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"...[a] refreshingly jubilant spin on filmmaker Waters' classic tongue-in-cheek tune-maker Hairspray...spirited pizzazz and a peppy ode to retro-artistic sentimentality"
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"No one can deny the quiet rage and intensifying disbelief...absorbing and structured in its haunting desperation of addiction and social alienation."
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"Seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe' chopsocky glory."
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"...blood-spilling banality...the sensationalism behind Zombie's directorial demeanor is merely a follow-the-dots frightfest with an exaggerated twitching disorder."
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"The special effects feel rather synthetic for a big-time summer blockbuster. When the smoke finally clears Hancock emerges as just another routine riff on the superhero genre"
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"...plays like a cornball extension of Miley's terminally cutesy televised vehicle. Sadly, it's not the best of both worlds for Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana in this jagged juvenile farce."
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"...a plodding prequel that's more detached than a separated body limb placed neatly on Lecter's dinner plate...a boorish slice of slaughterhouse cinema."
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"Feels like a series of gimmicky vignettes cobbled together for a hopefully whimsical effect."
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"Roguishly insightful and quietly riveting, Happy-Go-Lucky is innocuously entertaining in its free-wheeling spirit...methodically merry-minded and meaningful..."
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"The film talks a good game of feminine empowerment verses privileged masculine mischief but nothing really takes off for a touchy showcase in the squirm-ridden arena of pedophilia outrage"
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"This second succulent serving of Harry Potter may be all over the map like a feeble-minded person looking for interstate highway directions, but it does lend itself to do what it's suppose to do...whisk diehard moviegoers away to another dynamic dimension"
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"Overall, Goblet is a feistier, darker and more suspenseful extension of a cherished film franchise that oddly prospers with cinematic age."
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"[a] whimsically solid entry. Cuaron creates a Harry Potter universe that is visually more stunning and sardonic in content...a viably entertaining creepy coming-of-age saga"
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"...a lame and transparent pseudo-amusing scarefest...has all the whimsy and cheeky movement of an overcrowded parking lot at Disneyland...a generic goose bump ride"
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"Rock, one of this generation’s smartest and sharpest comics, is reduced to treading lukewarm waters in a disjointed slaphappy hip comedy that can easily be dismissed for politicizing pap."
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"Unfortunately, Heartbreak Hospital wants to convey the same kind of haughtiness in its own sketchy material but this territory has already been explored previously with better aplomb and sardonic wit."
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"The Farrellys' The Heartbreak Kid is a seemingly sketchy and erratic farce that begs for some of the wayward cinematic siblings' trademark outlandish quirkiness."
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"Hellboy will strike a chaotic chord with audiences that appreciate their dark and stylish comic book narratives as mysteriously inviting and highly spirited"
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"With the formidible showing of such previous hits as Rugrats and Jimmy Neutron, Hey Arnold! The Movie is simply kiddie fare without flair. This is an unimaginative, flat and poorly conceived kiddie clunker"
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"“Come out, come out, wherever you are” sounds hauntingly inviting. Still, one should take the contrary view and remain hidden from this perfunctory peek-a-boo picture"
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"High Crimes has its moments of chicanery that works intermittingly throughout the plot, but for the most part it's a mere misdemeanor of a military courtroom drama that never really challenges the audience's imagination."
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"...[a] groundless gorefest...High Tension pounces on the opportunity to swagger in its meaningless artsy shock value"
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"Robustly gripping in its lingering moodiness, A History of Violence is an unsettling meditation that spotlights the subtlety of savagery"
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"Although somewhat predictable, labored and gimmicky, Tennant’s narrative is given a boisterous boost by its charismatic leading rogue in Will Smith."
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(2003) |
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"But wait a second…there may be something unique to this hyperactive quirky shoot ‘em up showcase after all. Just maybe."
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"Stark, probing and beautifully crafted, Hollywoodland is a slow-burning mystery/thriller that intriguingly jumps along with each suspenseful frame."
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"[a] slight flashy footstep fable...exhausts its lukewarm rap rhythms as a predictable and toothless showcase...a formulaic hip-hop after-school special.
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"Is it acceptable if we skipped this particular honeymoon and head right over to the divorce settlement instead?"
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"The animation may not be in the sophisticated and vibrant class of Pixar but the kooky comedy is viable enough to embrace the nuttiness of an ageless frivolous fable"
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"Wickedly sardonic and fiercely fiendish in its perky presentation...a smart and simmering creature feature that crackles with percolating weirdness and wonderment."
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"Hostage rumbles on as aimlessly as an incoherent ransom note written with a streaking crayon...banally boisterous and over-the-top"
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"Somehow, Schneider enthusiasts will find their needed escapism in a clueless comedy that has more holes in it than rotted Swiss cheese."
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"Deliciously over-the-top in its comical calculations, this frantic farce cuts to the chase as it rapidly delivers the pithy punches."
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"...the consensus for heartbreak and rage is always at a premium high. This certainly can be said for filmmaker Terry George and his blistering genocide saga Hotel Rwanda"
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"'Imaginative, compelling and soundly perplexing, The Hours resonates with throbbing performances that cast a poignantly redemptive spell on the psyche of every woman looking to starve off that inescapable sensation of inadequacy.'"
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"...breezy and banal...hops nowhere particularly interesting. Overall, there's nothing whimsical, fuzzy or provocative about this chosen Bunny."
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"It’s too bad that upstart moviemaker Duchovny couldn’t imprison the schmaltz factor in this sappy detention drama and throw away the jail keys in the process"
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"Visually alluring in its exquisitely stylish execution, Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers is a riveting epic that soars beyond the boundless imagination."
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"...a throwaway thriller...Serra conjures up a pseudo-sizzling frightfest that’s not imaginative enough to force a dead tick off a shaggy dog’s hind leg."
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(2001) |
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"This is one clumsy cannabis comedy that couldn't give the late Timothy Leary a natural high worth experiencing! Nip this "joint" session in the bud!"
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"Dolman oversees this belabored big screen adaptation with the creative wiggle of a comatose earthworm...today's precocious pipsqueaks may find Worms a sappy act to swallow"
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"...breezy and manipulative...This piece of dating dreck is so sticky sweet and syrupy that one would think they screened Petrie’s film at the International House of Pancakes!"
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"Lee helms what amounts to be a smashing affair of exuberant sci-fi angst. The Hulk is an intense and hostile escapist flick that delightfully paints an excitable portrait of self-destruction within the indelible psyche."
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"Director Michel Gondry's satire on the "beast in us all" is too pretentious and tedious for us to take as a wry, frothy entertainment. Despite the overload of quirkiness instilled in Kaufman's spotty script, Human Nature is an awkward and tired mes"
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"...a generic by-the-numbers action thriller that has all the out-of-whack suspense of a defective dental drill...a desperate need to lend this rudimentary noisemaker some impulsive personality as well as credibility."
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