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6/10 |
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(2000) |
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B |
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(2001) |
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"... like a Spanish Elizabeth transformed into an earthy bodice-ripper."
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9/10 |
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(1979) |
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"It's a tough and grimy little piece of cinema, full of ambiance ... and attitude, with occasionally inspired flourishes."
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Seattle Weekly |
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(2008) |
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"... as with the debut season it's about identity and self-definition in a culture ready-made with labels and expectations."
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Seanax.com |
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(1967) |
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"... the mix of innocence, stop-motion slapstick, off-beat spoofing, and just plain goofiness is a lot of fun, and sometimes the sheer absurdity of it all can sneak up on you."
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Seanax.com |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"... a routine story enlivened by location, color, exotic landscapes and a cascade of comic flourishes."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"... rapid-fire comedy and energetic parade of sight gags, delivered with visual invention and whiplash timing..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1962) |
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"The film never loses its sly humor, but it turns darker with a force that packs a gut-punch..."
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MSN.com |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"(It) isn't subtle... but it is passionate and angry and rousing where you might expect it to become numbing and depressing."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1954) |
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"[Sirk's] unreal exaggerations offer a beautiful world of beautiful people and tortured emotions and grand sacrifice to the altar of love."
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Parallax View |
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(1954) |
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"[Douglas] Sirk never denies the overwrought emotions and mawkish sentimentality; he pours on the exaggeration and irony in equal doses."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(1985) |
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"The film is a study in infatuation and rejection, euphoria and frustration, and Van Sant observes their dance of desire and dismissal and wary coexistence without judgment."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"The joke is not that this hip-hop white boy with pimp daddy ambitions is an affluent phony, but that he's genuine..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1971) |
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"... a gorgeous film and a mysterious curiosity."
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MSN.com |
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(1941) |
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"This Spade is no stranger to the guile of shady clients and colorful suspects..."
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Seanax.com |
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"Big Fat Greek wannabe set in Montreal's Little Italy..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1962) |
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"... draws from the neo-realist tradition, but Pasolini goes beyond the tradition to play with the form and structure."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(1953) |
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"Shooting on location in Berlin, [Carol] Reed makes evocative use of the city."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(1946) |
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"... a refreshingly mature film rich with stories of frustrated lives, unrequited loves and tough times just getting by in the world without selling your soul."
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Seanax.com |
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(1958) |
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"[Gary] Cooper brings a wounded, weary dignity to his role as a man haunted by a past that has returned with a vengeance..."
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MSN.com |
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(1962) |
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"[John] Ford has never made a darker portrait of the lies and the lives that built the west..."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Forget logic here, there's a good cast, nice chemistry and warm feelings all around as they all fumble around for something to bring meaning to their lives."
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Seanax.com |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"... an absurdist comedy with a deadpan delivery and run through with the very hypocrisy that von Trier mercilessly ridicules."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"The texture of "Manic" feels honest and the chemistry of the kids is well observed, but even the modest breakthroughs are dramatic conventions that favor the symbolic over the genuine."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"... an acid movie flashback a la Oliver Stone."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"It's not really scary, but it reaches a level of insanity so unhinged and dispassionately wretched that it defies description."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Shooting with a handheld camera that stays just slightly aloof from the uneasy atmosphere, [Noah] Baumbach creates a vivid and nuanced sense of this family's dynamics."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"David Frankel directs with a modesty and restraint that favors the people over the situations, and he really captures the chemistry of a family dog in the mix."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"It's all quite deftly played with a maturity and introspection that may take you by surprise..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1964) |
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"... at the time it was one of Godard's most critically acclaimed films and remains one of the most financially successful films of his career."
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"The unusual cultural details add a little color to the usual romantic turbulence, but it's otherwise as rote as its American counterparts."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Martian Boy carries off the relationship with winning performances from [John] Cusack and the young [Bobby] Coleman..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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"Martin Scorsese narrates this well-made documentary about the cult film producer [of] a unit making low-budget horror films for RKO Studios."
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MSN.com |
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C- |
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(2002) |
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"The isolated moments of creative insanity finally are lost in the thin soup of canned humor."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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9/10 |
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(1999) |
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"All style and no substance. So what?"
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Seattle Weekly |
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(1976) |
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"Max Havelaar works because it's not about Max's heroism -- it's about how his idealism is shattered and the hypocrisy of his entire service is laid bare."
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GreenCine |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"... the resonance of the mythic imagery and potential of the premise creates a fascinating film in the margins of the pulp story in the foreground."
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Seanax.com |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"A dumb film with a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C- |
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(2003) |
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"McKee's patchwork horror is neither subversively clever nor an imaginatively engineered shock-and-surprise ride. He should have spent his time building a better psycho."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"... (a) portrait of corporate power and intimidation and the draconian British libel laws that turn the presumption of innocence on its head."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"... a playfully offbeat, willfully wide-eyed tale of lonely, inarticulate people looking for connection in a disconnected world."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Directed with a naked naturalism in a rural Oregon setting, it's so earnest it hurts."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"Director Barry Skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off every point of "The Longest Yard" playbook like a checklist."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1973) |
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"Passionate, energetic, stylistically inventive and personally driven, it is the first mature, full blooded "Martin Scorsese Film.""
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Turner Classic Movies Online |
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(2008) |
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"This tired spoof of 300 is ostensibly a movie parody but almost all the references are ripped from TV reality shows, television commercials and celebrity scandals."
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MSN.com |
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C |
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(2003) |
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"The script is as sloppy as Song (Kang-ho)'s unkempt cop, sprinkled with intriguing ideas and imaginative details that, like the investigation, simply get lost in blind alleys."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"A striking, somewhat absurd Belgian thriller..."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1997) |
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"Director Barry Sonnenfeld brings a sense of whimsy to the comic script, balancing farce with big-budget action and somehow making it all work."
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MSN.com |
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5/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Swelling syrupy music and lingering shots draw out each and every triumph with numbing overkill."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"Call this The Full Monty on ice, the underdog sports team formula redux."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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