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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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(2004) |
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"This weird comedic fantasy lampoons pop philosophy and everything else within reach but wastes the talents of Dustin Hoffman."
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(1994) |
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(2009) |
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"Rather than a serious attempt to resurrect the Gothic horror of the 1960s it is more just a reverential nod or even a send-up."
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(1998) |
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"Not funny enough to deserve a good rating."
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(2002) |
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(1988) |
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"No way, brother."
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(2004) |
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"Mixing animation and live action nearly seamlessly, I, ROBOT turns Isaac Asimov's robot world into the backdrop for a prosaic summer action film."
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(1994) |
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 6/10 |
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(2002) |
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"The story is weak on logic, but the writing is warm and frequently laugh-out-loud funny."
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(1990) |
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 5/10 |
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(2003) |
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 3/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Justin Routt writes, directs, and stars in a film that amounts to little more than a laundry list of pet peeves. Humor is a matter taste and this humor mostly is not to my taste."
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 7/10 |
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(2006) |
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"The ILLUSIONIST is a hypnotic film that is an act of stage magic in itself. This is a captivating and atmospheric tale that will keep the viewer wondering what is real, what illusion."
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(2004) |
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"the parents are really just
a little too weird and the whole film is hard to
warm up to."
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 4/10 |
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(2005) |
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"It is rare that a film offers so much to see and so little to think about. We look at a CGI world made of ones and zeros watching a story made mostly of zeroes."
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 high +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1994) |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 6/8 |
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(1998) |
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 5/10 |
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(2006) |
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"In Between Days is shot in a documentary-like style, but some of the artistic decisions do not always work in the film's favor."
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(1989) |
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"Like the Memorial itself, the film brings not so much understanding for the war veteran as a tribute to the veteran. That is not so ambitious a goal, but it is sufficient."
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 7/10 |
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(2004) |
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"The characters and the story of IN GOOD COMPANY have qualities
not usually found in major studio productions. It is
a dependent film with the heart of an independent one."
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 7/10 |
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(2005) |
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"You know where this is going, but it is done well. Curtis Hanson who directed L.A. CONFIDENTIAL and WONDER BOYS manages to make this one work"
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(1993) |
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 8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The plot of this film is impenetrable but the dialog is hilarious and comes a staccato pace. This is a comedy of political backbiting, in-fighting, and out-fighting."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 +1 out of -4..+4 |
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(1995) |
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 low +3 out of -4..+4 |
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(1993) |
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"This is a well-crafted film in all regards."
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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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 6/8 |
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(2002) |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 low +2 out of -4..+4 |
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(1992) |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"THE INCREDIBLE HULK is a darker and grimmer superhero film with a more tragic hero than we have seen of late from the Marvel films."
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 7/10 |
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(2004) |
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"Pixar does it again with a comedy/action film about a family of superheroes. The writing is the real attraction. THE INCREDIBLES is subversive, heart-warming, and fun."
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(1996) |
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"While the script is heavy on coincidence and melodrama it never fails to be fun."
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(1995) |
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 6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"This film is a compendium of geographic misinformation as well as solid collection of action sequences."
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(1989) |
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"For almost any reason that you liked the first Indy film, you will also like the third."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 +3 out of -4..+4 |
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(1992) |
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 5/10 |
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(2006) |
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"The film is as strangely unfocused as its title is. Several of the artistic decisions weaken the film. A good performance by Daniel Craig is perhaps the film's major asset."
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 6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"In Steven Soderbergh's hands and with some very strange stylistic choices the story becomes muddled and more confusing than necessary."
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 5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Some of it is good; much of it is preposterous. In trying to meld comedy and tragedy it entertains fitfully and requires more patience than most Tarantino films do."
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(1987) |
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"The film is packed. It has science fiction, comedy, chases, really weird situations, and really weird characters, and it just keeps delivering."
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(1999) |
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"It is too much an adaptation of a magazine article slowed to the pace of a film. It really verges on being tedious, at least at times."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 6/10 |
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(2002) |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 4/10 |
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(2004) |
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"The basic concept of people trapped in a sweaty hell, looking for the money to get anywhere but there could have been borrowed from Wages of Fear, but sadly The Intended shares none of that film's excitement."
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 6/8 |
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(1994) |
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"Neil Jordan seems to make one good film after another on the theme of the sub-culture of people who live outside normal society. As his films go, this is not one of his best efforts."
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 6/10 |
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(2003) |
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"That is uncharacteristic
of the inventive Coen Brothers. Adequate for a
fun night but disappointing as a Coen Brothers
film."
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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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 4/10 |
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(2005) |
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"The film has the impact of a Sci-Fi Channel film and the writing may not even be that good. Overall this is the least satisfying of the four film adaptations to date."
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 low +3 out of -4..+4 |
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(1991) |
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Click here to see the review!
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 6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If you
can get past the irony (or hypocrisy) of the
central concept Jon Favreau's adaptation is reasonably entertaining and uses
its digital effects energetically."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 6/10 |
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(1993) |
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