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Release Date: August 9th, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Lake Bell
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 6/10
In a world dominated by male writers and directors, Lake Bell has made her
5/10
DIRECTED by: Henry Barrial Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Is there such thing as a happy family living together? Henry Barrial’s The House that Jack Built may make you think twice about that answer. After
8/10
DIRECTED by: Denis Hennelly Film Pulse Score: 8/10
“If you’re expecting an apocalyptic end-of-the-world movie with burning cities and cars exploding, I’m sure there’s one playing in the theater down the hall,” director Denis Henry Hennelly admitted
7/10
DIRECTED by: Aaron Douglas Johnston Film Pulse Score: 7/10
Quiet, naturalistic storytelling rarely gets noticed amidst the clamor of today’s blockbuster
5/10
Release Date: May 10th, 2013
Director: Baz Luhrmann
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Baz Luhrmann’s latest adaptation, which would’ve more appropriately been named The Not So Great, but Exceptionally Glittery Gatsby, puts
3/10
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Director: Zack Bernbaum
MPAA Rating: NR
Film Pulse Score: 3/10
Are you tired of seeing the same story over and over again? Are you ready for an idea that’s never
4/10
Release Date: April 26, 2013 (Limited)
Director: Dante Ariola
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 4/10
“Arthur Newman” does not exist. As a person, that is. The name, however, is used for the new
5.5/10
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Director: Paul Weitz
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 5.5/10
“Want to know the secret to getting in?” Chirps Portia Nathan (Tina Fey) with unsettling enthusiasm, “Well, take out
5/10
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Director: Brad Anderson
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
Cell phones that serve as main plot devices have not yet proven to be good carriers for films in
5/10
Release Date: March 1st, 2013
Directors: Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 5/10
The film 21 and Over is appropriately named. Not only in subject matter,
“Hollywood has failed miserably in its attempts to bring steampunk to the screen,” Bryn Pryor states on his new project’s kickstarter page, “but we’re going to do it right.” Today, I had the pleasure of
1.5
Identity Thief intends to show us how wrong it is to claim to be something you’re not – and it succeeds by showing us how wrong it is to claim to be entertaining when you’re anything but. The film advertised as a potentially funny popcorn flick with promising leads is, in reality, an hour-and-a-half of fat jokes, bland characters, and a clumsy plot that will leave you feeling more concerned about the motivations of these writers than the dangers of identity theft.
6/10
Release Date: February 1st, 2013
Director: Jonathan Levine
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Film Pulse Score: 6/10
It’s surprising to find a January movie that has a pulse (especially when half of the characters
4/10
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Director: Tommy Wirkola
MPAA Rating: R
Film Pulse Score: 4/10
When you walk into a movie about two orphan bounty hunters who got their start cooking a witch in an
