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B-
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66%
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Ender's Game (2013) |
"
More considered than your standard lunk-headed blockbuster and certainly visually engrossing, this game is played well."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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C
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64%
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About Time (2013) |
"
The script is so willy-nilly about the complexities of the issues it introduces that it winds up collapsing."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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C+
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27%
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Last Love (2013) |
"
"Last Love" starts out promising enough, but alas, it doesn't last."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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B-
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93%
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After Tiller (2013) |
"
You may or may not be convinced, but you will be affected."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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C
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54%
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Capital (2013) |
"
In the end, "Capital" is just a dark comic sketch of bald-faced greed, with little nuance or real feeling."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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B
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71%
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Man of Tai Chi (2013) |
"
The fights are spectacular - Tiger Chen doesn't need wires - the camera work is cool, the music sizzling."
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Detroit News
Posted Nov 1, 2013
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B
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88%
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The Silence (2013) |
"
Twisted, sad and undeniably disturbing, "The Silence" is a study in the sick ways of men."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 31, 2013
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D
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36%
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The Counselor (2013) |
"
"The Counselor" is guilty on all counts."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 25, 2013
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B+
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94%
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All Is Lost (2013) |
"
Eventually, even the effort to survive becomes questionable. We are all isolated, we all succumb at some point. "All Is Lost" studies that point."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 25, 2013
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A
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96%
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12 Years a Slave (2013) |
"
"12 Years a Slave" lays out an institution so twisted and wrong that its honest portrayal has been avoided for centuries. Yes, it's dark and brutal. It needs to be."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 25, 2013
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C-
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94%
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Mother Of George (2013) |
"
In the end, "George" becomes almost as irritating as that mother-in-law."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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C
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62%
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The Summit (2013) |
"
You have a tangled story being told by director Nick Ryan and writer Mark Monroe in a somewhat tangled way. The result isn't as much confusing as it is distracting."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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C+
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40%
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane (2013) |
"
Levine has fun with the genre, but he's found more interesting movies to make since. "Mandy" isn't quite dandy, but it's a cut above average."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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B
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37%
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The Fifth Estate (2013) |
"
It may be a bit chilly, but "The Fifth Estate" is good, scary information well-processed."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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C
|
49%
|
Escape Plan (2013) |
"
As Hollywood vehicles for aging action stars go, it's at least serviceable. Of course it's ridiculous, but what else would you expect?"
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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B-
|
47%
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Carrie (2013) |
"
Moore is terrifying as a guilt-addled true believer, and Moretz caresses her role when she gets the chance. And the hot topics do indeed remain hot."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 18, 2013
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C-
|
82%
|
Computer Chess (2013) |
"
In the end, you simply wish the characters (and the actors) were in a more subtle and focused film. "Computer Chess" plays a risky game. Unfortunately, it loses."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 17, 2013
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A
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94%
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Captain Phillips (2013) |
"
This is one of the year's best movies and it features Tom Hanks' strongest work in more than a decade. But it's a live wire, time bomb of a film that, when it finally releases, leaves your nerves scrambled."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 11, 2013
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B+
|
99%
|
Wadjda (2013) |
"
A sweet little film about the human spirit, about want and energy and determination against unfair odds."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 11, 2013
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A
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84%
|
The Patience Stone (2013) |
"
Directed by Atiq Rahimi and based on his novel, "The Patience Stone" speaks for all oppressed women, for all oppressed people for that matter."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 10, 2013
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A
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97%
|
Gravity (2013) |
"
In the end "Gravity" has only the most basic things to say, but it says them so well and presents them so marvelously that it's a cinematic wonder."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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C+
|
47%
|
Parkland (2013) |
"
For those who remember that dark day, it will inevitably have impact. But this was too much of a story for one film."
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Detroit News
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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B-
|
45%
|
Zaytoun (2013) |
"
The resolution is a bit Hollywood, but then who says all films about the Middle East have to be relentlessly grim? "Zaytoun" dares to find common ground and hope amidst political confusion."
—
Detroit News
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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B+
|
91%
|
Inequality For All (2013) |
"
Overall, this film is enlightening, entertaining and seriously alarming."
—
Detroit News
Posted Oct 4, 2013
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B
|
88%
|
Rush (2013) |
"
One thing's for sure with this film: You carry the "Rush" out of the theater."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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D
|
15%
|
Baggage Claim (2013) |
"
Man, "Baggage Claim" is terrible."
—
Detroit News
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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B
|
95%
|
Enough Said (2013) |
"
The easy chemistry between Louis-Dreyfus and Gandolfini is wonderfully charming - you're rooting for them even as the falsehoods pile up and the poison begins to flow."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 27, 2013
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A-
|
98%
|
Short Term 12 (2013) |
"
"Short Term 12" is a sly wonder of a film. It brings you into its unique world and then slowly reveals its characters, letting them unfold gradually, organically."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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C
|
49%
|
Thanks For Sharing (2013) |
"
Blumberg juggles comedy and drama here before going predictably dark (as addict tales tend to do), but he's more circling his subject than nailing it down."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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D
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17%
|
The Colony (2013) |
"
It's somewhat low-rent and thoroughly humorless - hey, the future's not funny - and, in the manner of the genre, adamantly bleak."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 20, 2013
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B+
|
81%
|
Prisoners (2013) |
"
It never lets up. The cell doors never open."
—
Detroit News
Posted Sep 20, 2013
|
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B+
|
60%
|
Afternoon Delight (2013) |
"
The entire film is good but the revelation here is Hahn, reliably one of the funniest women in Hollywood, now suddenly given a rich, complex and even sexy role."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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C+
|
33%
|
Adore (2013) |
"
Astonishingly, Wright and Watts sell their characters - the yearning, the bond, the inevitable wrong ahead. But "Adore" remains too much of a stretch."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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C+
|
52%
|
Bounty Killer (2013) |
"
Intentionally cheap, silly and bloody from beginning to end, "Bounty Killer" is custom-made for those seeking out self-aware garbage. To those: enjoy! To all others: beware."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 6, 2013
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C
|
15%
|
Winnie Mandela (2013) |
"
By the film's end, Winnie has become so stifled by her own fallen stature that she sits frozen; unfortunately, so does this somewhat confusing movie."
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Detroit News
Posted Sep 5, 2013
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B
|
93%
|
Still Mine (2013) |
"
Growing old together can't be easy, but in this case, it's certainly beautiful."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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B+
|
74%
|
The Grandmaster (2013) |
"
"The Grandmaster" can feel stiff at times, and something is doubtlessly lost in translation. But the precision and magic of Wong Kar Wai's camera is so captivating it doesn't matter."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 30, 2013
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B-
|
60%
|
Here and There (2013) |
"
Esparza's working with untrained actors and at times they stumble haltingly through scenes, seemingly grasping for lines and straining for reactions. But there are also moments when it seems as if life itself is being captured."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 29, 2013
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B+
|
91%
|
In a World... (2013) |
"
Bell has built a sweet comedy that manages to be a bit romantic, a bit political and hugely enjoyable."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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B
|
89%
|
The World's End (2013) |
"
This is cheeky British irreverence at its best, and there's even a bit of meaning and moral behind it all if you can see through the laughter."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 23, 2013
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C
|
12%
|
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013) |
"
The film drags on for 130 minutes, with the final half-hour consisting of near nonstop bashing between demons, werewolves and magical kids in sleek black outfits."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 21, 2013
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B+
|
74%
|
Lee Daniels' The Butler (2013) |
"
"The Butler" mixes big issues and big people and real human life with surprising grace."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 16, 2013
|
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A
|
95%
|
The Hunt (2013) |
"
It's hard to watch. It should be seen."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 15, 2013
|
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B-
|
51%
|
Blood (2013) |
"
"Blood" may not be wholly original, but it is effective."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
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C
|
68%
|
Elysium (2013) |
"
An epic about saving humanity that feels more manufactured than human."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
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A+
|
91%
|
Blue Jasmine (2013) |
"
As Jasmine's story is revealed, and as Blanchett manages the fragile mask of her character's sanity, the film builds to a mighty emotional pitch."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
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B-
|
55%
|
Lovelace (2013) |
"
The familiar arc is complete, the grisly elements all ring true. But somehow it all feels too surface, too easy. Why, why, why? There must have been more."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 9, 2013
|
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B+
|
97%
|
The Act Of Killing (2013) |
"
The acts it describes are shocking, the world it shows is shocking and the filmmaking itself is shocking. This is not a film easily forgotten."
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
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C
|
83%
|
Prince Avalanche (2013) |
"
Did I just really pay good money to watch this?"
—
Detroit News
Posted Aug 8, 2013
|
|
B
|
47%
|
We're The Millers (2013) |
"
A laugh-out-loud comic trek that avoids being either too crude or too docile. If a summer of high-impact blockbusters has left you worn out, join the Millers for a laugh."
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Detroit News
Posted Aug 7, 2013
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