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Rebel Without a Cause (1955) Eric D. Snider There's no question that Rebel Without a Cause has been influential, and that some of its mythic status comes as the result of Dean's tragic death just before it was released.
Posted Oct 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Boogie Nights (1997) John Hartl [Paul Thomas Anderson] simply doesn't allow for dull moments, and his gifts for irony and showmanship are clearly appreciated by a collection of actors who have rarely been better.
Posted Sep 23, 2025  Edit critic review
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983) John Hartl There's little sense of narrative momentum, or of anything vital at stake. Each episode seems more labored and isolated than the last.
Posted Apr 25, 2025  Edit critic review
B-
Step Brothers (2008) Dre Rivas It isn't even the funniest movie I've seen this year. But it sure made me laugh.
Posted Mar 30, 2019  Edit critic review
Downhill Racer (1969) Amanda Mae Meyncke Several shots are positively astonishing when you consider that they are in no way manipulated or digitally altered, simply a man on skis flying down a hill with a 40-pound film camera in his hands.
Posted May 30, 2018  Edit critic review
The Loved Ones (2009) Eric D. Snider Speaking of reusing old premises, The Loved Ones shows the right way to do it. In this outrageously creepy and entertaining.
Posted Jan 08, 2018  Edit critic review
Safety Last (1923) David Ehrlich The film’s contemporary feeling isn’t rooted in its immaculate presentation so much as it is Lloyd’s undaunted visual economy and the haplessly human nature of the Glass character, itself.
Posted Sep 21, 2017  Edit critic review
7/10
Grand Piano (2013) Jenni Miller Director Eugenio Mira manages to keep Grand Piano visually stimulating even when writer Damien Chazelle's script gets silly.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
Veronica Mars (2014) Jenni Miller Veronica Mars will definitely please the fans desperate to catch up with the residents of Neptune, but I feel certain it won't sate us for long.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
The Railway Man (2013) Jenni Miller The Railway Man holds great possibility but wanders off track.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
9/10
The Punk Singer (2013) Jenni Miller It is a love letter to Kathleen Hanna, to feminism, and to the fans, but it's also just a damn good movie.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
Rio 2 (2014) Jenni Miller Director Carlos Saldanha's love for his native Rio shines through, but that's not quite enough to save the messy, sprawling story.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
5/10
Adult World (2013) Jenni Miller Adult World is more aggravating than endearing, although there's an interesting idea buried beneath all the cutesy plot details.
Posted Jun 09, 2017  Edit critic review
B+
Quantum of Solace (2008) Dre Rivas Go see Quantum of Solace. Not that you weren't going to anyway.
Posted Nov 02, 2015  Edit critic review
7.9/10
The Fault in Our Stars (2014) Kate Erbland The film has enough charm and humor to keep it appealing to a wide audience, and dumbing things down doesn't feel particularly smart or canny, and proves to be a minor distraction to an otherwise majorly entertaining feature.
Posted Jan 06, 2015  Edit critic review
8.1/10
A Walk Among the Tombstones (2014) Kate Erbland Frank's film is much more of a noir outing than a straight action feature, and Neeson slips right into the tone and feel of the hard-boiled detective offering.
Posted Jan 06, 2015  Edit critic review
8.2/10
Oculus (2013) James Rocchi Praised on the festival circuit, it's got what it takes to succeed outside of that rarefied atmosphere.
Posted Jan 05, 2015  Edit critic review
7.2/10
The Guest (2014) Kate Erbland Wickedly entertaining.
Posted Jan 05, 2015  Edit critic review
8.3/10
The LEGO Movie (2014) Kate Erbland Lord and Miller's sensibilities are continually clever, and The Lego Movie works hard to gradually deliver surprising payoffs to what seem to be throwaway bits.
Posted Jan 03, 2015  Edit critic review
8.2/10
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) Kate Erbland "The Grand Budapest Hotel" is not his grandest work yet, but it is one worth an extended stay.
Posted Jan 02, 2015  Edit critic review
A-
Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010) Christine Champ Rare Exports also twists the season's staples with a morbidly merry, tongue-in-cheek sense of humor.
Posted Dec 14, 2014  Edit critic review
8.7/10
Gone Girl (2014) Kate Erbland Gone Girl is a rare bird: a tricky, weird mystery that benefits from people knowing its twist from the outset.
Posted Sep 29, 2014  Edit critic review
5.8/10
The Boxtrolls (2014) James Rocchi "The Boxtrolls" is a swing-and-miss for Laika; when you move forward with revolutionary techniques while standing still in terms of your themes, stories and settings, no amount of technical trickery or animation genius can bring the boring to vivid life.
Posted Sep 24, 2014  Edit critic review
4.8/10
Two Night Stand (2014) James Rocchi Charming but contrived, more slapdash than sexy and more interested in late-act reversals than real-life relationships, "Two Night Stand" isn't really going to scratch anyone's itchy spots, no matter how far it's willing to go in trying to do so.
Posted Sep 23, 2014  Edit critic review
7.6/10
Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013) James Rocchi If you're expecting all of Hendrix's familiar numbers, you'll be disappointed, but you're interested in the human being who made those hits, you'll find your sense of the new rewarded even as your sense of the familiar is let down.
Posted Sep 23, 2014  Edit critic review
3.9/10
This Is Where I Leave You (2014) Jordan Hoffman "This Is Where I Leave You" is the very definition of "not my cup of tea," but even making that allowance I can safely call it sub-par work.
Posted Sep 08, 2014  Edit critic review
9.5/10
Nightcrawler (2014) Jordan Hoffman A fantastic, sleek and fun satire.
Posted Sep 06, 2014  Edit critic review
2.5/10
The Judge (2014) Jordan Hoffman "Expendables 3" has fewer nauseating clichés than "The Judge."
Posted Sep 06, 2014  Edit critic review
3.2/10
The Identical (2014) Kate Erbland The music-heavy second half doesn't zip with much pizzazz, and even the film's many dips into song-and-dance fail to keep it moving along with anything resembling style. By its third act, things have flatlined.
Posted Sep 04, 2014  Edit critic review
8.2/10
Wild (2014) James Rocchi In a time when the desire for 'strong' female characters on-screen can often create perfect-but-plain parts for actresses to play, seeing a complicated female character on-screen here is even better.
Posted Sep 03, 2014  Edit critic review
7.5/10
Rosewater (2014) James Rocchi "Rosewater" marks the debut of a director whose brains and guts are the equal or the better of his eye and heart ...
Posted Sep 03, 2014  Edit critic review
6.3
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) James Rocchi The easy joke is that while many are touting "Birdman" for Best Picture, it's undoubtedly the front-runner for Most Picture. This is not a film in need of creativity, passion or energy; what it needed was restraint, consideration and direction.
Posted Sep 03, 2014  Edit critic review
7.9/10
The Imitation Game (2014) James Rocchi Strong, stirring, triumphant and tragic, The Imitation Game may be about a man who changed the world, but it's also about the world that destroyed a man.
Posted Sep 02, 2014  Edit critic review
7.4/10
To Be Takei (2014) James Rocchi While there's pathos and tragedy here, there's also good humor and human strength.
Posted Aug 28, 2014  Edit critic review
6/10
Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) Jordan Hoffman In a Hollywood landscape where so much action cinema in plagued with sameness, I can not in good conscience give anything with this level of inspired design an entirely negative review.
Posted Aug 21, 2014  Edit critic review
3/10
The Expendables 3 (2014) Jordan Hoffman Banderas does some of his most charming work since his turn as the Nasonex Bee
Posted Aug 14, 2014  Edit critic review
3/10
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) James Rocchi "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" is designed to fill a pipeline, a matter of volume more than quality. It's bland, familiar, lazy and drunk on a deadly mix of nostalgia and unthinking adrenaline.
Posted Aug 06, 2014  Edit critic review
9.1/10
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) Jordan Hoffman Behold! "Guardians of the Galaxy" is the type of movie where every second sentence starts with "behold!"
Posted Jul 29, 2014  Edit critic review
8.3/10
Magic in the Moonlight (2014) Jordan Hoffman It isn't as showy or obvious as one of Allen's (many) masterpieces, but it is quite good and deserves your time and respect.
Posted Jul 18, 2014  Edit critic review
7.5/10
Mood Indigo (2013) Jordan Hoffman Makes Wes Anderson's movies look like grim cinema verit in comparison.
Posted Jul 14, 2014  Edit critic review
9/10
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014) Jordan Hoffman [A] heavy movie, even if it is hidden in the gorilla suit that is action-adventure entertainment.
Posted Jul 09, 2014  Edit critic review
7.4/10
Earth to Echo (2014) Kate Erbland Combining some classic plot movements and plenty of modern trappings (just, like, a lot of cell phones), Earth to Echo is a sweet family film that has something for everyone.
Posted Jul 07, 2014  Edit critic review
5.9/10
Tammy (2014) Jordan Hoffman [S]till better than "Identity Thief"
Posted Jul 01, 2014  Edit critic review
6.1/10
Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Jordan Hoffman There are few pleasures in life like having your seat vibrate with the deep, resonant tones of Peter Cullen's Optimus Prime.
Posted Jun 26, 2014  Edit critic review
7.4/10
Snowpiercer (2013) James Rocchi If the film has one element that never flags or falters, it's Evans.
Posted Jun 19, 2014  Edit critic review
4/10
Jersey Boys (2014) Jordan Hoffman Defiantly dull
Posted Jun 18, 2014  Edit critic review
8/10
22 Jump Street (2014) Jordan Hoffman ...this will be the most "meta" movie ever made...
Posted Jun 08, 2014  Edit critic review
9.5/10
Edge of Tomorrow (2014) James Rocchi It'd be easy to dismiss Edge of Tomorrow as just another blunt-force summer movie, but it's sharp as a scalpel in the deft hands of its makers, with the kind of smarts, wit, filmmaking and force too many other summer films can only dream of.
Posted Jun 03, 2014  Edit critic review
7.2/10
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) James Rocchi It's a brilliant gameplan for a studio: Manipulate time and space to make the X-Men movies infinitely re-bootable, infinitely re-castable and assuredly profitable, until it sounds like, and is, a kind of prayer: Forever and ever, X-Men.
Posted May 22, 2014  Edit critic review
The Rover (2014) Jordan Hoffman [A] dark, dreary and dull "Mad Max in Neutral"
Posted May 21, 2014  Edit critic review
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