wrote a review The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
”A movie satirizing magicians — even rock 'n' roll hipster magicians — is only slightly more cutting edge than a movie mocking mimes or carnies. At…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Seven Psychopaths
and wrote a review Seven Psychopaths
”Written and directed by Martin McDonagh ("In Bruges"), this is a delightfully goofy, self-aware movie that knows it is a movie. You've heard of a movie…“ (more)Mar 14th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Oz the Great and Powerful
and wrote a review Oz the Great and Powerful
”Some of the surprises in "Oz the Great and Powerful," the much-anticipated "Wizard of Oz" origins movie, are delightful. Others, however, sink the movie…“ (more)Mar 8th, 2013 Details -
RogerEbert rated Yossi
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RogerEbert rated The Monk
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