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3/4 |
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"The more you know about the story behind the story, the better it is"
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Polished, coherent, rich with internal consistency... and sacrilegious for believers in The Movies"
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Dramatic arc is an elegant structure revealing the laws of emotional physics"
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3.5/4 |
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(1953) |
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"So light and enjoyable that it almost seems wrong to ascribe more to it than pure entertainment"
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4/4 |
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(1950) |
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"Sunset Blvd. is both great entertainment and great literature"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The best boxing movie of 2008; with words and wits instead of gloves and fists"
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Pair with Michael Pollan's treatises on food, or with The Gleaners and I and King Corn"
[dvd review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Separate but equal is alive and well in America; see how it works at Mardi Gras in Mobile"
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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3/4 |
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(1972) |
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"A personal memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood"
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Bill Maher shines light on the weird beliefs of people around the country and around the world"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Clever scenario looks at the balance of power betwween age, sex, and nationality"
[movie review] |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Visually appealing but the pace is 20x too slow"
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Even at the movie's climax, Saville wants us to keep looking at the characters"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"If I were ten I'd go see this again and again and again"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Packs an emotional punch, but that only partly makes up for the lack of a good story"
[movie review] |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Jia chose a great setting, but don't give him too much credit"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Perfect casting: the photogenic Ángel Tavira is a valuable find for writer/director Francisco Vargas"
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Non-essential Morris. Pick any other documentary to find more interesting and colorful subjects."
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Won't win any filmmaking awards, but the subject will make you think about your surroundings"
[movie review] |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Has a mind-blowing scene at its climax that takes the whole movie to set up"
[movie review] |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Thankfully an artist, Julian Schnabel, is at the helm, rather than a cheerleader"
[dvd review] |
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"More like homework than entertainment"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Its gimmick allows, in our post-ironic era, big musical production numbers in Central Park"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Full of Dylanology, Dylanography and Dylanerbole... if that's your thing"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"More Mamet than martial arts"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The best laughs come when the movie aims a little higher, which isn't often enough"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"There are better heist films, but none of them are showing at your local movie theater this month"
[movie review] |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Italian Neorealism makes an American comeback"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Culturally specific war movie leaves non-Israelis wondering what we missed"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Good meditation on class, but too grim for casual moviegoers and not poetic enough for art-housers"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Better the second time around because you can look at the detail and nuance you might've missed"
[dvd review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Sunny and light. Could have been much more if it had wanted to."
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"John Sayles is back in the saddle with another film in his regional cinema series"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"You and me and our military and our government -- we killed an innocent man"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(1961) |
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"An epic on the cusp of two eras. Dated, but well crafted. The "Miriam Collection" fills the box."
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Occasionally works as a black comedy, but there's nothing real or true in it"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Few presidents bow out with as much grace and class"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"You probably won't hate it, but that's because you probably won't feel much of anything about it"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The most striking footage is of an abortion; the next is of hateful and ignorant Americans"
[movie review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Hustwit doesn't just poke his camera in the faces of experts on typography; he tells a story"
[dvd review] |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"When you love a movie that earns 50% on the Tomatometer, it's safer to call it a "guilty pleasure""
[dvd review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Notorious for giving very few interviews, Depp agreed to go on Inside the Actors Studio"
[dvd review] |
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1.5/4 |
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(1994) |
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"Botched adaptation has Will Smith and a dog... if that's all you want from a movie"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Offers some pretty good political insight for a 97-minute comedy"
[movie review] |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Documentary on milk is more tone poem than essay."
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A world of bad men that's easy to get trapped in and impossible to escape from"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"America loves its athletes, but the scholars are just as driven, determined, and successful"
[movie review] |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A tasty dish; but you'll be hungry again in an hour"
[movie review] |
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