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Prisoners
“Things get messy as the film spirals to a conclusion, but there’s no way you’re going to move unless you know how it all ends.”
September 26, 2013
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: B
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X-Men: First Class
“There is a lack of intrigue no amount of shoddy CGI can save.”
June 4, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: C
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Madeas Big Happy Family
“A collection of pathetically weak male characters and overtly aggressive she-devils who lead hypocritical lives.”
April 30, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: D-
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Your Highness
“Doesn’t pretend to be anything more than a sloppy dish of vulgarity.”
April 15, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: B-
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Arthur
“Brand is bare-boned and all by himself, which doesn’t do him any favors.”
April 15, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: D
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Sucker Punch
“What director Zack Snyder has upchucked here is beyond inexcusable.”
March 27, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: F
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Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
“A likeable examination of stardom on the shoulders of a 16-year-old boy.”
February 16, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: B
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Just Go With It
“Goes for the cheap jokes and comes up with punch lines to match.”
February 16, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: C-
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The Roommate
“Call it ‘Single White Female’ for unprejudice ‘iCarly’ tweens.”
February 7, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: D
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Biutiful
“Director Iñárritu has muddled depressing idea after idea with what he believes to be craftiness.”
January 24, 2011
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: C
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Kick-Ass
“While ‘Kick-Ass’ boasts some of the same campiness as ‘Kill Bill,’ it’s not nearly as fun.”
April 19, 2010
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: C
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Date Night
“In the hands of anyone else but Steve Carell and Tina Fey, it could have been disastrous.”
April 9, 2010
by Kiko Martinez
Grade: B-
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