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(1996) |
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(1998) |
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"More stupid and dangerous stunts. Duh."
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(2006) |
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"Repetition is the point and the sticking point of Number Two, which is all about self-reference and reiteration."
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(2005) |
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"It's an apt description of how war, waged by the Organization for the Organized, works on its warriors, victims and heroes both."
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(1997) |
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"While Jackie Brown digs into its own stockpile of generic (namely, blaxploitation) conventions, it mostly avoids repetition, because it is Pam Grier's movie, flat out."
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(1997) |
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(2001) |
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(1995) |
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(2007) |
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"The central dilemma of The Jane Austen Book Club: how to make the least bit interesting the primary activity undertaken by our protagonists?"
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(1996) |
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4/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Intelligent and bleak; for mature audiences only."
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(2005) |
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"Sniper-like precision has become old-fashioned. More effective weapons only deepen the despair of war.
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(1998) |
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"Jawbreaker offers no new insights into teen hell."
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(2001) |
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"The film’s premise is doubly clever and self-conscious: Jay and Silent Bob are moved to action by Hollywood’s phoniness, and their story is all about the resulting manufacture, destruction and confusion of identities."
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(2008) |
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"Playing a character based on himself, or more likely, the self that has appeared on countless tabloid and fan mag covers, Van Damme here invites meditation on genre, consumption, and pleasurable violence in a most visceral way."
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(2001) |
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(2003) |
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(2008) |
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"While the scene announces the film's intensive focus on water -- a sign of transition, loss and rebirth -- it is also a sign of its stylized poetry, sometimes lovely, sometimes precious."
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(2004) |
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"The new Ben Affleck movie is less a movie than a chance for him to redeem himself for all those tabloid photos."
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(2008) |
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"The fundamental questions raised by Jesus Politics are crucial. The relationship between religion and politics is difficult and complex, in need of close attention by all."
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(1999) |
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6/10 |
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(2007) |
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"Parvez Sharma's documentary, "A Jihad for Love", traces heartening, harrowing stories of Muslim gay men and lesbians."
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(2007) |
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"The story of Jimmy Carter Man From Plains begins with Miss Lillian."
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(2001) |
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(2007) |
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"Jindabyne uses Claire and Stewart's increasingly visible and vicious upset to get at broader social and political upsets."
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(2000) |
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(2001) |
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(2001) |
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"It delivers to expectations, more or less, but it's never amazing."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2002) |
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"After Collateral Damage, you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned. But no."
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2/5 |
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(2006) |
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"Sketchy high school revenge comedy."
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(2006) |
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"Starting with the fact that its "high school students" look closer to 30 than 16, John Tucker Must Die is a film out of joint."
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(2004) |
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"Solange's costumes are fashionably skimpy and her cell phone seems attached to her face."
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(2006) |
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"As much as it leaves open individual questions of devotion and need, the film does make clear the dangers of seeking solace and identity in the embrace of such a complex ego."
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(2007) |
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"Despite such creepy moments, the film's fundamental narrative is more wearying than horrifying."
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(2001) |
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"The very population whom the film appears to represent and target might find the movie uninteresting, too obvious and tame."
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4/10 |
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(2008) |
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"Brendan Fraser is stuck inside Journey to the Center of the Earth, a movie with precious little new to say about journeys, centers, or -- amazingly -- action."
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(1996) |
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"The novel's vast scope includes some pointed social critique, and the film gets the gist of it...But the romance is very thinly outlined."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(1997) |
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(1962) |
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"Vibrant, grand, and mercurial, Catherine at once becomes and exceeds her lovers' projection."
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(2008) |
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"Julia is a mix of fantasy and tragedy, with the violence amped up and the background noisy and lurid."
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5/10 |
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(2009) |
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"Julia Child's letters home are vivacious, illustrating her generosity and wit, her resolve and sense of humor."
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(1999) |
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"Julien Donkey-Boy is never boring to watch. But it is less than inspired in its subject matter."
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(1995) |
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2/5 |
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(2008) |
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"Action-heavy sci-fi tale has uninspiring hero."
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(2008) |
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"The backdrop -- a flimsy fantasy version of a real life, politically messy tragedy -- reminds you yet again of the utter inconsequence of Jumper."
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3/5 |
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(2005) |
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"Odd, insightful movie that's best for mature teens and up."
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Common Sense Media |
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(2005) |
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"While it's very clear that she adores George, the visit exposes the mysterious fragility of their marriage."
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PopMatters |
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(2001) |
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"The film is essentially an expensive slasher movie."
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Philadelphia City Paper |
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(2005) |
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"Anna Faris again demonstrates that she is fearless when it comes to physical stunts and comedic excesses."
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