Fresh 2.5/4
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
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"If you ignore the marketing, this is actually a clever and creepy (if ultimately pointless) little thriller possessed by the soul of a horror movie."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3.5/4
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Hugh Hefner: Playboy, Activist and Rebel (2010)
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"The grand old man of American nudity is still going strong at the age of 83."
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David Kempler
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Fresh 3/4
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Lottery Ticket (2010)
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"Sweet, and very noisy, ensemble comedy lives up to its premise when it sticks closely to its neighborhood and its characters."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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The Expendables (2010)
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"There's a lot in this nostalgic Sylvester Stallone actioner that lives up to its title - the recycled plot, the forgettable characters, the monotonous violence - but it's an undeniable kick to see these vets in action."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3.5/4
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The Kids Are All Right (2010)
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"How refreshing to see lesbian marriage treated as a normal, unremarkable event rather than something worthy of voting bans. Imagine that."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3/4
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The Other Guys (2010)
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"The humor in this big budget action-comedy is a lot like one of its many chase scenes: the jokes fly like bullets, some hit the target and some don't, but in the end they get the job done."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2.5/4
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Step Up 3-D (2010)
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"The 3D, as well as the rehashed plot, do little to enhance the frequently phenomenal dancing in this third "Step Up" film."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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Restrepo (2010)
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"Sebastian Junger's chronicle of a fourteen-month mission in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley isn't much of a documentary, but the undeniably harrowing footage should be required viewing."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Dinner for Schmucks (2010)
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"A perfectly stupid and ultimately forgettable comedy from director Jay Roach that will, nonetheless, have you laughing even as the film dissolves from your memory."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 1/4
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Salt (2010)
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"Angelina Jolie's half-baked actioner feels like it was unearthed from some pre-Iron Curtain time capsule. Maybe back then we would've bought the wildly improbable plot."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Predators (2010)
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"It's no "Aliens", but it does have an intriguing setup, good pace and a surprisingly action-ready Adrien Brody."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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X2: X-Men United (2003)
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"'X' hits the spot."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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Knocked Up (2007)
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"A surprisingly sincere look at male-female Mars-Venusness in these 00s. It's funny alright, but not in the way you might think."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 0.5/4
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The Punisher (2004)
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"Standard, styleless revenge fantasy."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
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"Relentlessly silly but not quite funny parody of 70s network news never quite lives up to its promise."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 1.5/4
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Grown Ups (2010)
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"A bunch of funny guys goof their way through the thinnest of plots in a bucolic setting. It plays like watching someone else's vacation footage."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 1.5/4
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Knight & Day (2010)
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"The aliens made him do it: Tom Cruise should never have signed up for this asinine, action-adventure dud."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3/4
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Cyrus (2010)
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"There are plenty of movies about sons with inappropriate feelings for their mothers -- thank you, Freud -- but seeing that unfold between Jonah Hill and Marisa Tomei feels like a whole new adventure."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3.5/4
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Toy Story 3 (2010)
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Peter Suciu
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Splat 1.5/4
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Jonah Hex (2010)
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"This comic book adaptation is an ill-defined mess of a film that attempts to shoehorn its character into a superhero "origin story" with vague hints of the supernatural."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead (2010)
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"A clever title in search of a movie to support it, this playful mash-up of Shakespeare and vampires aims for the type of brain-twisting meta-plot that Charlie Kaufman has all but monopolized. Mr. Kaufman makes it look easy. It's not."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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The A-Team (2010)
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"What this 80s redo lacks in common sense it more than makes up for in sheer nostalgic, explosion-filled mayhem."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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Get Him to the Greek (2010)
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"Russell Brand's "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" character gets a movie all his own. The result is, as you might imagine, too much of a good thing."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 4/4
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Glee: Season 1, Vol. 1 - The Road to Sectionals (2009)
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"I'm hopelessly in love with the musical TV show "Glee." There, I said it."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Splat 2/4
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (2010)
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"This mildly diverting video game adaptation strives to be nothing more than exactly that. It's both comforting in its predictability and depressing in its lack of ambition."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Sex and the City 2 (2010)
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"The new SATC movie scores too high on the histrionic scale, but it brings bigger laughs than the previous go-round. "
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Lexi Feinberg
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Splat 1.5/4
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MacGruber (2010)
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"This SNL adaptation misses even the most obvious of opportunities. What's left is as pieced together as one of its hero's many "gadgets"."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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Best Worst Movie (2010)
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"Sweetly amusing documentary about the making of the oft-debated worst movie of all time, "Troll 2", is solely for fans who are in on the joke."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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Babies (2010)
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"Just as an Anne Geddes photo is not a Picasso, Babies is not a movie. No matter how cute it can be."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3/4
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
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"Director Jon Favreau's light touch and Robert Downey Jr.'s gift with a wisecrack continue to make this superhero franchise good, noisy fun."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Please Give (2010)
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"Nicole Holofcener's biting dialogue rescues this otherwise-forgettable marathon of malaise."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3.5/4
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Kick-Ass (2010)
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"When a movie's called "Kick-Ass", the best you can hope for is that it lives up to its name. This one lives up to it, and then kicks its ass."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Date Night (2010)
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"Harmless action-comedy rests on the considerable comedic shoulders of its two stars but generates few real laughs."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2.5/4
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Clash of the Titans (2010)
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"An unnecessary 3D upgrade and choppy script make Louis Leterrier's update of the 1981 camp classic an Olympian missed opportunity."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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Leaves of Grass (2010)
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"If the thought of Edward Norton sharing a bong with himself makes you smirk, then you will probably enjoy the silly, screwball Leaves of Grass."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 3/4
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Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
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"This raunchy, 80s-soaked comedy is every bit as funny as a movie called "Hot Tub Time Machine" should be. Which is to say, quite a bit."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat .5/4
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Repo Men (2010)
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"Grisly, humorless and over-long, this sci-fi thriller about the repossession of artificial organs isn't nearly as interesting, clever or original as it wants to be."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Greenberg (2010)
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""Life is wasted on people," mumbles the lead character in Noah Baumbach's happy-go-lucky new comedy Greenberg."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Splat 1.5/4
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Remember Me (2010)
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"Angst-ridden, wanna-be tear-jerker - featuring Robert Pattinson as another tortured, brooding James Dean-type - doesn't come close to earning its big payoff."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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Alice in Wonderland (2010)
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"The most wondrous thing about director Tim Burton's take on the Lewis Carroll classic is how lacking in wonder it all is."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 1/4
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Cop Out (2010)
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"Desperately unfunny, tone-deaf homage to 80s buddy cop movies from director Kevin Smith - just one of the many who should have known better."
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Joe Lozito
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Splat 2/4
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The Wolfman (2010)
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"This been-there-mauled-that monster movie gets points for being loud and rather bloody, but it still hasn't found a way to make werewolves interesting."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 4/4
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Almost Famous (2000)
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"Almost Famous celebrates nostalgia, dreaming and the dynamic force of music. No movie in the 2000s is more flat-out delightful."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Splat 2/4
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The Book of Eli (2010)
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"Another lone traveler wanders another post-apocalyptic landscape. This time, he carries a book. Who is this man and what's with the book? If that question is enough to keep you interested for two hours, you're all set."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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Daybreakers (2010)
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"I'm as surprised as anyone, but this clever vampire movie from the Spierig Brothers proves the genre still has some bite left in it."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 4/4
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A Serious Man (2009)
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"A good man has his morality, faith and sense of reality tested in this twistedly funny and surprisingly deep film by the Coens."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Splat 2/4
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It's Complicated (2009)
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"Nancy Meyers clearly enjoys making sitcom movies. We'd all enjoy it if she stopped."
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Lexi Feinberg
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Fresh 2.5/4
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Sherlock Holmes (2009)
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"Guy Ritchie's frenzied, over-long "reimagining" of the much-adapted Conan Doyle character isn't quite the blasphemy you'd think, thanks to a solid cast and Robert Downey Jr's inherent likability as the title."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3.5/4
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Avatar (2009)
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"James Cameron's long-awaited, unspeakably expensive 3-D epic may not change the way we watch movies, but it's undeniably beautiful, engrossing, and sets a new bar in computer-generated animation. Not bad for the King of the World."
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Joe Lozito
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Fresh 3/4
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The Lovely Bones (2009)
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"A 14-year-old girl is raped and murdered by a pedophile in The Lovely Bones -- not quite the feel-good film of the year, but a powerful one."
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Lexi Feinberg
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