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57/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Too insubstantial to sustain the stylistic excesses of the multiple split screen approach"
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Apollo Guide |
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85/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The actors play this darkly funny material as if they are in a deadly serious Shakespearean drama, highlighting the situation's many absurdities"
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Apollo Guide |
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71/100 |
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(2008) |
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"The film is never anything less than interesting to look at."
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Apollo Guide |
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60/100 |
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(2007) |
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"the film is unable to build on its solid technical premise"
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Apollo Guide |
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84/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Beauty in Trouble is the sort of film that sits with you days after viewing"
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Apollo Guide |
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55/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The Golden Compass bears the brush strokes of a film produced by a committee of people intent on trying to make some money rather than a good movie."
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Apollo Guide |
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85/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Riley gives a great performance, and director Corbijn's direction is deceptively perceptive. One of the year's best."
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Apollo Guide |
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71/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Skin-deep treatment of teen pregnancy, but keep your eyes on Ellen Page; she's worth the price of admission."
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Apollo Guide |
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66/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Artistic self-involvement has seldom been more unappealingly portrayed."
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Apollo Guide |
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76/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Wildly overpraised, but a solid return to form for the Coen Bros."
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Apollo Guide |
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58/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The film has an overall tonal inconsistency and suffers from the occasional bout of tin-ear-itis, which ultimately derails this sometimes interesting attempt at reinvigorating the genre."
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Apollo Guide |
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67/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Nichols and Sorkin take the easy way out, promoting the personal tale of the roguish Wilson, rather than establishing a real socio-political context within which something insightful might have emerged"
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Apollo Guide |
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82/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The brooding gothic romanticism of the source material plays right into Burton's cinematic wheelhouse."
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Apollo Guide |
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62/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Forster's self-important direction submarines a film that begins well, but slips into melodrama and plods towards anti-climax."
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Apollo Guide |
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68/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Unfortunately, like Andy's character, the parts don't add up."
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Apollo Guide |
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58/100 |
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(2007) |
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"When I am Legend reaches for the tissues in the third act, director Lawrence loses his grip on the film entirely"
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Apollo Guide |
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70/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Easily the slightest of Anderson's four feature films."
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Apollo Guide |
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89/100 |
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(1997) |
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"The 10th anniversary edition DVD is deceptively well-endowed with extras."
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Apollo Guide |
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74/100 |
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(1997) |
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"The DVD extras start with two full-length audio commentaries, one by director John Woo, and a second by writers Mike Web and Michael Colleary."
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Apollo Guide |
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83/100 |
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(1998) |
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"Dank interior castle settings create a claustrophobic intensity that underscores the growing sense of paranoia and people's sinister machinations in this battle for England."
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Apollo Guide |
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70/100 |
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(2006-2007) |
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"It is in dealing with the familial travails of the Suarez family that Ugly Betty rises above the fray, and establishes itself as a series worth engaging."
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Apollo Guide |
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66/100 |
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(2007) |
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"While it's at times inspired, ultimately, its attempt to play with the conventions of both martial arts and sports films does not congeal into something memorable."
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Apollo Guide |
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88/100 |
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(1996) |
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"The two-disc special edition DVD release of Hamlet is spectacular."
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Apollo Guide |
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58/100 |
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(1955) |
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"A commentary by Aubrey Solomon that kicks in only during select scenes is one of"
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Apollo Guide |
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58/100 |
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(1955) |
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"Little more than a competently acted and shot costume drama, it is neither a film of the ages or for the ages; it is a film that has, however, aged, and poorly."
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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52/100 |
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(1957) |
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"This film's beautiful Japanese scenery comes across very nicely on this widescreen DVD."
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Apollo Guide |
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52/100 |
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(1957) |
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"The sluggish pace, dearth of drama, and remarkable lack of chemistry between the leads leave us entirely on the outside looking in as this exotically-located tale unfolds."
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Apollo Guide |
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56/100 |
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(1958) |
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"This movie at least looks great on DVD."
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Apollo Guide |
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56/100 |
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(1958) |
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"A lame and insipid attempt to satirize suburban life, gender roles, teenage sexuality, and the military."
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Apollo Guide |
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47/100 |
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(1957) |
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"The DVD version of Sea Wife benefits from the sharp look provided by Technicolor Cinemascope filming that was on the cutting edge in its day."
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Apollo Guide |
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47/100 |
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(1957) |
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"Sea Wife is one of those turgid and morose melodramas that were inexplicably popular in the post-Second World War period."
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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71/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Neither the best nor the worst of the Jane Austen adaptations. However, nor is it likely to be remembered for very long after it passes across your eyes."
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Apollo Guide |
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53/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Jackie Chan is stellar, Chris Tucker is lame and the film is, while proficiently produced, about as dumb as a sack of hammers."
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Apollo Guide |
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94/100 |
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(1982) |
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"One of the Great Films by one of the Great Filmmakers."
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Apollo Guide |
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61/100 |
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(1960) |
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"Released as part of a five-movie Joan Collins set, the disc offers a few minor special features."
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Apollo Guide |
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61/100 |
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(1960) |
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"Despite some interesting individual moments, when taken as a whole, Seven Thieves is an uneven and (most damning) an uneventful mess."
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(1957) |
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""Pushes the whole British nobility paradigm into the realm of twit psychosis.""
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Apollo Guide |
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88/100 |
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(2007) |
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"A touching, tender and smart film that effectively blends elements of musical and romance, while maintaining an air of realism and honesty one rarely finds in either genre."
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Apollo Guide |
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56/100 |
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(2005) |
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"The DVD version of the movie comes without any extras."
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Apollo Guide |
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56/100 |
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(2005) |
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"Despite its focus on an important event and a fascinating moment in time, this film, with its old-school production values and tedious exposition, is a snore."
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Apollo Guide |
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95/100 |
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(1948) |
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"Devastating. Brilliant. Perhaps the most influential film of all time."
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Apollo Guide |
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60/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Everything's Gone Green is available on DVD in both its original 'rated' form, or as an 'unrated' version."
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Apollo Guide |
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60/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Gives the audience some fine eye candy, but Douglas Coupland's first foray into the realm of writing for the screen offers little else to recommend it."
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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85/100 |
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(2004) |
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Click here to see the review!
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Apollo Guide |
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76/100 |
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(1965) |
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"Released as part of a five-movie 'Screen Legend' set featuring the performances of James Stewart, this is a DVD with just a single extra feature: the movie trailer."
[dvd review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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76/100 |
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(1965) |
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"A successful film not just because of the marriage of the right actor in the appropriate genre, but also the timely infusion of challenging questions about a nation at war."
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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67/100 |
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(1953) |
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"Released as part of a five-disc James Stewart 'Screen Legends' collection, this DVD comes with no extra features."
[dvd review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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67/100 |
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(1953) |
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"Unfortunately, while Jimmy Stewart provides yet another winning performance as the seminal big band leader, the film is an unsatisfying hybrid."
[movie review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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65/100 |
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(1948) |
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"Available on DVD in a five-movie set of James Stewart films."
[dvd review] |
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Apollo Guide |
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65/100 |
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(1948) |
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"The screwball quality and physical humour devolves into a much less interesting sentimental mismatched love story."
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