Critics' Picks for the Week: Jan. 3-9, 2014

REVIEWED Fri., Jan. 3, 2014

Marjorie Baumgarten

12 Years a Slave
Gravity
Nebraska

Louis Black

Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Dallas Buyers Club

Steve Davis

Inside Llewyn Davis
12 Years a Slave
American Hustle

Kimberley Jones

American Hustle
Best Man Holiday
Inside Llewyn Davis

Marc Savlov

Captain Phillips
Dallas Buyers Club
American Hustle

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