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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The wishy-washy rotation of characters strands us in the center of the film's complex topic without much aside from useless meditation on the fierce numinousness of nature to keep us company."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Osunsanmi knows that everybody secretly wants to believe and when it comes to giving the people what they want, he does not disappoint."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"What sparks are felt throughout come largely from Hurt and Ejiofor, who both seem to understand exactly the type of talky, tentative movie they're in and do their best to bring in some glints of humor and uncertainty."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"That Evening Sun gets at something essential about man's sense of his own dignity and the importance to the American notion of self that comes with the possession of a property of one's own."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Wiseman is principally concerned with process here, the process of art's creation and, to a lesser degree, the process of an institution's functioning."
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1/4 |
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(2009) |
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"An Irish-set comedy-drama, Turning Green is not particularly comic or compellingly dramatic."
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(1956) |
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"A minor Buñuel work, Death in the Garden is mostly notable for capturing Simone Signoret in color for the first time and at her most impatient as an actress."
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(2009) |
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"Cheri has its problems, and given the dubious video presentation on this DVD edition, now it has more."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Max's dilemma and emotions are distilled to their essence, so the way his real-life suffering informs his dreamscapes becomes unmistakable."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"One for the Stuff White People Like canon, Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire is an impeccably acted piece of trash."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Joao Pedro Rodrigues's perspective on cinema and life, in a nutshell: All the world's a stage, and everyone in it is a drama queen."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"What's the purpose of Antichrist beyond an artist's callow flaunting of his recalcitrance?"
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(2009) |
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"Though not as fearless a vision as Nobody Knows, Treeless Mountain is notable for its ambiguities and performances of its two young leads."
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(2008) |
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"Fake or real, Full Battle Rattle just doesn't cut it."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Through a lush filmic vernacular, Campion shows how these two figures were not only fiercely devoted to their work but also kindred spirits."
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(2009) |
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"At the very least, I Love You, Man warns us of the risks of telling someone to clean up their dog's ****."
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(2009) |
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"It's no Superbad, but Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart's sterling chemistry make Adventureland worthwhile."
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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Tarantino seems to be scrutinizing his obsession with the cinema by cleverly placing it into an apt historical context."
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(2008) |
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"A dizzying, camptastic explosion of pulp-realist aesthetics and performance, Julia wins Tilda Swinton another Oscar in my wildest dreams."
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(2009) |
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"All this helps to shape Pálfi's crudely bombastic but impressive philosophical view of the body as landscape and art, a source of personal discovery, wonder, and annihilation."
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Village Voice |
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(2009) |
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"Creepy, yes, but what's the point of all of this bratty, poignance-free bloodletting?"
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Village Voice |
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(2005) |
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"Awesome packaging, per usual, from Benten, but The GoodTimesKid is not for the faint of heart--only connoisseurs of Zooey Deschanel and skinny jeans."
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(2009) |
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"From the fidgety lead performances to the seemingly Ron Howard-inspired aesthetic, The Soloist, like all of Joe Wright's work, is rife with bad choices."
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(2009) |
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"Give me Speed Racer instead--hell, even Wicked Stepmother."
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(2000) |
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"If this 10th Anniversary Edition of The Tigger Movie is remembered in the future, it's for introducing a new generation to the music of Kenny Loggins."
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(2009) |
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"The hell that Paul Haggis hath wrought grows exponentially by the day."
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Village Voice |
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"From the sweltering, acrobatic sex to the bone-crunching suckings and slayings, Tae-ju's angrily orchestrated mayhem rhymes perfectly with Chan-wook's voracious style."
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"With this spotty but worthwhile collection, First Run Features confirms its ongoing devotion to illuminating human rights abuses worldwide."
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(1965) |
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"One for the ages, Repulsion is a master class of hypnotic movie brio, the visual and audio keyed impeccably and disturbingly to the psychological."
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(2009) |
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"The only surprise to this by-the-numbers action thriller is that it didn't go straight to video--and that it doesn't star Jon Voight."
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(2009) |
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"A moving ode to loneliness and regret, chockablock with sensualist and observational grace notes."
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(2009) |
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"A lovely ode to women, sexuality, creativity, and New York City."
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(2009) |
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"Tacky but completely in-season, Confessions of a Shopaholic is the type of studio claptrap you get when the country's economy is in complete meltdown."
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(2008) |
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"Edited to induce seizures, Morning Light should appeal to fans of MTV and water sports."
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(2009) |
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"Kassim the Dream's aestheticization of human despair is nearly obscene."
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(2006) |
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"Bergman Island isn't a keeper, but it reveals that Bergman wasn't, at least in real life, a merchant of doom and gloom."
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(2008) |
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"A featurette or liner notes elaborating on the subversive qualities of the film would have been nice, so it's up to you to discover them on your own."
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(2008) |
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"A well-meaning dud, the film's only defiance is testing its audience's patience."
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Per usual, the nuances of human relationships are conveyed via Pixar's predictably acute attention to detail, coded in a mysterious evocation of mood."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Aside from a half dozen salient bits that call bull**** on the white-black symbiosis portrayed in films such as Step Up, more times than not Dance Flick falls flatter than Eddie Murphy's butt in Norbit."
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(1978) |
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"As Blu-Ray still remains largely the province of gamers and fanboys, I don't really see the point of even releasing Grease on the format at all."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"The latest from the Dogma cine-factory is notable for director Kristian Levring's visual suggestion of madness."
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(2008) |
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"Your bones will feel osteoporotic by the time you're done consuming the extras on this hearty DVD package, but fans of the film will no doubt welcome the process."
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(2008) |
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"As in Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy's calculated understatement is at once instrumental to its bliss and damnation."
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(2009) |
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"A mechanical compendium of anti-skepticism clichés, right down to the obligatory post-realization upchuck."
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Village Voice |
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Folly of the most pretentious order, The Limits of Control is a meaningless stylistic immersion from the typically on-point and perceptive Jim Jarmusch."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Largely coasts on shots of kids being adorable and parents behaving badly, but the film occasionally, if somewhat accidentally, proves illuminating."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"At best a sincere show of flattening, at worst a colossal bore of a coming-of-age story."
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Slant Magazine |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Represents the most attractively shot twin porn off all time."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Consists largely of nasty knocks against the fat, old, and Asian, all of whom are framed in cramped compositions that suggest the influence of Simpsons animation cells and Ulrich Seidl."
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