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- Review: Her
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Review: American Hustle
David O. Russell's latest is a feast for fans of double-crossingThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
We're back to Middle-earth with Bilbo and friendsReview: Her
Spike Jonze's technoromance is state-of-the-artSome Velvet Morning
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Take a taste of Saving Mr. Banks and many more
New movie reviews: Critics' picks
American Hustle
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
Faster and funnier than any Hollywood film released this year, David O. Russell’s Abscam crime comedy is a new Goodfellas.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
Peter Jackson returns to Middle-earth for the fun-filled further adventures of Bilbo and friends.
Her
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
If our cell phone sounded like ScarJo, we’d fall in love with it too—and still, this sci-fi thinker has more to say about commitment.
Nuclear Nation
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
This documentary sometimes lingers on vistas better suited to a Godzilla movie, strewn with rubble, devoid of souls.
Here Comes the Devil
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
In a cave on a Tijuana mountaintop, demonic forces wait for unsuspecting hikers to stumble upon their lair.
Inside Llewyn Davis
- Rated as: 5/5
- Critics choice
The Coens return with a mighty tale about the dying of an artist’s dream, set in an exquisitely re-created 1961 Greenwich Village folk scene.
The Punk Singer
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
Feminist icon and riot-grrrl legend Kathleen Hanna is the subject of this fierce portrait, chronicling the artist’s life and recent illness.
The Great Beauty
- Rated as: 4/5
- Critics choice
Paolo Sorrentino’s biting tale of an aging bon vivant feels like both a glorious throwback to old-school Italian cinema and a bold state-of-the-nation satire.
New movie releases
Saving Mr. Banks
- Rated as: 3/5
As the creator of Mary Poppins, starchy Emma Thompson arrives in Hollywood in 1961 to tussle with Walt Disney himself.
Some Velvet Morning
- Rated as: 1/5
The woman-hating, stagebound Neil LaBute from ten years ago is back with a vicious two-hander.
The Crash Reel
- Rated as: 2/5
A snow job, Lucy Walker’s doc traces professional snowboarder Kevin Pearce’s recovery from a traumatic brain injury.
Hours
- Rated as: 2/5
One of Paul Walker's final films is a race-against-the-clock thriller set amid the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina.
Paradise: Hope
- Rated as: 3/5
Ulrich Seidl pins his characters like butterflies to a board, where they're unaware of the terrible things that will befall them.
Out of the Furnace
- Rated as: 3/5
A full-on plunge into rust-belt desperation, Scott Cooper’s aching economic tragedy is informed by a dying town.
Tim's Vermeer
- Rated as: 3/5
Nonartist and nerd-of-all-trades Tim Jenison embarked on a six-year odyssey to paint his own Vermeer from scratch.
The Last Days on Mars
- Rated as: 3/5
Yes, it's basically Red Planet crossed with Night of the Living Dead, but don’t be dissuaded by silliness.
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