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4/4
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95%
|
12 Years a Slave (2013) |
"
The film hits like a sledgehammer, in part because it suggests that films about slavery are rare because we are guilty of burying the shameful aspects of our history."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 26, 2013
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2.5/4
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83%
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Don Jon (2013) |
"
Don Jon is a solid debut, but my guess is that Joseph Gordon-Levitt will have some more exciting cinematic adventures for us as his career behind the camera continues"
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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3/4
|
95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
Enough Said is a lovely coda to an actor whose career was cut short to soon.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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|
2.5/4
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94%
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Captain Phillips (2013) |
"
Tom Hanks' performance is the anchor that keeps the dull bits from overwhelming Captain Phillips."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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2.5/4
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81%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
The brutality and torture displayed by the "hero" of this piece makes for several uncomfortable moments."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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4/4
|
97%
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Gravity (2013) |
"
Combines a breathtaking use of 3D photography, terrifying action sequences and an emotionally gripping performance by Sandra Bullock to create a brilliant movie.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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3/4
|
74%
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
Whitaker's steadfast performance as an ordinary man in extraordinary times is what makes 'The Butler' so special."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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2.5/4
|
64%
|
2 Guns (2013) |
"
A standard connect-the-dots heist plot elevated by its Wahlberg/Washington star power."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Aug 9, 2013
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2/4
|
69%
|
The Wolverine (2013) |
"
At one point, with a giant metal suit controlled by Yashida battling Wolverine, the movie felt like outtakes from Pacific Rim."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Aug 2, 2013
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3/4
|
94%
|
Fruitvale Station (2013) |
"
The performance by Michael B. Jordan is authentic and convincing, and helps us stay engaged in a film that wants to be mundane until its explosive finale.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Aug 2, 2013
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2/4
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42%
|
Red 2 (2013) |
"
Bigger and louder doesn't mean better. "
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 25, 2013
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3/4
|
87%
|
The Conjuring (2013) |
"
The Conjuring will have you shuddering with every creepy moment."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 25, 2013
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|
3/4
|
67%
|
World War Z (2013) |
"
World War Z is often suspenseful and exciting even in the midst of clashing cinematic styles that were often incongruous but somehow come together eventually."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
50%
|
White House Down (2013) |
"
It is an enjoyable wallow in mindless popcorn fun from the master of the blockbuster, Roland Emmerich (Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, 2012).
"
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
3/4
|
66%
|
The Heat (2013) |
"
The Heat takes a standard male action/comedy template, the odd couple cop movie, and blows it up with an estrogen bomb named Melissa McCarthy."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 12, 2013
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|
2/4
|
31%
|
The Lone Ranger (2013) |
"
The horse is funnier than Armie Hammer who plays the good soldier and lets everyone else around him make an impression while he languishes in bland-ville.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jul 12, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
56%
|
Man of Steel (2013) |
"
The problem with Man of Steel is that while the background story and character development are solid, the action sequences are distressingly generic and bland. "
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jun 25, 2013
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|
2.5/4
|
11%
|
After Earth (2013) |
"
While I understand the critical backlash towards Shyamalan, I disagree and found After Earth to be a solid movie, not great but good."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jun 6, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) |
"
There is something particularly resilient about this franchise. The cool cars and even cooler gang of remarkably talented car jockeys manage to up the ante each time out."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted May 24, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) |
"
Star Trek: Into Darkness does not quite reach the heights of the first film, but it does pass muster as a terrific summer popcorn movie."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted May 16, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
79%
|
Iron Man 3 (2013) |
"
Iron Man 3 packs all the clever one-liners and tons of fun we expect, while contrasting that fun with an authentic sense of menace."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted May 3, 2013
|
|
1/4
|
50%
|
Pain & Gain (2013) |
"
Bay applies his action-on-steroids style to a movie about guys actually demented from doing too many steroids, taking his cinematic excesses to the next level. "
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted May 1, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
54%
|
Oblivion (2013) |
"
While the visuals in Oblivion are superb, the plot wanders into more than a few "are you kidding me?" moments, in particular the timeline, which doesn't make much sense."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Apr 26, 2013
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|
3/4
|
79%
|
42 (2013) |
"
This film reminds us that how we feel about our sports figures mirrors how we feel about our nation."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Apr 17, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
28%
|
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013) |
"
Dwayne Johnson and Bruce Willis provide performances that should be in the hall of shame under the category "Best example of going through the motions for a paycheck."
"
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Apr 4, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
44%
|
The Call (2013) |
"
Even though the finish of the film is beyond the reach of believability, somehow it didn't spoil the suspense that preceded it.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
1.5/4
|
48%
|
Olympus Has Fallen (2013) |
"
Assembled from other movies with the main template being Under Siege, plus the attitude from Die Hard and a blow-things-to-hell ambiance from any Michael Bay movie."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Mar 28, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
59%
|
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013) |
"
The film blends together impressive special effects, a story about teamwork and the redemption of a man who finally strives for greatness into an effective family film."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Mar 13, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
41%
|
Parker (2013) |
"
Parker wants to be more than a standard action film, and those efforts, ironically, are what sabotaged any chance the film had to be good as a pure action film."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
60%
|
The Last Stand (2013) |
"
Surely the former governor of the state could have come across a better script for his return to the big screen in a starring role."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
2.5/4
|
46%
|
Bullet to the Head (2013) |
"
Not a classic action film, but it's a decent genre entry and the fight scenes are worth the price of admission.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Feb 7, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
93%
|
Zero Dark Thirty (2013) |
"
Who could imagine that the CIA in this modern era would be defined by a couple of badass women, Homeland's Carrie Matheson, and in this film, Jessica Chastain's focused Maya."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
3/4
|
81%
|
The Impossible (2012) |
"
The massive numbers of people in an overflowing hospital with overwhelmed staff is nearly as gut wrenching as the disaster that created this landscape of human debris."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jan 11, 2013
|
|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Django Unchained (2012) |
"
Tarantino's blood-soaked ambiance is perfectly in tune with the more serious undercurrents in his spectacularly enjoyable Django Unchained."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Jan 3, 2013
|
|
2/4
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
I enjoyed this inside look at how Psycho became Hitchcock's biggest hit, but I can't imagine how anyone who hasn't studied Hitchcock would find much of interest in it."
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Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
92%
|
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) |
"
Unlike the usual run-of-the-mill rom-com, this film bristles with life from the central core of the love story, to the quirky band of supporting players who add to the fun."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Dec 26, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
65%
|
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) |
"
My biggest complaint about this latest adventure in Middle-earth is that it is three hours worth of set-up for the next movie."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Dec 19, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
12%
|
Red Dawn (2012) |
"
Unfortunately, post-9/11, an invasion seems more plausible than it did in 1984."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Dec 5, 2012
|
|
bomb
|
75%
|
Killing Them Softly (2012) |
"
Killing Them Softly has jumped to the top of my list of worst movies of 2012"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Dec 5, 2012
|
|
3/4
|
87%
|
Life of Pi (2012) |
"
A mash up of fable, religious allegory, visual 3D feast, Animal Planet special, drama and comedy"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Lincoln (2012) |
"
Spielberg's Lincoln shows us that the nasty in-fighting of American party politics is not restricted to the modern era.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Nov 29, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
48%
|
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 (2012) |
"
Twihards, don't rip my head off for saying this, but I enjoyed your reaction to the final Twilight movie than the actual movie, although it was better than the awful Part I."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Nov 17, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
78%
|
Flight (2012) |
"
After the tremendous opening, just like the ex-girlfriend in that Visa commercial, I raged at my expectations by admitting that this movie is boring, boring, boring.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Nov 8, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
66%
|
Cloud Atlas (2012) |
"
The brilliant way the trio of directors have pieced all these elements into a delightful whole is a cinematic magic trick that keeps on giving for 163 minutes.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 25, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
81%
|
Pitch Perfect (2012) |
"
This take on an a-capella group competition is a mild satire that provides a few good laughs and terrific performances by Anna Kendrick and Rebel Wilson."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
96%
|
Argo (2012) |
"
John Goodman and Alan Arkin make the Hollywood side of the movie fabulous, but Argo spends too much time in waiting-around mode to be fully successful as a thriller.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 12, 2012
|
|
2.5/4
|
51%
|
Trouble with the Curve (2012) |
"
As a baseball fan who agrees with the traditional side of the scouting argument, Trouble With the Curve is acceptable lightweight entertainment."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Oct 3, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
85%
|
The Master (2012) |
"
The performances by Hoffman and Phoenix are compelling, but the storyline surrounding their father-son dynamic is not."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
2/4
|
93%
|
Looper (2012) |
"
While Gordon-Levitt and Willis have a blast with the space-time issues and some funny dialogue, the movie loses steam after a solid start.
"
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Sep 28, 2012
|
|
3.5/4
|
76%
|
Premium Rush (2012) |
"
Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Michael Shannon face off in a 90-minute chase layered with flashbacks that cleverly fill in the details with Pulp Fiction-esque precision."
—
Atlantic City Weekly
Posted Aug 24, 2012
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