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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Daring and spine-tinglingly effective, Michael Haneke's Caché does just about everything right... until its incongruous final scene."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"'They dropped everything for a good cause' would seem to refer more to the filmmakers than the gutsy, middle-aged women shedding their clothes for a hospital couch."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"This is a film that's as difficult to watch as it is to dismiss."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Pixar's animated Route 66 provides ample opportunity for getting one's kicks."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Are we supposed to be charmed, or shocked, by this? Allen doesn't seem to know."
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3.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"It just so happens that Cast Away is one of the best films of the year."
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"A stuffy murder mystery aboard a yacht."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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0/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Ugh."
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2.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"Where's the story? There really isn't one. But for most of The Cell it won't matter; just sit back and enjoy the creepy, dazzling ride."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Wayne Wang's The Center of the World plays like a Mike Figgis film (and that's not always a good thing)."
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"It's hard to imagine a more fitting interpreter of Roald Dahl, particularly his beloved Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, than director Tim Burton."
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2.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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"The T&A in this film is truly amazing, as if Russ Meyer served as creative consultant. I lost count of how many times an Angel shakes out her hair in slow-mo like a Keeshond wicking rainwater from its pelt."
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Charlie's Angels was fun. For some reason, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle chooses to be insanely incoherent instead."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"More interesting than arresting, perhaps, Charlotte Sometimes is an intelligent piece of filmmaking that promises more than it delivers."
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3/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Chicago is a near-perfect translation of a stage musical that might have worked even better without Richard Gere."
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1.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"A dull dramatization of -- and ill-fitting testament to -- British journalist George Hogg's experiences in war torn China."
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Director Alfonso Cuaron delivers some truly bravura sequences that raise this loose P.D. James adaptation to the level of exhilarating filmmaking."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"A faithful and exultant rendering of the classic children's fable. Bring on Prince Caspian!"
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(1999) |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Comparisons to Eastwood's Oscar®-winning Million Dollar Baby are not only expected but welcomed, since Cinderella Man is (surprisingly) just as good."
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3/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Eccentricity never struck this close to home before."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"An unashamed gay interest soft-porn flick with lashings of sex, drugs, and dance music."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Brutal and brilliant, Meirelles's stunning City of God virtually redefines the word storytelling."
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3/4 |
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(2008) |
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"More bronzed bodies bearing arms leading to inevitable shootouts delivered via a washed-out, hand-held digital style pulsing along to an infectious Latin beat."
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2/4 |
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(1991) |
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2/4 |
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(1993) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Despite formidable performances by Roberts, Law, Portman, and Owen, Mike Nichols's Closer is weakened by both its source material and odd directorial decision making.
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La Movie Boeuf |
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2/4 |
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(1996) |
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Lovely to look at, engagingly acted, but empty and... well, "cold" pretty much sums it up."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Another winning Michael Mann character study (see: The Insider, Heat, Thief) with Jamie Foxx revelatory in the lead."
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2/4 |
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(1997) |
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"After about two hours, the explosions, shootings, explosions, wisecracks, explosions, and intrusive sentimental interludes get very boring."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Meirelles's technique -- bravura camerawork coupled with crisscross editing -- makes what might have been a straightforward political thriller his own."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Devilishly more entertaining than it has any right to be."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3/4 |
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(1964) |
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"A fine film about the pressures of filmmaking. And it's an even finer film about the tragedy of marital dissolution."
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(1999) |
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2/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Worth seeing... for William H. Macy's butt, I guess."
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La Movie Boeuf |
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1.5/4 |
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(2000) |
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Click here to see the review!
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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2.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"The contrivances of first-time director Paul Haggis's script ultimately hurt the film but this Crash is still worth a curious drive-by look."
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"There hasn't been a documentary this sick since Kirby Dick's Sick!"
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3.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Matthew Barney makes Peter Greenaway look like Joel Schumacher."
[movie review] |
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A competent Americanization of the Argentinian film Nine Queens, with John C. Reilly seemingly enjoying his atypical leading role."
[movie review] |
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"The crossover hit that (quite rightly) started all those high-flying wire-fu action pictures. With the redoubtable Chow Yun-Fat and Michelle Yeoh."
[movie review] |
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La Movie Boeuf |
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3/4 |
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(1998) |
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Click here to see the review!
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(1989) |
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