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"Check your brain at the door and give in to the serio-comic moves of this hackneyed charmer."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 9/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Highly reminiscent of a taut Hitchcock thriller."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 4/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Passions, obsessions, and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits, lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2/4 |
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(1995) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(2000) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 4/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A smartly-crafted, voyeuristic pleasure - sans the guilt."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(1999) |
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"How does Disney do it?"
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2004) |
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"A shout out to the bad boys of comedy for a film that’s lewd and crude and brimming with attitude."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 1/4 |
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(2003) |
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"An abysmal, hyper-propagandized testosterone peddler."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2008) |
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"Thriller, love story, whodunit; an unwieldy trio made whole by an up-and-coming mastermind."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 1.5/4 |
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(1996) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The subtle implications of Viktor Navorski's inimitable status are pregnant with charm."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2003) |
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"Grossly lacking in the social/political subtext of the original, but surprisingly effective on a sheer horror scale."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2006) |
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"Jason Reitman's wickedly droll and irreverent comedy is a politically incorrect breath of fresh air."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2008) |
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"Plays the concentration camp drama to dynamic effect."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2004) |
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"A charming meditation on the inherent cynicism of growing old."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Visceral, volatile and epic."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(1998) |
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"When it's not mean spirited, tastelessness can be riotously funny. And this is a gag-a-thon of hugely funny proportions."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Overwrought indies aren't typically my thing and this achingly angsty melodrama does little to alter my thinking."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 4/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The pain of segueing into adolescence and the sheer desperation to fit in pervade every frame of this coming-of-age horror show."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2002) |
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""13 Conversations" holds its goodwill close, but is relatively slow to come to the point."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2001) |
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"A stylish, mean-spirited, and surprisingly scary horror film."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2007) |
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" a cornucopia of cine-cheer and familydysfunction."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(1999) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2/4 |
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(1996) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 '2/4' |
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(2005) |
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"The captivating matter of the opposable digit is lost among a plethora of intriguing plot points without resolution."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2005) |
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"Reeks of Burton-style, borne of a freakish place in the psyche that feeds on the underbelly of things that go bump in the night."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2002) |
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"A preposterous action-adventure that smacks heavily of the laborious "The Mummy"."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2002) |
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"A hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic French nuance."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(1996) |
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"Insight into black/white relations is superficial -- disappointing when you consider that the moral of the story is supposed to be how large a role race plays in the execution of justice."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2003) |
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"A tired thriller guaranteed to get lost amidst the cerebral and artsy offerings of the holidays"
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(1997) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3.5/4 |
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(1999) |
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"The real star of the show is Lange."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2/4 |
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(1996) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Ripe with transition and underscored by the haunting strains of violins."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2001) |
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"A wildly uneven charade, swinging between the wildly offensive and some genuine, tasteless humor."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(2001) |
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"A delicious testament to love, living, and the art of eating well."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(1995) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(1958) |
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"Dark, sinister and not altogether comprehensible, this is nonetheless an intriguing study of the art of filmmaking."
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(2004) |
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"A hit-and-miss affair that has its heart in the right place but treads a razor thin line between romantic and ridiculous."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2004) |
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"Fraught with tension and nerve-wracking delirium, this innovative documentary is a powerful life-force in the guise of an adventure package."
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Aufmuth.com |
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(1995) |
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"A film of such striking individuality and uncompromising precocity that I left the theater thrilled with the knowledge that I had just witnessed cinematic history."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 9/10 |
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(1999) |
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"Those wizards at Pixar sure know how to put on a show."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 2/4 |
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(1998) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Denzel Washington tears up the screen as the personification of corrupt evil..."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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(2005) |
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"Circumvents treacly lessons in tolerance and rewards itself with the resonance of re-birth and second chances."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Khyentse Norbu traces Dondup’s path to enlightenment with mixed results that are nonetheless culturally engaging and gently amusing."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Oooh la la and a certain je ne sais quoi permeate every frame of this imaginative French gem that leaves ordinary animated projects in the dust."
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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 1/4 |
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(1999) |
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Palo Alto Weekly |
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