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3/4 |
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(1976) |
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"Fassbinder has made a car wreck of a movie but it's a beautiful one"
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Perihelion Journal |
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"tired old fodder"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/4 |
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(1996) |
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"Sometimes, it's a bit slow...at others, it's outright hilarious"
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Perihelion Journal |
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"a vanity project that, from top to bottom, proves unequal to the task of unlocking the existential truths at the heart of Ramón Sampedro’s story"
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Filmcritic.com |
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.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"After 90-odd minutes of bludgeoning us into open-jawed bafflement, Shadowboxer is best aborted, and flushed away as one of 2006's more unpleasant memories."
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Pedestrian direction and script sap what anarchic fun this movie could've been"
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Perihelion Journal |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a rare and illuminating look at life on a Bollywood movie set"
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Jaman.com Jaman |
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3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"a legitimately smart and appealing work"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"a pile of stinking turpitude"
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Filmcritic.com |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Giamatti handily raises what could've been a pedestrian road trip romance into the stratosphere of a world-class character study"
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Perihelion Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"though Homer himself chastises us, near the start of the movie, for paying for something we can watch on TV for free, I consider the money I put down my contribution to Groening's good cause."
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Perihelion Journal |
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"My own trajectory while watching Sin City--excited, bored, offended...back to bored...roll credits"
[movie review] |
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Perihelion Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"the visuals are phenomenal, rendered with so much love and passion that each frame is a marvel just to behold."
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Perihelion Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"surprisingly clever, spirited and joyful"
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Perihelion Journal |
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4/5 |
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(1991) |
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"A landmark by an American master"
[movie review] |
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's about time we come up with a name for how...Third World cultures are exploited by Western filmmakers. Thirdploitation, anyone?"
[movie review] |
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Cinema Writer |
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"amusingly off-kilter"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Taking in Somersault's textures--alternating between frosty, pale landscapes and burnt-ochre interiors--along with Cornish's knockout performance, are true pleasures"
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I.E. Weekly |
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3/4 |
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(1993) |
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"bold and ballsy"
[movie review] |
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Perihelion Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"fun, irresistibly charming and very genuinely felt"
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Perihelion Journal |
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3.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Cronenberg pieces together a compelling portrait of madness, but one which lacks the poignancy to be a rich, moving character study."
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a nifty example of the horror-movie as thrill ride"
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"a mystical primer on Buddhist spirituality, and an immediately absorbing story about lessons that we all must grapple with, regardless of faith and culture"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"a skilfully constructed studio picture that boasts a casting coup on par with The Lord of the Rings'."
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Cinema Writer |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The bar has been set so low in mainstream Hollywood movies that it's not even worth seriously analyzing this stuff"
[movie review] |
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Perihelion Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"one of the year's most pleasing films, intelligently written and directed, and featuring a veteran actor giving the performance of his career"
[movie review] |
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Cinema Writer |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"a charmingly simple character study"
[movie review] |
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Perihelion Journal |
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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" In spite of...obvious and unfortunate flaws, if you’re going to see Steamboy do so on the big screen so as to be reminded of the marvels of hand-drawn animation"
[movie review] |
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/4 |
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(1968) |
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"Typically light fare from the master of French Lite"
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Perihelion Journal |
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"we've drowned in Woolley's pool long before Jones has."
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Filmcritic.com |
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4/5 |
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(1984) |
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"the American Dream inverted, that its characters are carefree is a by-product not of sharing in the Dream, but of dealing with life on the margins."
[movie review] |
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Filmcritic.com |
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A tender cross-cultural love story that nearly founders under the weight of contrived polemics and Mideast politics"
[movie review] |
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Jaman.com Jaman |
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3.5/4 |
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(1949) |
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"Mifune is magnetic"
[movie review] |
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Perihelion Journal |
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"At once natural and designed, funny and sad, Dresen's story approximates the capriciousness of life itself, and that may be the highest praise any work of art could ask for."
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Boxoffice Magazine |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"One is hard pressed to find any cinematic personality to Sunshine Cleaning."
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Slant Magazine |
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