Sunday, December 16, 2012

Movie Reviews: The Hobbit, Playing for Keeps, Hyde Park and ...

Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone.

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

?"Charming, spectacular, technically audacious? in short, everything you expect from a Peter Jackson movie. A feeling of familiarity does take hold in places, but this is an epically entertaining first course." From?Matthew Leyland of Total Film.?Full Review.??

"As epic, grandiose, and emotionally appealing as the previous pictures, The Hobbit doesn't stray far from the mold, but it's a thrilling ride that's one of the most enjoyable, exciting and engaging tentpoles of the year." From?Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist.?Full Review.??

"I'm holding the filmmaker responsible for getting us all back again - to feelings of excitement and delight. Vital as they are, Gollum and Bilbo can only do so much to keep us enchanted. Is Jackson able to sustain the magic in two more installments? I peer into Tolkien's Misty Mountains and embrace the journey. From?Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly.?Full Review.

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Playing the Field

"Jessica Biel all but steals the show as Stacie." From?Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times.?Full Review.

"As a movie, it's not much. But it's the best showcase for his charm that Butler has ever had." From Mick LaSalle of San Francisco Chronicle.?Full Review

"At some point you hope the actor (Butler) will find a movie that will give him the right material to make hearts truly beat faster. Until then, it appears we'll have to settle for films with more flaws than his characters. From Betsy Sharkey of Los Angeles Times.?Full Review.

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Hyde Park on Hudson

"In beauty, tone, technical achievement and cinematic artistry on every level, Hyde Park on Hudson is a movie unto itself - funny, believable, historic and hugely entertaining." From?Rex Reed of New York Observer.?Full Review.

"This isn't a serious historical film. It plays different instruments than Spielberg's "Lincoln." Murray, who has a wider range than we sometimes realize, finds the human core of this FDR and presents it tenderly." From?Roger Ebert of Chicago Sun-Times.?Full Review.

"This hugely entertaining movie is about the wisdom and - with trenchant wit and sympathy - the human flaws in one of America's most idealized heads of state." From?Ella Taylor of NPR.?Full Review.

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Killing Them Softly

"The film is terribly smart in every respect, with ne'er-a-false note performances and superb craft work from top to bottom." From?Todd McCarthy of The Hollywood Reporter.?Full Review.?

"This is an unrepentantly cynical take on the hope-and-change promised to the US in 2008; this year's election race makes it look even bleaker, an icily confident black comedy of continued disillusion." From?Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian.?Full Review.

"Killing them Softly is a lurid and nasty little nihilistic hitman noir, with an ingenuity that sneaks up on you." From?Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly.?Full Review.

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