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4/4
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93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
The great actors, from Welles onward, want the popular audience to see what they see in Shakespeare -- that he still matters, that he still moves, thrills and teaches. With "Coriolanus," Fiennes brilliantly takes his place in their ranks."
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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Apr 18, 2012
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|
4/4
|
92%
|
Beauty and the Beast (2012) |
"
The greatest animated film ever made and one of the screen's great musicals hardly needs this (3D) sort of sprucing up."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
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4/4
|
74%
|
Big Miracle (2012) |
"
Political cynicism, media opportunism, dogmatic native traditions, corporate greed and environmentalist stubbornness are each, in turn, dashed against this sunny confection."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
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4/4
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
The film has intrigues, shootings, infidelities and clues -- lots of clues -- which we ponder, along with the poker-faced Smiley, played with Oscar-nominated perfection by Gary Oldman."
—
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Posted Mar 23, 2012
|
|
4/4
|
92%
|
Take Shelter (2011) |
"
Shannon wonderfully modulates Nichols' portrait of a man whose mind and life seem to unravel before our eyes."
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Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 30, 2011
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|
4/4
|
95%
|
The Guard (2011) |
"
A laugh-out-loud comedy as hard as "The French Connection," a modern spaghetti Western on the windswept wastes of Ireland."
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Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 22, 2011
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4/4
|
82%
|
Super 8 (2011) |
"
Super 8 is the movie of the summer, the movie of MANY summers going back to the '70s. It's a creature feature, a first-love romance and a movie buff's movie about movie buffs trying to become movie makers."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 7, 2011
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4/4
|
95%
|
The King's Speech (2010) |
"
One of the best films of 2010..."
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Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 23, 2010
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4/4
|
87%
|
Black Swan (2010) |
"
"Black Swan" is that rare holiday Oscar contender that is a movie for all seasons, a film that is all things to all people"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 15, 2010
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4/4
|
91%
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The Fighter (2010) |
"
Acting for the silver screen doesn't get more raw, moving or accomplished than what you see in "The Fighter," that rare film in which every performer in it leaves the viewer in awe."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 15, 2010
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4/4
|
93%
|
127 Hours (2010) |
"
It's a tribute to Boyle's filmic flair and the humanity he wears on his sleeve that we can recall how Ralston's 127 hour saga ends and still be stunned, moved and thrilled by the finale."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 22, 2010
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4/4
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96%
|
The Social Network (2010) |
"
The performances, direction and writing of one of the best pictures of 2010 make this "Social Network" every bit as addictive, and a little chilling as well."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Sep 29, 2010
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4/4
|
91%
|
The Secret of Kells (2010) |
"
A gorgeous blend of the magical and the gloriously trippy."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 25, 2010
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5/5
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——
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Toytown Story (2001) |
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Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 23, 2010
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4/4
|
86%
|
Get Low (2010) |
"
It contains yet another pitch-perfect performance by Robert Duvall, who has given more great performances over the age of 60 than any actor, probably ever."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 18, 2010
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4/4
|
94%
|
Winter's Bone (2010) |
"
This unblinking look at America's Red State Crystal Meth Belt is an instant Southern Gothic classic."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jul 28, 2010
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|
4/4
|
84%
|
The Princess and the Frog (2009) |
"
Disney's The Princess and the Frog is an instant classic and one of the year's best films."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2009
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4/4
|
91%
|
Up in the Air (2009) |
"
Jason Reitman's dry, moving "comedy," based on the Walter Kirn novel, is a sly indictment of Corporate America, Marketing America and Frequent Flying America."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 10, 2009
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5/5
|
81%
|
Okuribito (Departures) (2009) |
"
Departures is a loving tribute to the Japanese way of death."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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5/5
|
80%
|
Why We Fight (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
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5/5
|
74%
|
The Painted Veil (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
63%
|
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas) (2008) |
"
The result isn't a deep film, but rather a profound one."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
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|
5/5
|
61%
|
The Duchess (2008) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
91%
|
Paper Moon (1973) |
"
It's everything a road picture is supposed to be, a life-changing personal journey, a quest, a bit old-fashioned and a hoot."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
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5/5
|
96%
|
The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) |
"
A work of grand visual wit, clever songs, funny gags and genuine pathos, it is perhaps the greatest stop-motion animated film ever, a painstaking style of model animation that computers have all but completely done away with."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
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|
5/5
|
79%
|
Brick (2006) |
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 13, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
56%
|
The Soloist (2009) |
"
It's marvelous work all around, especially by Foxx and Downey. Their duet makes The Soloist sing."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 22, 2009
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Coraline (2009) |
"
For all the polished electrons of the latest works from Pixar, Blue Sky or DreamWorks, Selick and Co. show that stop-motion animation still looks, moves and feels like nothing at all the computer animator's terrabytes can mimic."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Feb 4, 2009
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|
5/5
|
94%
|
Milk (2008) |
"
Perhaps it is simply an accident of timing that puts Milk in theaters at this moment. But fate or simple fortunate timing, Milk arrives as one of the best films of 2008."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Slumdog Millionaire (2008) |
"
[A] taut, tense and witty tale of human tragedy and triumphant humanity set against the sweep of modern India."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
85%
|
Rachel Getting Married (2008) |
"
Rachel Getting Married is a magical wallow in excess, a too-happy, too-sad, too-indulgent plunge into an over-planned wedding."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
87%
|
Frozen River (2008) |
"
Courtney Hunt's Frozen River is the first great film of the fall. It has great actors playing vivid characters in a setting that makes for a clash of cultures."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 21, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
86%
|
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson (2008) |
"
Filmmaker Alex Gibney had access to those who knew the guy, the famous, the infamous and the obscure, and he paints a picture of a serious journalist who saw himself documenting 'the death of the American Dream.'"
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Aug 8, 2008
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|
5/5
|
86%
|
Mongol (2008) |
"
Mongol, from its thrilling battles to its intimate romance, has the look, scale, story and feel of an old-fashioned epic in the best and biggest sense of the word."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 26, 2008
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|
5/5
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
The idea that an ancient Hollywood musical, with its love duets and foot-tapping dance numbers, would be the thing that awakens emotions in both humans and robots, is pure genius."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 26, 2008
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|
4/4
|
52%
|
The Foot Fist Way (2006) |
"
If I had my way, every indie comedy would be done The Foot Fist Way."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
4/4
|
89%
|
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten (2007) |
"
Julien Temple's film is an energizing work of art, a visually striking and inspiring look at a band that never 'sold out' and the leader who saw to it that they didn't."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
88%
|
Young@Heart (2007) |
"
Young@Heart is nothing less than an ode to joy."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
Die Fälscher (The Counterfeiters) (The Counterfeiter) (2007) |
"
This dark, absorbing thriller is not just a moral exercise in the awful choices faced by those determined to survive history's worst genocide. It invites us to imagine ourselves in the shoes of a not-quite-lovable rogue."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 24, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
98%
|
The Band's Visit (Bikur Ha-Tizmoret) (2007) |
"
Like no fish-out-of-water film in recent memory, it leaves you with the hope that these fish will find their way back to water, and maybe learn to share that puddle before the desert dries it up entirely."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 11, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
84%
|
Kabluey (2007) |
"
It's a sweet, ingenious, twisted and surreal comedy, kind of Samuel Beckett by way of Adam Sandler."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Apr 3, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
82%
|
In Bruges (2008) |
"
This dark comedy shifts effortlessly between silly and sobering, and it finally gives Colin Farrell the chance to be as funny as we've long suspected he could be."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Feb 22, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
97%
|
Persepolis (2007) |
"
Animated by hand, often in glorious black and white, this French classic has the pathos, wit and intellectual sting of great political filmmaking."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Feb 8, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) (2007) |
"
It's a subject and a film that perfectly blends the tragic with the triumphant."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Jan 10, 2008
|
|
5/5
|
65%
|
The Kite Runner (2007) |
"
Visually arresting, politically controversial, perhaps its greatest virtue is its simple message of making wrong right."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 20, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
83%
|
Atonement (2007) |
"
A film that instantly joins the ranks of the great screen romances."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Dec 20, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
No Country for Old Men (2007) |
"
The story is vintage McCarthy in its sense of place and its poetic voice. And it is vintage Coens for some of those same traits, and its cruel, graphic violence."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 15, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
71%
|
Beowulf (2007) |
"
Zemeckis has found the dark psychological underpinnings of this Dark Ages tale, and his version of it will endure even as the technology he used to tell it is replaced by something even more stunning."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 15, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
94%
|
My Kid Could Paint That (2007) |
"
My Kid Could Paint That is a documentary that brings to the fore questions of youth exploitation, celebrity culture, the "con game" that is modern art and media's role in the whole tangled mess."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Nov 1, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
90%
|
Michael Clayton (2007) |
"
Stop printing the ballots. Don't waste money on those "for your consideration" Oscar ads. There is but one contender for best supporting actor this year, and it is Tom Wilkinson in Michael Clayton."
—
Orlando Sentinel
Posted Oct 11, 2007
|
64%
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97%
