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"In comparison with the documentary feature Anvil! The Story of Anvil...the main difference is that NOFX Backstage Passport is a lot more fun."
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(2007) |
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"A Jihad for Love is the first feature-length documentary to look at homosexuality and Islam, and for that reason alone it's an important film"
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(2009) |
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"It certainly helps that Gervasi has a sense of humor... the band's adventures often resemble a real-life version of This is Spinal Tap"
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Above all, Fukunaga has great respect for his characters and their story."
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(2009) |
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"While all the pieces are there for an intriguing film, John Maybury's The Edge of Love never really becomes anything."
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"...Vexille is worth seeing for the art alone, which is light-years more sophisticated than the jumpy animation usually seen in popular kid's anime series"
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9/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Everlasting Moments ... returns the viewer to a time before reproduced images had saturated our culture..."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Cherry Blossoms is not a complete train wreck, although at 127 minutes it's way too long for the ground that it covers."
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(2006) |
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"Cinematographer Style is more of a collage of well-chosen opinions and anecdotes about the art and practice of cinematography than a tutorial or overview of the profession."
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8/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Garrone avoids punching the usual emotional buttons: His stories have no heroes, his crime lords no glamour, and his victims no nobility."
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(1999) |
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"Arthur Winslow and Sir Robert Morton are as ruthless in their way as the real estate salesmen in Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross are in theirs..."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Given how conventional and formulaic The Great Buck Howard is, it's a wonder that it works as well as it does."
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1/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Seldom has one movie offered so much fertile ground for ridicule..."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Sometimes the village looks like an antique postcard come to life, at other times like outtakes from a lost Marx Brothers film or an overly precious PBS documentary."
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(2003) |
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""The journey not the destination" is a good motto to keep in mind while watching ..."
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(2008) |
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"...Ballerina looks behind the scenes ...to offer a closer look at the system of selection, training and rehearsal which keeps Russian ballet the envy of the world."
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6/10 |
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(2009) |
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"The best segments of Revolution '67 are those concerning the riots themselves, which contrast contemporary media coverage with eyewitness testimony from many individuals..."
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"But in its thoroughly remarkable badness it's actually kind of fascinating...the perfect movie for at do-it-yourself Mystery Science Theatre 3000 afternoon."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...Live and Become uses the story of an Ethiopian Christian boy airlifted to Israel ... to examine questions of national and racial identity in modern Israel."
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(2008) |
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"Unlike many American films centered on the classroom (Dangerous Minds and Freedom Writers come immediately to mind) there are no heroes in The Class, and no glorious victories."
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(2006) |
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"The subject matter of Paper Dolls is fascinating but the film's execution is only so-so. Heymann never penetrates beyond the surface of his subject's lives..."
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(2008) |
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"Bomb It is clearly in the pro-graffiti camp, as signaled by its tag line: "Street Art is Revolution.""
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(1970) |
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"Truffaut plays Itard, a representative of the Age of Reason who never questions the benefits of civilization...Truffaut the filmmaker is more suspicious of Itard's motives..."
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(2008) |
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"Despite the serious subject matter the film itself is not downbeat: ...[the filmmakers] emphasize the strength of Malawian women and the possibility of positive change."
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(2008) |
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"Were the World Mine is a charming picture with a very simple message: be who you are, let others be who they are, and we can all be happy. In fact, we might even be fabulous."
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(2008) |
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"Petr Jarchovsı's script is elliptical, building the story through a succession of small scenes whose import is not always immediately obvious."
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7/10 |
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(1979) |
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"You can watch stars like Cash and Anne Murray in their prime while sending up little prayers that feathered hair will not come back into fashion."
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6/10 |
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(1978) |
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"Guest stars on the 1978 special...include Kris Kristofferson, Rita Coolidge and June Carter Cash, as well as Carter and Cash's six daughters..."
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6/10 |
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(2006) |
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"... an entertaining experience, with lots of action, humor, fanservice, a huge cast of characters, and some philosophical heft."
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9/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The Wrestler transcends professional wrestling as Requiem for a Heavyweight transcends boxing ... [it] raises the broken figure of the Ram to the level of a tragic hero..."
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8/10 |
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(2006) |
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"Calm is the prevailing mood in Arctic Son, as if director Andrew Walton wanted to reflect the experience of the Gwich'in lifestyle in his film."
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2/10 |
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(2002) |
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"...Stargate Infinity is a very poor excuse for an animated series...about one step above the Happy Little Elves videos that show up in The Simpsons from time to time."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If Anita O'Day had to choose a motto for her life, it would probably be "That's how it went down.""
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...the best scenes, which are concerned more with the ordinary interactions of families and neighbors than with pushing the plot forward, feel as natural as real life."
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2/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Scott Derrickson's remake ...provides the best evidence I've seen lately that money can't buy class. It also can't guarantee an effective movie, let alone a meaningful one."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"... a serious documentary which is respectful of the feelings of all concerned, and gives the survivors ample time to explain their choices."
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7/10 |
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(2007) |
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"For the Bible ... serves very nicely as an educational tool and aid to discussion, and is supported by an impressive array of materials downloadable from the film's web site"
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The fear inspired by these stories is more akin to dread, a slow, creeping suspicion that something is not quite right ..."
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Weaving together interviews, archival materials, re-enactments and readings from Schwarzenbach's works, it's an excellent introduction to the writer and her times."
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2/10 |
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(2008) |
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"If this were the first film of a 17-year-old who got a camcorder for his birthday...it could be called a promising first effort."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"InuYasha['s]... advantage over its competitors is not that it is wildly different from them, but that it's just better in all the major aspects."
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3/10 |
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(1937) |
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"Happy-Go-Lucky is one of those films you have to buy into absolutely, or it's just one long slog until the final credits."
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8/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Western people often react to mentions of polygamy with a wink and a leer: all sex all the time! ...The reality is something quite else..."
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6/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Based on a story by Randy Russell, The Pool is a low-key film that often feels like a documentary..."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Seldom has a film been more aptly titled than Saving Marriage...people on both sides of this issue believe they are, in fact, saving marriage."
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8/10 |
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(2005) |
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"Screaming Queens ...creates a portrait of a time and place which to some today may seem as far removed as ancient Egypt."
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7/10 |
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(2008) |
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"The marvelously detailed world of Ember was created through a combination of sets built on a brownfield in Belfast and CGI effects which blend in almost seamlessly..."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Sometimes Appaloosa seems bent on exploiting the standard cliches of the western genre ...while at others it seems striving to be a modernist update full of ambiguity ..."
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3/10 |
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(2008) |
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"...watching Blindness feels a lot like being jerked around for two hours by someone who is so caught up in his own cleverness that he feels no need to explain or justify anything."
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6/10 |
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(1999) |
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"The vintage footage included in Television Under the Swastika is priceless ...The film falls short, however, in terms of providing context and identifying the clips provided."
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