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(1989) |
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"What I really enjoyed about The Fabulous Baker Boys is the way it balances between the three key characters, as well as the outside world that they're up against."
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76/100 |
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(1997) |
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"In movies you cannot trust anything until the final credits roll."
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54/100 |
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(1998) |
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(2005) |
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"What's so refreshing about Thomas Bezucha's The Family Stone is how it plays off of genre expectations and effortlessly switches back and forth between comedy, romance and tragedy."
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82/100 |
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(1995) |
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(1987) |
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"An exceptionally well-written, well-acted and well-directed thriller that extends beyond the boundaries mainstream films typically set."
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40/100 |
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(2001) |
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64/100 |
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(1967) |
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"Raquel Welch is bubbly as Fathom, but she fails to go beyond the ‘pretty girl in tight clothing’ depth that was written into the role."
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(2006) |
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"Like City of God and Bus 174 before it, Favela Rising is about as raw as it comes. This is not an apologetic film, but rather one that looks for the bright side in a bleak situation."
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51/100 |
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(1994) |
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63/100 |
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(1994) |
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"The rap scene has always had its share of colourful characters that are already caricatures. Why is there a need to spoof it?"
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"Having not grown up on Fangoria or other horror magazines, I'm not sure which of the information presented is common knowledge among fans and what isn't, but it seemed very informative to me."
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70/100 |
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(1996) |
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"Although significantly flawed, the final result for Fever Pitch is pleasant."
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79/100 |
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(1998) |
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56/100 |
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(2001) |
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"Despite its strong visual appeal, Final Fantasy alienates the audience with strange theories that go unexplained, and characters that rival Pinocchio’s reality."
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53/100 |
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(2002) |
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"The name is Burt Reynolds and don’t you forget it. Please."
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(2003) |
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"[Once again Pixar] ensures that the label 'family film' isn't 'a movie only your tots will enjoy' but something that actually is for everyone."
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(1955) |
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"Old sci-fi can be great and insightful into its time period when it's good. But if you're going to be bad, sci-fi is the worst genre to be in. Fire Maidens of Outer Space is as bad as anything you can imagine."
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82/100 |
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(1994) |
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"A marvel to watch."
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(1982) |
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"If you have a dream, the only way to accomplish it is to face it head on. If your dream requires you to drag a massive boat up a mountainside, do it. So says director Werner Herzog in the bizarre but captivating Fitzcarraldo."
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(2006) |
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"If it's going to be a paint-by-numbers plot then there should be an emotional core to hang it on."
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69/100 |
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(2000) |
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(2002) |
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"A hauntingly quiet film that honestly explores the emotions of guilt, blame and hope."
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(2006) |
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"The best of Pearl Harbor meeting the worst of HBO's Band of Brothers."
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(2005) |
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"A sad portrait of one man's obsession with becoming someone he is not. Or is Flyerman the real Mark Vistorino? Either or, this is one legitimately tormented soul."
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67/100 |
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(1997) |
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(2006) |
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"Combining horror and comedy isn't easy if you want to be taken seriously. Forest of the Dead tries but in the end it's a failure, even in the realm of low-budget filmmaking."
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40/100 |
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(1999) |
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"The only thing that Fortress 2: Re-entry does succeed at is in being an awful movie."
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(2004) |
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"The success or failure of a film such as this depends on the viewer's willingness to seek out what's happening in the film."
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60/100 |
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(1991) |
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(2003) |
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"If you can convince a theatre manager or lowly high school corn monkey to let you into the final half hour...for a few bucks, you won't be disappointed. But that's the only part worth seeing."
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(2006) |
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"Free Zone is a powerful film -- definitely not what you'd expect from Natalie Portman. Thought provoking and visually pleasing, this is one you will want to track down."
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(2006) |
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"A playful film that calls on its audience to believe in the empowering virtues of imagination and freedom."
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(2007) |
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"While it is, like its genre brethren, inspiring and uplifting, Freedom Writers glosses over so much material that it makes the process look too easy."
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(1971) |
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"Grounded in a gritty reality - and shot as such - it's still an action classic today that offers adreniline-fueled pacing without insulting one's intelligence."
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(1975) |
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"While it certainly is a couple of notches below its action classic original, French Connection II is still a darned good action film that maintains the core of its central character and has some added layers that are genuinely disturbing."
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79/100 |
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(1996) |
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"From Dusk Till Dawn is an hilarious piece of genre filmmaking."
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(2003) |
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"So awful it hits the bottom of the bad-o-meter and bounces back up to be sort of good. I haven't laughed this hard in a while. Of course it was in all the wrong spots and mixed with an underlying groan."
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82/100 |
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"Exploits [headbanger] stereotypes in good fun, while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter."
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(1963) |
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"Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones may have updated The Fugitive for modern times as a thrilling film with a bigger train wreck, but there's nothing like the original."
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(1997) |
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"When it was first released in 1997, it made quite a name for itself, arguably in large part to the fact of its subject matter. A decade later, the shock factor is gone and what's left is a genuinely funny little film."
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76/100 |
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(1997) |
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"Full-Tilt Boogie is a tribute to the people who work behind the camera, but don’t normally compete for golden statues on Oscar night."
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(1957) |
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"Despite some memorable musical numbers, gorgeous sets and energy galore, there's something about Funny Face that wasn't working for me, and it wasn't just the absurd idea about Audrey Hepburn being a frumpy bore."
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73/100 |
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(1978) |
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