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Angel - Season 1 () |
"
Atmospheric, intense, and very funny ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
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Double Trouble (1967) |
"
... as was the norm with the later Elvis pictures, the movie's star often seems to just be going through the motions."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 31, 2005
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Desire Under the Elms (1958) |
"
... a rather soapy, depressing - but nonetheless impressive - 1958 film."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
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Smallville - Season 2 (2004) |
"
... beginning as a sort of "Superman, 90210" ... the show quickly, but subtly, introduced deeper and more complicated ideas with each episode."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
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Smallville - Season 3 (2004) |
"
... excellent performances by Glover, Rosenbaum, Schneider, O'Toole, and Allison Mack as gal-pal Chloe - were enough to keep fans tuning in for each new episode."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
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Looney Tunes - Golden Collection: Vol. 2 (2004) |
"
... many of the offerings are, indeed, gems."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 30, 2005
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95%
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Hero (2004) |
"
Hero is sumptuous, exquisite, exciting, and, in every sense of the word, cinematic - the sort of film experience that defines why we go to the movies."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 28, 2005
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The Harvest (1993) |
"
Ferrer is flat-out brilliant as a not especially likable leading man ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 28, 2005
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71%
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The Fifth Element (1997) |
"
... a colorful, exciting, visually sumptuous sci-fi comic book come to life."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 28, 2005
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65%
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Wild At Heart (1990) |
"
Wild At Heart is melodramatic, giddily self-aware, painfully stylized, and challenging at every turn ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Dec 8, 2004
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74%
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Foul Play (1978) |
"
... a charming, entertaining film that competently combines ... an albino dwarf, a scar-faced man, and disappearing corpses with good old-fashioned romantic comedy."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Nov 15, 2004
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14%
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Showgirls (1995) |
"
... both a commentary on the vulgarity of American culture and a vicious parody of unimaginative Hollywood blockbusters"
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jul 26, 2004
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89%
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The Molly Maguires (1970) |
"
... does a good job of illustrating the brutal conditions of the coal mines and the aloof, uncaring attitude of the owners."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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71%
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King of New York (1990) |
"
... despite being sort of awful, it's yet another movie that you just gotta watch for Christopher Walken"
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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In Living Color - Season 1 (2009) |
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... uncomfortably dated now, and the repeated, crude representations of blacks as subway crazies, junkies and criminals feels uncomfortably racist, besides."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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A Good Night to Die (2003) |
"
... less a cohesive story than a series of scenes between actors, as if [Singer] filmed a day of loosely connected exercises in a class at the Actor's Studio."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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Gilmore Girls - The Complete First Season (2004) |
"
... inviting and comforting, full of smart, funny people about whom you'll find you actually care."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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79%
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Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969) |
"
... a standard-issue Hammer flick, gorgeous to look at with deep shadows and rich colors, slow as molasses, and not especially scary."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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100%
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Desk Set (1957) |
"
Desk Set is a jaunty, spirited romantic comedy with a pair of mature leads (Tracy was 57, Hepburn 50) who light up the screen with their mutual attraction."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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58%
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Casa de los Babys (2003) |
"
... a fine but lightweight ensemble piece."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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79%
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Bubba Ho-Tep (2003) |
"
... hilarious, kitschy, and moving."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jun 2, 2004
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77%
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Big Fish (2003) |
"
It's a delicate balancing act, cutting back and forth between reality and legend, past and present, but Burton finesses it beautifully."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Apr 26, 2004
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92%
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Swing Shift (1984) |
"
... much of the film is overly slick and sitcom-ish, with ... a choppy edit job that makes something of a well-intentioned mess of the final product."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 2, 2004
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98%
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Spellbound (2002) |
"
Spellbound is less about win-loss propositions than about the peculiar American can-do drive that resulted in these kids competing at all ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 2, 2004
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87%
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Grand Hotel (1932) |
"
... an entertaining look back at a time when Hollywood movies were big, dazzling confections and when movie stars were truly bigger than life."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 2, 2004
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Critic - The Entire Series (2004) |
"
... often hilariously funny and always intelligently scripted."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Feb 2, 2004
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80%
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Where the Boys Are (1960) |
"
Lesson? Nice girls get love while slutty girls end up as raving, disheveled roadkill."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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People Will Talk (1951) |
"
... tackles some sensitive issues without coyness and manages to slip in some pointed criticisms of the era's commie-baiting."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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80%
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I Capture the Castle (2003) |
"
I Capture the Castle is a sweet, quiet film that makes its own pace, urging the viewer along with complex, eccentric characters and gentle surprises that avoid cliché."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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Heart of Dragon (Long de xin) (The First Mission) (1985) |
"
... one of Jackie's worst films, a movie that tries to cover too many bases by combining sodden melodrama with dumb comedy and a paltry few chop-socky scenes."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Jan 6, 2004
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79%
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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003) |
"
... an exuberant, near-perfect adventure epic full of swashbuckle-y goodness, and Depp's performance alone makes it worth seeing again and again."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Dec 9, 2003
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Firefly - The Complete Series (2004) |
"
... smart, beautifully shot, insanely entertaining ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Dec 9, 2003
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72%
|
Dirty Dancing (1987) |
"
... one of those transcendent guilty-pleasure movies that manages to be as timeless as it is entertaining."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Dec 9, 2003
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The Silencers (1966) |
"
... an enjoyable bit of '60s spy kitsch."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Nov 10, 2003
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71%
|
Naked Lunch (1991) |
"
... one of the strangest, smartest, and most disturbing depictions of the writer's process ever put on film."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Nov 10, 2003
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Le Pacte du silence (2003) |
"
... creates a nice atmosphere of tension that unfortunately sets up expectations for far more of a resolution than the script is able to deliver"
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Nov 3, 2003
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Looney Tunes - Golden Collection: Vol. 1 (2003) |
"
... a gorgeous starter set of beautifully restored cartoons on DVD."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Nov 3, 2003
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30%
|
Dreamcatcher (2003) |
"
... a film so surreal in its awfulness that it transcends ordinary concepts of "good" and "bad" and becomes, instead, a fascinating, blood-soaked train wreck of a movie."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Oct 11, 2003
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89%
|
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) |
"
... a deeply strange and very funny coda to the troupe's brilliant career."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Oct 6, 2003
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65%
|
Willard (2003) |
"
... a dark, sassy, caustic kick in the pants."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Oct 6, 2003
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80%
|
Return of the Secaucus Seven (1980) |
"
Intelligently written but stuporously paced ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Sep 18, 2003
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86%
|
Lianna (2001) |
"
... head-and-shoulders above other '80s "coming out" films and worth a look by anyone who admires Sayles but hasn't had the opportunity to see this early work until now."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Sep 18, 2003
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47%
|
The Bride of Re-Animator (1990) |
"
... the gross-out humor is still intact but there's no scare there."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Sep 8, 2003
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62%
|
Desperado (1995) |
"
It's an impressive piece of filmmaking, but colder and less involving than its predecessor ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Sep 5, 2003
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93%
|
El Mariachi (2001) |
"
... while it's obviously an homage to Sergio Leone's spaghetti westerns, Rodriguez crafts the film with so much energy that it feels new."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Sep 5, 2003
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83%
|
What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966) |
"
The humor is very sophomoric and mostly made up of ludicrous non sequiturs - in other words, the perfect movie for anyone who enjoys such entertainments while under the influence of various mood-altering substances."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Aug 11, 2003
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44%
|
Die! Die! My Darling! (1965) |
"
... a modern day, trapped-in-the-basement-by-a-crazy-woman thriller, offering suspense and giggles galore."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Aug 11, 2003
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100%
|
Jinruigaku nyumon: Erogotshi yori (The Pornographers) (1966) |
"
An odd, compelling film about exploitation and voyeurism ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Aug 4, 2003
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Radar Men from the Moon (1952) |
"
... ridiculously silly yet wildly entertaining ..."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Aug 4, 2003
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71%
|
Soylent Green (1973) |
"
Heston is at his scenery-chewing best here, sweating and clenching and delivering every line with barely reined-in histrionics."
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DVDJournal.com
Posted Aug 4, 2003
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