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(1961) |
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"101 Dalmatians has a lilting, lyrical charm that few other Disney films achieve."
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(2000) |
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"Cruella is back, vampier and funnier than ever, and kids will love her all the more."
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(2007) |
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"This ain't bread-and-circuses [celeb] infotainment intended to distract us from the very real, very dangerous problems we face as a society. It's exactly the opposite, and absolutely terrifying."
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(1999) |
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(1999) |
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"The best, most enthralling adventure movie I've seen in a good while."
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(2007) |
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"Sure, this is pretty much an episode of The Twilight Zone, but it's a really, really good episode of The Twilight Zone"
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(2006) |
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"[G]oes all the way around from snark to serious, starts out like it's gonna rag on Die Hard and ends up being way more thoughtful and actually even sorta solemn about dirty cops, systemic corruption, and how damn exhausting New York City can be."
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(2009) |
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"Efron dominates the screen with his charm and his effortless comic timing..."
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(1972) |
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(2003) |
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"Very, very cool and very, very dumb."
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(2008) |
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"[A]lmost entirely preposterous -- never mind that it's apparently based on a true story -- and yet somehow wonderfully entertaining at the same time..."
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(1987) |
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"Oh my goodness, it’s one of my fantasies: Johnny Depp in a policeman’s uniform."
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(2002) |
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"There’s nothing quite as amusing as watching the rise and fall of an arrogant prick who's both delusional and visionary."
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(2002) |
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"Not the kind of tale one expects to be so heart-stoppingly distressing, so emotionally devastating."
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(2003) |
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"[H]umanistic and unsentimental, like some lost science fiction flick from the 70s that’s just been rediscovered."
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(2007) |
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"And so as the world seemingly renews its dedication to taking itself straight to hell, even our horror movies suddenly seem less like mere entertainments and more like real-life fever dreams..."
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(2005) |
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"[B]eautifully, expressively quiet..."
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(2007) |
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"This is one of those ur-stories that actually feels like a slice of ancient wonder and grandeur..."
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(2007) |
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"[G]loriously old-fashioned in the best movie way, redolent of its pulpy, junky roots in the pure adventure thrills of dime novels but also heady with consequence..."
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(2004) |
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"[I]ts exploration of the realpolitik of a fantastical situation lives in gray moral shadows and finds all kind of new ground in unexpected places..."
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(2009) |
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"[A] mysterious conundrum of a film that is beautifully grim to behold and actually sort of massively depressing by the time it's over... but in a good way..."
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(2006) |
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"[O]h, yes, the evil cleverness, the deep and seriously profound wit of casting... Keanu Reeves... with his melancholy insolence that everyone mistakes for lethargy, with his irony so deadpan it goes all the way back around to something like calculated sel"
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(2001) |
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"Does what truly great science fiction does, which is get you to think about what it means to be human."
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(2001) |
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"A story to appreciate, laugh at, and cry with no matter where you or your parents came from."
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(2002) |
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"It turns out that Grant, once he finally shucked his irritating and not at all adorable nervous mannerisms, is quite a fine and ingratiating actor."
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(1996) |
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"Saunders’s scripts are universes of bitter wit in which absolutely nothing is sacred..."
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(2006) |
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"This is almost like a lost movie from my teenhood, a forgotten relic of the late 70s, early 80s, when even summer comedies came with a touch of social commentary and a bit of class consciousness -- when they ate the rich instead of aspiring to be one of t"
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(2009) |
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"[T]oo-earnest, underemotional... [but Dancy] and Byrne are what make this a movie worth seeing, for their delicacy and tentativeness in coping with one another..."
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(2002) |
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"Kaufman lets is all out here, painful and raw, the battle creative people who’d actually like to make a living off their creative efforts fight between originality and commercialism."
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(2009) |
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"Eisenberg has a quirky, sensitive cool that distinguishes him from the slew of teen or almost-teen movie ranks of the moment..."
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(1993) |
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"If Cary Grant met Harrison Ford on the set of a John Wayne movie directed by Roger Corman, they might spontaneously combust into Campbell's titlular bounty hunter..."
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(2006) |
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"Frantic and frequently fierce under its laid-back facade, this is some quality funny business."
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(2000) |
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"By making us conspirators in the humor, by constantly breaking the fourth wall ... to remind us that this is a movie about a movie about a kids' cartoon TV series, Rocky and Bullwinkle surprises and delights."
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(2001) |
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"The Affair of the Necklace has costume-drama snob appeal in spades, 'tis true, but this is pure bodice-ripper romance, done up right."
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(1997) |
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(2003) |
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"As much a pointed and wise exploration of a documentarian’s involvement in his subject matter as it is an angry indictment of the American judicial system."
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"[A]n illuminating cavalcade of human behavior at its worst... and once in a rare while, at its best..."
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(2006) |
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"[P]retty darn wonderful: uplifting without being sappy, inspiring without being unrealistic. I confess I got a bit sniffly at the end, even though I saw the ending coming..."
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(2006) |
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"Smartly, tartly feminist..."
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"[T]he historical context probably is the best way in which to appreciate this hit-or-miss collection of sight gags, wordplay, and middle-class angst..."
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(2001) |
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"[Raises] the bar on portrayals of competent, capable women..."
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(1979) |
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"The greatest science fiction horror film ever made."
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(1995) |
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"I haven't seen these movies since they first aired, and it was a delight to catch up with the Franciscos -- the alien Tenctonese immigrants to Los Angeles -- and human Detective Matt Sikes..."
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(1997) |
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"Sigourney Weaver is amazing to watch."
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(2003) |
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"[A] chillingly quiet masterpiece of understatement and suggestion..."
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(2005) |
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"Wow! Aliens! No, I mean really, creatures like nothing you’ve ever seen before..."
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(1950) |
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"All About Eve is a film that you see completely differently once you know what's going to happen."
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(1998) |
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(2001) |
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"This is a love story in which all of us will recognize a little bit of ourselves."
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(1949) |
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"Goodness me, this movie could not have been more prophetic had Nostradamus himself written it."
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