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(2001) |
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"It neglects the requirements of narrative in favour of allegorical socio-political notions that are simply beyond its reach."
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0/4 |
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(1998) |
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"Suggests a Nacho Cerda exploitation piece scored by the world's most optimistic organ grinder."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Free of cruelty and sexuality, free of violence and very much profanity, and free of the pretence that it is something other than a sleek, expert star piece."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"A time capsule of the current A-list first and a motion picture second, it'd make a great calendar: one idol per month."
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3/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Melancholy, lost, but looking."
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3/4 |
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(1955) |
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"Pretty fun in spite of itself."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"As diaries of arrested development go, It at least has the wit to tell a story of thirtysomethings seeking to recapture the halcyon days of binge-drinking and the joys of sexual objectification."
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4/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Reaps its full portion of machismo's horrors and hosannas."
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2/4 |
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(2005) |
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"Dickens was a better social chronicler than storyteller, and Polanski has chosen to adopt that weakness in the interests of utter faithfulness to the text."
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1/4 |
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(1971) |
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"At times astonishingly awful."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"The healing power of petty rebellion."
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4/4 |
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(1954) |
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"requisite viewing for any student of the art; it is among the best American films"
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Rodriguez is less filmmaker now than freakshow, but at least it can be said that freakshows aren't boring."
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1/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The first tense moment involves. . . me deciding whether or not to take the constant watch-checking as a clue that my time would be better spent staring directly into the sun."
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1/4 |
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(2001) |
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"The confused step-child of "Sliders" and Highlander."
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2/4 |
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(2002) |
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"Its well of thorn and vinegar (and simple humanity) has long been plundered by similar works featuring the insight and punch this picture so conspicuously lacks."
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1/4 |
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(1999) |
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"Almost garnering a recommendation just for the sight of Lisa Marie getting zapped by a car battery and shot to death."
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1/4 |
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(2000) |
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"It seems a satire more than a serious exploration, each purported plot twist telegraphed with a hilarious leaden clumsiness."
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2/4 |
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(2006) |
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"The only lesson it has to impart is that a gifted, charismatic cast can elevate the most tired material into something closer to mediocrity."
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3.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The mysterious machinations of the human heart remain the most compelling entertainment and, ultimately, the most rewarding."
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A western that wrestles briefly with Unforgiven introspection before contenting itself with fiddling around with a gun/dog fetish."
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2/4 |
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(2004) |
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"An obvious successor to The Blair Witch Project that is neither as imaginative nor as existentially terrifying."
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3/4 |
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(1991) |
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"very possibly a dark parody of The Sound of Music"
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0/4 |
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(2002) |
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"An unintentionally fascinating propagandist war film in the proud tradition of Know Your Enemy and Leni Reifenstahl."
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2.5/4 |
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(2002) |
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"OC is a pretty good film at its best, fairly harmless at its worst, but with the talent involved (established and burgeoning) it should have been great."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Frequently descends into unintentional hilarity, nervous camp, and eventually exasperation."
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1/4 |
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(2002) |
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"(It) highlights not so much the crime lord's messianic bent, but Spacey's."
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1.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Feel vindicated in the mad incongruity of popular foreign policies advocating war with "the other" for the sake of the innocents."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"For the most part, it works because of its own visual inventiveness and the complete lack of pride on the part of both Murray and Elliott."
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4/4 |
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(1983) |
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"Never been more current than it is now--and if it's imperfect, it's imperfect in exactly the right way."
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0/4 |
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(2002) |
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"To call The Other Side of Heaven "appalling" would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be."
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(2001) |
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"The Others is that most atypical of Hollywood productions: it is magnificently understated and dedicated to earning its reactions through that holy cinematic trinity of script, direction, and performance."
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2.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"At its worst, the film slathers on the symbolism and unabashed pontification with such relentlessness that its sullen drumbeat obscures its message."
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0.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Out Cold is essentially a spineless, unfunny Animal House. The pretence of plot is distracting and insulting."
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"Only good enough to remind of the kind of filmmaker that Franklin has been and, hope springing eternal, could be again."
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(1964) |
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"Updated every Tuesday."
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(1963) |
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"Updated every Tuesday."
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1.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"Not about anything except the lead-balloon revelation that Fox feeds rage and fuels disinformation with questionable journalistic tactics."
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4/4 |
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(1983) |
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"A devouring CinemaScope fever dream: an homage to Robert Wise and Nicholas Ray that took its chief inspiration from the timeless backlit twilights of Gone with the Wind."
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1.5/4 |
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(2001) |
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"Enough robotically delivered blather to fill half a George Lucas flick.
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3.5/4 |
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(2004) |
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"The most fascinating aspect of Overnight is that it actually lends The Boondock Saints a measure of depth."
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4/4 |
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(2003) |
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"The film's title is not so much in reference to the addiction that claimed a man as it is a warning and an invitation to embrace a collective shadow."
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