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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...cowriter/producer Bernd Eichinger, who gave such depth to a much shorter historical period in "Downfall," here eventually loses his audience by refusing to streamline his cast and focus on a few significant events. It's a 10 part miniseries stuffed in"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"...while the pair's [Iñárritu and Arriaga] filmmaking skills cannot be denied, the film's emotional resonance is weakened by a feeling of repetition and cliche..."
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"Singleton's directed one of the year's best ensemble casts."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"We wanted Cheerios and got strained peas."
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D+ |
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(2002) |
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"While there's something intrinsically funny about Sir Anthony Hopkins saying 'Get in the car, bitch,' this Jerry Bruckheimer production has little else to offer"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"Writer/director Pedro Almodóvar goes all Hitchcockian with his intricately structured film noir...García Bernal burns up the screen"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"The film is both a police thriller and a drug addled fantasy with an iguana for a guide and Cage plays it like Hunter S. Thompson with a badge."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"Buttermaker's changes of heart seem to come out of thin air, visual jokes are underplayed and scene changes often feel random"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Bad Santa is a movie for those who prefer their humor brutal. It's like Bad Lieutenant with holiday spirit - the anti-Elf.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"it's a relationship movie, a horror film and an independent Hollywood insider satire, all three elements winking at each other the whole time."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"The film is amusing, the musical numbers inventive, but it is also self-indulgent and full of inside jokes. One wishes that Le Besco had aimed for some real truths along with sending up the cliches."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"A fine cast gives their director beautifully shaded performances, but the writer squanders them on a pretentiously meaningless story with...a creepy incestuous theme."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"...marks a new talent to watch, but this one is for patient art house audiences willing to overlook story development in favor of tone and mood."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"it'll steal its way into your heart"
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C+ |
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(2001) |
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"...an old-as-the-hills hit man story jazzed up by flashy visuals and a charismatic turn by the very good looking lead."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"a hauntingly humanistic film"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"a sentimental homage to a big, broad life that rarely turns mawkish"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"glossier and more focused than its scruffy predecessor"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"... an odd mix of coming of age film and an animated Babe where bulls wag exaggerated udders along with their feminine counterparts."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Perhaps one of Batman Begins biggest joys is the casting against type of Gary Oldman [who] makes his piloting of the Batmobile one of the film's biggest rushes.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...a wonderful environmental fable tricked out as a 3-D computer animated science fiction actioner."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"...not to say that "Battle in Heaven" is a bad film, just a rehash of earlier ideas"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(1966) |
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"gripping, relevant cinema...Irish film, "Bloody Sunday," borrowed its entire structure from "Algiers.""
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"If there is one real treasure to be found in The Baxter, it is in Justin Theroux's inspired parody of Sebastian Junger...laugh-out-loud funny whenever he's on screen"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"The Rock is the main reason to see "Be Cool""
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"...quickly devolves into quirky boredom."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"at its best when focusing on the circus performances"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Duris gives a star-making turn...Niels Arestrup provides the film's other indelible character, suggesting a cross between a 70's era Marlon Brando and Richard Harris."
[movie review] |
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(1999) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...the type of film that will make you wonder about the story behind the face of every immigrant in the street."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2001) |
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"How ironic that Russell Crowe won his Oscar last year for "Gladiator""
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Like a before and after makeover, The Beauty School of Kabul should have left us in a different place from where we began, but the film left me with more questions than answers."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"...too amiable to dislike...boasts quite the ensemble cast"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D |
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(2007) |
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"Even the film's costume designer makes Keaton look ridiculous which is no mean feat given that she's clothed in the actress's own style."
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"while Wang hits some high notes with a few scattered flights of fancy, he mostly bungles this girl and her dog tale with painfully awkward direction and mind-numbing treacle"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(1964) |
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"Peter O'Toole plays Henry like Ian McKellan doing a camp cameo."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"...more 'chick flick' than recent Oscar-nom'ed Austen adaptations, but it's cut from more or less the same cloth, albeit less durable."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"There will be more gags and puns in the reviews of press pundits than could be found in the entirety of this film, which fails to create a bee world of any logic or surprise."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"...a beautiful, thought-provoking film, but it's reliance on poetic imagery over keen characterization keeps its audience at arms length"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Silly, very un-PC, often laugh-out-loud funny and refreshingly short on bathroom humor, Beerfest is Strange Brew's endearingly ungainly cousin.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"A change of scenery to Austin, TX, shows a distinct lack of mumble...These characters may still be a bit unsure of themselves, but...have become a whole lot more articulate and sexually confident."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"The visuals are stunning, as is the use of music...unforgettable."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"The film has some great imagery."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"One of the most amazing aspects of "Before Sunset" is how conversation alone is made so suspenseful. If this movie were a book it would be described as a page-turner."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2007) |
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"The structure is not so much "Rashomon-like" as it is like watching a photo developing with pulse quickening intensity."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Xiaoschuai's film is surprisingly compelling in that few of his characters are likeable"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"Henry Bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers, but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...reminiscent of Abdel Kechiche's "L'esquive" ("Games of Love and Chance"), yet while that film felt modern, urban and gritty, this one is more steeped in urban moodiness and doomed romance..."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Writer/director Nic Balthazar, adapting his own novel, would fool most as a first time filmmaker, as "Ben X" compellingly pulls one into Ben's world..."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"Chadha's film is so beautifully crafted that it reminds one just how good populist screen entertainment can be."
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