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Brave (2012)

Family Rated PG

“…stands out for its unique place in the Disney princess canon.”

Dictator, The (2012)

Comedy Rated R

“A missed opportunity of global proportions.

Marvel’s The Avengers (2012)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

“Joss Whedon is a small-screen storyteller. And I mean that as a compliment.

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Action/Adventure Rated PG-13

A lot of critics went gaga over this installment in the Mission: Impossible franchise – which marked the live-action directorial debut of Brad Bird – but I found Ghost Protocol to be only mildly inventive. The showstopper of Tom Cruise clinging to the glass of that skyscraper in Dubai is thrilling, to be sure. And

Dark Shadows (2012)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“There is nothing holding this jumble of odd impulses and expensive makeup together.

Sound of My Voice (2012)

Drama Rated R

"Marling underplays her character’s charisma to the point of nonexistence."

Bernie (2012)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“Black delivers a lightly comic performance that becomes an unsettling depiction of repression.

Moonrise Kingdom (2012)

Comedy Rated PG-13

“…a courtship both innocent and precocious.

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2012)

Drama Rated NR

Once Upon a Time in Anatolia is a movie of vastness and stillness, of epic landscapes and inner permutations of the heart. The wonder comes in watching those varied things work in concert. The first frame has such compositional beauty that it’s clear you’re in the hands of a master. Turkish writer-director Nuri Bilge Ceylan

The Queen of Versailles (2012)

Documentary Rated PG

For a documentary about a trophy wife whose dream of building the biggest mansion in the United States is derailed by the 2008 financial collapse, The Queen of Versailles is awfully empathetic. Perhaps that’s because the tragic flaw revealed in Jackie Siegel – the desire to obtain more than you can afford – is shared

Recent Reviews

The Drama (2026)

Drama Rated R

“… inflicts a contrived construct on Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, one from which they never escape.”

Tender Mercies (1983)

Drama Rated PG

“… an unhurried meditation on prodigal singers and profligate love.”

The Great Santini (1979)

Drama Rated PG

“… has a literally commanding Duvall at the center of it.”


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