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7/10 |
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"Indie director Brad Furman has unleashed a powerful low budget thriller that makes good use of the talents of John Leguizamo as well as those of supporting performers Tyrese Gibson and Rosie Perez."
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"It's close but no cigar for first time writer/director Charles Oliver as he bashes his unfortunate audience with a preachy and one-dimensional exposition of revenge wearing restoration clothing."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A man wakes from unconsciousness to find his wife dead and himself the center of suspicion as strange forces and deadly assassins close in from all sides. So many twists and turns it would hard to encapsulate spoilers for this one."
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Monsters and Critics |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"One of the best films of the year and what will become an ageless standard in preserving and depicting aborigine culture and the tragicomedy of the human race."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"At the risk of over-doing a good thing, if that hasn't been done already, Lucas and crew cuts the final link to reality by going full animation with Star Wars. A righteous battle, but one that will appeal to ever decaying audiences"
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Monsters and Critics |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"As much a comment on peace as on war, criminals do the right thing in the wrong context for the murderous boss in the suburbs. Dark comedy at its finest."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A scarred war hero and a delicately placed courtesan spar amongst the moldering walls of Restoration Paris. A graceful story of love's struggles amidst a brutal social climate of denial and despair."
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Monsters and Critics |
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"One part myth, one part vampire and one part over the top hilarity is a promising combination, but this story doesn't add enough to the overused vampire genre to succeed."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A successfully executed cautionary tale condemning war and racism in the context of growing up in cloudy Northern England"
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Not just a story of a person but a story of a neighborhood, a city and a plan to escape."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Three features about life in the big city that are remarkable in their creativity and impact but take hard work to appreciate. Blink and you miss it."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Evelyn Glennie hosts a surrealistic ride through the waves of her preternatural percussion as she invites the audience to feel as they hear."
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Monsters and Critics |
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9/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Great old-fashioned spy thriller action with a solid backdrop of religious tension amidst the dilemmas of war. A solid plot and good performances make this entertainment that makes the viewer think."
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Monsters and Critics |
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9/10 |
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(2005) |
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"A collision of adult sexual contradictions and teenage sexual survival filled with sensitivity, respect and, above all, humor."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Children rule the day in this semi-autobiographical film by new film maker So Yong Kim but it comes off more as an exercise in filmmaking than entertainment."
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Monsters and Critics |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"More of a conspiratorial look at the changing of New Orleans than a hurricane doc, this film examines the soft machine of politics that is trying to transform New Orleans, its houses, its people and its art, into something we may not like."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Half road trip and half learning how to make a home, Trucker gives Michelle Monaghan a chance to show what she can do and the result is encouraging, although twelve year old Jimmy Bennett nearly steals the show."
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Monsters and Critics |
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5/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Strident environmental warnings and political rhetoric do not a movie make."
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Monsters and Critics |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Step back to the good old days when anybody could be brought before Congress and interrogated about their beliefs, and meet one of the most famous of those who refused to answer."
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Monsters and Critics |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Wavering between dark humor and the anguish of the creative soul, this look at the self-destructive TV industry never quite gets at either."
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Monsters and Critics |
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Possibly James Gray's best film yet and one of Joaquin Phoenix' best performances. Heartbreak and renewal set against the wrought iron, cold asphalt and restless sea of forgotten Brighton Beach."
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Monsters and Critics |
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Some of the best boxing action to be had in any film and an inside look at one of America's toughest survivors."
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