October 10, 2013

L'Image manquante (2013) ****

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Powerful film about the Khmer Rouge genocide.

The Act Of Killing (2013) ****

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Rhymes For Young Ghouls (2013) ****

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The Right Kind Of Wrong (2013) ****

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12 Years A Slave (2013) ****

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American Hustle (2013) ****

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Heli (2013) ****

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Before Midnight (2013) ****

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La Fille du 14 Juillet (2013) ****

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September 9, 2013

Wadjda (2013) ***

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While not the first feature film from Saudi Arabia (that would be 2006's "Shadow Of Silence" ), it is definitely the best fi...

Lone Survivor (2013) ***

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Dirty Wars (2013) ***

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An eye-opening documentary about the War on Terror and its unintended consequences.

Blue Jasmine (2013) ***

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Surprising film from Woody Allen, a mix of "The Wolf Of Wall Street" and "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Philomena (2013) ***

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Surprising film about a elderly woman looking for her son.

Ender's Game (2013) ***

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Fine adaptation of Orson Scott Card's bestselling novel about a genocidal war against ant-like alien creatures. Excellent special effe...

Trance (2013) ***

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This Is The End (2013) ***

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Spring Breakers (2013) ***

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Salome (2013) ***

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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) ***

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Very good science-fiction film.

Rush (2013) ***

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Erased (2013) ***

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Hitchcockian thriller starring Aaron Ekhard.

The Croods (2013) ***

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Amusing animated film set in prehistorical times.

Riddick (2013) ***

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Pinup Dolls On Ice (2013) ***

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Not Another Happy Ending (2013) ***

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Loves Her Gun (2013) ***

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Lovelace (2013) ***

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Jailbait (2013) ***

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Her (2013) ***

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Hansel And Gretel Witch Hunters (2013) ***

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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) ***

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Cutie And The Boxer (2013) ***

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Concussion (2013) ***

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The Canyons (2013) ***

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Bullet To The Head (2013) ***

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The Great Gatsby (2013) ***

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Bravura adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's masterpiece.

Bad Grandpa (2013) ***

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Captain Phillips (2013) ***

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Somali pirates kidnap a ship captain.

The Hobbit: The Desolation Of Smaug (2013) ***

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The spiders are scary, the ride in the barrels is exciting and the dragon is awesome. The rest doesn't matter.

The Bling Ring (2013) ***

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Based on a true story.

Le Passé (2013) ***

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Thoughtful and complex film about family relationships. A coproduction between Iran and France.

Would You Rather (2013) ***

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Effective horror movie about a deadly game. With Sasha Grey keeping all her clothes on and Brittany Snow (photo) only baring her shoulders...

Despicable Me 2 (2013) ***

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Much better than the first film, thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining.

Third Person (2013) ***

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Less impressive than "Crash" (2005), this film by Paul Haggis is best remembered for a memorable nude scene involving Olivia Wilde...

Monsters University (2013) ***

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A sequel to "Monsters Inc".

Watermark (2013) ***

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Gorgeous documentary about water.

My Prairie Home (2013) ***

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Well-made documentary about a transgendred country singer from Alberta.

Catimini (2013) ***

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Excellent film about children in foster care, child protection centers and juvenile delinquent prisons. Very effective narrative structure.

Pacific Rim (2013) ***

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Basically a Godzilla picture with countless Godzillas (named "Kaiju") attacking coastal cities all around the Pacific.

20 Feet From Stardom (2013) ***

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Oscar-winning documentary about backup singers. Great music.

A Touch Of Sin (2013) ***

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Weird film from China.

One Chance (2013) ***

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A worker's son dreams of becoming an opera singer.

Jodorowsky's Dune (2013) ***

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Le Démantèlement (2013) ***

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Touching film about a selfless farmer making sacrifices for his daughters.

Mandela Long Walk To Freedom (2013) ***

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Conventional, but compelling biopic about the legendary South African leader. Old-fashioned, classical filmmaking at its best.
August 8, 2013

La Vie domestique (2013) **

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A day in the lives of suburban housewives in France.

Puppylove (2013) ***

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