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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"The ending feels like M. Night Shyamalan gone all wrong adapting Stephen King. Still Will Smith gives a solid performance and Sam is sure to become legend among Hollywood canines."
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B |
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(2003) |
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"immerses its audience into another time and place just like a good read on a rainy day"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"If it is sometimes confusing sifting through the characters drifting throughthe Malaysian nights, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone is nonetheless successfulin creating a mood that lingers."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"despite [a] muddled attempt at some kind of existential relevance, I Heart Huckabees works on an absurdist comedy level"
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...starts with a high concept that Rudd and Segel take to the finish line. This is a buddy movie that women can enjoy, a surprisingly sweet take on male friendship that still has its testosterone intact."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"wants to appeal to fans of Billy Madison with its homophobichetero jokes while sucking in The Wedding Singer crowd with its tolerancemessage and 'softer-side-of-Sandler.'"
[movie review] |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Veteran Czech director Jirí Menzel serves up an epic in miniature, one apolitical man's magical realistic journey through life during the shifting sands of WWII Europe."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"...like 1991's Only the Lonely, another Chicago set film where a heavy guy lives with mom and looks for love, done indie style...a lovely little film."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"...Salvatores has made a film reminiscent of Spanish masterpiece, The Spirit of the Beehive."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Haynes's much praised film lifts a concept Todd Solondz used 2 years ago for (the superior in my opinion) Palindromes...and his idea of breaking Dylan down into the different personas he has played has mixed, albeit mostly intriguing results."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"a career capping performance from Kristin Scott Thomas with wonderful support from Zylberstein, but ... [Claudel] stumbles with his climatic revelation, a contrived piece of writing that turns his already sympathetic heroine into a martyr."
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B |
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(2002) |
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"may recall "Shrek" with its giant beast pestered by unwanted companion and "Monsters Inc." with its baby returning plot"
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...Sid meet Buck (voice of Simon Pegg, "Shaun of the Dead," "Star Trek"), a weasel who acts as tour guide and helps 'buck up' the flagging series."
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"Oliver Platt is the reason to watch this - every scene he's in is a winner and few without him are.
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C |
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(2005) |
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"...may have a preposterous premise, but it should appeal to the same mother/daughter audience that flocked to the similarly titled "Diaries.""
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Cooney's script has some intriguing
ideas (characters seem to be paired in ying/yang couples, such as the good cop/bad cop
of Cusack and Liotta) and puzzles to ponder (that first victim wasn't really the first),
but for all its suspense its revelation"
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"...too visually busy to be pleasing to the eye and lacks the wit needed in the creation of a fantastical locale."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Should you go into this movie with no knowledge of this slice of history, you'll not only learn something, but you'll be so entertained you may find yourself laughing out loud (when you're not shaking your head)."
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B |
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(2006) |
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"...a lush looking puzzle box of a film grounded by a vivid, sharp performance by Norton."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"Naming a film after a song generally displays a lack of imagination."
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Parker cannot sustain the buoyant energy level of the film's city beginnings into its country conclusion"
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"In America is a terrific immigrant saga so well told that its few cliches never feel manipulative. It's got the soul of an Irish poet.
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A |
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(2008) |
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"Writer/director Martin McDonagh has created something tonally unique, a film that is hilarious and tragic, irreverent and wistful, peopled with characters learning to love life with death all around them."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"a sharp-eyed look at the soullessness of today's corporate America...with an unrealized romantic subplot"
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Director Curtis Hanson...moves to Chick Lit and turns it into an entertainment with true human emotion and only a few minor concessions to Hollywood gloss"
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"a fleshy, female companion piece to Laurent Cantet's Time Out.
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"In looking for L.A.'s historical past amidst its sometimes squalid present, Holdridge has achieved a minor miracle in making the city a romantic backdrop."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"...provides loads of biographical info, but saps the juice out of its subject...Crowley deserves the Ken Russell treatment."
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A |
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(2001) |
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"Fields' elegant storytelling is layered with profound details"
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"for the most part In the City leaves its characters just as we found them"
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D+ |
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(2003) |
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"a fabulous performance by Ruffalo in a thoroughly disastrous film...the cheesiest of serial killer beach reads given the gloss of art house pretension"
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A- |
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(2009) |
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""Thick of It" veteran Peter Capaldi has the long-limbed, flapjack body language of John Cleese and dizzying delivery. His is a great comic performance..."
[movie review] |
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A |
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(2003) |
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"should be required viewing for any student of film"
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10/10 |
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(2001) |
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"This heartbreaking tale of unrequited (or is it?) love is an elegant romance for the ages and a masterpiece of its genre."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Fine performances from Tommy Lee Jones and Theron and the investigation itself maintain interest, but Haggis's film disintegrates just when it should be delivering its final punch."
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"In This World may be the work of a liberal, but anyone of humanity must give pause to the horrors faced by those unlucky enough to be born in unfortunate circumstances"
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C |
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(2003) |
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"a remake defanged of the first film's absurdist humor"
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"by the time Herzog dons a wetsuit to jump into the loch, the laughs may still be with the star, but they're also aimed at the director"
[movie review] |
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"What one comes away with hoping for the future is that we do not look back on Al Gore as we look back now on Eisenhower ("Why We Fight") or Edward R. Murrow ("Good Night, and Good Luck") - as a man who gave a warning unheeded.
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2008) |
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""The Incredible Hulk" isn't as much fun as "Iron Man" was, but it doesn't suffer from the roteness that affect so many super hero films either. It gets the job done."
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"Mix X-Men with True Lies and Spy Kids then add the retro design of The Powerpuff Girls all tied together with the magical technology of Pixar..."
[movie review] |
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B+ |
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(1996) |
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"No matter how ludicrous and coincidental the plot gets, it never takes itself seriously."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Harrison Ford's age was anticipated to be the weak point here but he's more than up to bringing back an older but still spry and wry Indy..."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"...does have some things going for it, beginning with Sandra Bullock's terrific portrayal of "Mockingbird" author Harper Lee..."
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Damon gives one of the best performances of his career here, a sneak-up-on-you the-dupe-as-duper narrator."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"Quentin Tarantino is like a kid in a candy store reinventing WWII... [with] a wallop of a climax that reimagines a cinema auditorium as a Holocaust gas chamber by way of the throne of the great and powerful wizard of Oz."
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Fly's writing is subtle, believably building upon the small compromises... which create the type of moral vacuum whose creation cannot be understood from the outside."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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D+ |
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(2009) |
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"Take some bits from "Harry Potter" and "Arabian Nights," loads from "The Wizard of Oz" and mix with an original story that we never even get to hear and you get the torturously tedious "Inkheart.""
[movie review] |
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"...I prefer my Lynch artistically shackled by the restraints of a film camera."
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"...often seems like Picnic at Hanging Rock as directed by David Lynch"
[movie review] |
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