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B |
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(2002) |
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"While the writers resolve Oscar's emotional state a little too easily, the conflict itself is beautifully handled, especially in Weaver's able hands"
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"There's no satisfaction in the wrapup"
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"The film engages with the divergent paths taken, linked by childhood friendship and a mewling kitten, but a third act event is presented so abruptly it confuses the viewer until it rebounds somewhat with a satisfying closure."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"Tosar retains a small level of sympathy even revealing himself as a monster and Marull blooms from nervous rabbit to assuredly attractive career woman."
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"...a film that impresses if for nothing else but the way it compelling turns the fifty-six Liam Neeson into an action star."
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C+ |
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(2004) |
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"The phrase 'from the sublime to the ridiculous' was made to describe Taking Lives"
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"while "Taking Woodstock" is a bit of a shaggy dog story, Lee uses a subtle build to show how 'three days of peace, love and music' transformed a rural farming community."
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A |
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(2003) |
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"Writer/director Ji-woon Kim leaps to the forefront of
Asian horror with this brilliantly executed psychological nightmare."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"travels to some very unexpected places with its warts and all dissection of a family dynamic"
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Even though de Oliveira's direction is sadly outdated, A Talking Picture engages with his topical observations. This film exists in a time capsule of its own making."
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(2000) |
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Click here to see the review!
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B |
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(2001) |
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"Belber's clever writing shifts our perceptions constantly"
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A- |
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(2001) |
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"This warm, funny, all too human story is about how people's myopia can lead
them astray in their search for happiness."
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"adults will marvel at the surreal complexity of singing state maps and a roadster trip that looks like it sprang off a Monopoly board"
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"overpacked...technically proficient and will be sure to delight mystery fans, but despite Cluzet's centering performance, the film moves too fast to engage with the lives at stake."
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A- |
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(2003) |
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"Who would have thought a movie centered on a driver and her passengers that never leaves the car could be so compellingly watchable? Ten is not only a fascinating character study, but a portrait of an entire way of life."
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"...takes us deep into another world while telling a story of the human condition with wisdom, heart and humor."
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"...plays out like a Bill and Ted adventure that stalls a bit in its third act plotting."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"...not unlike a Fred Wiseman film edited for time and effect..."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"makes its audience suffer one too many layovers, but Hanks and Spielberg's technical crew keep it aloft"
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"While some of its demographic may be happy to see the return of the man-machine apocalypse, much of the writing...is hokey as hell."
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C+ |
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(2003) |
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"Replaces horror with gore, social commentary with carny freaks and black humor with R. Lee Ermy"
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"What about the kid's formative years? Now *that* might have made for a movie. Instead we get another pack of kids ripe for ever more gruesomely depicted slaughter..."
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Aaron Eckhart is fleet of foot and prolific with patter as the aptly named Naylor, but his high wire act ultimately cannot hide the fact that writer/director Jason Reitman's feature debut is as glib as Naylor's tongue."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Keanu Reeves gives a good physical performance as Klaatu, the alien newly inhabiting a human body, but his utterly humorless alien has, well, an alienating effect."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"Its single best scene...comes courtesy of the vastly superior, similarly themed, thirty minute UK animation, "The Snowman."
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B |
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(2007) |
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"...brings new blood to the horror genre, but in the end, one vision may have served the material better than three."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"...a smart and capable debut for Hunt as a director who has found herself a plum role. It's a perfect Mother's Day pick."
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A- |
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(2007) |
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"Everything about this production is bold from Jack Fisk's stark period production design to the strikingly discordant score by Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood. And then there is the towering performance by the unparalleled Daniel Day-Lewis..."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"...this film's engagingly original premise allows for some probing social exploration but ultimately fails to draw any real conclusions."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"should resonate with any baby boomer dealing with living parents of the WWII era...It's Reiser's "Mad About Falk."
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"...director Chan-wook Park ("Old Boy") has a field day tossing several genres into a blender to concoct his deliriously wacky, erotic, comedic and gory twist on the vampire tale."
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A |
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(2003) |
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"a searingly raw and accomplished piece of work"
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A- |
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(2002) |
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"a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than "Memento""
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9/10 |
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(2000) |
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"While most may be familiar with the broadstrokes of this event, the script is still rivetting storytelling."
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F |
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(2001) |
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"a hideous, crashing bore"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Writer/director Preston A. Whitmore II mixes his own life experience with time worn genre cliches yet produces a holiday movie that feels fresh thanks largely to his appealing and talented cast."
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D |
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(2000) |
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"I just can't recommend it."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"This character study in two parts -- Cesar nominated Vincent Lindon’s being the more central of the two -- is about how people deal with grief in a myriad of ways."
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B- |
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(1997) |
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"It's a pretty powerful analysis of an extended family (where lifelong friends in farming are integral to the well being of a community) shot apart by power and greed."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...a beautifully crafted and original piece of work. Hats off to Mr. Jones.
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"a meditation on how words, poetry and music connect us to time, place and each other"
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"pretty good as disappointments go"
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(2000) |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"That Jeremy Irons’ character should set one to thinking of “Battlefield Earth’s” Travolta is not a good thing."
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"While Haneke's storytelling is slow and his actors subdued, he draws the viewer in through strong imagery"
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A |
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(2002) |
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"a confident, richly acted, emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002's first great film"
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B |
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(2009) |
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"...a superior romance when compared to the usual Hollywood suspect, but it is even better as an introduction to the novel which spawned it."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"...an intelligent time-travel premise that owes more than a little bit to "Blowup.""
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Philibert and his crew remain invisible throughout most of the this film's running time
letting a way of life that is surely short-lived speak for itself."
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