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  • Headshot 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 13 Jun, 2012

    Awesome despite it's ludicrous third act reveal. Cinematography, structure reflect Fincher, Nolan

  • Killer Joe 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 14 Jun, 2012

    A gruesome, greasy bucket-load of uninhibited tastelessness...and I mean that it the best possible way

  • Take This Waltz 2012

    ★½ Watched 21 Jun, 2012

    Repeditive, redundant and drowning in indie film cliches

  • Prometheus 2012

    ★★½ Watched 01 Jun, 2012 1

    While its ambition should be applauded, Prometheus is a bitter disappointment; a film that fails to live up to its own lofty aspirations or the legacy of the masterpiece it precedes. Heightened expectations aside, it contains a dearth of three-dimensional characters and is hamstrung by a script that never really attempts to address its own questions, be they of grand celestial importance or basic narrative mechanics

  • Snow White and the Huntsman 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 19 Jun, 2012

    Although Kristen Stewart is dreadful and what I thought was epic sound work turned out to just be a minor earthquake, Snow White & the Huntsman still turns out to be a surprisingly compelling action/fantasy film with a consistent pace, effective atmosphere and commanding visuals galore.

  • The Avengers 2012

    ★★★★½ Watched 25 Apr, 2012

    Blockbuster filmmaking at it's finest, THE AVENGERS is pure, unadulterated fun. Not only the action phenomenal, but the script is terrific (and often hilarious). Whedon takes Thor's Hammer and knocks it out of the park

  • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 01 Apr, 2012

    Cute and charming, in a simplistic, vaguely condescending kind of way

  • The Five-Year Engagement 2012

    ★★★½ Watched 02 May, 2012

    Could have been edited down significantly, but still quite funny and occasionally rather insightful. Free champaign and cupcakes at the screening didn't hurt

  • Safe 2012

    ★½ Watched 19 May, 2012

    Improbably plotted, pointlessly violent, visually unpleasant and overall just kind of dull

  • The Cabin in the Woods 2012

    ★★★★ Watched 16 Jun, 2012

    If you love horror movies, then you will love Cabin in the Woods. Not because it's scary (although it is), but because it loves horror movies too.

  • Iron Sky 2012

    ★★½ Watched 01 May, 2012

    So, I don't quite know what I was expecting but...this movie about Moon Nazis? Really, really stupid

  • Wrath of the Titans 2012

    ★★½ Watched 27 Mar, 2012

    Much better than the last film. Which is unfortunately not the same as being good