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1.5/5 |
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(1979) |
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"As presented here, Disraeli was an arrogant, scheming, self-promoting opportunist who exploited the generous connections of the rich and influential to engineer his rise in politics."
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1.5/5 |
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(1989) |
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"The result is anything but poetic."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"It's a shame the film doesn't cast a wider net into deeper political waters."
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1.5/5 |
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"Don't be surprised if you find your thumb inching to the fast-forward button."
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2.5/5 |
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(1965) |
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"This is vintage so-bad-it's-good material."
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5/5 |
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(1982) |
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"One of the greatest films of the 1980s."
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1.5/5 |
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(1994) |
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"Monotonous and frequently amateurish."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Anyone who thinks show biz is glamorous and easy should watch this film."
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3/5 |
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(1919) |
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"For social significance, if not artistic depth, the film deserves a contemporary audience."
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3/5 |
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(1933) |
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"One of the most bizarre films of the 1930s."
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Although it runs 78 minutes, it feels like 78 hours. This is a Jellyfish with no sting."
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2.5/5 |
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(1954) |
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"Technicolor Parisian travelogue, MGM-style, that barely skims the Fitzgerald source material."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Best for Anthony Dean Griffey's vigorous performance as the doomed lumberjack."
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1.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"That wacky old Faust gets himself into the worst imaginable bargain."
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3/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Compelling documentary on the creation of the racially-charged opera."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The arrival of the film is, to misuse a dervish cliche, something worth singing and dancing about."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It is difficult not to be moved by the women's medical progress."
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1.5/5 |
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(1985) |
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"Too artsy for its own good."
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3.5/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Engaging documentary on the master architect's work in 1920s Japan."
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Too many sequences are so poorly recorded that subtitling is required to decipher what is being said."
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4/5 |
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(1940) |
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"A charming farce centered around the glorious Josephine Baker."
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5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The year's best documentary, bar none."
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1/5 |
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(1954) |
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"An all-star home movie."
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4/5 |
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"Marvelous collection of Langdon's rarely-seen shorts from his Sennett and talkie periods."
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5/5 |
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(1972) |
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"Scary Christmas, via Richard Williams' brilliant Oscar-winning animated short."
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2.5/5 |
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(1976) |
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"Typical disease-of-the-week TV fare, made memorable by a young John Travolta on the cusp of superstardom."
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0/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Honestly, this awful little movie should have stayed in the closet."
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3/5 |
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(1970) |
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"Hey, how would you like to see Sylvester Stallone naked?"
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The only obvious question that Oswald's Ghost raises is: how come Mort Sahl wasn't in the movie?"
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5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Anyone expecting epicene camp or gossip about Gene Rayburn and Fannie Flagg will not know what hit them."
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0/5 |
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(1976) |
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"Rarely has a holiday presentation been as dreary and inert as this sad little affair."
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3/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Dan Katzir's film is, in many ways, an elegy to the Yiddish theater."
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2.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Androgynous young men with samurai swords face lumpy gangsters with guns while ethereal girl-wizards flit in and out through holes in the air."
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2/5 |
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(1971) |
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"It is a production that is constantly at odds with itself in regard to both style and substance."
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2.5/5 |
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(1922) |
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"It is difficult to watch Nosferatu simply because it is so hard to find a decent copy of the film."
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2/5 |
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(1995) |
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"The idea of cavemen celebrating a holiday designed to commemorate the birth of Jesus is, on its own terms, decidedly peculiar."
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2/5 |
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"There's a dreadful sense of been-there/done-that in watching this straight-to-DVD holiday offering."
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EDGE Boston |
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1/5 |
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(2007) |
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"As a history lesson, the film is so elementary and silly that you'd half-expect to find Mr. Peabody and Sherman peeking around the Wailing Wall."
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EDGE Boston |
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3/5 |
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(1965) |
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"Even with its imperfections and politically incorrect presentation, this film is a memorable achievement."
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3/5 |
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(1970) |
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"If the film is a failure, then at least it is a striking and provocative failure that attempted to challenge audiences."
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3.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Intelligent, often poignant, and valuable for offering an oral history by those who witnessed one of the most traumatic events of the 20th century."
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0/5 |
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(1970) |
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"If you ever wondered why Florence Henderson never became a movie star, this film will answer that question."
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1.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Harper's Meir speaks softly and carries a big shtick."
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2.5/5 |
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(1965) |
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"Beatles fans have always been too kind in overlooking the film's obvious flaws."
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3/5 |
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(1959) |
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"From a historic perspective, if not an artistic one, the film deserves to be sought out and reconsidered."
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The film is stuck with an utterly quotidian screenplay that never truly provokes the viewer."
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3.5/5 |
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(1954) |
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"Even in its badly chopped American edition, this French animated feature deserves to be seen and appreciated."
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2.5/5 |
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(1966) |
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"You haven't lived until you've seen the film's train-bound finale, with a two-fisted E.G. Marshall smacking Harold Sakata while Rita Hayworth carries a yapping poodle as she wobbles around in a druggie haze."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Too sloppy to make any genuine impact."
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2.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"It is a painful but important subject, to be certain, but the film dilutes its own effectiveness by devolving into a collection of talking heads who often seem to be repeating each other."
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