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6/8 |
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"A very good thriller that saves almost all of its mistakes for the last part of the film."
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+2 out of -4..+4 |
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(2005) |
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"Philip Seymour
Hoffman has his best role to date--perhaps the
best he can ever hope to get."
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0 out of -4..+4 |
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(1995) |
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(1995) |
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"The whole package is a riveting account and a well-told story."
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8/10 |
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(2006) |
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"This is probably the best James Bond on film and probably the best James Bond film. Daniel Craig's James Bond is gritty and mean and a lot more real."
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high +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(2000) |
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"This is a better story than the platitude that it seems to build up to in the final scene. But it was not all the film it could have been if Zemeckis would have realized where his best material lay."
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"Spielberg directs a lower profile film than his usual fare, but one that is a pleasure to take in and be taken in."
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+1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1977) |
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" Micro-epic from Senegal. The film is weak on style, acting, and pacing, but has a really good story."
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+1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1998) |
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6/8 |
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(2000) |
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"The viewing public hardly needed another serial killer film. But if another must be made, at least this is the way to do it."
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high +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1998) |
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(1996) |
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6/8 |
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(1998) |
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(1989) |
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"Pleasant but unoriginal."
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6/10 |
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(2002) |
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6/8 |
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(1992) |
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"Even if it is just Robert Downey, Jr., playing Chaplin, he can kick a bully with a panache and a class that Jean-Claude Van Damme or Steven Segal can barely even dream of."
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low 0 out of -4..+4 |
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(1994) |
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6/8 |
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(1997) |
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"Well-acted and directed and proves to be a very moving and personal film."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Benicio del Toro looks the part, but Soderbergh does little to flesh out his other characters. Just following what is happening is hard work."
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7/10 |
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(2002) |
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"A vigorous and creative musical."
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0 out of -4..+4 |
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(2000) |
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"Does the Nick Park charm work for a feature film? In my opinion, not really."
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4/10 |
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(2006) |
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"This is a film that had a great deal potential, but got too involved in its action scenes."
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low +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(2000) |
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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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high +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1992) |
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5/10 |
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(2007) |
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"This is that sort of horror film that really needs a Friday night or a great deal of suspension of disbelief."
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6/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Shooting in New Zealand is only one way in which this film mimics THE LORD OF THE RINGS. But somehow one never really cares much for the four children who generally just do the obvious."
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6/8 |
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(1999) |
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low +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1996) |
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high +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1995) |
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"For those with a taste for the unique or who just want to be weirded out by the creatively bizarre, this is an amazing film."
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(1991) |
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6/8 |
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(1998) |
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"A very nuts-and-bolts look at a civil action against two major corporations as seen through the eyes of the lawyer who brought the action and risked his law firm and his career on the case."
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high +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1998) |
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"Vince Vaughn steals the film as Lester Long. Vaughn is very natural in front of a camera with an easy charm and grace."
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+1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1988) |
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high +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1994) |
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6/8 |
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(1994) |
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"Kevin Smith is a good writer with a great sense of humor. Good jokes and dialogue are cheap and are most of what this film has to offer."
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low +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1993) |
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0 out of -4..+4 |
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(1991) |
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"After UP set a standard for character development, CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS falls short."
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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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high +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1996) |
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"I would like to feel that these dull people are a comic fiction. Unfortunately, I think that Brian Wright might be right. The eventual statement made by the film may be a little trite even for so short a film."
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low +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1996) |
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6/10 |
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(2003) |
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" This could have been a powerful war
story, but under the surface it is contrived and
unconvincing and the performances are uninvolving."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The first half is inventive, but the film really loses steam in the second half. Too many technical problems went unsolved in bringing this story to the screen."
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6/10 |
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(2004) |
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"The surprise inside the story is that if we see the film through the eyes of the assassin Vincent it turns from a thriller into a shaggy dog story."
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6/8 |
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(1988) |
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"To date the high-water mark for Landis's directorial career and it is the best film Eddie Murphy has ever been in."
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+1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1991) |
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"The real stars of this film are the music (big surprise) and the hard- edged working-class (and lower) settings in northern Dublin."
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6/10 |
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(2003) |
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9/10 |
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(2005) |
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"THE CONSTANT GARDENER packs a real wallop in its study of the interconnections of global business, international medicine, and government. A film that has solid and relevant content, a good romance, and is still a good story is very rare. This is one of t"
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