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 8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"A solid middle effort with charm to spare."
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Despite one misstep and a telegraphed conclusion, "O'Horten" is an amusing peak into the Norwegian psyche...for a solitary man, Bård Owe makes Horten very good company indeed."
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Reeling Reviews |
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 A- |
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(2004) |
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"Lee Chang-dong's miraculous love story is the find of the [59th Venice] festival!...a gritty, urban spin on John Cromwell's post-war classic, The Enchanted Cottage."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C |
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(2009) |
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"Like "Foot Fist," "Observe and Report" is about grating, dysfunctional males and the sluts they love and inappropriate behavior alone does not equal comedy."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2001) |
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"Clooney and Pitt have more onscreen chemistry than most celluloid lovers.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B- |
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(2007) |
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"...an airy entertainment that has the smarts to add a second, unexpected swindle that is more satisfying than the main event."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C |
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(2004) |
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"...an insult. It's like making moviegoers pay for someone else's overseas frat party"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 A- |
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(2008) |
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"...the real deal, an unforgettable piece of Americana."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...make[s] one marvel at the powerful emotions it has aroused with the momentum of its many small and simple moments...a unique film."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C |
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(2006) |
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"One must endure an hour of...crude gags until the film mutates into something almost wonderful in its final third, rescued by unlikely romantic foil Danny DeVito"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 F |
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(2009) |
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"...a morass of cliche, crotch shots and utter disregard for both logic and the audience. Walt Disney and poor Bernie Mac must be turning over in their graves."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2006) |
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"...there's something about the mood of this film that grows on one."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2005) |
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"has something for just about anyone who can watch a man eat a live octopus or extract another man's teeth with a hammer."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2005) |
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"Polanski...gives "Oliver" two prominent twists which impart a 'there but for the grace of God go I' undercurrent...the specter of the noose hangs heavily over this production"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2006) |
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"...scarier and more unsettling the second time around."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C+ |
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(2006) |
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"...despite their decided lack of Glaswegian accents, Dellal's cast is engaging enough to involve us in this waterlogged but well visualized tale.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(1997) |
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"classic cinema served up with heart and humor"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2002) |
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"Of the three films, "On the Run" is the most successful as a standalone piece."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 A- |
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(2007) |
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"...a unique twist on the musical with this affecting story of unrequited love between a couple who express their emotions through their song lyrics."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B- |
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(2003) |
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"For all it's flash and dazzle "Once Upon a Time in Mexico" is too episodic and splintered, but a potential spinoff for Depp's blind assassin could be promising"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 A |
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(2003) |
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"the best Dogme film to date"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2003) |
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"Costner tends towards humorless earnestness for his romantic American hero, but he has the good sense to pair himself with the gruffer, glinting irreverence of old pro Duvall."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2004) |
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"This 'body clench' of a movie relies only on its stars' ability to brave the waters with scores of real reef and bull sharks...to achieve its scares"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(1997) |
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"a startling debut from an eye-opening new talent"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 A |
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(2006) |
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"Extraordinary, eerie, exotic and erotic...Opera Jawa is like nothing you have seen before."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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(2000) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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 7/10 |
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(2000) |
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"An amusing way to spend a couple of hours."
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B- |
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(2009) |
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"Director Jaume Collet-Serra (2005's "House of Wax") serves up a hoot of a trashploitation flick that both follows preset patterns and upends them."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2007) |
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"[a] final lean towards the saccharine should have been cut with strychnine, but Bayona chooses sorrow and it works within his allegorical construct."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2003) |
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"The loss of one childhood howls through Barmak's film"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C- |
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(2001) |
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"Bill Murray is reduced to nothing more
than a walking gross-out joke."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C- |
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(2008) |
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"If you thought Elizabeth: The Golden Age was over the top, just wait until you get a load of how her mother is portrayed in this risible soap opera."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2001) |
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"an enjoyable, well made thriller for those who like things that go bump in the night"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2005) |
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"Boynton's film explores the inescapable link between American democracy and capitalism and why what seems to work for us can be so disastrous elsewhere.
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[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2001) |
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"
"Our Lady of the Assassins" takes us on a poetic, nightmarish journey
into a spiralling cycle of violence and death that is all the life too many
people know."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B |
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(2003) |
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"If you're willing to forgive some unlikely scenarios, Out of Time is cracking good fun"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...like "Reign of Fire" crossed with "Beowulf" spiced with a dash of "Alien."...destined for a cult audience."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 B+ |
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(2006) |
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"...it is packed with so many delightful observations and its actors so well cast that one can forgive it its shortcomings."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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 C |
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(2004) |
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"Smith and Montana's film suffers, ironically, for being told from a point of view too inside the action."
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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