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C- |
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(2006) |
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"The Santa Clause films may speak to the need for family connections, but this third movie represents another part of the season: the need to move product."
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C |
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(2005) |
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"It's an unpleasant film with grotesque imagery, but Nine Inch Nails' "Closer" video is more unsettling than this mostly predictable bloodbath."
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D |
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(2006) |
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"Saw III is essentially a grim schoolyard game of 'would you rather...?' rendered in nasty vignettes."
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C- |
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(2006) |
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"The humor is supposed to come from the recognition that another movie or entertainment world incident from the pages of Us Weekly is having fun poked at it."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Like the films of Jim Jarmusch and Aki Kaurismäki, Schultze Gets the Blues uses dry humor to extract laughs out of mundane situations."
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F |
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(2006) |
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"Assuming there are no other credit cookies, the final image in See No Evil is a dog urinating in an eye socket. There couldn't be a better way to describe the experience of watching this film."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"This remake is heavy on the special effects...but the biggest difference is how the film becomes another commentary on the lamentable state of today's parents."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"Nine years after Toy Story, the novelty of computer animation has worn off. Story and character need to capture our imagination."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Writer-director Edgar Wright and co-writer and star Simon Pegg have terrific fun riffing on zombie lore."
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C |
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(2006) |
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"She's the Man is cleverer than the average teen movie, but it gets so wrapped up in plot mechanics that it loses the characters"
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B |
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(2008) |
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"Shine a Light doesn't break any new ground for Scorsese or the Stones, but it's an enjoyable showcase for the prodigious skills the director and band have."
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"Payne and Taylor excel at getting underneath these tough exteriors and portray these people for what they are, warts and all."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"As a nightmarish vision of hell on earth, Silent Hill is a triumph of production and art design. As a coherent story, it's little more than a string of video game scenarios."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"Sayles traces how rumor, conjecture, and outright lies seep into the [political] discussion and drive it."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"Its kinetic energy and embrace of film noir tropes provide a surge of adrenaline and testosterone for the fanboy universe."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"The pleasant actresses compensate for the originality and surprises that Sisterhood lacks."
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B- |
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(2005) |
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"The Skeleton Key conjures a spooky atmosphere steeped in the mystique of folk magic and medicine and suspicion of the deep South."
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B |
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(2004) |
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"Kerry Conran imagines an adventure cobbled together from serials, comic books, and radio dramas of the 30s and 40s, making something derivative yet unique."
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Inspired by 50s invasion B-movies and Troma films, Slither elicits a fine balance of laughs and armrest-grabbing moments."
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A |
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(1976) |
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"Truffaut is so precise with his observations and unintrusive with the camera that we feel as if we are seeing a documentary instead of contrived movie scenarios."
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D+ |
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(2007) |
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"The rat-a-tat-tat dialogue and 70s trappings of Smokin' Aces is pure Tarantino, although like the countless imitators, it isn't as clever as its inspiration."
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B- |
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(2006) |
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"Snakes on a Plane may not be a good movie by conventional standards, but with the proper amount of love via audience participation, this genre picture is exactly the sort of silly fun that mega-priced, B-grade tentpole films often fail to be."
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B+ |
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(2008) |
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"Snow Angels can painfully burrow into one's heart, but such is the cost of empathy, or any human connection for that matter."
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D- |
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(2005) |
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"There’s no story to speak of, just a string of scenarios usually resulting in everything in sight getting smashed."
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C- |
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(2004) |
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"Brooks struggles to define Spanglish, garbling the storylines in an unfocused film that only skims the surface in its two hours plus running time."
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B- |
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(2004) |
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"SpongeBob’s resilient, Pollyana-like nature is hard to resist."
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A- |
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(2004) |
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"Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring provides an oasis from contemporary rhythms."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"A deeply personal and unsparing film, The Squid and the Whale finds humor in the heartache and harpoons the notion that divorce has no casualties."
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B |
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(2002) |
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"Clones is far from perfect, but when it clicks, it revives the old spirit that made a generation become so obsessed with all things Star Wars in the first place."
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C+ |
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(2006) |
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"For a film whose characters value authenticity and natural talent, it's ironic that Stick It's rebellious nature is more of a fashion statement than state of mind and its showstopping physical feats...are computer-aided."
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C- |
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(2008) |
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"Instantly forgettable and proudly lazy, Strange Wilderness feels like it's being made up on the spot."
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B+ |
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(2006) |
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"Ultimately it's about fully embracing life rather than staying locked in our habits and comfort zones, hardly a new moral to the story in the history of cinema, but Stranger Than Fiction brings vitality to the shopworn message."
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F |
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(2003) |
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"Simply put, this movie about sweeper salesmen is a comedic vacuum."
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A- |
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(2006) |
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"Sweet Land values interconnectedness -- in a couple, among a community, with the land, and with ancestors -- and powerfully illustrates it within the story's emotional and visual content."
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B |
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(2005) |
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"Syriana demands patience to see how the pieces come together in a fascinating mosaic of politics, capitalism, and corruption."
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