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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Rolling along the tracks of despair"
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Dying to find endless life"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The plight of height challenged (or to be more politically correct: 'short-stature') men is put under the lens of one of their number -- director/writer Howard Goldberg -- who provides an at times hilarious, informative and disturbing dissertation."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(1951) |
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"How can such a convoluted plot turn into such a cinematic pleasure? Put director Kenji Mizoguchi in charge."
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Rarely has the unholy alliance between Church and State been so succinctly delineated than in this detail-rich documentation of the near-daily ritual of purging the glorious state of Texas of its "worst of the worst.""
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Death by systemic frustration"
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(1953) |
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"Never in your wildest dreams"
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Barnett seems content to stage the production as if it was in the confines of a theatre rather than the wide-open reaches of film. The frequent use of voice-over letters to tell rather than show the important background information from his brother/art d"
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"The film stops abruptly, landing an emotional punch that will linger in memory for months with its all-too-sad truth."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"While this gritty, "in the moment," at times indecipherable journey into the uncensored life of San Francisco street hustlers may attract a legion of voyeurs eager to watch the dirty details of the quick-release allure of sex for cash, those who "last" to"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Bruce La Bruce's latest offering is a deadly affair of heavily politicized metaphors that overflows with imagination, angst and a smattering of good old fashioned porn."
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"An insiders guide to spitting out scripts"
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"... writer/director Hanan Peled has crafted a magnificent film that has as much to say about blind devotion and chronic denialism (ironically, on both sides of the Nazi persecution of the Jews) as the immediate and lingering effects of systemic ethnic cle"
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Every frame a pearl"
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(1924) |
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"Walk a mile in my shoes"
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Murder Most Foul"
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Taking a walk down Cheat Street"
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(1992) |
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"But the star of the show is undoubtedly Brad Pitt. In this, at times, manic production, he's given the perfect vehicle to display his considerable acting chops and ever-alluring physique."
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Dying to see the world"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"If Duska had ended after the first twenty minutes Jos Stelling's latest effort would have been hailed as a cinematic masterpiece ..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"... Fog and cinematographer Harald Gunnar Paalgard show just enough of these incestuous moments to spark outrage, but never sink to cheap sensationalism ..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Dive comedy flounders in the shallow end"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The pawns of war"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Chris Metzler and Jeff Springer’s 'sea-umentary' is a compelling tale of human foible, greed and inertia."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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(2007) |
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"...this film -- despite its penchant for black and white narrative when many shades of grey are needed -- needs to be seen and discussed"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"So begins the dance for Patrice Leconte’s film that, in the tradition of Norman McLaren (cross-reference below) is more a celebration of movement and music than a parable for our over-communicative, friend-lite, acquaintance-rich society."
[movie review] |
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Jackson’s film shows promise even as he examines the twin dilemmas of history repeating itself in general ... and the fear of becoming our parents."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Elle Flanders has crafted a film that goes far beyond its subject matter and provides the ... viewer with a bleak testament to the primary failings of the human condition ..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"With this production (a natural progression from his previous work, notably 15) director Royston Tan most assuredly moves from the category of filmmaker to artist."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Here comes the neighbourhood."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Mialyn Hanna’s compellingly honest and courageous chronicle of Henderson's death story will be of enormous benefit to anyone with a terminal illness ..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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(2007) |
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"Curt Johnson’s first feature bodes well for his future as a filmmaker."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"There's no place like home."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"John Philp’s behind-the-scenes look into Bikram Choudhury’s attempt to bring the competition, er, to its knees, is a revealing essay on greed in the name of a higher power ..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Director Serge Gigučre has wisely stood back and let his subjects speak, play, laugh, create and die for themselves."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Powerful understatement sears the soul."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Words escape me."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Both Zweig and his coterie of single women surf the net in search of true love but are unable to morph chat room delight into a second date, much less anything permanent."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Born-again survivor beats more than the odds."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"... the film-within-the film wraps, but the willful manipulation of honest citizens continues unabated."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Covert self-employment primer scores a hit."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The film works best as the participants reveal their reasons for playing, from 'harmless entertainment,' to wheelchair respite."
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"With 4,000 stores already and the same amount planned, Wal-Mart, the “planet’s retail overlord,” is the number one punching bag of the filmmakers..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Garcia has shown courage, skill and perseverance in pulling this project together. It has much to say about the notion of what drives people to deadly, disastrous choices..."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Devilish script misses its point."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"A production that any serious film buff will have to experience."
[movie review] |
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Film Threat |
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4/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Closet anarchists and urban guerrillas everywhere will enjoy director/writer ... Reginald Harkema's 'How to Fuck The Man' primer."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Rob Stewart's labour of love goes beyond mere obsession with our 'most amazing and mysterious animal.'"
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"John Boorman's self-indulgent "moral fable" has promise ..., but like the dueling entrepreneurs who populate one strand of the narrative, delivers more sizzle than steak."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Thoughtful portrait of grief and death."
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JWR |
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