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"The scenes of destruction composed by Emmerich's team--earthquakes, tsunamis, rains of earth and fire--have an enveloping majesty; they transcend mere expensive photorealism and cross over into art."
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"An affectionate, almost reverent homage to the science fiction of the 1950s: Not a lampoon so much as a faithful recreation."
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(2009) |
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"May be a marginal improvement on its predecessor and source material, but at a brain-stabbing 140 minutes, it still reaches levels of tedium that are hard to conceptualize."
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(2009) |
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"Deeply frightening, telling a story that could bore into your kids' nightmares if you're not careful."
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(2009) |
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"What I want is to commission a remake of The Fourth Kind, this time by someone who is more concerned with storytelling than with showing off."
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(2009) |
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"The definition of cinematic empty calories. It's like stuffing your face with cotton candy in lieu of dinner."
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(2009) |
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"That Half-Blood Prince stays true to Rowling's downbeat, morose vision is a testament to the integrity of this franchise and the fortitude of its fans. The movie is quiet, graceful and restrained."
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(2009) |
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"As often happens, the best parts are the smallest -- throwaway moments shine (I particularly enjoyed the self-doubting self-destruct mechanism on the alien ship) while the big set pieces are quickly forgotten."
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(2009) |
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"Like a lot of great scifi, it tells a small, self-contained story while hinting at something far larger and more troubling... It's one of the best movies of the year."
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(2009) |
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"The reason most movies don't include aliens, zombies, weird mysticism and a lot of swordfighting is that each of those elements... takes time to explore and nurture into something compelling."
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(2009) |
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"For a movie about aliens and Vikings, Outlander turns out to be awfully rough going."
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(2009) |
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"Push is supremely elegant, even beautiful; you can get lost in the visuals even as the narrative implodes. If ever there were a triumph of style over substance, this is it."
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(2009) |
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"The sort of earnest, haphazardly constructed kidflick that offers nothing for the over-12 set and not much for little ones who've seen a few real movies in their young lives."
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(2009) |
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"Here is the highest compliment Abrams and company could have hoped for: They leave Star Trek better than they found it."
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(2009) |
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"I much prefer the flamboyant badness of the '94 flick to the attractive, even-keeled mediocrity of this one. Jean-Claude Van Damme's stock just rose considerably."
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(2009) |
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"If the movie gets a bit hokey on the surface, its haunting undercurrents never let up."
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(2009) |
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"Big, handsome, loud and dumb -- and it dishonors everything that preceded it."
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(2009) |
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"Critics blithely refer to movies as 'painful' all the time, but this is the real deal."
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(2009) |
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"The movie was reportedly trimmed from four hours to two hours and forty minutes, and that turns out to simply not be enough time. All the material is here, but its scope and power are lost."
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(2009) |
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"It's a coming-of-age fairy tale, delivered with remarkable subtlety, patience, and confidence in its young audience."
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(2009) |
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"Eminently disposable, but that's almost the point: Wolverine remembers the days when action flicks were action flicks, and we were content with visceral thrills and basic storytelling competence."
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(2009) |
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"Herzog is having every bit as much fun as Cage here, toying with renegade cop movie cliches and working in a pulpy mode he hasn't touched for a while."
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(2009) |
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"Coco Before Chanel's approach is classic arthouse: handsome, measured, respectful, and soul-crushingly bland"
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(2009) |
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"A droll and witty delight."
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(2008) |
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"Flash of Genius is a conventional crowdpleaser but not, I'm pleased to report, a shameless one."
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(2008) |
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(2009) |
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"Though Kim's western pastiche may be insubstantial, it's anything but a drag. It's masterfully directed, legitimately funny, and legitimately fun, thoroughly enjoyable even at an excessive 129 minutes."
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(2009) |
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"Will be remembered as the movie that turned Paul Rudd from a dependable supporting player into a comic force to be reckoned with."
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(2010) |
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"Why tackle a subject as legendary as Tolstoy if you're just going to turn him into a doddering coot?"
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(2009) |
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"Paranormal Activity will please horror fans and is an even better date movie; it's funny, too."
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(2008) |
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"A middling film, an overwrought and occasionally laughable corrupt cop drama that you've seen countless times."
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(2009) |
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"John Hillcoat's faithful, near-perfect adaptation beautifully captures McCarthy's synthesis of all-encompassing darkness and enduring hope."
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"90 minutes of truly inspired comic mayhem."
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"This is Reitman's third film, and I've liked them all about the same: recommended with reservations."
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"An utterly nerve-wracking, edge-of-my-seat experience - certain scenes that consisted of little more than, say, a measured conversation between father and son are, in context, unbelievably suspenseful."
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Lame scenes are made nifty by the movie's endless energy."
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(2008) |
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"Roland Emmerich has a remarkable talent for draining all the life out of interesting stories."
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3/4 |
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(1999) |
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2.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Michael Crichton is quite a character; his films could use a little."
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(2007) |
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"Takes what was a basically straightforward (albeit kickass) work of fantasy-tinged horror and turns it into something completely different: an abstract, surreal portrait of a man dealing with his grief."
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1/5 |
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(2001) |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"16 Blocks had me, then it lost me -- and how."
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D+ |
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(2009) |
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"I suppose I should be impressed that 17 Again turned out to be bad in a way I did not anticipate: it is awkward and creepy."
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C |
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(2003) |
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"What Paul Walker needed was a stunt double. To stand in for him the entire movie."
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(2008) |
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"In its desperation to deliver an action-packed suspense set piece of an ending, 21 asks the audience to suspend all disbelief, and basically begs to be laughed at."
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(2003) |
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"Plays like a depressing jigsaw puzzle that is both painful and satisfying to assemble."
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(2002) |
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"Would have been a masterpiece if only Spike Lee had left Benioff's powerful story the hell alone."
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(2008) |
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"You won't miss much if you choose to let 27 Dresses come and go this month -- except perhaps the unassuming starring debut of a comedienne who, I suspect, will soon become a Hollywood powerhouse."
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4/5 |
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(2000) |
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(2003) |
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"I wanted to sit back and watch a good doomsday movie, but got a little less than I bargained for: a good doomsday movie that looks like crap."
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