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"Although the plot coasts along a predictable path, the verbal jokes and sight gags rev things up along the way, making the film enjoyable almost from start to finish."
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(2006) |
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"... a tense, gripping thriller mercifully free of the baggage of the previous Bond flicks, Casino Royale takes the essentials of Ian Fleming's novel and updates them for the 21st century, seamlessly adding the requisite big screen action ..."
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Cinefantastique |
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(1979) |
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"The second Lupin anime feature, is widely regarded as the thief's best outing..."
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(1992) |
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"This haphazrd combo of horror, sci-fi, mystery, and action is such a botch that even hardcore Hong Kong film fanatics may have trouble sitting through it."
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(1957) |
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"The little, low-budget opus belatedly attempts to cash in on Cat People but it has little of the subtlety and none of the style of the 1942 Val Lewton production."
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(2004) |
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" An almost unmitigated disaster, this major studio production with a major star in the lead (the Oscar-winning Halle Berry) comes across like a direct-to-video production, complete with ultra lame computer-generated effects and clueless direction ..."
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(1996) |
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"This over-rated film has developed an undeserved cult reputation, based on a handful of good elements; ufortunately, there is no plot, so all you need to see is the trailer or, at most, the first fifteen minutes."
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(2000) |
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"Chicken Run is the most delightful piece of feature length animation to debut this summer."
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(2006) |
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"This is an astounding piece of work - easily one of the best films of 2006."
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(1938) |
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"Although slightly corn-ball, this 1938 production...should appeal to fans of old-fashioned Hollywood-style filmmaking."
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Cinefantastique |
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(2005) |
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"The story never quite lives up to the grandeur of the visuals, and the narrative tends to drag, especially in the first half."
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(2008) |
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"The tone veers wildly from sentimental family drama to cartoonish fantasy, and some of the attempts at humor badly misfire."
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Cinefantastique |
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(1971) |
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"Producer-director Stanley Kubrick's adaptation of the Anthony Burgess novel is a strangely overwhelming experience %u2013 at time contemptible, and yet always valid in its sardonic outlook."
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(2008) |
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"Despite the mostly convincing verisimilitude of the approach, the film does succumb, especially in its last act, to some cheap manipulation, one or two bad stereotypes, and some cornball Hollywood schmaltz."
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(2005) |
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"This film combines elements of comic book fantasy with horror to create an enjoyable brew - sort of a film noir version of The Exorcist, crossbred with the stylization of The Matrix."
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(2009) |
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"Coraline mixes the dark and the light in the perfect amounts; the result is all the sweeter for having dared to tread the bitter path of childhood fears and uncertainties."
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(1972) |
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"... silly scripting, bad acting, cheap sets, [and] dingy photography become part of the entertainment value, turning the film into a campy laugh riot."
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(1970) |
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"Yorga may not be a very refined film, but it packs a lot of attitude ..."
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(2007) |
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"A laudable attempt at atmosphere and a handful of creepy moments are not enough to redeem this muddled mess."
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(1989) |
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"a delightful short subject with as much entertainment and artistic value as many feature-length films"
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Cinefantastique |
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(1957) |
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"... established new style for horror -- bold, bloody, beautiful-- that completely broke tradition with the cobwebby classics of the 1930s and 1940s."
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(1957) |
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"One of the most intelligent and thoughtful horror films ever made."
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(1961) |
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"Lon Chaney, Jr.'s Wolf Man may be cinema's most famous lycanthrope, but there can be little doubt that this 1960 film from Hammer Productions is the best werewolf movie ever made."
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(2005) |
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"What can you say about a horror film when its spookiest cast member plays the innocent victim?"
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