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(2000) |
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"The jokes fly as wildly as the titular sports gear, landing solidly more often than you'd expect thanks to a fast-paced script and a cast of good-natured misfits led by Vince Vaughn and Ben Stiller."
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" This persistently fascinating if slightly over-long fairytale is propelled by the seemingly boundless imagination of writer-director Hayao Miyazaki."
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1.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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(1999) |
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(2004) |
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"A tight, first-rate espionage thriller that casts a bleak light on American involvement in the Middle East."
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"Even Michael Cera's unique brand of awkwardness can't save this frustratingly weak adaptation."
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"Director George C. Wolfe's overly-crafted adaptation of the Nicholas Sparks novel is a bit much. But the two leads are so charismatic that they manage to sell the material far more than it deserves."
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"At last, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino star in a film together. Too bad it's a fairly run-of-the-mill cop drama with an ending you'll see coming from miles away."
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"Paul W. S. Anderson's noisy, nonsensical remake fails to hold together even in its own paper-thin world."
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"Sincere, relentlessly somber parable about a severely depressed man whose self-imposed suburban exile is upended by a familiarly-shaped stain on his wall."
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"The degeneration of the "Star Wars" saga continues unabated with this latest, most kid-friendly Lucas-produced assault on the memory of the once-beloved franchise."
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"Woody Allen's breezy comic fable is his most effortless and insightful in years - and nothing short of a love letter to love itself, in all its maddening glory."
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"Fans of the TV show may enjoy seeing Mulder and Scully back in action, but there's little in this run-of-the-mill mystery to attract the uninitiated."
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"Modest thriller set aboard the titular train plays like low-suspense Hitchcock until sadly, in the last act, it derails."
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"Freed from the confines of an origin story, director Christopher Nolan lets loose with an intense, challenging, flawed and, yes, dark vision of Gotham under siege, featuring an unforgettable final performance by Heath Ledger as the clown prince of crime."
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"Visually stunning comic book sequel from the endlessly inventive Guillermo del Toro amounts to little more than a noisy mess. But it sure looks pretty along the way."
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"Even Will Smith's jerky superhero (and another winning supporting turn from Jason Bateman) can't save the latter half of this film's messy script."
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"Without characters to care about, this kinetic, violent shoot-em-up is merely a showcase for Russian director Timur Bekmambetov. But the violence on screen is nothing compared to the kind of bludgeoning given to your suspension of disbelief."
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"This half-baked attempt to create a feature film around a riff on Deepak Chopra finds Mike Myers lost in Powers."
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"Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan's eco-thriller starts with a clever premise and degenerates into spooky atmospherics, portentous pacing and stiff dialogue."
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"Sticking to a tried-and-true formula (hapless underdog discovers he's the Chosen One) still proves effective when it's done with a snappy pace, eye-popping animation and a cast of game comedic vocal talents headed by Jack Black."
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"It's back to Narnia in this second, and only slightly more meaty, adaptation of the C.S. Lewis fantasy franchise."
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"The Wachowski brothers adapt the classic 60s cartoon as a candy-colored visual sugar-rush that, despite its name, takes a while to cross the finish line."
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"Ill-conceived morality play set in the world of mixed martial arts is clearly a labor of love for writer-director David Mamet. It's just a labor for the audience."
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"Saddled with a fairly typical superhero "origin story", director Jon Favreau compensates with some inspired choices: keeping the pace as fast as possible and casting Robert Downey Jr. as the man behind the mask."
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"Paper-thin comedy - in which Tina Fey's OCD career woman hires Amy Poehler's ADD surrogate mother - is worth seeing only for its seriously talented comedic leads."
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"For their first co-headlining film, Jackie Chan and Jet Li have chosen a rote piece of chop-socky that's liable to please only their most devoted fans. And even them, not so much."
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"George Clooney's goofy ode to the origins of professional football is nothing short of an old-fashioned screwball comedy. And a pretty good one at that."
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"Well-meaning attempt to call attention to the wildly unfair practice of sending troops back to war after their tour of duty is over is told with broad, obvious brushstrokes. Still, it's good that it was told at all."
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"Tone-deaf would-be comedy about three high school wimps who hire Owen Wilson as their bodyguard. If this sounds familiar it's because there's nothing new here."
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"Delightful adaptation of the Dr. Seuss classic is sure to entertain the kids, and the parents won't be too far behind."
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"Incisive, ferociously acted, relentlessly somber character piece by writer-director David Gordon Green features powerhouse performances by Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale."
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"Brett Morgan's intriguing, partially-animated dramatization of the 1968 protest of the Chicago Democratic National Convention dimly shines a light on how far we've come, and how far we haven't."
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"There's an honest-to-goodness sports movie trying to emerge in this typically goofy Will Ferrell comedy. Too bad it didn't try a little harder."
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"Less-than-magical fairytale about girl who must find true love in order to break the family curse that left her with the nose of a pig."
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"The fascinating, unsentimental true story of a group of concentration camp prisoners forced to help the Nazis perpetrate the largest counterfeiting operation in history."
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"Choppy, point-of-view twisting thriller that never rises above its gimmickry."
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"This rare misstep from director Doug Liman, about a young loner who finds he has the power to teleport, ironically goes nowhere."
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"Documentary chronicling Vince Vaughn's month-long traveling comedy show isn't as funny as it wants to be, but it's good for a few laughs."
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"Noisy, scattershot Martin Lawrence comedy has a promising setup, and then simply stops trying."
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"For a brief moment in this alarmingly grisly fourth Rambo movie, it seems as though Sylvester Stallone might be (literally and figuratively) trying to say something. Turns out, not."
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"This tough, unyielding film by Cristian Mungiu, about two women seeking an illegal abortion in Communist Romania, is liable to stick with you for a while."
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"Thanks to some impressive - and vastly-improved - 3D technology, this concert film, documenting the Vertigo tour, is about as close as you'll get to being on stage with U2."
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"The latest London-based Woody Allen movie is marked by Colin Farrell's best performance in years, and a sluggish, predictable script that covers some familiar crimes and misdemeanors."
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