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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Broad comedy and splattery horror are a pretty tough combo to pull off, but if anyone can do it ... the British can."
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It wouldn't surprise me to learn that the entire movie was paid for by the makers of Tylenol."
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"I just don't know what to make of a scene in which a judge sentences two selfish jerks to "six months hard ... marriage," but I'm simply too old and too smart for material this insipid."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A bleak adventure flick and a very sweaty psychological thriller."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A little scary, occasionally funny, and rather enthusiastically splattery before it's all done with."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Eden is almost achingly personal, and it's a testament to the small-but-powerful Irish film industry that tiny little personal stories like this one get funding."
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Please be sure to keep an eyeball out for this one, horror fans. Let the Right One In is very smart, very sweet, very sick, and very special indeed."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"If you're looking for a horror flick that wants to give you a 'you are there -- and it's freaking miserable' vibe, this one should fit the bill quite nicely."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Has a basic-yet-admirable statement to make about the best and worst of human nature, and it makes the statement colorfully, sincerely, and succinctly."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"And while some of the in-movie puzzles are relatively obvious, the flick as a whole proves to be sort of a puzzle in its own right."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Will undoubtedly prove very insightful to those who believe all Iraqis are 'the enemy.'"
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3.5/5 |
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"If you don't mind a lot of smutty gags mixed with a strange concoction of wit, warmth, and (yes) melodrama, I'm betting you'll become a fan of The Auteur."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"57km is alternately smart, sad, sexy, and rather ironically amusing."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A very compelling movie that's almost ruined by a horrible narration track."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Easily the best movie of its kind since Steve James' Hoop Dreams."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The film is focused simply on telling the tale, and if the movie is exaggerated or "fictionalized" in any way, you can consider me duly surprised."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Mr. Downey delivers the best popcorn flick performance since Johnny Depp first played pirate."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Not exactly a great movie, but it's sick, slick, and strange enough to warrant a 90-minute look."
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2.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Feels like stuff left over from a random episode of CSI: Dirty Cop Division."
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1/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Amazingly bad. To call Prom Night a horror movie is to call chewing gum a cheeseburger."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's both craftily creepy (in a subtle way) and powerfully visceral (in a kick-ass way), plus it delivers its payload in a slick and efficient 91-minute burst of nastiness."
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's cinematic junk food; I sat, I laughed, I left, I forgot all about it. (But at least I laughed.)"
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The main problem is that they spelled the title wrong. The first vowel should be an I."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A film that wants to speak out (loudly and clearly) about some of our nation's most obvious maladies, and it does so in an impressively honest, angry, and semi-hopeful fashion."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Easily one of the most 'personal' documentaries I've ever had the pleasure to see."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A thoroughly engrossing little film that's also quite slyly entertaining, despite its rather unsavory subject matter."
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's fast and funny, sick and sweet, geeky and gory. Basically, a whole lot of fun."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"These guys make funky dance music out of old Nintendo games!"
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"An unapologetic throwback to the days when comedies didn't have to be all that original -- just as long as they were funny."
[movie review] |
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4.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A fantastic little comedy, filled with all sorts of weird moments, funny quips, colorful characters, and strange diversions."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"One of those can't-miss romantic comedies in that there's some sweet, sensitive, insightful stuff for the ladies -- but there's also plenty of raunchy comedy for the boys. (And vice versa.)"
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A choir full of (very) old people get down with the rock music. Sweet, funny, touching stuff."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"If Marshall's goal was to deliver a no-nonsense, tongue-in-cheek, mega-violent "throwback" action flick, I'd say he's done a damn fine job of it."
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3.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"More than enough energy, mayhem and gore to keep the serious horror freaks entertained."
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4.5/5 |
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(2007) |
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"A shock-a-minute mini-masterpiece of sound design, tricky jolts, and wonderfully distressing tension."
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2.5/5 |
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(2006) |
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"An Asian combination platter of Dreamscape, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and just about every technology-obsessed J-horror flick you can think of."
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FEARnet |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A surprisingly engrossing two-person character study that (gradually) reveals something quite a bit darker beneath the surface."
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FEARnet |
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4/5 |
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(2007) |
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"The coolest vampire movie since Near Dark."
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3.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Ferrell is still able to wring some real chuckles out of a very familiar blueprint. I guess the guy's just that funny."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's fast-paced and funny, strangely warm and suddenly creepy, disarmingly charming and admirably icky, all at the same time."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"It's got just enough charm, story, and action to fill a half-decent trailer -- and the trailer doesn't set you back nine bucks."
[movie review] |
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"The thing looks like it was shot over the course of six random (weed-filled) weekends, probably for fun at first, but then someone got the idea to release this glorified home movie into theaters. Bad idea."
[movie review] |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A long overdue and very entertaining documentary on one of Hollywood's most colorful salesmen."
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FEARnet |
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Takes a B-minus import and turns it into a D-minus retread."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"A light/dark, sick/sincere, weird/warm sex comedy that succeeds because of its constant contradictions, and not despite them."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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2/5 |
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(2007) |
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"Follow the basic "killer croc" template if you must, fellas, but jeez, would it kill you to try something even remotely different?"
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"There's always something to be said for bare boobs and pointless violence, but the flick wears out its welcome long before it reaches the finish line."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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1.5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"All three leads jump into the unseemly material with all the enthusiasm that the promise of "amazing indie cred" can offer."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Hardly the re-invention of the genre wheel, but that's fine by me. It's just a whole bunch of sick, sly, silly fun."
[movie review] |
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FEARnet |
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Clearly inspired by a few of Hitchcock's 'train-bound' movies, Transsiberian doesn't break a lot of new ground, but it does tell a slick story in a very chilly setting."
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