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5/5
|
100%
|
Toy Story (1995) |
"
The 3-D viewing doesn't make much difference...but it is a joy to see these superb films back on the big screen, even after dozens of DVD viewings."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Oct 4, 2009
|
|
4/5
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82%
|
Ddongpari (Breathless) (2009) |
"
One of the most relentlessly abusive movies you will ever see - the dialogue is a non-stop torrent of profanity, and the action consists of one brutal beating after another. Yet it cries out to be seen."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Feb 2, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Adventureland (2009) |
"
One from the heart, a clear-sighted love letter to his own teenage tribulations. Starting out in high spirits then skewing more serious, it's a funny, poignant, bittersweet treat. Get in line..."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 11, 2009
|
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4/5
|
68%
|
Redbelt (2008) |
"
Not prime, grade-A Mamet, but this meaty martial-arts movie offers heavyweight performances and a deliciously juicy set-up. Things get scrappy in the last act, but you'll want to see how it all unravels."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 26, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Du Levande (You, The Living) (2007) |
"
Andersson's movie reveals poetic ironies, surreal slapstick and melancholy truths, often all wrapped up together. The gloom gets a bit thick over the 92 minutes, but there are sequences here you will never forget."
—
Total Film
Posted Mar 28, 2008
|
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4/5
|
77%
|
Paranoid Park (2007) |
"
A teenage art-flick, Paranoid Park proves the most fluent and coherent of Gus Van Sant's recent experiments. Part crime mystery, part coming-of-age story, it's positively overflowing with burnished imagery and adolescent turmoil."
—
Total Film
Posted Dec 28, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Into the Wild (2007) |
"
In his fourth and best film to date, Sean Penn has made an eco-road movie that refreshes and invigorates. Exquisitely shot, robustly acted and deeply felt, it's a potent ode to wanderlust and human pluck."
—
Total Film
Posted Nov 9, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Syndromes and a Century (Sang sattawat) (2007) |
"
This curio sometimes bemuses, but it's utterly fresh and alive."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 21, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Opera Jawa (2006) |
"
A crash course in Javanese symbolism is advised before viewing, but few current movies can boast a more of breath-stopping images."
—
Total Film
Posted Sep 7, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
85%
|
The Hoax (2007) |
"
A true story about a fake biography, Lasse Hallström's film is a spry escapade."
—
Total Film
Posted Aug 3, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
88%
|
Mutual Appreciation (2006) |
"
The focus is narrow, but its scrutiny is absolutely unerring."
—
Total Film
Posted May 4, 2007
|
|
|
42%
|
Brooklyn's Finest (2010) |
"
It's played with considerable intensity -- by Hawke especially."
—
Uncut Magazine [UK]
Posted Jun 16, 2010
|
|
|
81%
|
Michael Jackson's This Is It (2009) |
"
Yes, you probably want to see this."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 28, 2009
|
|
|
57%
|
The Invention of Lying (2009) |
"
The movie never surpasses the gleeful hilarity of the first 25 minutes, when it allows us to imagine just how crushing and soulless this nakedly Darwinian universe would be."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 2, 2009
|
|
|
83%
|
Tropic Thunder (2008) |
"
Though some of the caricatures wear thin, some of the acting rises to a high level."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
59%
|
W. (2008) |
"
It has its moments, one of the finest at the conclusion."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
80%
|
The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) |
"
The storytelling is economical and brisk. In some ways, Waters approaches it more as a pre-teen horror movie."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
97%
|
Persepolis (2007) |
"
An exuberant autobiographical film and dark-horse contender for an animated feature Oscar."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
94%
|
Iron Man (2008) |
"
A supremely confident, well-tooled entertainment. It's bound to be the early pace-maker for the oncoming glut of summer blockbusters."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
66%
|
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008) |
"
Adamson barrels the action along in an even-handed manner that should keep most of the family happy."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
The most consistent production unit in Hollywood just hit another home run."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
55%
|
Step Brothers (2008) |
"
Unremittingly juvenile and irredeemably funny."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 18, 2008
|
|
|
85%
|
Ghost Town (2008) |
"
Naturally, Koepp makes it his business to redeem this unpleasant character and recast him as an acceptable stand-in for a romantic lead. But cynics should not despair; it's not a complete makeover."
—
CNN.com
Posted Sep 19, 2008
|
|
|
88%
|
Superbad (2007) |
"
This is the funniest picture since Borat, and more emotionally nuanced than you would expect."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2008
|
|
|
70%
|
I Am Legend (2007) |
"
So often, sci-fi is overproduced, but I Am Legend doesn't look like a CGI extravaganza. It looks like an edgy suspense movie shot on the fly in New York City after the fall. And because of that, it's all the more effective."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jan 4, 2008
|
|
|
71%
|
Beowulf (2007) |
"
An excellent showcase for the advantages of computer-generated animation."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 24, 2007
|
|
|
88%
|
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"
James Mangold's expert and entertaining 3:10 to Yuma demonstrates both the Western's age-old appeal, and the problems it presents to a contemporary filmmaker."
—
CNN.com
Posted Sep 11, 2007
|
|
|
58%
|
Resurrecting the Champ (2007) |
"
Resurrecting the Champ is authentic in its newsroom scenes, and appropriately concerned at how entertainment value trumps diligent reporting."
—
CNN.com
Posted Aug 28, 2007
|
|
|
78%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007) |
"
There's still enough suspense built into the saga to keep us watching, but after five installments, this dazzling box office wizard is slowly running out of tricks."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jul 10, 2007
|
|
|
71%
|
Fracture (2007) |
"
A smart and snappy thriller that makes light work of its ethical dilemmas, Fracture is a little too neat and tidy to stick in the mind for long, but the Hopkins-Gosling pairing is choice, and neither comes up short."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 30, 2007
|
|
|
93%
|
Sicko (2007) |
"
It's not impossible that this bitterly funny, bitterly sad call to alms could move reform back up the political agenda. For that reason alone, you owe it to yourself to see this movie."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 29, 2007
|
|
|
50%
|
Nancy Drew (2007) |
"
Crisply put together but just passably amusing, the movie is innocuous, light, and -- obviously -- very, very slight."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 16, 2007
|
|
|
70%
|
Ocean's Thirteen (2007) |
"
An entertaining night out at the movies. Have some popcorn."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 9, 2007
|
|
|
90%
|
Knocked Up (2007) |
"
A refreshingly frank, funny odd-couple comedy with engaging leads and too many belly laughs to count."
—
CNN.com
Posted Jun 3, 2007
|
|
|
71%
|
28 Weeks Later... (2007) |
"
Combines traditional B-movie virtues -- economy, invention, sinewy narrative spine -- with the eerily resonant spectacle of a 21st-century metropolis stripped of its citizenry."
—
CNN.com
Posted May 12, 2007
|
|
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007) |
"
An extravagant three-ring circus of a movie from director Sam Raimi, but it's not without a struggle."
—
CNN.com
Posted May 4, 2007
|
|
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
The dynamic duo do their utmost to transport us back to the good old bad old days."
—
CNN.com
Posted Apr 7, 2007
|
|
|
70%
|
Blades of Glory (2007) |
"
Ferrell isn't breaking new ground, but one day -- when he's branching out to play psycho killers and getting in touch with his inner Thespian -- we'll look back on his clowning period and wonder why he would want to do anything else."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 31, 2007
|
|
|
89%
|
Zodiac (2007) |
"
Low-key but all the more compelling for it, Zodiac is the first must-see movie of 2007."
—
CNN.com
Posted Mar 3, 2007
|
|
|
78%
|
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"
I think what's most valuable here is the gentle reminder that lives are short, friendship is priceless and words can make a difference. The movie Charlotte's Web isn't a classic, but the message is."
—
CNN.com
Posted Dec 30, 2006
|
|
|
100%
|
The Yacoubian Building (Omaret yakobean) (2006) |
"
This sweeping melodrama is nothing less than an Egyptian state-of-the-nation address."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Dec 8, 2006
|
|
|
94%
|
Casino Royale (2006) |
"
There's clearly life in the old dog yet."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 17, 2006
|
|
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Borat is so gut-bustingly funny it should carry a health warning."
—
CNN.com
Posted Nov 4, 2006
|
|
|
73%
|
Flags of Our Fathers (2006) |
"
The full weight of a lifetime's experience has been brought to bear in the unobtrusive staging, the delicate score (by Eastwood himself), and a thoughtful, honest accounting of World War II's bloodiest and most iconic battle."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 21, 2006
|
|
|
29%
|
Tideland (2006) |
"
Not for the faint-hearted, to be sure, yet amid the swaying chaff there are moments of piercing grace and beauty when we're reminded of the lost, lonely child at the heart of this tale."
—
L.A. Weekly
Posted Oct 19, 2006
|
|
|
80%
|
Little Children (2006) |
"
Field is a rare American director who appreciates the virtues of breathing room: he allows scenes to develop in their own sweet time, trusting that we will find the undercurrents of human behavior as fascinating as he does."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 14, 2006
|
|
|
93%
|
The Departed (2006) |
"
The storytelling here is a model of smooth precision."
—
CNN.com
Posted Oct 7, 2006
|
|
|
90%
|
Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) |
"
It's a sentimental show, sure, but Young's pantheistic hymns to family, friendship, and 'the time we share together' are nothing if not heartfelt. Turns out it's better to fade away after all."
—
Village Voice
Posted Feb 7, 2006
|
|
3/5
|
32%
|
The Lovely Bones (2009) |
"
Jackson seems more at home in the afterlife than in this one, rendering this off-kilter project creepy and pretentious."
—
CNN.com
Posted Feb 19, 2010
|
|
3/5
|
27%
|
Pandorum (2009) |
"
Riffing on Alien, Sunshine and Resident Evil, the German director Alvart finds an effective balance between action-excitement and psychological chills."
—
Times [UK]
Posted Oct 4, 2009
|
63%
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