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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Wes Bentley...may be a tad over the top as a sociopathic parking attendant, but the paces he puts his victim through are cleverly thought out (one impossibility excepted) and continually rachet up the tension."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"...a quietly effective thriller right out of the Claude Chabrol catalog."
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"The film's visual splendor is about more than scenery as Dryburgh attains first character definition, then emotional wallop with...closeups of Walter's bare foot."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"While not as perversely enjoyable as his sophomore masterpiece... "Palindromes" nonetheless serves up experimental, thought-provoking fare with a side of queasy comedy"
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B- |
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(2000) |
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"
"Panic" makes mistteps, but also takes some intriguing side roads, particularly
in its unique familial relationships."
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B |
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(2002) |
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"The camera glides between floorboards, through stair railings and keyholes, and even performs a loop-de-loop descending a staircase"
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...an upbeat crowd pleaser that should break Yi out of the L.A. underground comedy circuit."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...a truly thought-provoking work, cinematically satisfying as it calls out for understanding"
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"...this fourth entry in [Van Sant's] impressionistic reveries on death [is] the purest artistic achievement in his experimental mode of filmmaking...multi-layered and mesmerizing."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Although [Oren Peli] has borrowed liberally from films from "The Blair Witch Project" to "The Exorcist" and a dash of "Lost Highway," "Paranormal Activity" is a sterling standout in a genre that usually disappoints."
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"God Bless Alexander Payne, the only director who actually embraces the collection's title as inspiration...and makes us fall in melancholy, vicarious love."
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A |
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(2004) |
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"After all the debate about this film...what Gibson has delivered is his own passionate vision."
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"Passionada is a romantic fish tale that could have used a little more finessing, but it's heartfelt and Milos and Rossum have a solid mother-daughter vibe"
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(2000) |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Sebring took his time filming it and takes his time letting his film unfold, but he has captured it all with a lack of convention that mirrors its subject."
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"...a genial, inoffensive little comedy that coasts on the charm of its "King of Queens" star James..."
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Sure to be a crowd pleaser."
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"This mishmash of Philip K. Dick, cheesy romance, Hitchcock references and Woo's own BMW commercials is sadly outdated on delivery."
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C |
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(2001) |
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"Throw in some John Williams' music from "Midway" and
we've got Bay as Spielucasron."
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Although this "Beauty and the Beast" reversal suffers from some miscues and lapses of logic in television writer Leslie Caveny's script, it largely floats on charming performances from leads Ricci and McAvoy..."
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C |
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(2009) |
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"...a total cheat."
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"The Perfect Storm is the perfect picture for the looming hot summer nights."
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A |
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(2006) |
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"In adapting the 1985 Patrick Süskind novel, Tykwer has achieved one of those rarities - a film that reads better on screen than on the page."
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A |
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(2007) |
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"...a magical animation, one that presents a universal coming of age story within exotic locales with the simplicity and whimsy of folk art."
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"[Miller's] heavy use of narration has a negative impact on her film, making it ofttimes feel like an audio book with pictures"
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Hogan introduces a subtle eroticism which gives "Pan's" theme additional complexity for adult viewers which should fly over the heads of children"
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A |
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(2002) |
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""The Pianist" is a powerful achievement, an epic tale of a musical survivor that's strength lies in its hushed tone."
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B |
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(2002) |
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""The Piano Teacher" may be the ultimate depiction of suffering for one's art, but it's a brutal viewing experience"
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"A holiday classic for the art house crowd"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"...a powerful pairing of work by two terrific actors [Spall and Stevenson]."
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"A wholly invested Carly Simon has written a half dozen songs for the latest Hundred Acre Woods adventure. "A Mother's Intuition" is a fun tune for Kanga and mothers everywhere while "With a Few Good Friends" is a real toe-tapper."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"James Franco's Saul Silver can step into the pantheon of iconic movie stoners joining Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli and Jeff Bridges's Dude."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"It's extremely episodic, and while the individual episodes are often a lot of fun...one walks away with little but classic rock earworms."
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C+ |
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(2007) |
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"The third installment gets a pass for undoing most of the damage done by the second. This is a trilogy that floats on faint praise."
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C |
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(2006) |
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"The best that can be said for this trilogy middler is that its waterlogged bad guys are an altogether better bunch of special effects than their ghostly predecessors.
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Depp's swishy, slurry performance gives Sparrow an air of impetus, of constant, undulating motion when he isn't flopped on his back. Without Depp, these pirates would be a lot more pedestrian."
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C- |
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(2001) |
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"...if 20th Century Fox had set the proverbial 100 chimps in front of typewriters they
would have gotten a better result than this adaptation of the Pierre Boulle novel..."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"The teachers have decided which three eight-year-old third-graders will run [and] Director Weijun Chen has captured all the politicking of American democracy in this microcosm..."
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9/10 |
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(2001) |
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Click here to see the review!
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B |
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(2007) |
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"This clever little film explodes conceptions and presents a good argument for the ends justifying the means."
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(2000) |
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rec.arts.movies.reviews |
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B |
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(2000) |
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"While Ed Harris captures the all the surfaces of Jackson Pollock, his subject remains an enigma."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...poses some interesting ethical issues on the responsibility of the media, but like many a Stephen King novel ("Insomnia" comes to mind), solid characters and a great build are undone by a silly underlying premise."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...at its most magical when it observes the every day."
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"a charming lesson on tolerance that should delight children and adults alike"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"...a special effects action adventure that is so obviously going through its disastrous motions that tedium sets in when you're not recalling the superior ballroom ballistics of Brian De Palma's Carrie."
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B- |
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(2002) |
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""Possession" weaves together two love stories, a mystery and a satire, but only two of its four strands take hold."
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"The subject matter may sound dry on the surface, but, within the myriad problems the human race creates for itself, it crackles with an electrical charge"
[movie review] |
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Reeling Reviews |
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B |
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(2002) |
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"hip, outrageous, funny, punny, but also extremely violent"
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Reeling Reviews |
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"It's often those small, tossaway moments - Keillor reviewing script unabashed in his underpants, Streep cheekily yipping extra 'ees' out of a sung 'prairie,' that make it special."
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