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69/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Afghan Star provides us with an up-close peek at the more progressive side of war-torn Afghanistan."
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Film and Felt |
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23/100 |
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(2009) |
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"The brutality is sickening, and unlike, say, the broken glass sequence in Bergman's Cries and Whispers--where the entire film built up to one brief, painful moment--it serves no overarching purpose, quickly becoming an exercise in haughty"
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Film and Felt |
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51/100 |
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(2009) |
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"An uneven picture that's at times poignant and at times quite funny, but ultimately lacks a consistent flow."
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Film and Felt |
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58/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Still a noteworthy achievement, but it's hard to keep from being a bit disappointed that Moore hasn't used the seriousness of the times to craft an ever-so-slightly more balanced documentary."
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Film and Felt |
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58/100 |
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(2009) |
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"An ambitious, sprawling picture about the epic swirl of Italy's criminal underbelly."
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Film and Felt |
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57/100 |
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(2009) |
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"The humane portrayals make it worthwhile, if unspectacular, viewing."
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Film and Felt |
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67/100 |
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(2009) |
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"A biting political satire that tackles rising anti-war sentiments around the globe."
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Film and Felt |
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81/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Inglourious Basterds constantly challenges its viewer's emotions, making us question whether or not we should be feeling the compassion, hatred, or empathy that we do."
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Film and Felt |
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60/100 |
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(2009) |
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"For hoops junkies, this is a must-see picture, taking us inside the mind of one of the NBA's hardest-working, focused superstars."
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Film and Felt |
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77/100 |
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(2009) |
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"A penetrating exploration of the hardships that Dominican baseball recruits face in making to the major leagues."
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Film and Felt |
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2/4 |
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(2009) |
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"Tokyo! is most notable for how little its title really means."
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Film and Felt |
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62/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Tonally erratic, but chock-full of interesting concepts."
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Film and Felt |
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53/100 |
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(2009) |
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"For the generation that grew up on female pioneer Gertrude Berg's radio and TV shows, Aviva Kempner's Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg will likely serve as a welcome trip through memory lane."
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Film and Felt |
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63/100 |
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(2009) |
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"Ultimately, Zombieland works best as pure, breezy entertainment with a pinch of depth."
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Film and Felt |
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57/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Though somewhat repetitive and clunky, Chris Bell's Bigger Stronger Faster deserves credit for presenting a fairly evenhanded examination of steroids & their threat to the integrity of the country's sports industry."
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Film and Felt |
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70/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Armed to the teeth with an ingenious marketing campaign that sent internet geeks scrambling to their keyboards months ago, the ambitious Cloverfield is only moderately successful as a monster movie, but extremely provocative in many other ways."
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Film and Felt |
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43/100 |
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(2008) |
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"What could have been a fascinating picture is reduced to occasional glimpses of greatness until a brisk and engrossing final 20 minutes that hint at what could have been."
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Film and Felt |
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71/100 |
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(2008) |
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"An inspired work, rich with clever satire and sly satiric references to our current political landscape."
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Film and Felt |
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68/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Creadon avoids turning his film into a partisan slugfest, instead opting to focus on how our country as a whole must come together."
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Film and Felt |
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75/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Throughout the entire film, I felt happy, energized, invigorated..."
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Film and Felt |
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33/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Hutt's shoddy editing and listless pacing keep the audience regrettably detached from the proceedings."
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Film and Felt |
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50/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Fresh on the T-Meter, but just barely. It's evident that Forster is out of his element at the helm."
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Film and Felt |
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35/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Like the worst of Stone's movies, W. feels bloated, sloppy, and overambitious."
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Film and Felt |
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28/100 |
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(2008) |
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"Only for the most drooling of fanboys."
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Film and Felt |
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19/100 |
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(2007) |
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"2 Days in Paris is a mix of awful Woody Allen and mental masturbation."
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Film and Felt |
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67/100 |
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(2007) |
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"A sweet little film about the universality of loneliness, The Band's Visit succeeds admirably whenever it doesn't attempt to exceed its modest scope."
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Film and Felt |
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3/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Blood and Chocolate is an unmitigated triumph: it's successfully carved out a cozy niche in the hallowed halls of ineptitude."
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Film and Felt |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"The repetitive nature of the screenplay drags a potentially great 80 minute picture way down."
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Film and Felt |
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59/100 |
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(2007) |
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"A sweeping portrait of Antarctica's barren emptiness tinged with pockets of hidden, quirky beauty."
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Film and Felt |
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2/4 |
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(2007) |
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"It's a brutal second act, really."
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Film and Felt |
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77/100 |
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(2007) |
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"A sobering reminder that war is more than smartly-dressed politicians exchanging barbs about what's best for America."
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Film and Felt |
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37/100 |
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(2007) |
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"It's hard not to admire a man with such admiration for the obscure, but Grizzly Man did it much better."
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Film and Felt |
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3/4 |
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(2007) |
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"Thankfully, the cinematic adaptation bears a strong resemblance to the great early Simpsons episodes, with a consistent script, nonstop jokes, and lots & lots of Homer."
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Film and Felt |
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43/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Maybe I would have been better off seeing Superbad before it became an instant cult classic."
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Film and Felt |
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74/100 |
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(2007) |
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"The imagery, music, and intoxicating blend of vengeance and madness--with just a smidgen of Priest; you'll see, if you don't already know--will linger long after you leave the theater."
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Film and Felt |
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41/100 |
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(2007) |
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"Shots of musty skylines don't pack much power in this post-Inconvenient Truth era, where every luxury hi-rise is advertised as a 'green building.'"
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Film and Felt |
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65/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Frequently uproarious and occasionally side-splitting%u2026but it's very hit-or-miss, prone to stretches of unnecessary crudeness and flat one-liners."
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Film and Felt |
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49/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Often feels like a bootleg version of Mike Leigh's Vera Drake, with the same conflicted female central character who eventually pays for her sins."
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Film and Felt |
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42/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Movies like Catch a Fire are perhaps the most banal sort to write about."
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Film and Felt |
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59/100 |
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(2006) |
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"The film is superbly shot, and the rapid-fire editing and shaky camera fit the constant flux that the main characters find themselves in time and again."
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Film and Felt |
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34/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Aside from an occasional chuckle, For Your Consideration is banal and, worst of all, frequently annoying."
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Film and Felt |
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59/100 |
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(2006) |
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"An adequate enough way to get the point across, but I can't help but wonder what the raves for this film are really about."
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Film and Felt |
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65/100 |
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(2006) |
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"The interviews are fluid and snappy, and there's plenty of footage that encapsulates just how enraptured Jonestown was with Jim Jones' vision."
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Film and Felt |
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58/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Like Spike Lee's 25th Hour, L'Enfant focuses on the redemption of a sinner, but it's debatable whether L'Enfant really earns its teary finale."
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Film and Felt |
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3.5/4 |
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(2006) |
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"Only an overstuffed middle, battle-heavy section keeps Letters From Iwo Jima from being an elite movie."
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48/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Harmless enough as passable road movies go, but I can't help but wish directors of films like these would grow some damn balls."
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Film and Felt |
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79/100 |
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(2006) |
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"With exquisite tenderness and delicacy, Old Joy fluidly captures the all-too-frequent occurrence of friends drifting apart as their lives branch off in different directions."
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Film and Felt |
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63/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Until an inexplicably awful revelation at the end, The Prestige is a taut, exciting portrait of obsession and the dark competitive spirit of professional magicians."
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Film and Felt |
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77/100 |
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(2006) |
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"A fascinating battle between archaic monarchal standards and modernistic tendencies."
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Film and Felt |
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60/100 |
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(2006) |
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"Thank You For Smoking gets much of its juice from a superb Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor."
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