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B+
|
56%
|
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) |
"
Recreating the unusual spirit of the photos is what the film does best..."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 28, 2006
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|
B
|
71%
|
Friends With Money (2006) |
"
Holofcener has a gift for wonderfully oblivious and in-denial characters, and the subtly ridiculous situations that such characters get themselves into."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 28, 2006
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|
B
|
81%
|
District B13 (Banlieue 13) (2006) |
"
Besson's script may be formulaic crap, but he obviously still has an eye for fresh action talent, and an instinct for how to show it off."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 22, 2006
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|
D
|
24%
|
Fierce People (2005) |
"
Dunne weighs down a light social satire with a ponderous anthropological analogy."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 22, 2006
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|
C-
|
53%
|
Wah-Wah (2006) |
"
The sort of film that's obviously deeply meaningful to the filmmaker, but he fails to make it particularly meaningful to you."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 13, 2006
|
|
D
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51%
|
Manderlay (2006) |
"
The most self-important, heavy-handed film since...well, since DOGVILLE."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 17, 2006
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|
D-
|
90%
|
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005) |
"
A thin slice of a not-very-interesting nothing... The book they said was unfilmable turns out to be a film that is unwatchable."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 17, 2006
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|
B-
|
76%
|
The Matador (2006) |
"
insubstantial, but fun"
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 10, 2006
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|
A-
|
77%
|
Match Point (2005) |
"
Thank goodness Allen has left New York and left himself out of the script."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 29, 2005
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|
C-
|
46%
|
The Ice Harvest (2005) |
"
Memo to John Cusack: There's a thin line between humorous unflappability in the face of strange events, and sleepwalking. "
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 24, 2005
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|
C+
|
82%
|
The World's Fastest Indian (2005) |
"
The *ahem* engines take far to long to rev up."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 19, 2005
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|
C+
|
67%
|
Mrs. Henderson Presents (2006) |
"
Just because the film starts taking itself seriously doesn't mean you have to."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 14, 2005
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|
B-
|
52%
|
Ellie Parker (2005) |
"
While the material wears thin, every minute of this film is a tour-de-force performance."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 14, 2005
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|
B+
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
An introspective film, but not, thankfully, an inert film. "
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 10, 2005
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|
C+
|
85%
|
Pride and Prejudice (2005) |
"
CliffsNotes version"
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 6, 2005
|
|
B-
|
63%
|
Proof (2005) |
"
A decent film that...remains married to its words and bound to its limited sets."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Nov 1, 2005
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
Good Night, And Good Luck (2005) |
"
Strathairn is riveting."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Nov 1, 2005
|
|
B-
|
83%
|
The Constant Gardener (2005) |
"
Meirelles isn't interested in either character or suspense. He's interested in political issues and the scenery."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Oct 16, 2005
|
|
B-
|
32%
|
Pretty Persuasion (2005) |
"
a dark teen comedy that tries way too hard to be a dark teen comedy"
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Oct 16, 2005
|
|
B+
|
75%
|
Nine Lives (2005) |
"
Nine Lives does contains a few tedious acting-school-exercise moments. Yet the accumulated power of the vignettes packs a wallop."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Sep 12, 2005
|
|
C+
|
93%
|
Grizzly Man (2005) |
"
Herzog comes across as the worst kind of cinematic jackass-the filmmaker who doesn't trust his own work to speak for itself."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Sep 10, 2005
|
|
B+
|
72%
|
Crónicas (2005) |
"
a gritty story about a reporter who gets carried away by his ego while he believes he is pursuing the greater good"
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Sep 1, 2005
|
|
B
|
53%
|
The Devil's Rejects (2005) |
"
In the genre of low-budget hillbilly slasher movies, it's a masterpiece."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B-
|
54%
|
Happy Endings (2005) |
"
Worthwhile for the three leads (Kudrow, Gyllenhaal, and Coogan) and for Roos's unique perspectives as a storyteller, close captioned for cognitively impaired."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jul 19, 2005
|
|
B-
|
74%
|
Pure (2005) |
"
PURE offers a fascinating contrast between acting talent (Molly Parker) and star quality (Kiera Knightley)."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jul 14, 2005
|
|
A-
|
90%
|
My Summer of Love (2004) |
"
Despite the predictable collision course between Tasmin and Phil, this is a remarkable film."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jul 7, 2005
|
|
C+
|
64%
|
Heights (2005) |
"
While Glen Close dominates the screen with effortless assurance, Elizabeth Banks lacks personality and would probably dissipate in a strong ocean breeze."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
|
|
B
|
65%
|
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005) |
"
Morgan Freeman can always peer into people's souls without needing to ask too many questions."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jun 13, 2005
|
|
C
|
82%
|
Rock School (2005) |
"
Director Don Argott works with muddy, low-quality digital video, not compellingly edited, and doesn't dig as deep as he should."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jun 5, 2005
|
|
D
|
76%
|
The Holy Girl (La Nina Santa) (2005) |
"
Martel is determined to make an impressionistic film out of miniscule moments, fragmented sounds, and fleeting images-so miniscule, fragmented, and fleeting they never cohere."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 26, 2005
|
|
C-
|
0%
|
Beowulf (1999) |
"
In an effort to give you, dear reader, insight into the source material from which the screenwriters reverently drew, we offer the following translation of key passages..."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted May 25, 2005
|
|
B-
|
77%
|
It's All Gone Pete Tong (2004) |
"
An initially hilarious mockumentary whose sense of humor goes deaf as it wears on. "
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted May 19, 2005
|
|
D+
|
70%
|
A Wake In Providence (2005) |
"
A film for those people who think My Big Fat Greek Wedding is the greatest comedy of the past ten years"
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
B
|
46%
|
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"
Jack's realizations, particularly vis-à-vis his daughter, offer rich dramatic possibilities."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
D
|
——
|
The Point Men (2001) |
"
The sort of movie you get drawn into if you're bored out of your mind in a hotel room."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
D-
|
——
|
North Star (2009) |
"
A crude straight-to-video production of a crude straight-to-video story."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Apr 14, 2005
|
|
B+
|
81%
|
Layer Cake (2005) |
"
The [crap] may be out of control, but director Matthew Vaughn is firmly in it."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Feb 16, 2005
|
|
A
|
91%
|
Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004) |
"
You feel privy to mysterious secrets and a monumental unraveling... It's impossible to look away."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Feb 16, 2005
|
|
B-
|
60%
|
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"
delivers the action movie goods [thanks to] adroit pacing...[and] a cast of extremely capable actors."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
|
|
C+
|
83%
|
In Good Company (2004) |
"
Flabby."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
|
|
B
|
91%
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004) |
"
Though Million Dollar Baby weighs in as another solid entry on Eastwood's resume, Paul Haggis's script stages a fixed fight."
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 24, 2005
|
|
B+
|
78%
|
Two Brothers (2004) |
"
I defy any animal lover not to tear up with Kumal and Sangha reunite, even if it is a little faux."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Jan 1, 2005
|
|
D+
|
86%
|
Subway (1985) |
"
A relic of the '80s best forgotten."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 30, 2004
|
|
B
|
86%
|
Ong-Bak (Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) (2005) |
"
Who needs a budget when you can do what Tony Jaa can do?"
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 30, 2004
|
|
A-
|
68%
|
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
"
Few things are as exciting as watching a great actor successfully turn off the star wattage and don the skin of an utterly weak, insignificant person."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 27, 2004
|
|
A
|
87%
|
The Aviator (2004) |
"
THE AVIATOR is almost impossibly fertile and rich, but always Scorsese marshals his resources to get inside Hughes' head."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 27, 2004
|
|
B
|
73%
|
Nathalie (2003) |
"
The film's considerable eroticism is all in the atmosphere and the dialogue."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 5, 2004
|
|
C
|
43%
|
Beyond the Sea (2004) |
"
The film winds up being more a celebration of Spacey than Darin."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 5, 2004
|
|
D+
|
40%
|
Fabled (2002) |
"
The recurring fairy-tale narrative device might fool viewers into thinking FABLED has more of a story than is actually there."
—
AboutFilm.com
Posted Dec 5, 2004
|
|
A-
|
90%
|
Hotel Rwanda (2004) |
"
This is an important film to see, but its "importance" does not alone make it good. It only makes a powerful film even more worthy of your time. "
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AboutFilm.com
Posted Nov 30, 2004
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72%
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