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80%
|
The Hammer (2007) |
"
[Carolla's] made a good, not great, film that sincerely honors the Underdog Sports genre, and perhaps that's enough."
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Film.com
Posted Jun 30, 2008
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——
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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
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22%
|
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008) |
"
... an appalling, revolting, thuddingly dumb movie."
—
Film.com
Posted Jun 30, 2008
|
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33%
|
Rails & Ties (2007) |
"
Watching it feels a little like being slowly smothered by a soft pillow, while your killer won't shut up about his inability to share his feelings."
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Film.com
Posted Jun 30, 2008
|
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3/5
|
100%
|
Koko, le gorille qui parle (Koko, a Talking Gorilla) (1978) |
"
... suffers a bit from that lack of documentary intent and often feels directionless. But it's still fascinating."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
1.5/5
|
64%
|
Putney Swope (1969) |
"
... an interesting archival document %u2014 but it's also painfully self-indulgent, with terrible acting and humor that's often too surreal to make any sense."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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88%
|
Bugsy (1991) |
"
Big, opulent, glitzy, and glamorous, Bugsy serves Warren Beatty well."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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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."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
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71%
|
Tempest (1982) |
"
... a beautiful, and curious, piece of filmmaking, long and meandering with moments of brilliance"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
3.5/5
|
90%
|
Half Nelson (2006) |
"
... a well-crafted script by director Ryan Fleck and co-writer Anna Boden that eschews any obvious good guy/bad guy simplifications."
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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
|
|
3.5/5
|
76%
|
Rocky Balboa (2006) |
"
It's another Rocky-as-underdog scenario and, written baldly, it sounds like screenplay hell -- but damned if Stallone doesn't make it work."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
69%
|
Hollywoodland (2006) |
"
A well-crafted piece of entertainment, and a surprising showcase for the usually underwhelming Affleck."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
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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
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Gentleman Jim (1942) |
"
As with any biopic, it's inaccurate as all get-out -- but it's a delightful film nonetheless, with Flynn at the top of his game."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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——
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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
|
|
3.5/5
|
66%
|
Curse of the Golden Flower (2006) |
"
It's an overabundant visual feast, but a satisfying one."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
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|
——
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Border Radio (1987) |
"
An oddball faux documentary-cum-punk Western."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 10, 2007
|
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4/5
|
——
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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
|
|
2/5
|
——
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Population 436 (2006) |
—
DVDTalk.com
Posted Sep 23, 2006
|
|
3.5/5
|
83%
|
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005) |
"
... perfectly delightful, genuinely touching, and a marvelous achievement in animated art."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
|
|
2/5
|
50%
|
Ryan's Daughter (1970) |
"
Despite some terrific acting and beautiful scenery, it's a long slog to get through Ryan's Daughter, and it may be a journey best undertaken by only the most tolerant of Lean fans."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 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
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
Howl's Moving Castle (2005) |
"
While certainly not the best of [Miyazaki's] work, it's still several leagues ahead of what anyone else does in the genre and offers some stupendously impressive eye-candy."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 27, 2006
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——
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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
|
|
2/5
|
55%
|
Dune (1984) |
"
... relentlessly, painfully solemn and takes itself far too seriously -- fascinating as it is to come back to as an odd Lynchian fiasco, it's still pondering and laborious to sit through."
—
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
|
|
2/5
|
——
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Cisco Pike (1972) |
"
It's not a terrible film, really. It's just an insubstantial one."
—
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
|
|
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
|
|
|
60%
|
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005) |
"
The remake is, simply put, terrible. Not because it sullies the name of a terrific film - although it does do that. No, it's lousy entirely on its own merits."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Mar 4, 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
|
|
|
91%
|
The Hired Hand (1971) |
"
... a languid, strange, and beautiful movie, shot with majestic perfection by cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
94%
|
Fargo (1996) |
"
... a crackerjack dark comedy about a kidnapping that goes horribly awry and the competent small-town cop who cracks the case."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
82%
|
The Deep End (2001) |
"
As an actorly picture with gradually revealed characters ... The Deep End succeeds beautifully. It just isn't especially thrilling."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
——
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Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round (1966) |
"
... an occasionally light-hearted caper film that takes itself far too seriously to be truly successful"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
79%
|
The Accidental Tourist (1988) |
"
... captures the quirky, bittersweet quality of Tyler's book"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
35%
|
Big Top Pee-Wee (1988) |
"
... the attempt to turn Pee-Wee into a more adult character complete with sexual frustrations and romantic involvements is more than a little discomforting"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
97%
|
GoodFellas (1990) |
"
... a brilliant, assured, mature film by one of cinema's greatest directors at the top of his game."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
50%
|
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"
... a mix of self-conscious cuteness with cold-blooded marketing"
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
77%
|
Bad Santa (2003) |
"
... as a down-and-dirty alternative to cinema's other treacly holiday offerings, Bad Santa is a hilarious breath of stale, whiskey-and-cigarette-scented air."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
——
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Justice League - Star Crossed: The Movie (2004) |
"
Starcrossed offers gorgeous animation, fresh stories, and crisp, witty writing - in particular, the in-jokes about Batman's glum attitude and Flash's snarky asides."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
——
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Harum Scarum (Harem Holiday) (1965) |
"
Elvis appears to be either heavily drugged or bored stiff through most of it - yet, for all that, it's oddly entertaining in its own cheesy way."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
98%
|
Croupier (2000) |
"
Croupier is an intense, mesmerizing film, and one of the very best in the recent crop of noir knock-offs."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
88%
|
The Commitments (1991) |
"
With a catalog of wonderful songs, a phenomenally talented cast ... The Commitments is an irresistible delight."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
——
|
Angel - Season 3 () |
"
... the longer Angel was on the air the more inconsistent the writing became, and Season Three stands as a fine example of that problem."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
|
|
——
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Angel - Season 2 () |
"
a surprise in many ways, with imaginative, well-written stories and a lot of character development ..."
—
DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
|
79%
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