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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..."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"It's less outrageously funny than Superbad but more savvy."
[dvd review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Greg Mottola's semi-autobiographical coming of age comedy is as smart and perceptive as they come."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"There's not much to All About Steve but it's a part Bullock does well: the tomboy, the goofball, the cute but weird ugly duckling..."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a safe little piece of conspiracy thriller hokum under a façade of church politics and Papal secrets."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"There really isn't a story here, merely a succession of surreal erotic daydreams and music-video digressions..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"It's hard to warm to a film so determined to ridicule, even when it steadies out in the final act as they find more centered and emotionally generous folks..."
[movie review] |
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MSN.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a bizarre mix of sensibilities that falls apart into a mess of cultural cues. The result is as tone deaf as the confused accents."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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D |
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(2009) |
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"All it takes is a bride scorned to turn a stock movie character into a raving caricature of emotional instability."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"(T)he chemistry of these performers makes it not just believable but almost inevitable: emotionally guarded beauties who inadvertently allow affection into their relationship."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... delivers the "Oooh, that's gotta hurt" brand of Hong Kong stunts that can still make you wince."
[dvd review] |
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Parallax View |
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(2009) |
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"... the fights are terrific, tightly choreographed with a good sense of ensemble movement and shot in long takes that preserve the fluidity of the action..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"For all the shadows and nocturnal imagery there is no darkness to the story, no fear of loss of life or soul..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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A |
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(2009) |
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"This is fairy tale stuff right out of the Brothers Grimm .... Think Dr. Seuss by way of Edward Gorey."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"... feels an awful lot like the multicultural Crash, complete with its crisscrossing stories, heavy ironies and even heavier moralizing."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"Funny and ferocious, cynical and satirical, District 9 is both ingeniously clever and smartly thoughtful..."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"The series was a slow starter... [but] developed into one of the most intriguing shows of the 2009 season."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"This rollercoaster horror film is like an EC horror comic of the 1950s come to life, an unforgiving morality tale with playfully gruesome twists and a doozy of a gallows humor."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a sleek, witty, sexy thriller with movie stars being movie stars: looking great, flaunting their charisma and playing roles within roles."
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... downshifts into a pulp fantasy in muscle cars and revenge movie clichés with a big budget and lots of digital effects."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(2009) |
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"The show never really gets any traction with the familiar team characters and unsurprising dynamics, but it's a satisfying procedural..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"This is a show where freaky things happen on a weekly basis (Astral projection! Teleportation! Interdimensional travel! Humans transformed into hideous mutant creatures!)"
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B+ |
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(2009) |
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"... a rousing documentary on the real costs of petrochemical dependence and the practical alternatives within reach."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"The sprawl makes it hard to follow... but it makes its point about the reach of the Camorra and the culture it has spawned."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"This plodding, overlong film is like an awkward first date with an attractive setup whose heart isn't in it: polite, dull and seemingly unending."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"... the rare self-aware horror by an unabashed fan of the genre that works on its own terms."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Bigelow's handheld camerawork roams like a spotter's eyes, always surveying, always getting another look..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"[Paul] Rudd, the most valuable player in many an Apatow supporting cast, is likable and funny and brings perfect pitch to the comedy of off-key awkwardness..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a simultaneously hilariously and terrifyingly convincing model of how modern statesmanship must work."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Matt Damon is a constant churn of gee-whiz earnestness, righteous indignation, nervous exasperation and self-aggrandizing swagger..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Is there another American filmmaker who takes such joy in telling stories and spinning cinematic spells as Quentin Tarantino?"
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"... focused on giving the film a palpable threat of potentially fatal consequences and the characters an emotional foundation."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"... for all its impressive set pieces and breathless momentum, it's neither passionate nor urgent."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"... not so much a spoof of sitcom conventions as a sitcom that invites the audience into the fabric of the genre: the star literally taking audiences into his home as his guest."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... an aimless romp lost in the land of juvenile humor and missed opportunities."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... there is a certain raw emotion behind the film, even in the face of the minor changes, but what was transgressive then is no longer so startling now..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Iliadis is more visually sophisticated than Craven was in 1972 and works hard to sustain the mood and tension while still hitting the audience with blunt scenes of wincing violence."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"It has an uneasiness that recalls Rosemary's Baby and The Tenant but with a decidedly pagan bent..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... the latest incarnation of the forensic formula... that focus on specialized talents which, inevitably, turn out to be the ONLY tool that can possibly solve the case at hand."
[movie review] |
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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."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"Essentially a one-man, two character piece, "Moon" could be an old "Twilight Zone" episode nurtured into a feature."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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(2009) |
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"... almost indistinguishable from any other portrait of the aimless American male who is jolted from passivity to action by a reckless pal."
[movie review] |
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GreenCine |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"Director Bill Duke can't avoid the stereotypes... or the sermonizing of the lesson."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"... a smartly made look at an otherwise neglected aspect of film history and culture, packed with colorful stories, witty observations, punky attitude and real history..."
[movie review] |
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Parallax View |
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(2009) |
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"Jody Hill's twisted comedy dances with dark material and mines laughs from behavior that would be disturbing in other circumstances..."
[dvd review] |
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MSN.com |
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(2009) |
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"... a wistful, funny, satirical, angry and forgiving portrait."
[movie review] |
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Parallax View |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"... a skimpy script with unimaginative characters, mundane dialogue and routine plot twists."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"... terrific piece of filmmaking, so well-tuned that you never see machinery at work until the gears all click into place."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"... an involving and empathetic drama of mothers and daughters."
[movie review] |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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(2009) |
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"An honest to goodness grown-up epic in the season of adolescent fantasies and overpriced empty action spectacles..."
[movie review] |
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Seanax.com |
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