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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"When (Swank) steps into the right role, she wears and inspires it like Denzel Washington."
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.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This wretched thing should have been snuffed out at the drawing board."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Like in the better moments of Donnie Darko, Kelly serves up suspense and dread - until he moves into act three by sending his story into a nebulous orbit."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Masterpieces of literature-to-film are a rare breed; this film falls short with satisfaction."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Fate breeds fatalism in a tale that Guillermo Arriaga masterfully writes and directs. It's realized so beautifully and viscerally that - I hate to say it - Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu now seems a little obsolete."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The fantastic journey stems from the kids' housebound daydreaming - dinner time is inescapable, after all."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A mastery of inspiration by writer-director Henry Selick. At the finale of this visual delight, every hired hand and technician also deserve acclaim."
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The humanity of District 9 adds another dimension to this multilayered, rewarding work - one of the best of the summer, and undoubtedly the most inventive from the multiplex this year."
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Resistance and rebellion to the studio routine resounds throughout Drag Me to Hell, and as a return to the filmmaker's original witty shocks and gross-outs, how goddamn touching it is."
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This film entertains through gameplay, turning suspenseful, comic, then romantic as if in the hands of a master card dealer. But Gilroy's trickeries can be revealed by just slightly encroaching the stage."
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1/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Critics galore are fawning over Anderson's move to animation. Why all the fuss? - the man's been staging puppet shows for years."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Be prepared when seeing this film: you'll ponder the old adage about being what you eat."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Musters all its strength to set up a purportedly true-life scenario about alien sightings, only to give itself away at every turn."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Perhaps Simmons is the man Apatow fears he will become. If so, with Sandler's help the filmmaker's fashioned a solid work of self reflection. There's plenty to love and laugh along with here."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The high-pressure environment of live television was described as "Summer Stock in an iron lung." Perhaps the programs' invigorating style required such energy."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The Headless Woman settles into the episodic without the necessary character development - it's a slice of life too slight for its own good."
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Film Threat |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I Sell the Dead sports playful genre inventiveness, in which fans can delight and even outsiders can enjoy."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The film's elements hum into a glorious experience, with its narrative as captivating as its visualization."
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Film Threat |
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3/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This children's fantasy flirts with the dark side, though family values win out."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Julie's setbacks are dealt out like the hand in a game we don't want to play anymore. We want to drop the cards and stay over at Julia's winning table."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Hell is upon us in the opening minutes of Left Bank, especially if we think of hell as a state of mind."
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2/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Make-Out with Violence is proud of its dual identity, yet suffers from an identity crisis."
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Film Threat |
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Oddball horror flicks, sexploitation romps, car-chase extravaganzas - the clips burn throughout this film with a tone as giddy as its subject."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The average viewer will be satisfied with the product, even if the film offers hardly any new information. The doc buff will witness a film that can't surface above the steady nonfiction output at the art house."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Cinematically speaking, you my find your meeting with psychoanalyst/film theorist Slavoj Zizek to be a near-religious experience."
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Film Threat |
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Things start sinking by the opening minutes."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"I grew a deep hunger while watching Pressure Cooker, not just from the students' mouthwatering dishes, but from the fact that teacher/chef Wilma Stephenson could uniformly inspire such success."
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Film Threat |
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5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"This is the purest of American narratives, and this, indeed, is one of our finest storytellers."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Kids will want to root for their alien counterparts on screen. But they are second fiddle to the Rock wracking it up."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Director AJ Annila bends the tone before our eyes ... We follow his lead and don't give a damn if it all amounts to nonsense."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"As in Barton Fink, all these roles are stylized, artificial; like dream images, they represent fears and desires more than people."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Shadow Billionaire sports many twists and turns, with the intrigue and insight of top-tier journalism."
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3.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Clever, campy, even a little endearing, Trek revives itself by going back to the past, but consumes itself by wanting the "Trek" of future, too. In the current remake craze, it's never enough."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"After a strong takeoff, Up lands on dead grounds."
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4.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"Jonze's camera gazes upon Carrol and company just like countless readers have, and thus "Where the Wild Things Are" tributes and adds to its inspiration."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Plays on conventions so smoothly that we're never distracted from the ride."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"With measured visual flash, Luhrmann highlights the delightful presence of his two stars and realizes an unlikely feelgood film, in spite of its grave matters."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Director [Frank Henenlotter] holds fast to his old-school style of goofy thrills and analog FX."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The audio is occupied by only the sounds the characters make ... moments of silence open up an emotional void."
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IdentityTheory |
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.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A relentless eyesore -- like looking into the sky and having sand poured into your eyes."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The film's stunt is to unveil a simple truth, and its reputation relies on the fact that other filmmakers have yet to make the jump."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Undeniably fun for the kids, though it requires a camp sensibility in its adult audience. But in doing so, it is a warm return to the live-action Disney movies of yesteryear."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A warm return to the live-action Disney movies of yesteryear."
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Film Threat |
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.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Never has fury been deader."
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Film Threat |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Lets many humorous conceits fly."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A little sentimentality can fuel a lot of action, yet Zwick buries his film in cloying guilt, in the end sinking "Defiance" with the holocaust film's bait."
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Film Threat |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Exhausting yet invigorating, it's a drama one witnesses more than just views."
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Film Threat |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A poor production had its way with an able performer."
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PopMatters |
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Even if Horton's world can't shine like Whoville, this movie's visuals keeps things vivid, while digital animation is so often crisp, precise, and cold."
[movie review] |
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Film Threat |
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Keeping the style objective and routine, [co-directors Tony] Gerber and [Jesse] Moss remain non-judgmental of the bizarre carnival they have uncovered."
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