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(2003) |
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"a wild cocktail of campy, gory fun"
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(2007) |
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"deft and stylish"
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(1977) |
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"The first half...is some of Altman's best stuff. The second half downgrades into rather pretentious and dithering malarkey"
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(2005) |
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"Apatow's sex comedy...hits its stride eventually, and keeps us rooting for it...thanks to its honesty and sweetness"
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3/5 |
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(1941) |
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"Syrupy political sentiments aside, 49th Parallel is still a worth a look as a niftily crafted action-adventure of the period."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The movie's rewards outpace its flaws by a mile and give us another reason to follow the career of a gifted young lead actor."
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4/4 |
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(1974) |
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"A vulgar, crassly funny, tender, always affectionate nostalgia trip, Fellini style."
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3.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"It gets the mood right, but never slows enough to explore its rich, existential landscape--the cynical, ultimately humanist, musings at the heart of Pekar's comic manifestos."
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3.5/4 |
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(1969) |
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"A strange and most challenging film"
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Cinema Writer |
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The Aviator feels like old-fashioned Hollywood with a bracing jolt of Scorsese's cinematic flair"
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"can't decide how irreverent it wants to be, and settles for a neither-here-nor-there attitude that, luckily, scores with a few genuine laughs"
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Jaman.com Jaman |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"It's passable entertainment that our culture has wildly overrated."
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4/4 |
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(1966) |
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"what really resonates on watching Algiers is its message about the widespread loss of civilian life and the staggering destruction to civic infrastructure as the heaviest costs of war"
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Cinema Writer |
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4.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"[a] charming, intelligent romance"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"an impressive cross-cultural achievement for director-cinematographer Sivan"
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Jaman.com Jaman |
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"As a pop-culture parlor game for fans...Behind the Mask scores. Otherwise, it's a shaggy dog story, enlivened by Baesel and Wilson's terrific performances."
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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"its irresistible charms and performances are what linger and make Beckham a popcorn, er, samosa flick worth savoring."
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Kevin Spacey's dedication is clear, both in his performance as Darin and in his wonderful direction"
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4/4 |
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(1915) |
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"a masterpiece that still packs a punch and whose standard-bearing genius remains untarnished."
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Zatoichi triumphs where few movies dare to tread"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"in a storytelling strategy rare for [Zwick],we don't find ourselves laden with didactic demands, but, instead, swept up in an exciting narrative, free to process its moral equations on our own"
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3/4 |
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(1955) |
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"a generally absorbing and sometimes funny look at the capricious nature of Luck"
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"In spots, the movie can be hysterical. But, for the most part, its appeal is not unlike that of a veteran rock band putting on a greatest hits concert."
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4.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"documentary activism at its most galvanized, charged with action and, while often emotional, never bogged down with dewy-eyed sentimentalism"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"a satisfying conclusion...to this intelligent series"
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2.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Brick is just an elaborate noir send-up, and an enjoyably kooky one at that"
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Cinema Writer |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A gallery of worthy performances, crisp direction and a quietly graceful script make Brokeback Mountain something of a landmark in Hollywood's 2005 slate of movies."
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Cinema Writer |
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4.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"a loving tribute to a writer, his craft and, above all, the idea of living and dying by one’s own creed"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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" Fever packs its share of jolts and none-too-shabby black humor, both worthy of a place alongside Romero"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3.5/4 |
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(1919) |
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"still creepy good entertainment on a rainy day"
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"a milestone in modern acting, and quite fascinating in any number of ways, particularly its depiction of the minutiae of the writer's life."
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The 21st Bond film is also the first truly worthy spin through the Bond universe since Roger Moore's goofy escapades of the late 70's/early '80s."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Cavite...will probably be cited in years to come as a classic example of the post-9/11 action thriller"
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"[a] strangely moving love story"
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4/4 |
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(1964) |
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"A singularly accomplished song to love, idealism, heartbreak and disillusionment."
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(1977) |
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"Has the lightness of touch and narrative fluidity that's pure, inimitable Ray, and a drink from that well is always refreshing in this artistically and intellectually parched movie climate."
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Slant Magazine |
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3/4 |
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(1977) |
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"Its mannered goofiness echoes the pastoral comedy of Days and Nights In the Forest while the Raj-era dancing-girl trappings recall the decidedly grim The Music Room."
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Slant Magazine |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Alfonso Cuarón's futuristic adventure derives its power from a premise as potent and primal as they come"
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4/4 |
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(1972) |
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"a beautiful character study about what it is to love one woman and yet be in love with all women"
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"a reasonably enjoyable, and very twisted romantic comedy"
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Jaman.com Jaman |
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"My guess is that [it] will appeal to all of us in need of a jab of earnest, old-fashioned moralism to save the day"
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Cinema Writer |
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3/4 |
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(1994) |
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"a pair of not-entirely-successful romantic stories but, fuelled by [Wong Kar Wai's] cinematic fervor and exuberant use of music...it's irresistible"
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Cinema Writer |
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4/4 |
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(1931) |
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"City Lights is a great gift to all of us by a filmmaker at a latter-day peak of his genius"
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Cinema Writer |
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"a sincere, thoughtful tale of the human heart"
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3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Coffee and Cigarettes feels thin and slight at times.... But at its best, the movie achieves the charm and delight that underscores Jarmusch’s best work"
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A movie of gorgeous moments alternating with many more that feel literate to the point of inducing boredom"
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"chic, solid filmmaking"
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(2002) |
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"Bollywood filmmaker Ram Ghopal Varma has a verve for violence and it's on vivid display in Company"
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3.5/5 |
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(2003) |
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"While it sometimes fails to live up to its title, Confidence ultimately, wins us over—in short, it dazzlingly does what all good cons are supposed to do.
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Los Angeles Alternative |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"a soothing salve for blockbuster-bruised cinemagoers starved, like Conversations' own lovers, for something real and substantial"
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