Fresh
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Mesrine: L'Instinct de Mort (Mesrine: Part 1 - Killer Instinct) (2010)
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"A few notable set-pieces and the incredible performance by Cassel save Killer Instinct from the traps it sets for itself."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Cairo Time (2010)
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"A subtle, quiet, slow film that succeeds in not only burrowing under your skin and into your mind during its running time but has a remarkable ability to stay there for days and weeks afterward."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Mao's Last Dancer (2010)
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"A well-intentioned slice of melodrama but all the good intentions in the world can't hide the film's many, many flaws. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Lottery Ticket (2010)
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"The very likable young leads salvage this broad comedy from complete disaster but you know you're in trouble when Bow Wow is the best thing about a movie."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Extra Man (2010)
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"Pulcini & Berman's work cuts its own path through the archetypes and delivers a unique comedy in the process. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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The Expendables (2010)
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"There's nothing wrong with a guilty pleasure. We all have them: Those movies that we know suck that we can't help but watch on cable every time they come on. But they still SUCK. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
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"With more and more movies feeling like they were made by committee, only the most self-defeating critics will come down on something with this much personality."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Eat Pray Love (2010)
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"Despite its flaws, an intelligent, beautiful-looking film about the power of one person to radically change the life of another is an unexpected treat in a season of mindless entertainment."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Other Guys (2010)
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"The flaws don't outweigh the fact that most of The Other Guys is straight-up funny. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Cropsey (2010)
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"Brancaccio and Zeman don’t offer any easy answers, merely throwing all of the many issues of the story of Cropsey into a melting pot of danger, terror, and secrecy."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Middle Men (2010)
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"Middle Men would be lucky to rise to the median of a list of the films released in 2010. It's actually pretty far below "middle." "
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Disappearance of Alice Creed (2010)
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"With so many genre films cluttering themselves with personality-less victims, it's rarer than ever to see a movie that hearkens back to a day when the actors and their characters were as important as the twists, turns, and gore."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Charlie St. Cloud (2010)
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"There's a decent drama buried in Charlie St. Cloud if the writers and director had the nerve to remove the film of all of its supernatural tricks, all of which feel much more maudlin than genuine."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh 3/4
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Best Worst Movie (2010)
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"It's not often that a behind-the-scenes documentary is more entertaining than the movie itself but Best Worst Movie is not your typical Hollywood tale. There's nothing typical about Troll 2."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
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"The blend of styles with Rudd's everyman realism, Roach's pedestrian visual sense, and the script's "wacky" humor results in a stew of a comedy in which the divergent ingredients never gel into one coherent movie dish."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Countdown to Zero (2010)
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"This is easily the scariest movie of the year, but like a lot of horror films, it goes a bit past the line that it needed to in order to make its point and loses its effectiveness through overkill."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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L'Enfer d'Henri-Georges Clouzot (Henri-George Clouzot's Inferno) (2010)
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"An amazing glimpse into not only what could have been but how easy it is for a filmmaker to go down the rabbit hole into his own project-killing obsessive behavior."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010)
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"A film obsessed with the idea of magic that doesn't bother to stop and create any of its own."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Inception (2010)
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"Inception is a film about a man who wants to implant an idea in another man's mind. The reason it's a masterpiece is because Christopher Nolan somehow found his way into mine."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Predators (2010)
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"Almost a quarter-century after the B-movie that launched an improbable franchise, we get a reboot that simply spins it wheels, content to deliver exactly what most will expect from it and absolutely nothing more."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
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"It's a great piece of filmmaking because of its characters, all of whom feel genuine and three-dimensional in ways that typical screenwriting fails to pull off."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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[Rec] 2 (2010)
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"You'd be advised to forget [REC] 2 even exists. Go watch the original if you've never seen it or even check out Quarantine. You'll be much better off."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Girl Who Played with Fire (Flickan som lekte med elden) (2010)
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"I almost enjoyed the economy of the thrills more than the density of the first movie. And the performances the second time around are more accomplished as Rapace and Nyqvist clearly know their characters inside and out."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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La MISSION (2010)
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"A well-intentioned film that nonetheless falls head first into the kind of surface-level clichés and stereotypes that are usually reserved for basic cable TV movies."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Let it Rain (Parlez-moi de la pluie) (2010)
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"May be a light lunch compared to the full meal of some other recent French offerings but it still tastes damn good."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Love Ranch (2010)
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"The kind of unabashed embarrassment that should send people to their attorneys to see if there's any legal way to get it removed from their pages on IMDB, Wikipedia, and the like."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Sweetgrass (2009)
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"Even viewers caught unaware of just how natural this documentary is could easily find themselves mesmerized by its unique charms."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Cyrus (2010)
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"A heartbreakingly real and hilarious character study about a man trying to put the pieces back together and discovering one of the new ones in his life doesn't quite fit. Don't miss it."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Killer Inside Me (2010)
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"If you're a noir fan interested in seeing a unique modern take on the timeless genre, don't miss this challenging but often fascinating drama."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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I Am Love (Io sono l'amore) (2010)
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"I Am Love is a raving piece of filmmaking but its technical beauty is in the service of a story that too often feels clichéd and contrived."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Knight & Day (2010)
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"One of those films that constantly feels like it could have and should have been better as it threatens to come together but doesn't quite do so."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Jonah Hex (2010)
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"It plays like a film that's not done yet, as if the editor hated watching it repeatedly and simply refused to finish."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work (2010)
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"A fascinating, enlightening look at the dark side of show business and the issues that come with being a part of it for decades."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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The Karate Kid (2010)
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"A constant fight of one kick forward, one kick backward when it comes to overall quality but it ends on the front foot and so barely works by virtue of leaving the audience with a smile on their face."
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Brian Tallerico
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Ondine (2010)
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"It's a film that leaves me very conflicted in that I wish there were more like it in theory and I love star Colin Farrell's recent career decisions, but a film cannot be judged on intentions and Ondine simply doesn't float. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Solitary Man (2010)
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"Solitary Man may be about a man who has found himself on his own, but it features one of the best ensemble performances of the year. Don't miss it."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus (Lost in Rio) (2010)
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"Sequelitis is apparently not purely an American phenomenon."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Micmacs (Micmacs à tire-larigot) (2010)
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"I'm not ready in the current marketplace of boring junk to yet say that a movie can be TOO clever. Although Micmacs sure tests that theory."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Marmaduke (2010)
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"This is a film that begins and ends with a fart joke. And those are two of the highlights."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Splice (2010)
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"The horror genre needs more films like this one; works made by filmmakers willing to take chances and deliver something to viewers that they would never expect."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Holy Rollers (2010)
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"It feels like too many character corners were cut, removing the depth that would make the proceedings believable, and leaving only the cliché."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Metropolis (1927)
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"If it comes anywhere near your town, go see it and thank the movie Gods that it even exists. There's no star rating high enough."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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The City of Your Final Destination (2010)
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"The story is nonexistent and the dialogue so self-conscious that the entire proceeding becomes as numbing as someone reading a mediocre book aloud. "
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Survival of the Dead (2010)
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"Like a zombie version of his previous movies %u2013 feeding off what came before and just not quite all there."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
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"Imagine watching someone else play a video game while another guy narrates it."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Sex and the City 2 (2010)
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"King can't keep a straight face for long enough to make it work, sabotaging his own characters for the sake of a shallow karaoke number. Don't sing along."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Daddy Longlegs (2010)
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"Bronstein's performance and the gentle, unforced directorial work by the Safdies distinguish a film about an all-too-undistinguished father."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Just Wright (2010)
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"From the minute that Queen Latifah and Common share a scene together in this relatively light romantic tale, their combined screen charisma blends together in way that makes the generic script that follows much easier to take."
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Brian Tallerico
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Fresh
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Casino Jack And The United States Of Money (2010)
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"It's an informative, interesting documentary that just barely comes together enough and tells an important enough story to merit a look, but it's not the film that it could have been."
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Brian Tallerico
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Splat
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Robin Hood (2010)
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"Rarely has the story of an outlaw of the people been so uninspiring."
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Brian Tallerico
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