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5/5
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60%
|
300 (2007) |
"
... an epic action film that literally rewrites the way such stories can be told, using all the latest cinematic tricks and gadgetry to pull the audience smack into the middle of battles that are as exquisite in their presentation as they are horrifying i"
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
5/5
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83%
|
Grindhouse (2007) |
"
Tarantino and fellow sleaze merchant Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) attempt to recreate the experience of watching a double bill of craptastic 70's low-budget movies [but] they fail in one important respect -- both their films are just too damn good."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 6, 2007
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|
5/5
|
68%
|
Snakes on a Plane (2006) |
"
There is much screaming and hissing and biting and ... oh, it's marvelously stupid. And exciting. And just plain fun."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Aug 18, 2006
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|
4/5
|
100%
|
The Work of Director Michel Gondry (2003) |
"
[Gondry's] ingenuity and technical acumen raise these works from mere promotional tools to cinematic art."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 21, 2010
|
|
4/5
|
68%
|
Funny People (2009) |
"
This is the most adult, sophisticated, smartly funny film Apatow's made yet."
—
Movies.com
Posted Jul 31, 2009
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|
4/5
|
76%
|
Factotum (2006) |
"
... a marvelous ode to Bukowski, as well as a brilliant examination of one sort of writing life."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
4/5
|
88%
|
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006) |
"
Rare is the opportunity to see such a detailed document on the way that the media can create a controversy almost wholly unconnected to the original event."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
4/5
|
86%
|
The Naked City (1948) |
"
... a seminal work that's not to be missed."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
——
|
Adventures of Don Juan (1948) |
"
Here we have Errol Flynn as most of us remember him -- suave, witty and wearing tights."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
75%
|
Catch a Fire (2006) |
"
A scathing examination of how oppression and torture breed terrorism."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
34%
|
The Break-Up (2006) |
"
An intelligent comedy that shines a truthful light on the fools we make of ourselves during a relationship's last, dying gasps."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Jun 2, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
71%
|
Friends With Money (2006) |
"
As for the social awkwardness that comes with the unspoken divide between America's classes, Holofcener has made an intriguing, funny and very watchable thesis on the subject."
—
eFilmCritic.com
Posted Apr 17, 2006
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|
4/5
|
54%
|
MirrorMask (2005) |
"
... a magical, exhilarating movie that's unlike anything else."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
97%
|
Dog Day Afternoon (1975) |
"
One the great R-rated movies of the 1970s, funny, tense and brutal, retaining the true story's not-at-all-happy ending and showcasing Pacino as an immense talent at the top of his game."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
Burden of Dreams (1982) |
"
... simply one of the very best "making-of" features ever produced, a stunning behind-the-scenes look at the production of a brilliant motion picture."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
|
|
4/5
|
96%
|
Goodbye, Children (Au Revoir Les Enfants) (1987) |
"
... beautifully photographed and delicately presented, and it offers a singularly profound moment in which one boy learns the consequences of forgetting, even for a flicker of an instant, the importance of charity and integrity."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
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|
4/5
|
53%
|
Kicking and Screaming (1995) |
"
Baumbach doesn't try to make any of his characters especially sympathetic in their slacker journey. He leaves that to the actors, who make these layabouts lovable."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Dec 21, 2005
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|
4/5
|
100%
|
Mitt Liv som Hund (My Life as a Dog) (1985) |
"
... a strange and touching story with, yes, a bittersweet tone and a sometimes-magical recreation of both the joys and sorrows of childhood."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 17, 2003
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|
|
63%
|
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010) |
"
There's a fair amount of genuine retro fun to be had here."
—
Cinematical
Posted Mar 26, 2010
|
|
|
79%
|
The Hammer (2007) |
"
[Carolla's] made a good, not great, film that sincerely honors the Underdog Sports genre, and perhaps that's enough."
—
Film.com
Posted Jun 30, 2008
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|
|
——
|
Burn Notice - Season 1 (2009) |
"
Based on the same template that created USA's previous zany-crime-solver programs, the formula has been refined to a razor-sharp edge."
—
Film.com
Posted Jun 30, 2008
|
|
|
88%
|
Bugsy (1991) |
"
Big, opulent, glitzy, and glamorous, Bugsy serves Warren Beatty well."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
71%
|
Tempest (1982) |
"
... a beautiful, and curious, piece of filmmaking, long and meandering with moments of brilliance"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
25%
|
A Good Year (2006) |
"
A sort of alternate-universe chick flick, like a romance novel told from the point of view of the cold-but-handsome love interest rather than the plucky heroine."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
——
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Extras - The Complete First Season (2007) |
"
... wrings the same sort of squirm-inducing comedy from the world of filmmaking that "The Office" gleaned from 9-to-5 pencil pushing."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
——
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Border Radio (1987) |
"
An oddball faux documentary-cum-punk Western."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
98%
|
The War Tapes (2006) |
"
A moving, very personal document, one that's as revealing as it is disturbing."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) |
"
Cohen uses his characters to point out our sacred cows, whatever they may be, and then shoot them with a well-placed dart."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
32%
|
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006) |
"
Shainberg manages the tricky task of showing us how the decidedly strange Arbus [saw] the world."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
92%
|
Volver (2006) |
"
... teeters delicately on the edge of black comedy while still warming the heart."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
87%
|
Notes on a Scandal (2006) |
"
A thriller for those who might not otherwise be drawn to one, with performances that will knock your socks off"
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
93%
|
The Lives of Others (2006) |
"
... delivers on several levels, offering multitextured characters who make no facile decisions, and re-creating the paranoia of Cold War-era Germany with an assured hand."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
86%
|
The Namesake (2006) |
"
Whatever your background, the yearning of Nair's characters for a place in the world where they truly belong is a feeling that strikes deep in the heart."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
|
85%
|
Old Joy (2006) |
"
... a beautiful, melancholy film that illustrates the inevitable losses that accompany adulthood."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Aug 25, 2006
|
|
|
76%
|
The Devil Wears Prada (2006) |
"
The Devil Wears Prada is like that perfect couture sundress -- feather light, amusing and just the sort of thing for a warm summer evening."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Aug 15, 2006
|
|
|
33%
|
Scoop (2004) |
"
... a delightful return to Allen's sillier territory."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Aug 15, 2006
|
|
|
68%
|
World Trade Center (2006) |
"
... a thoughtful, sensitive and ultimately despairing film that avoids both nut job proselytizing and sugarcoated sentimentality."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Aug 15, 2006
|
|
|
68%
|
Hard Candy (2006) |
"
A masculine nightmare run amok""
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Apr 28, 2006
|
|
|
——
|
Grey's Anatomy - Season 1 (2006) |
"
The cast is uniformly superb and the writers cannily allow each actor to stretch in the parts, making each character unusually well-rounded for a network TV program."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
|
|
|
73%
|
Sky High (2005) |
"
... this Spy Kids-meets-The Incredibles mash-up is funny, smart and consistently entertaining."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
87%
|
Brokeback Mountain (2005) |
"
... a beautiful tragedy about the anguish of unfulfilled love. It's an absolute triumph, in every way."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
77%
|
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005) |
"
As lovely as it is, "Balzac" is also frustratingly episodic and, ultimately, not really about a lot."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
59%
|
The Weather Man (2005) |
"
... a beautifully photographed, tragic and sincere film about a man who discovers that life is hard, and that he may never become the man he wishes he was."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
95%
|
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005) |
"
... a ripping good yarn with just the right amount of delicious cheese."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
79%
|
Red Eye (2005) |
"
Craven serves up a number of delightful twists and distractions to keep things consistently entertaining ... a snappy, diverting little popcorn-muncher."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
74%
|
Land of the Dead (2005) |
"
This is Romero's best zombie film yet %u2014 perhaps the best ever made, period."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
55%
|
Madagascar (2005) |
"
The animation is predictably spectacular, the pace (once you get through the first sluggish 15 minutes) is brisk enough to maintain adult interest, and kids will love it."
—
Portland Tribune
Posted Dec 21, 2005
|
|
|
68%
|
The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (2004) |
"
In translating his always hilarious, oft-times surreal television cartoon creation to the big screen, Hillenburg has delivered a fine, adventure for SpongeBob"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 4, 2005
|
|
|
86%
|
My Own Private Idaho (1991) |
"
... the pacing of the film is hypnotic, the lovely autumnal imagery ... is often mesmerizing"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 4, 2005
|
|
|
53%
|
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004) |
"
a very bad movie in the style of those Ed Wood-era, This Island Earth-style, classic schlock horror flicks ... pure comedy gold."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
87%
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