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(2006) |
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"The laid-back film is mostly easygoing talk, but Freeman makes you believe this self-effacing superstar genuinely enjoys the company of everyone he meets..."
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MSN.com |
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(2008) |
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"... a dull, dumb compendium of recycled adventure epic clichés."
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MSN.com |
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(2008) |
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"... a dull compendium of recycled adventure epic cliches."
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Seanax.com |
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6/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Harmless and thoroughly unmemorable."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"... a compelling and sobering lesson in the devastating effect of human industry on the planet. But a lesson nonetheless."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1957) |
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"Sidney Lumet... effectively modulates the drama without ever taking the camera out of the jury room until the verdict is in and the jury is out."
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MSN.com |
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(2006) |
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"Gela Babluani creates tension with a stripped-down style and an unflinching camera and drives the film with a crisp pace that feels both out-of-control and achingly protracted."
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GreenCine |
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(1999) |
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"... comes off as little more than a holo-deck adventure from an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, only with better production values."
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Nitrate Online |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"... a satisfying piece of genre filmmaking."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"It's cute and funny and prickly, with a humor that cushions the conflicts humming just under the surface."
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MSN.com |
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(1957) |
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"As in the best of Harryhausen's creations, the creature from outer space has an endearing personality that comes through its skittish movements and uncomprehending face."
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MSN.com |
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A |
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(2005) |
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"... rich, lush -- simply exquisite"
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2008) |
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"It’s the old Hollywood game of payback in place of amends, which makes for short-term satisfaction but a hollow payoff."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"Anne Fletcher, a dancer/choreographer turned director, moves the film along smoothly, hitting the marks and timing the jokes right. It's connect-the-dots filmmaking by a talented tracer."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Fresnadillo drives the scenes of zombie mayhem with a jumpy camera and a fractured editing style that adds a sense of panic to the chaos..."
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MSN.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Don't expect scary from this trilogy of short horror films from a trio of Asia's most interesting directors, which are not so much extreme as twisted."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Forget realism, this is Greek history as "The Lord of the Rings" myth and spectacle, with thousands of gigabytes of black CGI blood spilled and spattered across the screen."
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MSN.com |
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(1957) |
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"Set during a drought in the empty, parched West, this is a film defined by emptiness and dust, its players alone and vulnerable in the eerie landscape."
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MSN.com |
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(2007) |
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"It's a brutal film about brutal people on the frontier, where even the "good guys" are often thugs in it for the money..."
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MSN.com |
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A+ |
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(2008) |
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"... a grueling and deeply affecting human drama."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"51 Birch Street, like the best of the recent wave of personal documentaries, is both a compelling story and an eye-opening bit of social history."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(1998) |
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""54" starts out as an exploration of a culture based on the cultivation of surfaces, and winds up all surface itself."
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Nitrate Online |
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A |
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(2005) |
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"These aren't puzzle pieces that fit snuggly together but fragments of character in revealing moments when weakness or pettiness overcome calm and affection."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Ingeniously engineered, self-consciously clever and directed with snazzy style, it's played as a violent black comedy with often-gruesome punch lines."
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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8/10 |
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(2000) |
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"Spottiswoode and Schwarzenegger deliver a clever and colorful conspiratorial thriller with high-energy action scenes, car crashes a go-go, spectacular technology and big explosions, packaged with ferocious glee and spoofing humor."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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"... a tribute to the magic of movies and moviemaking set and shot in Almeria, Spain (home to scores of sixties westerns)."
[movie review] |
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St@tic Multimedia |
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(2009) |
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"The delight is in the detail. The character designs are marvelous and the surface details playful and inventive..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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C |
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(2005) |
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"it's really about the absence of emotional intimacy, which is telling but hardly compelling..."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2007) |
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"Directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza, rising stars in the Spanish horror scene, create a buzzing urgency in a familiar premise..."
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Seanax.com |
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