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Captain America in a military uniform, standing amidst debris and wreckage.
Review

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

by Adam Lee Davies

Chris Evans’ wel­come return to the super­hero fold can’t save this sequel from feel­ing like an awk­ward fran­chise mid-point.

4
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman with dark hair and red lips peers through a car window, her face partially obscured by darkness.
Review

Under the Skin

by Violet Lucca

Jonathan Glazer’s erot­ic and philo­soph­i­cal­ly-inclined fem­i­nist sci-fi fable is an extra­or­di­nary one-off.

5
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Man with glasses looking out of window with thoughtful expression.
Review

Her

by David Jenkins

Whim­si­cal futuro-romance effort­less­ly evolves into ambigu­ous, unfath­omable hard sci-fi in Spike Jonze’s best film to date.

3
Anticipation
5
Enjoyment
5
In Retrospect
Smiling woman with blonde curled hair in car with elderly man.
Review

Hitchcock

by Glenn Heath Jr

The Mas­ter of Sus­pense gets his very own glib and psy­cho­log­i­cal­ly-stilt­ed Wiki-biopic.

2
Anticipation
2
Enjoyment
2
In Retrospect
A woman with red curly hair wearing a black dress, standing in a dimly lit environment.
Review

Avengers Assemble

by Adam Lee Davies

Joss Whedon’s Mar­vel mael­strom is a shiny, caged beast of a film that deliv­ers on its every promise.

3
Anticipation
4
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Two people, a woman in a green jacket and a man in a black coat, walking together in a park with trees and fencing in the background.
Review

We Bought a Zoo

by Dan Stewart

The type of old-fash­ioned fam­i­ly enter­tain­ment that Gen­er­a­tion Xers would’ve tossed their stale bong water at.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
Three people relaxing on a grassy hillside surrounded by trees and mountains.
Review

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

by Jonathan Crocker

Woody Allen serves up a siz­zling roman­tic dra­ma with three seduc­tive cen­tral performances.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect
A man in a suit holding a red table tennis bat embraces a woman in a white dress, both smiling.
Review

Match Point

by Danny Miller

Match Point is enjoy­able, if lack­ing in a lit­tle charm. Woody can do bet­ter than this, and we know it.

2
Anticipation
3
Enjoyment
3
In Retrospect