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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Josh Brolin does an often uncanny interpretation of George W., but in the end the man seems as deep as a bowl of peanuts. If that's really all there is it's scarier than I thought."
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C |
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(2008) |
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"...the film belongs to Olivia Thirlby, whose entitled princess's aura shrouds both men into stupor. She's like a cross between "Goodbye, Columbus's" Brenda Patimkin and one of the "Kids" kids."
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B- |
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(1997) |
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" Guest is the best thing in this slight, sometimes strained, but often quite funny film"
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"It is a bittersweet experience watching the uniquely adorable "Waitress" because indie actress Adrienne Shelly, murdered in New York City this past November, has come into her own as a filmmaker with this, her third film."
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B |
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(2001) |
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"an interesting, thought provoking experiment"
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Kudos to the hilarious dance moves of John C. Reilly and Paul Rudd's fabulously goofy take on John Lennon."
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"Twelve year old girls should love this movie.
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B |
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(2008) |
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"As long as we have WALL*E's point of view on earth, the film is simply great, but whenhe movies into outer space and the Axiom, the missed opportunities are immeasurable."
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A- |
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(2005) |
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"Aardman is as homespun as Pixar is high tech, but both animation studios recognize the importance of a good story"
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Timur Bekmambetov, who blew away the Russian box office with "Night Watch," makes his English language debut with a bang, succeeding spectacularly at what last year's "Shoot 'Em Up" tried and died with."
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"...while his "War's" waging, Spielberg will have you by the throat.
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B- |
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(2001) |
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"Veteran director Imamura combines fish out of water stories with a weird
metaphor for female sexuality in this sweetly quirky film which never quite
gels"
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"Giant squids notwithstanding, it is a slavishly faithful, if compressed, adaptation - so much so that I often wondered why the comic frames weren't simply projected onto the screen."
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"...an involving, moving piece of work with the gloss of an old studio epic.
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"...a coming of age tale that is at once raw and beautiful."
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C |
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(2002) |
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""The Way Home" is a commercial film that offers no cultural exchange, yet the silent performance of Eul-boon Kim enforces a visual storytelling style and both of these elements are strong even though "The Way Home" ultimately disappoints."
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(2000) |
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A |
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(2009) |
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"I can't recall when I last noticed such a lovely and distinct color palette used in a documentary...a poetic reflection on man facing his mortality."
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"
Martin and Burns' script is amusing and often inventive, although some choices
...are nonsensically plot
driven."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"A terrific performance by Laura Dern is the sole reason to see this pretentious slog through the miserable lives of unlikable people.
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"the least successful of a recent spate of ultra violent war films that ennoble the U.S. military"
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Cage hasn't been this good in years...Funny, sad and endearing, The Weather Man is a terrific commercial movie that has both style and substance."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Vaughn and Wilson may be the new gold standard of comedy pairings"
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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""The Wedding Date" has a few good laughs and appealing leads, but it never achieves the lift off of a real sparkling romantic comedy."
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B |
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(1998) |
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"Uneven and silly? Yes. Enjoyable? Most definitely."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"Lazy screenwriting drags down the efforts of two Oscar winners... surrounding a television star making an unexciting leap onto the big screen"
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A- |
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(2002) |
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"This stylish thriller has been influenced by films from "The Shining"
to "Halloween," yet creates its own distinct place in the genre.
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"...timing with the current economic crisis makes Wendy's plight an Everyman's and the poignancy and fate of human kindnesses and transgressions make "Wendy and Lucy" feel like a Northwestern "Umberto D.""
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"An experiment with the spirit of Percy Adlon's 1987 Sugar Baby ... Isolde Fischer gives a star-making performance."
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B |
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(2003) |
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"Think of "Whale Rider" as "Once Again Warriors.""
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"Bynes's likability and Firth's charm go a long way towards making this film a pleasant enough diversion"
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"It's admirable that Brian Goodman came back from life on the streets, two jail terms and a bad drug habit to make a movie, but considering its real life genesis the movie feels awfully warmed over"
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D- |
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(2008) |
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"...has nothing to recommend it but the sight of Ashton Kutcher in a pink boa wearing a yard long glass in a cocktail sling...This one shouldclearly have stayed in Vegas."
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B |
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(2008) |
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"...an amusing look at a dog eat dog culture where vicious battles are fought over whether or not a dog can get shot in make believe land."
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(2000) |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Lombardi juggles his strands, Magnolia style, his characters making rich commentary on the state of their country at a given time."
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B+ |
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(2002) |
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"an Asian film that incarnates Brazilian saudade"
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(2000) |
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(2000) |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"It's as if Allen took a Parisian romantic rondeley and gave it his own New York flavor...[Rachel Evan Wood is] positively endearing."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"One of those frustrating films that squanders its own good ideas with sloppy genre cop outs...but for genre fans used to wading through scores of bad films to find the occasional goodie, this one ain't half bad.
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(2001) |
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"A terribly uneven film which doesn't roar into life until its final thirty minutes."
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C+ |
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(2008) |
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"Jim Broadbent creates a frustratingly complex character as dad and newcomer Matthew Beard is terrific as the teenaged Blake Morrison, but Colin Firth as the adult Blake brings nothing but melancholy mope to the role"
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D |
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(2008) |
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"Spurlock's second non-fiction effort (it rankles to label it documentary) is nothing but a boondoggle throughout the Middle East with high production values and no fresh insight."
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C- |
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(2005) |
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"Egoyan has made his Showgirls.
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"In this amazing, if not perfect adaptation, the filmmakers subtly create an alternate reality for Max...and they have done it in an incredibly imaginative and moving way."
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"The filmmakers are incredibly adept at relaying so very much almost imperceptibly."
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"The last Merchant Ivory coproduction is an odd duck...yet, it's an oddly likable film buoyed by a charismatic turn by Ralph Fiennes."
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D+ |
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(2005) |
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"all the chills of a refrigerator's hum"
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"Lohman adapts to the changes required of her, but the actress and director Peter Kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects"
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