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3/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Eddie Murphy retread of Mr. Mom is surprisingly satisfying, and sweet without being sickly."
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4/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Dramatic-thriller mix of the personal and the political makes John Malkovich's directorial debut good; Xavier Bardem's performance makes it great."
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4.5/5 |
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(1988) |
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"Stephen Frears' direction is superb -- the design and lighting evoke simultaneous worlds of privilege and squalor, and while the nature of day-to-day life in 18th century France becomes readily apparent, it never becomes distracting."
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2/5 |
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(2003) |
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"A minor-league Marvel hero gets a big-star film treatment that will appeal to action junkies ... and leave a broader audience cold."
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1/5 |
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(2003) |
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"L.A. cop-and-corruption drama set against the Rodney King verdicts is an uninspiring morass of been-there, seen-that material."
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5/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Comic-book movies are often bland and big meditations on good versus evil; The Dark Knight gives us a more interesting examination of right versus wrong, and how little it can take to shove the one into the other."
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2/5 |
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(2005) |
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"A single mother, a mysterious haunting, urban terror: This well-crafted Japanese horror remake has a too-familiar "Ring" to it."
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Netflix |
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4/5 |
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(1990) |
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"Simultaneously funny and thrilling."
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4.5/5 |
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(1993) |
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4/5 |
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(1978) |
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"It's a lot smarter than its appearance suggests, and Romero completely sucks you into a story that's wholly engrossing and epic in its apocalyptic ambitions and scope."
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4/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Thoroughly modern remake of 1978 B-movie classic is surprisingly smart and delivers zombie-tastic action-horror thrills."
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5/5 |
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(1993) |
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"Dazed and Confused is a more modern American Graffiti -- and just as classic."
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2/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Cole Porter biopic has flair and great tunes, but it's a little short on the facts of the great songsmith's life."
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3.5/5 |
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(1991) |
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"Kenneth Branagh's valentine to Alfred Hitchcock is too clever for its own good."
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2/5 |
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(1993) |
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Netflix |
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5/5 |
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(1995) |
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Netflix |
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3/5 |
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(1982) |
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4/5 |
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(1995) |
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4.5/5 |
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(1988) |
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"Quite possibly one of my favorite Cronenberg films."
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1/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Death of a President isn't art, or even entertainment: It's the art-house, indie-doc equivalent of Snakes on a Plane, where someone thought of a single idea and then, it seems based on the end-resulting film, stopped thinking altogether."
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"What's new in Death Proof? Well, a lot of jibber-jabber. It's Tarantino jibber-jabber -- quick and juicy and deadpan and blunt and baroque -- but it's jibber-jabber nonetheless, minor time-filler between a few moments of twisted-metal glory or twisted-hum"
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3/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Death Race roars, rages and races down the track, all velocity and visceral violence, unencumbered by logic, sense, reason or dignity."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Kiddie-TV satire has foul-mouthed mania to spare, but never attains true inspiration."
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2/4 |
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(2008) |
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"Deception is star-filled and competently crafted, but so afraid of real sexuality that it instead offers us soft-lit perfume-ad images, and is erroneously convinced that moviegoers won't be able to spot lazy storytelling once their glasses are steamed up"
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Documentary about the ocean's panorama of life is full of beauty, awe, terror, wonder -- and jaw-dropping cinematography."
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4.5/5 |
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(1999) |
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4/5 |
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(1992) |
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"Deep Cover was probably conceived as a quickie crime film, but thanks to Fishburne's and Goldblum's performances, it became much more."
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4/5 |
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(1994) |
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"All this is made up for by the sheer visceral pleasure of Jet Li's charisma."
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4/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Definitely, Maybe has the 'meet cute,' but it also has all the things that can come after -- the awkward moments, the scary possibility of hope, the comforts of sadness, the tough talks, the ugly partings, the hard-won reconciliations."
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4.5/5 |
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(1972) |
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"It reminds us how thin the veneer of civilization is, how little it takes to wipe that veneer away and how little protection it affords in the face of danger."
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3/5 |
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(1993) |
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3.5/5 |
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(1994) |
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"The "King of Pop ... Culture References" shines in this stand-up DVD."
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2/5 |
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(1999) |
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"Bizarre comedy of errors is surprisingly good-natured, but not that good."
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4.5/5 |
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(1995) |
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3/4 |
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(2006) |
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"... a glossy good-time movie ..."
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3/5 |
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(1997) |
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"The worst thing about The Devil's Advocate is how it squanders the little chance that it had to be a truly creepy and engaging film."
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1/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Sloppy, insipid mishmash of female empowerment, Christian thought and gun-and-weed jokes is an early front-runner for Worst Film of 2005."
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3/5 |
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(1999) |
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"There's much to love -- and more to puzzle over -- in this curiously science-fiction-style outing for 007."
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5/5 |
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(1988) |
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"Die Hard is in many ways the perfectly constructed action film, combining interior tension with exterior explosions."
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2/5 |
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(1995) |
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"Who would have thought that the Die Hard series would sputter down to this sad, empty little film?"
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5/5 |
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(2004) |
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"Indie doc tracing indie rock bands boils down two bands, eight years, thousands of fans and infinite ambition into 105 minutes of standout filmmaking."
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Netflix |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Bland indie comedy isn't very memorable."
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Common Sense Media |
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4/5 |
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(1971) |
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"Dirty Harry was the original rogue tough-guy cop film, and while years of imitation, emulation and outright mockery have chipped away at the archetype, it's still fascinating to observe in its original form."
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Netflix |
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3/5 |
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(1998) |
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": "Saturday Night Live" alum Norm Macdonald's feature debut ain't great, but he is."
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2.5/5 |
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(2009) |
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"The good news about A Christmas Carol, then, is that Dickens' story -- the pure power of it, the grace and gentleness, the sensibility and sentiment of it -- cannot be drowned or destroyed no matter how many technicians and dollars are thrown at it."
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4/5 |
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(2009) |
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"A great example of how fresh science fiction can be when it's not just handed over to the special effects team and then the marketing division. "District 9" is far from perfect, but every frame in it drips with ambition, energy and vision."
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3/5 |
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(2002) |
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"Cross-generational mother-daughter drama is a little familiar, but it'll still warm your heart."
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(2007) |
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"Imagine a Spike Jonze-Charlie Kauffman-Michel Gondry-style film but with a warm, beating heart instead of cool, detached hipster irony."
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1/5 |
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(2003) |
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"Merchant-Ivory romantic comedy about Americans in Paris is a glossy bore of bad manners and nice furnishings."
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