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F |
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(2006) |
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"That it is risible and dim-witted doesn't make it less disgusting."
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B- |
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(2003) |
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"A comic-book movie made for fans by a fan, writer-director Mark Steven Johnson. The more familiar you are with the title character's history and the world of comics generally, the more you're likely to appreciate this retelling."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(1982) |
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"A distant, uninvolving experience … characters and emotions, even by the archetypal standards of high fantasy, never come to life, and the overarching mythology seems too self-consciously contrived."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(2008) |
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"Delves so deeply into the darkness that lurks in the hearts of men that it comes almost as a shock, bordering on euphoria, to find that it maintains a tenacious grip onto hope in the human potential for good."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(1951) |
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"More thoughtful and restrained than most sci-fi of the period, The Day the Earth Stood Still has aged better than almost all of its peers."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1995) |
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Click here to see the review!
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1988) |
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"Far from being morality tales, these short stories are closer to parables — at least, they are as confounding and strange as Jesus' parables were to his first hearers."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"If it isn't the brilliant film it could have been, Déjà Vu still contains enough flashes of that film to make it entertaining while you're watching it."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1975) |
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"To Arseniev, Dersu embodies something civilized men have lost… Neither can really understand the other — which is precisely what makes their friendship so special."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(1939) |
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"The conceit of the seeming milksop who’s actually tougher than the hooligans was already a cliché when the movie was made, but Destry has a few twists to keep things interesting."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C |
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(1954) |
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"What’s become here of Fr. Brown’s self-effacing humanism?"
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(1950) |
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"Profoundly contemplates suffering, conversion, incorrigibility, and the dark night of the soul with rigor and insight evoking the Confessions or Story of a Soul."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(1988) |
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"For an evening of edge-of-your-seat entertainment, you’d be hard pressed to do much better."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2007) |
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"Wisely, Live Free doesn't try to replicate the paranoia or intimidation of the first film… This time, it's his unflappable calm that intimidates his brash young opponent, not the other way around."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B+ |
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(2001) |
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"In 1969, when the world watched as man went the moon, America needed help from Australia to see it. Today, the Aussies are coming to our aid again."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B |
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(2009) |
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"The story is robust enough to survive the theme-park treatment, and for the most part it's a very good ride, with a welcome note of actual Christmas caroling spirit."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2009) |
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"[The "popcorn" egg-burning scene] in a way represents the whole film: There's popcorn appeal for casual viewers, but something more vital and desperate at stake underneath."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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B- |
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(2002) |
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"Juicy performances from the formidable cast and perennial themes of mother-daughter conflict and forgiveness will endear it to its target audience."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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F |
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(1999) |
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"Smith isn’t content merely to promote his own generic “faith”; he has to tell us, again and again, what’s wrong with orthodox Catholic belief."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A |
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(1925) |
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"Named one of the year’s ten best films by The New York Times… actually outdoes its predecessor, with a stronger and more sophisticated plot, better pacing, more interesting and complex characterizations, grander production values and set design"
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A- |
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(2008) |
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"One book can't contain Horton's dogged heroics!
His stoical pluck shows up all other stoics!
And it gets even better! I'm pleased to relate
That Horton's the very best Blue Sky to date."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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D |
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(2003) |
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"What's next? Will the Sneetches get wild and crazy? / Will the Lorax get jiggy with Daisy-Head Mayzie?"
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C- |
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(2002) |
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"Thinks it is being boldly counter-cultural… when in fact its vague spirituality is the very picture of today's credulous do-it-yourself religiosity."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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A+ |
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(1933) |
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"As absurdly nonsensical as comedy can be and still be about something."
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The Decent Films Guide |
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C+ |
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(1941) |
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"Viewed in isolation, Dumbo feels like a practice feature film from animators whose only previous experience was short subjects."
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