0James Berardinelli
3.5James Berardinelli’s “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” FlashesGAMEOVER 
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3.98James Berardinelli’s “Furnace” Serves Up Delicious Critique
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3.83James Berardinelli’s “Llewyn Davis” Baffles More Than It Informs
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4.5James Berardinelli’s “Frozen” Takes the Reader on a Pensive Journey
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Word Count: 755 |
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3.93Beware of the Berardinelli Blaze in James Berardinelli’s “Games, The”
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1.88James Berardinelli Protects No Secrets in “Philomena”
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4.33James Berardinelli Refuses to Be Manipulated in “The Best Man Holiday”
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3.83James Berardinelli Explores the Depths of Criticism in “Nebraska”
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3.63James Berardinelli’s Cutting Wit Hits Home in “Book Thief, The”
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3.73James Berardinelli’s Review of “Ender’s Game” Recovers After a Slow Start
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1.65James Berardinelli’s Clinical Approach to “Dallas Buyers Club” Is Bland
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3.23James Berardinelli’s “Counselor, The” Rambles, but Scores Points
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Word Count: 737 |
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3.18James Berardinelli’s Impassioned Pop-Up Prone “Blue Is The…” Succeeds
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2.58James Berardinelli’s “Escape Plan” Is a Dismissive, Halfhearted Affair
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Word Count: 840 |
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4.65James Berardinelli’s Top-Notch “Carrie” Leads to a Satisfying Conclusion
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4.85James Berardinelli’s Compelling “12 Years” Hits All the Right Notes
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Word Count: 805 |
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2.63James Berardinelli, “Romeo + Juliet (2013)” Tries Hard but Misses the Point
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3.85James Berardinelli’s Solid “Captain Phillips” Takes Some Strange Turns
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Word Count: 720 |
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2.18James Berardinelli’s “‘Gravity’” Is Ill-Pitched and Exhausting
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2.55James Berardinelli’s “Runner Runner Review” Is Sleep-Inducing
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2.18James Berardinelli’s “Rush” Is Slow to the Point and Dull
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2.88James Berardinelli’s “Don Jon Review” Is Too Bland and Gives Too Much Away
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4.38James Berardinelli Is a Master Who Takes His Time in “Prisoners”
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2.48Berardinelli’s “‘Enough Said’ Review” Is One Long Complaint
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1.3James Berardinelli’s “World’s End, The” Is a Meandering Mess
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2.5James Berardinelli’s “Kick-Ass 2” Is Not a Game Changer
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Critic Averages
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Review Sampler
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High Reviews-
Michael Dequina
4.53
Michael Dequina’s “Out of the Furnace” Offers an Emotional Punch -
Daniel Barnes 4.33
Early Slips Do Not Damage Daniel Barnes’s Excellent “Enough Said” -
Pete Vonder Haar 4.2
Pete Vonder Haar’s Zany “Hobbit” Is as Fun as It Gets
