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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Even A Boy and His Dog (1974) carried a stronger punch [than this] visually transformative but thematically weak movie."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Paul Rudd's understated comic genius comes to the fore in this nuanced romantic comedy that's as much about the intricacies of male bonding as it is about the invisible line between male/female relationships."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Many pints of beer and blood flow freely in this old school horror reverie."
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"Writer/director Jiri Menzel's ambitious filmic adaptation of Bohumil Hrabal's picaresque novel about a diminutive Czech waiter with dreams of becoming a millionaire and of owning his own hotel, is a rich black comedy steeped in wartime experience and sexu"
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Spazzing bubbles of slapstick humor, melodrama, musical numbers and sterile jokes emphasize Rock's unpolished acting and directing abilities."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2004) |
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""I'm Not Scared" suffers from ill-conceived staging and sluggish pacing. The film's theme that altruism and ignorance are punished is a careless postulate drawn from a kidnapping spree in Italy during the late '70s."
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"Here is a virtuosic display of Todd Haynes' capacity for reflecting Dylan's forward thinking via a blend of perfectly coded vignettes. It's not a film for lazy audiences."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Philippe Claudel is adept at adding emotional filigree to the solid three-act structure."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C |
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(2009) |
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"...never properly invites the audience into its messy world of familial trust."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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" As with the first "Ice Age" movie it is Scrat the acorn-obsessed rodent who bookends the movie and steals the most laughs with his hilarious attempts at obtaining an ever-elusive acorn."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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6/10 |
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(2005) |
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"It's an anti-Christmas black comedy for every card-carrying Grinch."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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D |
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(2005) |
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"This dumb-as-a-stump teen girl coming-of-age movie envisions a high school physics geek (Michelle Trachtenberg) who turns into an ice skating pro as a result of her knowledge of physics."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"John Cusack is the voice of Igor, a hunchbacked laboratory assistant to the doomed mad scientist Dr. Glickenstein (voiced by John Cleese), in this irresistible animated comedy"
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"As a primer to modern Italian politics, "Il Divo" is like touring the subject in a candy-apple-red Ferrari. You might not learn much, but you will remember the experience."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"There is a formal reverence for the unspoken loyalty between Eisenheim and Sophie that elegantly expounds on the period aspects of the story to create an atmosphere of timeless devotion and uncommon humility."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"While he hasn't made a perfect film, Terry Gilliam preserves the memory of Heath Ledger in a way that appropriately matches his own sense of artistic inspiration."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Sigourney Weaver is impeccable as a distraught mother who resorts to pot to barricade her emotions in writer/director Dan Harris' diamond-sharp treatise on American family dysfunction that makes "The Ice Storm" look like a walk in the park."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Here is an unapologetically irreverent European flick that makes subtle character development as effortless as Colin Ferrell's upward bent eyebrows."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2005) |
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""In Her Shoes" is an unbalanced movie that teeters between saccharine fluff and preachy self-help sentiment."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C+ |
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(2005) |
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"In spite of narrative missteps that negate the possibility of an empathetic protagonist, "In My Country" does viably introduce the African principle of "Ubuntu" whereby evil transgressions are absolved rather than revenged."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A |
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(2009) |
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"...the funniest and smartest political comedy to come along in ages"
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A+ |
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(2007) |
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"It is so patriotic as to be a radical example of dramaturgy. On top of that, it is executed to perfection."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"Director Davis Guggenheim expands Gore's highly polished multimedia lecture into dramatic form with personal footage of Gore that exemplifies his 40-year commitment to a subject that is consuming our Earth."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2008) |
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"Slow pacing and a muted sound production only add to the CGI disaster inflicted on what should have been a believable superhero created with 21st century technology."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A |
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(2008) |
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"This is a movie you will want to revisit again and again."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"Toby Jones' uncanny portrayal of the short, effeminate writer with the funny voice, gives the film its credibility and compassion."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Oddly, director Steven Soderbergh seems to believe that casting Matt Damon as habitual corporate liar and thief Mark Whitacre constitutes an empathetic protagonist."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Sublimely awful, director Gregor Jordan's adaptation of Bret Easton Ellis' dystopic vision of '80s era Los Angeles bounces between a slew of unlikable reckless characters."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A+ |
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(2009) |
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"Every film that Quentin Tarantino makes is a cinematic event of mammoth proportions, and this one is no different. It lives up to the director's brilliant international reputation and accordingly so does he."
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Winged monkeys and a minotaur you don't get a good look at make up some of the mediocre special effects in an unsatisfying kid's movie."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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" The three-hour movie is at once inscrutable and deeply satisfying for its daring high wire act of narrative illusion and passionately charged emotions."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"This keen look at the most successful independent film ever made describes how the film's distribution and profits were taken over by the mob, and how its director and actors were affected be the social and political powers that sought to use it as a tool"
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C |
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(2006) |
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"Since bankrupting his film production company with dreadful movies like "Bamboozled" and "He Hate Me" Spike Lee now works as a Hollywood gun-for-hire creating a blasé and muddy suspense police drama."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(1939) |
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"A remake of the similarly titled Swedish film,"Intermezzo" is a classic tale of romance from 1939. It is also a great glimpse Ingrid Bergman's highly developed talents at just 24-years-old."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C+ |
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(2009) |
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"A distant cousin to Daniel Craig's second Bond outing ("Quantum of Solace"), "The International" is still worth seeing for fans of the genre."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Much ballyhooed for its on-location filming in and around the United Nations building in Manhattan "The Interpreter" works better as a captivating drama than it does as an espionage thriller due to some sticking plot points that prevent the audience from"
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C |
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(2007) |
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""Interview" is an actor's showcase movie that could, and should, have been made by a couple of talented student actors trying to break out of their off-off Broadway gigs."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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D+ |
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(2005) |
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"Even as pure eye-candy "Into The Blue" is a miserable failure."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B+ |
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(2007) |
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"For a story so fraught with potential landmines, Sean Penn, the screenwriter, bridges delicate narrative constraints to fulfill expectations of audiences familiar with Krakauer's book."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2007) |
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"Vanishing subplots and all-around poor storytelling plague this weary update of the horror classic "Invasion of the Body Snatchers.""
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ColeSmithey.com |
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A+ |
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(1956) |
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"Hitchcock couldn't have done a better job of ramping up the suspense in a horror film that is as much fun today as when it shocked audiences in the '50s."
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"Screenwriter Brad Gann shares the guilt for this predictable cinematic travesty along with composer Mark Isham whose bombastic musical score is akin to hammering a nail with a shotgun blast."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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C- |
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(2009) |
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"Further evidence that Henry Jaglom's filmmaking career is on its last gasp, "Irene In Time" is an all too prosaic story..."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Far from the exploitation movie that you'd expect from its subject matter, "Irina Palm" is a significant piece of cinematic satire that comes straight from the heart."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B- |
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(2008) |
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"For all of it's anti-corporate military themes, "Iron Man" spends too much time watching technology genius Tony Stark tinkering with his super-hero costume design to get around to developing much of a story."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"Equal parts sweet and sour, "Is There Anybody There?" is a thoughtful little chamber piece with just the right amount of laugh-out-loud humor."
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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""It Might Get Loud" is a compact music documentary that could serve as a great stepping off point for a cable television series, ala the Sundance channel's "Iconoclasts.""
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ColeSmithey.com |
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B- |
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(2007) |
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"Realistically filmed, but limited by narrative cuts that hopscotch through time, "It's a Free World" is a flawed film that overflows with ideas. You should never pass up a Ken Loach movie, and this is no exception to the rule."
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