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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"I don't think I've ever identified this much with a high school movie."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It lacks the relative freshness of the first installment, but it's noticeably better than the second one."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Matt Damon gets his Bourne on again in this relentlessly smart and thrilling action masterpiece."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Mostly flat, flat, flat, but Amanda Bynes is Amanda fine!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Goes from 2001-style contemplative science-fiction to more action-driven sci-fi as perfected by James Cameron to, for better or worse, horror."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Ridiculously awesome (or awesomely ridiculous?) sequences of mass destruction, lost in a lot of uneven dramatic or comedic material."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Bring. Back. McTiernan."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Maybe I'm nuts, but beyond the mediocrity on display, I started to see the seeds of what could have been a masterpiece..."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not a bad way to spend a summer afternoon at the old picture show, even though it's eminently forgettable."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Judd Apatow is making comedies but also wants to tell relationship stories and get more serious at times, for better or worse."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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57/100 |
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(2007) |
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"You gotta give it to Lars, clever bastard, he makes it almost impossible to hold his perceived failings against him!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If you're able to ignore all the lameness around it, some of this is actually enjoyable in a so-wrong-it's-right, Showgirls-style way."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Sure, it's a bit overstuffed and definitely over the top, but damn it if I didn't love every moment of it."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Not quite a Big Slick, but a pleasant, witty enough little flick with an engaging protagonist."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It'll make you cry a lot, for sure, but with much beauty and brightness through the sadness."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The action scenes do a better job than the exposition when it comes to turning us off of violence as entertainment, just by being so lousy."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Wright and Pegg know the genre and its codes too well to only be derisive of it. They're having fun with it, sure, but they're never mocking it."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Heroic Fantasy of the first order, from filmmakers who obviously studied the paintings of Frank Frazetta and the writings of Robert E. Howard."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It's too bad that Planet Terror isn't as great as Death Proof but hey, we're getting two flicks for the price of one, so we can't complain too much, right?"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Exquisitely crafted, with 3 or 4 kick-ass set pieces and remarkable casting, but rather bloated at 158 minutes and ultimately somewhat hollow."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Thoroughly entertaining and visually arresting."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If blues is an exorcism (as Muddy Waters once said), Black Snake Moan is pretty much The Exorcist."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"If you're expecting no more than B-movie fun, it does deliver on that level. It's often hilarious, and generally intentionally, too!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Chris Cooper is amazing as always: amusingly grumpy, increasingly creepy and, ultimately, oddly affecting."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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1/4 |
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(2007) |
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"When Eddie (hopefully) wins an Oscar anyway for his Dreamgirls turn later this month, he should take the opportunity to publicly apologize for this."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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0.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Innocuous, self-centered and disconnected from any parcel of meaningful human experience."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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1.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Why pretend that This Is Important, that all the lingering shots of Meagan Good's butt, macho bull**** and endless step lines Mean Something?"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2007) |
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"A visually arresting odd-couple comedy that reveals itself to be, quite literally, It's a Wonderful Life with a bimbo!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Its often purely visual action storytelling has got a relentless drive that is indeed undeniable."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Here's a movie that's truly firing on all cylinders and never faltering."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A return to the basics of the original, more character study than action movie."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"There's a constant sense of urgency and uncertainty, as anything seemingly can and will happen to the characters."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It would be at home on the same marquee as Gremlins, Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"At once incredibly dense and disconcertedly simple, utterly over the top and sincerely down to earth, profoundly saddening and defiantly hopeful."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"It's Spinal Tap and Wayne's World rolled into one burrito supreme, with extra rocket sauce!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Daniel Craig is James Bond now and he ain't afraid to talk tough, kick *** and get his hands dirty doing it."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A pretty big letdown, despite some good chuckles courtesy of perennial Christopher Guest MVP Fred Willard and new to the gang Ricky Gervais."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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80/100 |
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(2001) |
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Click here to see the review!
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A stimulating, rather unique variation on a familiar formula."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"A joke is never funny when you have to explain it. Either you get why Borat is hilarious or you don't."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Kate Winslet is damn hot. That, and just about the best actress in film today."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Surpasses Crash and Syriana in the depiction of a post-9/11 world of heightened racial tensions and political turmoil."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"As dark as it gets, like Batman Begins before it, it's also a wildly entertaining movie."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Sofia Coppola keeps making these aptly crafted, perfectly vapid little films. She's the arthouse Tony Scott."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"This is a Supersize movie: Supersize Guns, Supersize Knives, Supersize Muscles, Supersize Boobs and Supersize Explosions!"
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Great filmmaking, especially if you don't hold it up to Scorsese's masterpieces or to Infernal Affairs."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Lucky McKee's latest is not as singular as May, but it's still a solid flick."
[movie review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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(2003) |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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(1979) |
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Click here to see the review!
[dvd review] |
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Montreal Film Journal |
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4/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Bujalski is obviously a natural born filmmaker, capturing casually perfect moments that build unto an unexpectedly powerful whole."
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Montreal Film Journal |
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