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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Never really comes to any surprising connections. But the film is a pleasant way to meet seven people whose names all happen to be Jim Killeen."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Films about moral issues are not uncommon. Films that leave the questions open are considerably rarer. This film trusts the viewer to make his own moral judgements as well as dramatizing a nearly forgotten chapter of history."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A suspenseful film carried off without the viewer knowing what the suspense is all about. ... The mystery happening in the margins of this story is more interesting than the mainline plot."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The story of the nearly thirty years of courage in the face of repression in the Soviet Union. This is polished and evocative filmmaking."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A comic documentary that is supposedly an inquiry into the reasons for the poor quality of Hollywood films... The result is amusing but nowhere near profound."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2007) |
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"'Startlingly original' is not necessarily a good thing, particularly when it is at the cost of good storytelling."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The story is simple and the production values are equally simple, appearing to be as effective as a small budget could allow."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"We get a mix of comedy, tragedy, and some mysticism. The stories are strange and offbeat and just matter-of-factly seem to drift into magical realism."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Somehow the characters never manage to make it all the way to likable. This film works as a quick throwaway comedy, only 90 minutes long, but is likely to be quickly forgotten."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The film satirizes well-intentioned socially conscious documentaries, examining how zombies have been integrated into the general population. It has a rewarding last half hour if the viewer can wait it out."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This film is full of action and actual suspense. The wit of the story is not always obvious when watching the film, but does come out in retrospect."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The setting may be New York, but it could be Africa or Central America. And the story could be from post-war Italy with filmmakers like Vittoria De Sica."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A film with some rough edges, but also some promise. Under the comedy this is a sad and tender story."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Characters with such real-world problems lend the film some real-world credibility"
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The arguments seem worth considering and the film makes for provocative viewing."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The reach of this film goes beyond addressing itself to one couple or even something as broad as the whole field of sports medicine."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"A realistic depiction of what it would be like if a giant monster really did attack Manhattan. The photography is jarring, but not as jarring as the realism."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Though it is very different from the Upton Sinclair novel this is a film with the complexity of literature. THERE WILL BE BLOOD is an intelligent if not entirely pleasant experience to watch."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The film will be of interest mostly to aspiring writers, to film reviewers in the OFCS, and to secondary marketing executives-- whatever they are."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This version glories in the gory. Depp's singing limitations rob the character of Sweeney of his all-important contagious savage fury."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The early parts require some patience, but the film richly rewards that patience. I know of no film that so patiently and so completely documents the Ellis Island experience."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Will Smith plays Robert Neville robbed of most of his anguish and his advancing madness. Some of the visual images are nice."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"There is a lot that is contrived and does not work. The little things wrong with the film add up to too much."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The sort of edge-of-the-set supernatural thriller that is hypnotic."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"It is a little disquieting that the film takes things as lightly as it does and the ending just does not feel sufficient to the situation."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A brutal and violent film that breaks some of the rules that we expect from crime thrillers. NO COUNTRY is gripping, but it goes for the gut instead of the head."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is a powerful and emotional account of 71 years of the history of Estonia and especially how the Estonian spirit freed the country from the leash of the Soviet Union. The film combines beautiful choral music with the dramatic sto"
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The oldest story in the English language (dating from about AD 700) combines with state of the art graphic technology to create a fast-paced and exhilarating heroic adventure."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"The film has some powerful drama with Philip Seymour Hoffman turning in a superb performance. But the tone is relentlessly downbeat."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"We can only hope that the film draws audiences larger today than those we see drawn by the Folksbeine."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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"The package is really very inviting for classic film fans."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"There is more to enjoy than to admire in the filmcraft of AMERICAN GANGSTER. This is an entertaining compilation of retread touches from good gangster films."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Ben Affleck's first feature film as director turns out to be a much better film than most of the films that he has acted in."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is a tense thriller even if the basic plot turns out to be a little overly familiar."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is an enthralling documentary even if you have seen the story told before."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Double-crosses, violent fights, and secret plans make the film feel like a good episode of the Sopranovs. This could well be Cronenberg's best film of this decade, atmospheric and exciting."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Plagues and Pleasures on the Salton Sea is a sort of ecological morality tale. This film is fascinating like a slow motion road accident."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This film combines action and character, adding in realism that the previous version did not have."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Powerful and well-acted even if there are stylistic glitches in the presentation."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"It loses its way somewhere along the line and only finds it again in the last twenty minutes."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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-2 out of -4..+4 |
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(2007) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is a film that is pretty good until it turns bad. In the last twenty minutes the film goes terribly sour as it metamorphoses into another mindless action film."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2004) |
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"This is a dark and yet playful look at the superhero genre."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"In an account that is by turns funny, shocking, and revolting, director Jason Kohn documents the state of modern-day Brazil, ravaged by poverty, horrendous crime, and political corruption."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2007) |
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"A first-class fantasy film, one of the best. Gaiman is a fresh and a different voice in fantasy writing so the film is full of surprises and some genuinely funny jokes."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This film is less interested in good plot than it is in having long, drawn-out action chases of which there are entirely too many."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Every single Potter film is magical. Now they also seem to be getting more intelligent also."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"An engaging enough premise, but does not really have a good story to tell. It pulls in too many directions."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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low +3 out of -4..+4 |
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(2005) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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+1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1997) |
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