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(1957) |
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"The only thing that doesn't move in The Pajama Game is Doris Day's scary butch hairdo."
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3/4 |
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(1957) |
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"As the two leads' flowering romance begins to grow further apart, the strain is conveyed through the mechanized perfectionism of the choreography."
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(1950) |
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"Kazan’s tense thriller reminds us that Jack Palance’s skin needed to get all leathery later in life to prevent his ludicrously prominent cheekbones from piercing through."
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3/4 |
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(1950) |
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"Tense and pulpy."
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3.5/4 |
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(1989) |
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"Parenthood is a middlebrow masterpiece. Not a masterpiece of middlebrow but a middlebrow masterpiece, with the latter word being the subject, not the modifier."
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(1989) |
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"Its very existence means "the best film Ron Howard directed" is, lamentably, not a backhanded compliment."
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4/4 |
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(1964) |
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"The Patsy reflects a genuine affection for the artisans and jacks-of-all-trades that make careers like Lewis's possible."
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(1996) |
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"Surprisingly mundane, given the central figure, The People vs. Larry Flynt puts the "lesson" in "civics lesson.""
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2/4 |
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(1996) |
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"Whitewashing the truth is a forgivable sin in the world of biopics, but to demean ideologies by remaining "balanced" is cowardly."
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(1953) |
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"I won't grow up...at least so long as Disney continues to put out Platinum Editions that allow me the opportunity to speculate on the loneliness of cartoon characters' self-imposed celibacy."
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2/4 |
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(1953) |
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"Never Land? More like Never-Gon-Git-It Land."
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2/4 |
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(1957) |
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"The elements and storylines that ended up watered-down are to the detriment of the film’s overall effect."
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(1957) |
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"Ta long look at what your bad, sinful self is up against."
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(1925) |
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"Though marred with some unfortunate (and somehow appropriate) ghosting images, this “ultimate edition” is honestly more than the film deserves."
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1.5/4 |
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(1925) |
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"Like that other creaky Universal monster epic, Dracula, The Phantom of the Opera is one of those classic films whose reputation trumps its actual cinematic worth."
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(1965) |
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"The transfer on Criterion's new release of Pierrot le Fou is as tight as 25-year-old French ass wearing a new pantyless girdle."
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3.5/4 |
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(1965) |
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"It's one of Pierrot's unique charms that Godard doesn't regard Ferdinand and Marianne's situation with emphatic mockery or inordinate reverence."
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(1940) |
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"One of the only Disney animated features with real gravitas, Pinocchio's reputation grows longer with each passing generation."
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3.5/4 |
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(1940) |
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"Nope, no perverted subtext here."
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4/4 |
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(1967) |
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"Sure, Tati's script may have been small, but there's such depth of content in each setup."
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(1967) |
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"Jacques Tati's glorious film folly inches that much closer to the 70mm ideal in Criterion's new Blu-ray."
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(1982) |
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"Though its special features have apparently crossed over into the next spectral plane, the image of the 25th anniversary Poltergeist DVD will have you gazing into the light."
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3.5/4 |
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(1982) |
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"After a quarter-century, Poltergeist remains one of the most popular movies whose reputation rests almost exclusively on behind-the-scenes diversions."
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(1980) |
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"Altman’s least appreciated masterwork has been blessed with a great transfer, but the Commodore’s taxman made off with the extra features."
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(1980) |
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"If you strip away the film’s loyalty to its source material, it’s not difficult to see that, in many ways, Popeye is Altman’s comic spin on McCabe & Mrs. Miller."
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2.5/4 |
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(2003) |
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"A provocative examination of the cinematic relationship between the viewer and the viewed."
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(2003) |
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"Michael Medved said, “It’s the most moving experience I’ve had in a theater all year.” Or was that Secondhand Lions?"
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(1972) |
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"The new edition of The Poseidon Adventure is as hefty as Shelly Winters, but the improved image quality proves that when underwater the film, like Winters, is "a very skinny lady.""
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3/4 |
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(1972) |
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"What the glittering, star-driving survivalism of Poseidon Adventure actually presents is a nightmarishly schematic fantasia of guiltless discomfort."
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(1991) |
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"The difficult, convoluted plot gets off track too often for the film to retain a full head of steam."
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(1984) |
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"“You have to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.”"
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3/4 |
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(1984) |
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"Purple Rain’s gazillion-selling soundtrack album has more or less eclipsed the film in pop culture history books."
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