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A+
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90%
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Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
"
A small, honest, emotionally complex film, Hotel Rwanda simultaneously destroys and reaffirms your belief in the intrinsic goodness of man."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Jan 14, 2005
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A
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95%
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Before Sunset (2004) |
"
Somehow, improbably, Linklater has now made two of the most romantic films of the last decade, both featuring the same characters."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Jul 2, 2004
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5/5
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90%
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National Lampoon's Animal House (1978) |
"
One of the all-time classic movies, and a career-defining performance by Belushi make this mandatory viewing for any movie lover."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Feb 4, 2004
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A
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75%
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House of Sand and Fog (2003) |
"
Kingsley's subtle acting style is lifted to blissfully new heights in the first half of the film, where he often does nothing but focus his intense glare on a subject."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Dec 21, 2003
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A
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60%
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Old School (2003) |
"
My throat was sore from laughing so hard"
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Countingdown.com
Posted Feb 26, 2003
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A
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88%
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Chicago (2002) |
"
There are a lot of words that could describe this musical, but the best summation would lay within these two: it's alive."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Dec 31, 2002
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A
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96%
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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) |
"
Two Towers should serve as a postcard to George Lucas, one that reads 'Making great movies, wish you were here!'."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Dec 18, 2002
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A
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85%
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About Schmidt (2002) |
"
Payne has created a beautiful canvas, and Nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Dec 13, 2002
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A
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89%
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Far From Heaven (2003) |
"
Forget about one Oscar nomination for Julianne Moore this year - she should get all five."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Nov 8, 2002
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A+
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96%
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Bowling for Columbine (2002) |
"
This is a movie that you will want to discuss with other people, and that's the sign of a director who has done his job."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Oct 10, 2002
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5/5
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93%
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The Magnificent Seven (1960) |
"
If it's not the greatest Western ever made, it's certainly in the top three. This is the movie that made Steve McQueen a star."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Sep 27, 2002
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5/5
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98%
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Dazed and Confused (1993) |
"
An amazing film because of the way it perfectly captures the time period, and how it manages to carry so many characters and make every one of them interesting. Most films would be worthwhile if they could create one character as deep as these."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Aug 9, 2002
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A
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78%
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"
By the time you've finished watching these two discs, you feel like (Howard, Grazer & Nash) have spent the last week sleeping on your couch, chit-chatting."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Jun 26, 2002
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A
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67%
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) |
"
Star Wars is back in a major way."
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Countingdown.com
Posted May 15, 2002
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A
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81%
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Mulholland Drive (2001) |
"
...(for) anyone who thinks the medium is dying a slow, commercialized, "See Spot Run" death..."Mulholland Drive" is that glimmer of hope you've been waiting for. "
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 23, 2002
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A
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85%
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Donnie Darko (2001) |
"
It's like nothing you've ever seen before, and it sets a great tone that takes you places you've never been before."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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A
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78%
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A Beautiful Mind (2001) |
"
The best action film of the year."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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A
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72%
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Le Pacte des loups (Brotherhood of the Wolf) (2001) |
"
...has better action scenes, a superior love story, and more interesting characters (than "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon")."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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A-
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28%
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009) |
"
A triumph for Twilighters."
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MTV
Posted Nov 19, 2009
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A-
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50%
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Assassination of a High School President (2008) |
"
The flick plays like "Rushmore" meets "The Usual Suspects," alongside shout-outs to everything from "Sixteen Candles" to "Chinatown" to "Fast Times at Ridgemont High.""
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MTV
Posted May 19, 2008
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A-
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84%
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The Motorcycle Diaries (Diarios de Motocicleta) (2004) |
"
Wait until Francis Ford Coppola gets a load of this gem. It is every bit the movie that his long gestating On the Road should become."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Sep 25, 2004
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A-
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83%
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Bukowski: Born into This (2003) |
"
The triumph of Born Into This isn't that is makes us understand the man, but rather that it is able to reproduce him so vividly."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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A-
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93%
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Super Size Me (2004) |
"
Feeds us the message quite literally that we are all poisoning ourselves to death in such a charming, hilarious, self-deprecating manner that you actually enjoy hearing it."
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Countingdown.com
Posted May 11, 2004
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A-
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93%
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Touching the Void (2004) |
"
This film will make you dizzy, thirsty and cold, and you might even find yourself having difficulty breathing - but you'll love every minute of it."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Feb 4, 2004
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A-
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84%
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Gloomy Sunday (Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod) (2003) |
"
A borderline classic, this is a movie that harkens back to such films as Casablanca, but still confidently asserts its own unique voice."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Nov 14, 2003
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A-
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61%
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Under the Tuscan Sun (2003) |
"
Tuscan Sun is that rare film that fully draws out every character until they seem as real as your dearest friends.The result is unquestionably the best date movie of the year."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Sep 25, 2003
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A-
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97%
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Casablanca (1943) |
"
Casablanca is the script that every screenwriter should have in mind when sitting down in front of a blank page and trying to craft perfection."
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Big Picture
Posted Aug 5, 2003
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A-
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88%
|
The Animatrix (2003) |
"
The best shorts in the bunch result in an orgiastic feast for the senses; the worst of them merely manage to entertain you."
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Big Picture
Posted Jul 22, 2003
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A-
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57%
|
Northfork (2003) |
"
A hypnotic masterpiece, it grabs hold and won't let go until you've fallen under its spell."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Jul 12, 2003
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A-
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60%
|
Down with Love (2003) |
"
A buoyant, witty, and thoroughly charming film that brings you back to a 1963 that we can only wish existed"
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Countingdown.com
Posted May 22, 2003
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A-
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62%
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Identity (2003) |
"
When you're leaving the theatre, you'll want to turn right around, throw down another ten bucks, and go see it again. It's that good."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 28, 2003
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A-
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91%
|
Stevie (2003) |
"
The director allows both lead characters to be seen as failures, remarkable for the fact that he himself is one of them."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 15, 2003
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A-
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71%
|
Phone Booth (2003) |
"
A tight, suspenseful, compelling movie that may very well revolutionize the action film genre."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 4, 2003
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A-
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96%
|
Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts) (2002) |
"
A startlingly real film that packs remarkable emotional power, and gives a glimpse of the kind of genuine human depth that the Dogme decree was meant to tap into."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Mar 1, 2003
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A-
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58%
|
Dark Blue (2003) |
"
A high-intensity performance by Kurt Russell, in what is easily his best movie in ten years"
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Countingdown.com
Posted Feb 26, 2003
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A-
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73%
|
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not (À la folie... pas du tout) (2002) |
"
A rare film that confidently balances between the two most unlikely extremes - joy and terror - and adeptly handles them both."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Feb 14, 2003
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A-
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65%
|
Solaris (2002) |
"
Some will think it's brilliant and others may call it garbage - but very few will be able to say that they've ever seen anything quite like it."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Nov 27, 2002
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A-
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64%
|
Below (2002) |
"
A submarine flick with more tension than U-571, and a sci-fi/scary movie more terrifying than Signs."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Oct 10, 2002
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A-
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76%
|
My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) |
"
It would be enjoyed by anyone who has been married, is married, wants to get married, or knows someone who is married."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Sep 12, 2002
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A-
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79%
|
Swimming with Sharks (1995) |
"
A criminally underrated film, featuring one of Spacey's best performances."
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Countingdown.com
Posted Aug 9, 2002
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A-
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93%
|
Insomnia (2002) |
"
Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other, just as their characters do in the film. What results is the best performance from either in years."
—
Countingdown.com
Posted May 24, 2002
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A-
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77%
|
Ice Age (2002) |
"
I laughed more at "Ice Age" than at "Shrek" and "Monsters Inc." combined."
—
Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 16, 2002
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A-
|
82%
|
The Rookie (2002) |
"
...takes the beauty of baseball and melds it with a story that could touch anyone regardless of their familiarity with the sport"
—
Countingdown.com
Posted Apr 16, 2002
|
|
4/5
|
65%
|
Coach Carter (2005) |
"
Inspirational, entertaining and gripping."
—
IGN Movies
Posted Jan 15, 2005
|
|
B+
|
75%
|
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004) |
"
The best biopic you're likely to see this year won't be coming to a theater near you."
—
FilmStew.com
Posted Dec 5, 2004
|
|
B+
|
68%
|
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) |
"
We're all goofy goobers deep down inside, and it's great news that there's finally a movie that invites us to embrace it."
—
Countingdown.com
Posted Nov 19, 2004
|
|
B+
|
97%
|
The Incredibles (2004) |
"
As a die-hard Red Sox fan, the highest praise I can give Pixar's latest is that it held my full attention after a madcap and largely sleepless Victory Parade weekend."
—
FilmStew.com
Posted Nov 5, 2004
|
|
B+
|
63%
|
Stage Beauty (2004) |
"
Crudup is astounding as a man playing a woman who is forced to become a man once again, but insists he can only play a man when he's portraying a woman portraying that man."
—
FilmStew.com
Posted Oct 18, 2004
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B+
|
83%
|
Sex and the City: The Complete First Season (2000) |
"
Rarely has desperation been so intriguing, or so unabashedly sexy. "
—
FilmStew.com
Posted Oct 1, 2004
|
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B+
|
41%
|
Ladder 49 (2004) |
"
If Phoenix is destined for greatness, this, his upcoming Johnny Cash biopic and last year's Buffalo Soldiers may be looked back on as the time he finally hit his stride."
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FilmStew.com
Posted Oct 1, 2004
|
68%
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