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(2009) |
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"Manon on the Asphalt is a whimsical evocation of a woman's life flashing before her eyes, but On the Line is the real standout here."
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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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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"This ain't Elephant, even if it looks like one."
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The end result isn't a relaxed and incantatory celebration of cross-cultural friction that finds emotional and spiritual resonance in the mundane, a la The Secret of the Grain, but a sitcomish harangue."
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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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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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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Remarkable for bringing a little-known story of one woman's great courage and conviction to our attention but is most notable for director Roberta Grossman's dully strenuous cinematic sense."
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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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"Deeply condescending but often hilarious, this absolute mess of a film showcases the best and worst tendencies of Sacha Baron Cohen's character and talents."
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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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(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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3/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Staggeringly exposes the high-to-low complicity of many hands in the international captivity trade, though mostly it stands as a testament to one man's activist spirit and a reminder of how all social progress comes from the passion of the individual."
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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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(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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"The hell that Paul Haggis hath wrought grows exponentially by the day."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Gigante isn't a great movie, but it's likeably humble and scruffy around the edges."
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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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(2009) |
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"Drably redundant, the over-praised Gomorrah may not deserve the Criterion treatment, but fans will be pleased by the solid audio/video treatment it has received."
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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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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"There isn't a malicious bone in the film's body."
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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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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"What are these two privileged teens doing besides recreating scenes from Jean-Luc Godard's canon?"
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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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(2009) |
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"Kassim the Dream's aestheticization of human despair is nearly obscene."
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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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(2009) |
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"Back in Iraq, the film's trite, unexamined spectacle of men and women behaving badly proceeds."
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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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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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(2009) |
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"A lovely ode to women, sexuality, creativity, and New York City."
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1.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"The shot of Blart quietly crawling into a hostage situation inside the mall's bank and walking through a roped line is a moment of absurd grace, only it's shot with the vulgarity of a Crash Test Dummies commercial."
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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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(2009) |
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"Give me Speed Racer instead--hell, even Wicked Stepmother."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Hillcoat has a way of undermining the earthy performances of his cast with overly refined images and obtrusive music."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"From beginning to end, the director understands that life for most immigrants is an expansive turf war."
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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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(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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0/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Shines a light on an artist's prurient, shamelessly exploitative, and attention-grabbing instincts."
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2.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Would that Morel had infused the project with the same variety of style he brought to District B13, but the subtle insights of the script and Neeson's splendiferous range more than pick up the slack."
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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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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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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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(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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(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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"Disney's decision to make a bunch of additional Up behind-the-scenes goodies available only to Blu-ray owners reeks of cruel elitism, but even if this two-disc DVD feels lightweight, the film itself does not."
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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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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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(2008) |
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"21, in which Kevin Spacey lecherously sizes up a line of female strippers at a Vegas casino, now serves as the greatest testament to the man's talent as an actor."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Director Paul Krik would prefer if we all compared his feature-length debut to the practically minimalist The Parallax View, but Able Danger is really a hipster version of Soderbergh's inane The Good German."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Or, rather, Allah Made Me Not Funny."
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"As fabulous, scraggly, tough-minded, star-eyed and conflicted as the queen it documents."
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