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Critics Consensus: Carrie Won't Replace the Original (44 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 17 2013, 06:34 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a telekinetic teen (Carrie, starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore); a pair of jail-breakers (Escape Plan, starring Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger); and a document leaker (The Fifth Estate, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Daniel Br�hl). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Captain Phillips is Certified Fresh (44 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Oct. 10 2013, 06:00 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a hostage situation (Captain Phillips, starring Tom Hanks and Catherine Keener), and a deadly mission (Machete Kills, starring Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Gravity is Certified Fresh (68 comments)

by on Friday, Oct. 04 2013, 02:07 PM

This week at the movies, we've got stranded astronauts (Gravity, starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney), a gambling racket (Runner Runner, starring Ben Affleck and Justin Timberlake), and some heavy metal thunder (the concert documentary Metallica Through the Never). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Rush and Don Jon Certified Fresh (39 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Friday, Sep. 27 2013, 01:40 PM

This week at the movies, we've got racing rivals (Rush, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Br�hl); ravenous food (Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, with voice performances from Bill Hader and Anna Faris); a lovestruck lothario (Don Jon, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson); and a desperate flight attendant (Baggage Claim, starring Paula Patton and Djimon Hounsou). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Prisoners is Certified Fresh (29 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Sep. 19 2013, 06:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a frantic search (Prisoners, starring Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal) and an international dance-off (Battle of the Year, starring Josh Holloway and Laz Alonso). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Insidious: Chapter 2 is a So-So Frightfest (52 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Sep. 12 2013, 08:48 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a bedeviled family (Insidious: Chapter 2, starring Patrick Wilson and Rose Byrne) and some witnesses who need little protection (The Family, starring Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Riddick is Decent Action Fare (42 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Sep. 05 2013, 05:18 PM

This week, we've only got one new film in wide release: Riddick, starring Vin Diesel and Karl Urban in the continuing adventures of the titular 28th Century soldier. What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: One Direction: This Is Us is Lightweight But Entertaining (56 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Aug. 29 2013, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a popular boy band (the concert documentary One Direction: This Is Us), a desperate ex-racecar driver (Getaway, starring Ethan Hawke and Selena Gomez), and attorneys under surveillance (Closed Circuit, starring Eric Bana and Rebecca Hall). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Is a Derivative Fantasy (53 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Aug. 22 2013, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a teenage demon-slayer (The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, starring Lily Collins and Lena Headey), a band of masked killers (You're Next, starring Sharni Vinson and Nicholas Tucci), some resilient pub crawlers (The World's End, starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost), and a desperate housewife (Blue Jasmine, starring Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Kick-Ass 2 Misses the Target; Lee Daniels' The Butler is Moving and Well-Acted (111 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Aug. 15 2013, 06:07 PM

This week at the movies, we've got teenage superheroes (Kick-Ass 2, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz); a White House domestic worker (Lee Daniels' The Butler, starring Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey); corporate killers (Paranoia, starring Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman); and a tech titan (Jobs, starring Ashton Kutcher and Dermot Mulroney). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Elysium Soars; Planes is Grounded (45 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Aug. 07 2013, 06:44 PM

This week at the movies, we've got a futuristic factory worker (Elysium, starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster); anthropomorphic aircraft (Planes, with voice performances from Dane Cook and Julia Louis-Dreyfus); a drug-smuggling "family" (We're the Millers, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis); a high school demigod (Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters, starring Logan Lerman and Brandon T. Jackson); and an unlikely teenage couple (The Spectacular Now, starring Miles Teller and Shailene Woodley). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: 2 Guns Shoots Wildly, But Its Stars Connect (55 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Friday, Aug. 02 2013, 10:27 AM

This week at the movies, we've got heavily-armed undercover agents (2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg) and hijinks-prone blue creatures (The Smurfs 2 with voice work from Neil Patrick Harris and Katy Perry). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: The Wolverine Is Pretty Sharp (63 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jul. 25 2013, 03:27 PM

This week at the movies, we've got an embattled mutant (The Wolverine, starring Hugh Jackman and Rila Fukushima); an uptight valedictorian (The To Do List, starring Aubrey Plaza and Johnny Simmons); and a lonely teenager (The Way, Way Back, starring Liam James and Steve Carell). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Red 2 is Mindlessly Silly and The Conjuring is Certified Fresh (69 comments)

by Ryan Fujitani on Thursday, Jul. 18 2013, 05:00 PM

This week at the movies, we've got old school operatives (Red 2, starring Bruce Willis and John Malkovich), afterlife cops (R.I.P.D., starring Jeff Bridges and Ryan Reynolds), a haunted house (The Conjuring, starring Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga), and a speedy snail (Turbo, with voice work by Ryan Reynolds and Paul Giamatti). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Pacific Rim is a Visual Treat (88 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jul. 11 2013, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got giant robots (Pacific Rim, starring Charlie Hunnam and Idris Elba) and old buddies (Grown Ups 2, starring Adam Sandler and Kevin James). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Despicable Me 2 is Certified Fresh (62 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Wednesday, Jul. 03 2013, 01:14 PM

This week at the movies, we've got an army of minions (Despicable Me 2, with voice work by Steve Carell and Kristen Wiig) and a legendary masked man (The Lone Ranger, starring Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: White House Down Is Predictable Action Fluff (36 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Friday, Jun. 28 2013, 04:08 PM

This week at the movies, we've got an attack on the executive branch (White House Down, starring Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx) and feuding law-enforcement officers (The Heat, starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Monsters University is Certified Fresh (84 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Friday, Jun. 21 2013, 04:14 PM

This week at the movies, we've got collegiate creatures (Monsters University, with voice work from Billy Crystal and John Goodman), worldwide walking dead (World War Z, starring Brad Pitt and Mireille Enos), and some juvenile jewel thieves (The Bling Ring, starring Emma Watson and Leslie Mann). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: Man of Steel Is Up, Up, and Okay (278 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Friday, Jun. 14 2013, 01:48 PM

This week at the movies, we've got the return of Superman (Man of Steel, starring Henry Cavill and Amy Adams), an apocalyptic laugh-riot (This Is the End, starring James Franco and Seth Rogen), and a one-of-a-kind love affair (Before Midnight, starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy). What do the critics have to say?

Critics Consensus: The Internship Could Use Some Work (58 comments)

by Tim Ryan on Thursday, Jun. 06 2013, 04:20 PM

This week at the movies, we've got entry-level hilarity (The Internship, starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson) and home-invasion terror (The Purge, starring Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey). What do the critics have to say?