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		<title>Rank Films from the Recommendations Page</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/11/rank-films-from-the-recommendations-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an improvement that&#8217;s been a long time in coming. The Recommendations Page is the landing page for registered users, where Criticker suggests a bunch of films you might want to see. Now, you can rank films that you&#8217;ve already seen, directly from this page. We&#8217;ve also incorporated poster-sized images into the top recommendation, and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an improvement that&#8217;s been a long time in coming. The Recommendations Page is the landing page for registered users, where Criticker suggests a bunch of films you might want to see. Now, you can rank films that you&#8217;ve already seen, directly from this page.</p>
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<p>We&#8217;ve also incorporated poster-sized images into the top recommendation, and cleaned up the style of the PSIs for the recommended films.</p>
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		<title>2011&#8242;s Ten Worst Movies</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/05/2011s-ten-worst-movies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we are, the absolutely worst films of 2011, as rated by you. The Smurfs and Justin Bieber don&#8217;t make the list&#8230; but Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage do. Our condolences go out to anyone who&#8217;s had the misfortune of seeing one of these 10 stinkers. 10. Apollo 18 &#8211; 2.75 Average Tier &#8220;Totally Boring. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here we are, the absolutely worst films of 2011, as rated by you. The Smurfs and Justin Bieber don&#8217;t make the list&#8230; but Gary Oldman and Nicolas Cage do. Our condolences go out to anyone who&#8217;s had the misfortune of seeing one of these 10 stinkers.</p>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>10. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Apollo_18/'>Apollo 18</a> &#8211; 2.75 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Totally Boring. You&#8217;re just sittin&#8217; there, waitin for some suspense or shocking moments, but nothing comes around. And then, behind all those boring scenes, they are full of fails. Can someone tell how did they get the footage to earth, when they never went back to the moon?&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/Fincky'>Fincky</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>9. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Dream_House_2011/'>Dream House</a> &#8211; 2.67 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;An absolute atrocity of M. Night Shyamalan-esque plot devices and empty, meaningless narrative methods. The stacked cast of Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, and Rachel Weisz are completely wasted and led to give one-sided, static emotional performances reminiscent of what you might see in a cheesy, soap-opera mystery. The movie twists and twists until all of its potential complexities and themes are unwoven into a showing of simple, antiquated, and predictable suspense-less fluff.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/HiResDes'>HiResDes</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>8. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Something_Borrowed/'>Something Borrowed</a> &#8211; 2.62 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Holy shit, please kill me now. Not only are almost all the characters unlikable, but they are just terrible people. Even the one likable character who I will call Jim Halpert because that is the role he plays in everything (type cast much) was a terrible person. On second thought, don&#8217;t kill me, I&#8217;m already on it.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/CMonster'>CMonster</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>7. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Zookeeper/'>Zookeeper</a> &#8211; 2.54 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Two hot women falling for a fat guy just because he is nice. That&#8217;s more unbelievable then animals talking.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/dst7175'>dst7175</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>6. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Beastly/'>Beastly</a> &#8211; 2.53 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Ugh, this movie is so painfully shitty that you&#8217;d have spent your time better if you scraped the muscles off your legs. And why is it that every time I see Alex Pettyfer in a movie my dislike for him grows just a little more?&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/Baby_Fish'>Baby Fish</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>5. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Conan_the_Barbarian_2011/'>Conan the Barbarian</a> &#8211; 2.51 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;at some point, enough people with more than enough money thought THIS was a good idea. and that bothers me about this world&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/guy_piranha'>guy piranha</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>4. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Red_Riding_Hood_2011/'>Red Riding Hood</a> &#8211; 2.4 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;A Gothic fairytale created by a team of middle managers, this is nothing more that a checklist of features needed to sell tickets to the Twilight demographic. A nameless medieval European village full of beautiful all-American teens with flawless makeup (including the boys), the worst dance party since The Matrix Reloaded, buckets of teen angst, terrible acting, woeful CGI and an ending so bad it makes the previous 80 minutes of mediocrity seem like high art. Utterly soulless.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/misterlizard'>misterlizard</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>3. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Season_of_the_Witch_2011/'>Season of the Witch</a> &#8211; 2.36 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;So&#8230; how many movies does Nicholas Cage have to make before the IRS leaves him alone and he can finally go back to making decent movies instead of this crap&#8230;&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/DaeSanye'>DaeSanye</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>2. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Roommate/'>The Roommate</a> &#8211; 2.21 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Another film for philistines, The Roommate is an asinine rendition of Single White Female-level cliches of psycho friend &#8220;horror&#8221; whose banality and dopiness constitutes an assault on film culture that&#8217;s formed out of filmmakers like Christian E. Christiansen pandering to the lowest common denominator. Cinematic portrayals of psychopathy have rarely been so inane but never has stupidity and superficiality been so broadly held up as virtuous &#8212; not even by Cameron Crowe!&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/tomelce'>tomelce</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>1. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Abduction_2011/'>Abduction</a> &#8211; 1.95 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;<em>&#8216;I walk around like everybody else but inside I just feel like I&#8217;m a stranger in my own life.&#8217;</em> Man, am I glad this dialog was improvised and no-one actually wrote this script. Am I right guys? &#8230; Guys?&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/calharding'>calharding</a>
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		<title>View Filmmakers by Country</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2012/01/04/view-filmmakers-by-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:14:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve released new functionality that allows you to filter the list of filmmakers by their country. Of course, this filtering is only as good as the data. We&#8217;ve filled out the data for thousands of actors, directors and screenwriters, but there are many more that need the information. To further that end, as part of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We&#8217;ve released new functionality that allows you to filter the <a href='http://www.criticker.com/?py'>list of filmmakers</a> by their country.</p>
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<p>Of course, this filtering is only as good as the data. We&#8217;ve filled out the data for thousands of actors, directors and screenwriters, but there are many more that need the information. To further that end, as part of this update, we&#8217;ve also <b>loosened the restrictions</b> for updating biography information.</p>
<p>Used to be, you had to fill out (a) Nationality, (b) Date of Birth, <em>and</em> (c) Biography, before Criticker would accept the change. Now, you can fill out one, two or all three of the values. So if you know where <a href='http://www.criticker.com/people/Lou_Diamond_Phillips/'>Lou Diamond Phillips</a> is from, but not when he was born, you can still contribute.</p>
<p>Hope you enjoy the new feature!</p>
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		<title>Criticker&#8217;s Best Films of 2011, #1 &#8211; #10</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/30/critickers-best-films-of-2011-1-10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 08:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Without a doubt, there are some surprises in the list of the top ten movies of 2011. Documentaries, foreign dramas, cancer, sex addicts all make the cut&#8230; but what was the number one film of the year? Our criteria in compiling the list was that the film has to be on the list of Oscar-eligible [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Without a doubt, there are some surprises in the list of the top ten movies of 2011. Documentaries, foreign dramas, cancer, sex addicts all make the cut&#8230; but what was the number one film of the year? </p>
<p>Our criteria in compiling the list was that the film has to be on the list of <a target='extwin' href='http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist.html'>Oscar-eligible films</a> for 2011, and also have received at least 50 rankings at Criticker. </p>
<p><a href="http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/29/critickers-best-films-of-2011-11-20/">Check out the first part of our list</a>!</p>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>10. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_2011/'>Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</a> &#8211; 7.38 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;In an era when so-called &#8220;British comedy(?)&#8221; and CGI schlockfests are popular, it is remarkably refreshing to see such an intelligent espionage film do so well. The phenomenal performances (Oldman turns in what could possibly be his best straight acting role to date) and the gripping, suspenseful story are undoubtedly the films strong points, as well as how beautiful it looks, but there is quite a lot to take in at a fast rate and it can be difficult to keep up at times. One of this years best.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/RapeyVessey'>RapeyVessey</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>9. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/5050_2011/'>50/50</a> &#8211; 7.49 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;I was legitimately surprised at how good this was. It wasn&#8217;t a black comedy or a dramedy, but something that felt altogether different. Like a comedy and a drama woven together but the strands don&#8217;t really touch, leaving the other to do its thing, which each does really well. I can&#8217;t picture a cancer movie being able to do it better. JGL is great. Kendrick was pretty good. The real surprise was Seth Rogen. To be honest, if I have cancer, I want Rogen&#8217;s character to be my friend.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/CMonster'>CMonster</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>8. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Shame_2011/'>Shame</a> &#8211; 7.5 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;A strong and assured work. It&#8217;s tempting to call it an instant classic, Fassbender&#8217;s character likely to etch itself into your memory for a long time.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/KasperL'>KasperL</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>7. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Girl_with_the_Dragon/'>The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo</a> &#8211; 7.59 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Fincher hasn&#8217;t made something this unsettling since Seven. It&#8217;s awesome. Also, say what you will about the rest of the movie, but that opening credits sequence is a fucking trip.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/nateb'>nateb</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>6. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Hugo/'>Hugo</a> &#8211; 7.65 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;It may be a detour for Scorsese, but it&#8217;s also, surprisingly, the most autobiographical film he&#8217;s ever made, and one of his most heartfelt as a result. Its moderate flaws (primarily structural) are easy to forgive because it&#8217;s never less than charming or entertaining, and for any film geek out there, very touching as well. And the film&#8217;s evocation of 1930s Paris is absolutely fantastic.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/Criminal5'>Criminal5</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>5. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Artist/'>The Artist</a> &#8211; 8.01 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Forget the fact that this is a silent film done in black and white. As risky as that is, balancing the tone of a film that&#8217;s a throwback to the 1920&#8242;s era of silent film while still feeling fresh and modern is what&#8217;s really impressive. As most modern film and television, &#8216;The Artist&#8217; is self-aware, but it never crosses into a cliche or pretentious territory. It always feels natural within the story. Watching it with a crowd is a must to complete the feeling of a by-gone era. Extremely well done.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/canadianor'>canadianor</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>4. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Drive_2011/'>Drive</a> &#8211; 8.02 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Akin to Soderberg&#8217;s The Limey, Drive is more of a visceral reflection, than the heist-movie the trailer and plot suggest, but that said, it offers both suspenseful chases and some of the most graphic violence this side of Irréversible. All-in-all: a pulp-story, that with few modifications could have been a random Jason Statham actioner, is given a gritty art-house overhaul by the constantly evolving talent of Nicolas Winding Refn and the brilliant cast.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/FrederikA'>FrederikA</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>3. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Take_Shelter/'>Take Shelter</a> &#8211; 8.12 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Great and engaging from start to finish. It left me thinking about the film for a few days after as it has a particular mood and atmosphere that&#8217;s not quite horror, but disturbing never the less.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/MrGreedy'>MrGreedy</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>2. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Senna/'>Senna</a> &#8211; 8.31 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;It really is astounding how like a film Senna&#8217;s life was &#8211; so of course, this is a gripping documentary. However, it&#8217;s also incredibly moving &#8211; I cried at the ending &#8211; and brilliantly edited.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/MinuteMaker'>MinuteMaker</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>1. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/A_Separation/'>A Separation</a> &#8211; 8.82 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;One might teeter on the feeling that there&#8217;s just too much going on in Farhadi&#8217;s coming-of-age/class warfare/kitchen sink drama, but the director handles it all so deftly and with such respect for his characters that the film ends up enriched by its various dramas instead of bogged down in them.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/graveyardtan'>graveyardtan</a>
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		<title>Criticker&#8217;s Best Films of 2011, #11 &#8211; #20</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1 Dollar DVDs Here&#8217;s the first half of our annual list of the most highly ranked films at Criticker, for 2011. For this list, we only consider the 265 movies which are eligible for the 2011 Oscars, and which have been ranked at least 50 times at Criticker. Come back tomorrow for the top ten [...]]]></description>
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<p>Here&#8217;s the first half of our annual list of the most highly ranked films at Criticker, for 2011. For this list, we only consider the 265 movies which are <a href='oscars.org/awards/academyawards/rules/reminderlist.html'>eligible for the 2011 Oscars</a>, and which have been ranked at least 50 times at Criticker. Come back tomorrow for the top ten of the year. Anything in #20 to 11 surprise you?</p>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>20. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Submarine/'>Submarine</a> &#8211; 7.03 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;If Oliver Stone moved to Wales and remade Rushmore, he might make something like Submarine. I detest quirk for quirk&#8217;s sake, but every surreal embellishment in Submarine exists for a reason, as it tackles the messy sides of being a 15-year-old boy. Fantastic!&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/KeanuGrieves'>KeanuGrieves</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>19. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Certified_Copy/'>Certified Copy</a> &#8211; 7.07 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;CC first presents the idea that it is not the object itself but the observer&#8217;s perception of it which produces meaning (duh), then cunningly embodies that idea (audience&#8217;s interpretations of the actors&#8217; relationship swing wildly from scene to scene), and then finally &#8212; in James &#8212; exposes the cold, rational solipsism at the heart of that idea, taken to its extreme. An unbelievably slippery film, with camerawork that at once both subtly and strikingly assists the exploration of its themes.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/theficionado'>theficionado</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>18. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Moneyball/'>Moneyball</a> &#8211; 7.07 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Intelligent, well-crafted, and deeply affecting, with Brad Pitt giving us one of the best performances of the year (and Hill giving comic relief as the worthy sidekick). Truly, the best films about sports are those that don&#8217;t focus too much on the game but on the people behind it. Wisely sidestepping sentimentality, Miller gives us a highly entertaining baseball film that is also about daring to revolutionize and challenge the norms.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/RaymundLi'>RaymundLi</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>17. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Midnight_in_Paris/'>Midnight in Paris</a> &#8211; 7.11 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;This movie is pure magic. It&#8217;s engrossing and captivating in such a beautiful Woody Allen type of way. Some great performances and fantastic cinematography, too.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/guscuddy'>guscuddy</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>16. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Tyrannosaur/'>Tyrannosaur</a> &#8211; 7.14 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;A great companion piece to Figgis&#8217; &#8220;Leaving Las Vegas&#8221;, with on one hand a victim of alcohol and rage and one of oppression and physical abuse on the other, though unlike the aforementioned, although momentarily presented, their bond is marked by friendship rather than love. Despite their differences, compassion is shared mutually; Considdine approaches this unlikely bond with care and subtle aplomb.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/fredericg54'>fredericg54</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>15. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/Warrior/'>Warrior</a> &#8211; 7.15 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;This film is insanely predictable and very cheesy. And I loved every minute of it. The acting is great &#8211; Hardy is nearing the top of my personal favorites. The fighting scenes are probably the best ever and I was heavily emotionally invested in all of Brendan&#8217;s fights.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/Ross'>Ross</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>14. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/We_Need_to_Talk_About/'>We Need to Talk About Kevin</a> &#8211; 7.22 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Dark and depressing as all hell. Visually rich while being stylistically unnerving. Swinton gives perhaps the best performance I&#8217;ve ever seen from her, with Ezra Miller going toe-to-toe with her in many scenes and doing a fine job as such a contemptuous little shit. Thematically it brings up a lot of interesting questions and doesn&#8217;t try and answer them, causing you to &#8211; as Eva does &#8211; piece through the memories and try to understand Kevin without really knowing for sure why he did what he did.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/bown'>bown</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>13. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Skin_I_Live_In/'>The Skin I Live In</a> &#8211; 7.3 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Frankenstein according to Almodóvar? The Spanish excentric&#8217;s most intriguing work since &#8216;Hable con ella&#8217; &#8211; and Banderas&#8217; best part since&#8230; well, ever?&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/Langelund'>Langelund</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>12. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Tree_of_Life/'>The Tree of Life</a> &#8211; 7.36 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;If modern filmmaking is the art of compromise, someone obviously forgot to tell Terrence Malick. Not satisfied with merely tackling love, war and similar hefty themes, Malick this time goes for life itself with an elliptically, associative and lyrically rather than causally told story about people and the ties between them. It&#8217;s not so much about the O&#8217;Brien family specifically as it&#8217;s about the idea of family and individual. &#8220;The Tree of Life&#8221; is equally ambitious and visually breathtaking.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/KMcNeil'>KMcNeil</a>
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<div style='font-size: 18pt;'>11. <a href='http://www.criticker.com/film/The_Muppets/'>The Muppets</a> &#8211; 7.37 Average Tier</a></div>
<p>&#8220;Wow, no way, really, no goddam way I expected such an entertainment like this one, and it turns out that it completely delivers with an enormous package of in-jokes and gags. Best family movie of the year, no doubt of that.&#8221; &#8211; <a href='http://www.criticker.com/profile/felipelahm'>felipelham</a>
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		<title>Batch Edit Your Rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/12/12/batch-edit-your-rankings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New Enhancement! Like? Thumbs-Up?! Plus plus plus! At this rate, by sometime in August 2031, Criticker will be the WORLD&#8217;S BEST INTERNET SITE! Assuming the Internet still exists.]]></description>
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		<title>More Changes to the Film Info Page</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/19/more-changes-to-the-film-info-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:50:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the, ahem, vitriolic reaction towards the new Film Info changes, we&#8217;ve made a new update which will hopefully soothe some frayed nerves. The outrage was focused mainly on the giant PSI / Rating numbers. On retrospect, we agreed &#8212; they were a little much, and I&#8217;m honestly not sure why we released the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Due to the, ahem, vitriolic reaction towards the <a href="http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/17/big-changes-to-the-film-information-page/">new Film Info changes</a>, we&#8217;ve made a new update which will hopefully soothe some frayed nerves.</p>
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<p>The outrage was focused mainly on the giant PSI / Rating numbers. On retrospect, we agreed &#8212; they were a little much, and I&#8217;m honestly not sure why we released the page looking like that. The truth is, we were mostly excited to get the new statistics functionality to our users, and had just grown used to the big numbers during development. </p>
<p>Hope you like the new layout better. If so, let us know! And if not, well&#8230; sigh. Let us know that too, I suppose. But in a nice way.</p>
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		<title>Big Changes to the Film Information Page</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/17/big-changes-to-the-film-information-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: Yet More Changes! As you might have already noticed, we&#8217;ve just made big new changes to the Film Information page. We hope you like them! Here is an overview of some of the updates and enhancements just introduced. Larger, Poster-Sized Images We&#8217;ve got poster-sized images for about 2500 of the films in our database, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Update: <a href="http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/11/19/more-changes-to-the-film-info-page/">Yet More Changes</a>!</p>
<p>As you might have already noticed, we&#8217;ve just made big new changes to the Film Information page. We hope you like them! Here is an overview of some of the updates and enhancements just introduced.</p>
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<p><b>Larger, Poster-Sized Images</b><br />
We&#8217;ve got poster-sized images for about 2500 of the films in our database, and have provided a utility to allow users to upload ones that are missing.</p>
<p><b>Larger PSI/Rating Indicator</b><br />
Along with a cleaned-up look for sharing your favorite films via Twitter, Facebook or Email.</p>
<p><b>Enhanced Sorting Possibilities on Rankings</b><br />
View all rankings, just those with reviews, or just your kumpels, and order them by TCI, Tier, Date Ranked or # Stars. What&#8217;s more&#8230; Criticker will remember the last way you sorted, so if you always like you look at &#8220;Latest Rankings with Reviews&#8221;, you&#8217;ll see that right away.</p>
<p><b>Statistics</b><br />
We know this is what you&#8217;ve all been waiting for. Check out statistics of the Tier Breakdown for each movie. Also, tier breakdowns on specific personal information, such as gender, age and country.</p>
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<p>We really hope you like the changes! And please help us out by submitting posters for those films which don&#8217;t yet have them. The page looks fine with the legacy, smaller images, but much better when there are full-sized posters.</p>
<p>And a huge thanks to our Sponsors, without whose support Criticker wouldn&#8217;t be possible. If you&#8217;re enjoying the website, please <a href="http://www.criticker.com/sponsor/">think about helping out</a> &#8212; we exist without any kind of corporate cash, and really depend on the generosity of our users.</p>
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		<title>Average Tier &amp; Num Rankings on Film Information</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:59:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A couple days ago, we introduced a much sought-after bit of information on the page of every film in Criticker &#8212; the average tier and total number of rankings. This makes it easy to see the relative popularity of a film, based on the number of people who&#8217;ve seen it. The PSI is still the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A couple days ago, we introduced a much sought-after bit of information on the page of every film in Criticker &#8212; the average tier and total number of rankings.</p>
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<p>This makes it easy to see the relative popularity of a film, based on the number of people who&#8217;ve seen it. The PSI is still the personalized recommendation, but the average tier might also be of interest to many users. </p>
<p>It might be slow going, but we&#8217;re constantly working on enhancing Criticker&#8230; little small steps all the time. We&#8217;re glad you&#8217;re sticking with us!</p>
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		<title>Remove from Collection on Film List Page</title>
		<link>http://www.criticker.com/blog/index.php/2011/09/08/remove-from-collection-on-film-list-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:10:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>mpowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve just introduced a small new enhancement, which allows you to remove films from a collection when you&#8217;re looking at the collection in the Film Database. Just a quick little improvement which will hopefully make it easier for you to administer your collections, without having to go into the moderation screen or the page for [...]]]></description>
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<p>Just a quick little improvement which will hopefully make it easier for you to administer your collections, without having to go into the moderation screen or the page for each individual film.</p>
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