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F |
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(1979) |
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"I suppose certain college fraternities could make screening it part of their hazing rituals."
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4/4 |
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"A quietly brilliant follow up to the equally masterful Battlestar Galactica reboot."
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Sci-Fi Movie Page |
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B |
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(2006) |
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"Where did it all go right?"
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"This is no omnipotent superspy. He's a government bagman, making messy problems disappear in equally messy ways."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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A |
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(2002) |
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"A glorious metaphor about the price of riches, the power of lies, and the Bacchanalian excesses of the Jazz Age"
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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D+ |
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(2004) |
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"Not beautifully bad so much as just plain terrible."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"Though not as brilliant as Eve's Bayou, The Caveman's Valentine represents an admirable sophomore effort, and a terrific showcase for Samuel L. Jackson."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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A- |
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(2000) |
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"[John] Waters skewers every aspect of mainstream Hollywood, using the truly demented Demented… as a proxy howl of rage."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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A- |
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(2000) |
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"…it reminds one of the works of Clive Barker: strange, horrible and utterly unnerving."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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C |
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(2008) |
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"Proper drama is more than just screaming at the camera, and everyone involved here certainly knows the difference."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"As good as it is at times, it's still missing a heart: the one thing about Dahl that postproduction can't insert."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"The respectfulness... can't be denied, but beneath it lies an undue sense of entitlement: of big stars and big egos crashing a party where they're not entirely welcome."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"I'd give real money to see the perpetrators of Chicago torn apart by dingoes."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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A |
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(2000) |
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"The real magic of Chicken Run is how personable it is, how easy and effortlessly it tells its story."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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A |
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(2006) |
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"Children of Men works as a science-fiction parable, as a social commentary, as an action film, and as a character study. But mostly it works as pure cinematic experience."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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C- |
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(2000) |
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"Its efforts to walk on air are consistently undermined by the solemn-yet-gutless lecturing it feels compelled to inflict upon us."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"A polished piece of satire that bleeds deeply with the very targets it's eviscerating."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Adamson overcomes some of the book's better-read-than-spoken dialogue and the odd bits of chunky plotting with plenty of grace and charm."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2005) |
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"Not only does Adamson do right by C.S. Lewis' beloved book, but he sets the stage for a very promising new franchise."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Beneath the pseudo-religious undertones and the boomingly ludicrous dialogue, there's a big kid grinning from ear to ear."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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D |
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(1999) |
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"It's hard to believe that an embarrassment like this will be remembered for anything other than its own mediocrity."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Comforting and familiar -- and certainly, 2005 has been weak enough to welcome such qualities -- but the best picture of the year? Come on, folks, get a grip."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B- |
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(2009) |
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"Between this and having to sit through New Moon, I'll take the freaks every time."
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Mania.com |
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C |
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(2002) |
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"…the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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D |
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(2006) |
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"The first half of Click is merely unfunny; the second is the most shameless appeal to sentiment since The Day the Clown Cried."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"Its solid horror pedigree is all the more enjoyable because it comes as such a surprise -- forgotten in a dusty corner and just waiting for the right fan to find it."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2008) |
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"When freed from unreasonable expectations, it turns out to be a modest little gas."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2003) |
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"Unlike many previous entries in the Miramax Oscar derby, it's actually quite good... even as the hype surrounding it rises far louder than it merits."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"A summer film for grown-ups, delivering verve and intelligence along with its pulsing visuals."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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D |
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(2002) |
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"The relic of a bygone age, sealed under glass and preserved well past its expiration date. If you listen closely, you can still hear it screaming.
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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C |
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(2004) |
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"The film's essential soullessness bangs back against its cheer, reminding us of the wrinkled businessmen's hands reaching for our dollars from behind the sunny smiles."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2003) |
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"It's a good film that strives to be great, a sharp piece of noir that can't quite sucker us the way the best in the genre do."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"The film is chock full of pleasures... perhaps too many for its own good."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B |
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(2000) |
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"It has a propensity for manipulativeness which keeps it from the loftiest heights, but all other ways remains an impressive piece of work.
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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3.5/4 |
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(2009) |
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"A certain leisurely pace in the first act and a bit of routine mopping up in the third are all that stand between it and genuine masterpiece status."
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C |
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(2003) |
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"Is it bad? Oh yes. But it's the best kind of bad: a wonderful exuberant bad that only well-meaning-yet-misguided moviemakers can provide."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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C+ |
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(2002) |
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"Without something more stirring to finish things off, The Count of Monte Cristo wastes 100 minutes of decent buildup."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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C |
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(2007) |
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"You say 'psychotic codependency' like it's a bad thing."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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B+ |
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(2004) |
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"A reminder of the genre's irresistible lure and what pleasures can be derived when it cares enough to do things right."
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Flipside Movie Emporium |
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2.5/4 |
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(2008) |
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"It works - kind of - but it takes its sweet time in getting there and leaves little behind truly worthy of remembrance."
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B |
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(2006) |
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"The film's version of George -- while shifting slightly from the books -- is as effortlessly appealing as anyone could hope for."
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