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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Bhoothnath never finds a comfortable balance between broad comedy and the bittersweet relationship between Nath and Banku, each of whom fills a void in the other's existence."
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3.5/4 |
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(1998) |
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"The story is rooted in real feelings and relationships, and parents will find as much to enjoy as children."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A little...have gone a long way to offsetting the film's sticky sweetness."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Though neither subtle nor particularly original, Gens' spin on the meat-movie classic has both nightmarish energy to spare."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Director and co-writer Hazanavicius' comedy generally avoids broad jokes in favor of tweaking the conventions and attitudes of cold war-era spy thrillers just enough to bring their fatuous absurdities to the surface."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"[Tarsem] Singh's visual sense is stunning, but he's also attuned to the darker corners of children's imaginations."
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1/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Kaufman runs a vaguely clever premise right into the toilet, both literally and metaphorically."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Few documentaries parse the complexities of family dynamics so effectively."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Walker's histrionic voice-over meditations on guilt, destiny and life's fundamental injustice are painfully juvenile, but the film overall oozes an all-too-convincing atmosphere of despair, resignation and bitter self loathing."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A resolutely old fashioned story of personal tribulations played out against a backdrop of political turmoil, Sivan's film is well acted, beautifully photographed and oddly reassuring."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's kind of cool, but it's also more than a little like being trapped in a pinball machine while being asked to feel the Racer family's pain for the better part of two hours."
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3/6 |
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(2008) |
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"Retro shocks for horror buffs, and not a second-string TV starlet in sight!"
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2.5/4 |
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(1974) |
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"Amateurish, badly acted and shot on the cheap (many sequences don't even have sync sound), this cult item features a 40-minute car chase (almost half the film's running time) that's nothing short of breathtaking."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Informative and thoroughly engaging."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"First-timers Milner and Poulter are engagingly unaffected and convey a real sense of the explosive joy the right movie at the right time can spark, along with the fierce desire to make it your own."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Inspired by his interest in mixed martial arts, Mamet's ode to the samurai spirit quickly bogs down in coincidence-driven plotting that's only partially offset by a colorful cast of supporting characters."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Robert Downey, Jr.'s effortlessly nuanced performance as Tony Stark is a dark delight that combines pop-culture wit and genuine emotional depth."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A nutty, ridiculously entertaining neo-noir pastiche with lavish musical numbers."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Their increasingly colorful, elaborate and large signatures sparked heated debate: Was graffiti an emerging art, a legitimate form of social criticism or vandalism pure and simple?"
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's a b-movie lark that aspires to something more and falls short, and the less you expect in the way of believability, the more enjoyable it is."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Hurwitz and Schlossberg's sensibilities are coarse, juvenile, lewd, relentlessly tasteless and sometimes surprisingly perceptive when it comes to the glorious variety of racial stereotyping. The film isn't subtle but it can be funny."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's sad to see such subtle, wrenchingly emotional work expended on such trifling material."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The message is wrapped in facile video-game imagery, snarky commentary and simplistic sequences in which Spurlock enjoys the hospitality of Muslim families who decry terrorism and remind him that the Koran preaches hospitality and confidence."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"On its own low-bar terms, it delivers the goods: pole-dancing, gut-chomping and Jenna J."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The unfortunate fact is that it's more than a little dull when it isn't preposterous."
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1/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Might have made an entertainingly direct-to-DVD B-movie thriller with the courage of its sleazy convictions. But expectations are different for a theatrical feature starring Al Pacino, and by those standards it's a preposterous misfire."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Chan is terrific in a familiar role and Li is right at home in the role of the warrior monk, though less so as the Monkey King; cheeky humor isn't his forte. But to see the two of them on screen together, even past their primes, is a delight"
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2.5/4 |
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(1998) |
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"It gets off to a grating start, but this slight comedy eventually finds its feet and delivers a holiday-themed package made up in equal parts of mild laughs and sweet-as-sweet-can-be sentiment."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The first half is dumb kid stuff, but the second is classic melodrama aimed straight at viewers who've experienced life's cruel caprices and taken stock of what really matters."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A real-life soap opera you can feel sophisticated for watching -- after all, it's really about globalization, even if broken hearts and family dysfunction occupy center stage."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"What it lacks in objectivity, it makes up for in vivid intimacy."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Formulaic to the core."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Everything that worked brilliantly in L.A. Confidential and Dark Blue falls flat here."
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3/6 |
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(2008) |
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"Writer-director Gina Kim channels Douglas Sirk by way of Korean tearjerkers of the 1960s in this overheated melodrama."
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3.5/4 |
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(1997) |
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"Spacey's Vincennes is the standout in a just about flawless ensemble, and director Curtis Hanson keeps the hugely complicated story zooming along the boulevard of broken dreams without losing sight of the details that make the trip worthwhile."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Though the material is familiar, [director Celine] Sciamma has a light touch and avoids many teen-movie cliches. Her girls aren't hyperverbal -- in fact, they're the opposite, guarded and always listening for cues before they reveal themselves in words."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A vivid record of the aging rockers' ability to put on a great show -- not a great show for a bunch of guys in their sixties, but a great show, period -- and Scorsese's canny use of archival footage makes it more than a mere concert film."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Director and star George Clooney's game attempt to capture the high-spirited silliness of classic screwball comedies falls flat, in large part because Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly's screenplay lacks sparkle."
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2.5/4 |
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(1997) |
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"The bad news is that it's a one-joke picture."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Just a series of character skits, some charming and others tedious."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Polished but oddly lifeless heist thriller."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The film's 85 minutes drag by painfully slowly, because there's no respite from Chapman's tedious, self-pitying reveries."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The end result is still utterly predictable, thoroughly disposable and less true than truthy."
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2.5/4 |
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(1998) |
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"This ode to the allure of clipping suckers and psyching out the competition is richly atmospheric but thin in the character department."
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2/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Is it dumb? You bet. Is it funny? Sporadically."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Atlanta-based playwright-turned-entertainment mogul Tyler Perry's fourth feature may be his most awkwardly plotted, cliché-ridden effort to date."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Ochiai directs with calm assurance -- no eyeball-rattling quick cuts here -- and Dawson's screenplay preserves most of the original script's strengths and fixes a couple of weaknesses."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It's genuinely funny, oddly romantic and surprisingly engaging for what could easily have been an obnoxious vanity project."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Seriously flawed and not for every taste, the film was shot quickly and on the cheap, and is driven by Argento's slurred, scratchy voice and Bette David eyes."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Benson Lee’s feel-good documentary profiles five break-dancing crews as they prepare to compete at German promoter Thomas Hergenrother's international 'Battle of the Year' in 2005."
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