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A- |
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(1982) |
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"Only the most hardened heart should be able to resist the glow from the one that anchors this classic."
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C- |
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(2008) |
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"So many ideas from other films have been cobbled together the experience of watching it is like being in a blender."
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D |
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(2007) |
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"...a perfect example of manufactured tweeness, a film desperate to be quirky and offbeat but which just doesn't get it..."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"the only feel we're given for the opening of a restaurant is the coping with building contractors...Café Moto literally arises from dust and ashes"
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Recks has a talent for getting the feel of an entire community...but the story of a marriage in crisis goes off the rails in its final act."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A+ |
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(2008) |
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"Akin's latest masterwork may...mark him as the man to inherit the mantle of the late, great Krzysztof Kieslowski."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"...Gordon brings this hellish and funny look at one man's freefall into his basest instincts just the right touch of reality viewed through fun house mirrors."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"It's as if the Symbionese Liberation Army had nabbed one of The Big Chill's weekenders."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"...a thrilling, sometimes excruciating adventure and a real testament to the spirit and intelligence of the working animals at its core."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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""Eight Legged Freaks" features lots of nudge-nudge jokes and pretty
cool spider effects, but, as most self-aware genre hybrids do, runs out of
gas in the third act"
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2008) |
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"...a haunting testament to the sentiment that we should take love wherever we find it."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Elephant is a technically elegant experiment which builds tension then oddly deflates."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"A hairs' breadth away from becoming a Christmas classic, largely due to Ferrell's ferocious comedic instincts."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Sexual politics dominate The Golden Age, rendering the middle-aged Elizabeth more love sick adolescent than conquering warrior in this borderline bodice ripper."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"This anachronistic Cinderella with a twist displays the same warped humor and fairy tale awareness of Shrek."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Mahieux's unsettling performance, an alienating coastal location and a story that takes the unexpected path are all beautifully orchestrated by director Matteo Garrone"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(1996) |
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"This Emma is light, airy and modern -- surely Austen's funniest work."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C- |
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(2002) |
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"director Hoffman, his writer and Kline's agent should serve detention"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"As adapted by Kevin Molony from Simon Leys' novel "The Death of Napoleon" and directed by Alan Taylor, Napoleon's journey is interesting but his Parisian rebirth is stillborn"
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Reeling Reviews |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"Reyes' directorial debut has good things to offer, but ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Disney's gloriously tongue-in-cheek parody of its own princess genre is notable for how it's G-rated heroine makes us realize how far a bit of innocence and optimism can uplift our outlook in today's untrusting world."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2007) |
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"It is a sublime pleasure to spend time with [Werner Herzog] and "Encounters at the End of the World" is a trip from start to finish."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"..."Food, Inc." for fish."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2001) |
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"While he uses Hurley's ("South") footage and photos, Butler's documentary is a far
richer, more emotional work."
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Reeling Reviews |
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(2001) |
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"A rousing historical drama and worthy addition to the recent revival of WWII films."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"This Jennifer Lopez vehicle is a fender bender from which she emerges with some scrapes and bruises, but we didn't need to witness her receiving them"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"With all its inherent drama, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room seems ripe for feature film treatment.
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"...a French version of a tale that's become all too familiar in American Independent filmmaking - that of a family constructed from the broken remains of several."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"While the influence of other filmmakers (Hitchcock, DePalma, Lynch) is obvious, this Korean horror tale is truly something different."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A |
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(2004) |
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"a remembered place can enter someone's living room with a camera pan"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Koji Yakusho grounds the film with his emotional truth"
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"Rumored to be the most expensive comedy ever made, the laughs come at a high price in Evan Almighty, as much as $50 million per snicker."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B- |
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(2002) |
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""Evelyn" is one of those uplifting underdog tales that threatens to drown the audience in treacle, but screenwriter Paul Pender and director Beresford offset the kiddies' plight with enough matey jockeying jocularity among the male"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...a family epic about the strength of a matriarch that will also recall such Hollywood films as "I Remember Mama" and "The Bridges of Madison County.""
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Reeling Reviews |
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7/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Wears a bit thin."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"a good-hearted crowd-pleaser"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Schreiber begins on slightly shaky ground...but once he settles in, he gradually twists the fabric of his film into something moving and deep"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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""Everything Put Together" does put everything back together in the end, and manages to horrify us in the process."
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2001) |
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""Evolution" bottom feeds with his (Reitman's) "Legal Eagles,"
"Twins" and "Junior" oeuvre."
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"It's just another in the string of subpar exorcism movies which followed 1973's never-rivalled The Exorcist, gussied up with an A-list cast and dishonest marketing."
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Reeling Reviews |
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D- |
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(2009) |
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"...a dismal looking affair with flat sound. If it's title sounds like something that might happen in a dentist's office, that's about what sitting through it feels like."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Writers Oxide Pang and Jo Jo Yuet-chun Hui borrow liberally from such films as "The Sixth Sense," "The Eyes of Laura Mars" and even "At First Sight," ensuring that any genre buff will know exactly where "The Eye" is headed, but the Pangs, cinematographer"
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