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 4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Whimsy of the highest order. More, please."
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JWR |
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 3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Thanks to filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal and Nick de Pencier, the after effects of these 1-in-700,000-odds' strikes are brought into horrifically mesmerizing view and accompanied by a music track ... that magically reinforces the storytelling."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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 3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"... director Carolyn Combs and screenwriter Michael Springate have teamed up to produce a film that invigorates, infuriates and fascinates."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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 3/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Federico who moves in with Riki ... only to realize that his brother's butt has had more visitors than the Catholic Church on Easter Sunday."
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JWR |
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 4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"... it's an important discussion of how life surprisingly unfolds."
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JWR |
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 4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Yasuaki Nakajima’s futuristic look at the death/rebirth of humanity is a thoughtful view of the failings, drives and hope for mankind."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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 5/5 |
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(2001) |
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"Daniel Sekulich's chilling documentary ... brings new meaning to the acronym 'NIMBY' -- Not In My Bombed Yard."
[movie review] |
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JWR |
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 1/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Coming of age flick never grows up"
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JWR |
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 2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Unfortunately, the collaboration ends up looking wonderful but suffers from too many contradictions to make its very personal statements convincingly."
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JWR |
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 3.5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"The Plight of the Living Dead"
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JWR |
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 3/5 |
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(1984) |
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"Director Milos Forman ... gives Tom Hulce free reign to portray the world's most sublime composer as a drunken, selfish fool giggling his way into the ears of Vienna."
[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"
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 4.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"... a multi-layered film that goes far beyond narrative and deep into the universal human conundrums of purpose, pain and pride."
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JWR |
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 4/5 |
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(1968) |
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"The couple argues, romps and plays (hilarious is Geri wrapping her lover's penis in a sheer scarf: the mummification of Daddy's most popular appendage is a sumptuous metaphor)..."
[dvd review] |
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JWR |
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 5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Should become required viewing for all troubled youth, their uncertain parents, the military establishment and their detractors or supporters."
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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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 4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Finally, a film about disabilities (real and imagined) whose characters pull no punches and land a few hits of their own on unexpected targets."
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JWR |
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 4.5/5 |
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(1984) |
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"Thanks goodness cameras and microphones were on hand to capture the Argentinean master and four of his incredibly talented colleagues."
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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'."
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JWR |
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 4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Players outshine the script"
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JWR |
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 3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Anyone who has ever had a dysfunctional moment or two in their own family ... should take a gander at August the First where a celebration of academic success turns into a stunning disintegration of all things familial."
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