|
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48%
|
The Book of Eli (2010) |
"
An effective post-apocalyptic action movie with elements from comic books and Westerns thrown in."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Jan 21, 2010
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|
3.5/4
|
88%
|
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Nov 20, 2009
|
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3/4
|
60%
|
Pirate Radio (The Boat That Rocked) (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
3.5/4
|
90%
|
The Messenger (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Nov 12, 2009
|
|
3/4
|
28%
|
Pandorum (2009) |
"
An intensely effective sci-fi chiller, mainly thanks to its canny set and sound design, and its constant, relentless sense of dread and tension."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Oct 9, 2009
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|
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51%
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Chéri (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Cinematical
Posted Jul 9, 2009
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|
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48%
|
My Sister's Keeper (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Las Vegas Weekly
Posted Jun 25, 2009
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|
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96%
|
Food, Inc. (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Cinematical
Posted Jun 19, 2009
|
|
|
94%
|
Tokyo Sonata (Tokyo Sonata) (2009) |
"
No quote available."
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Inside Bay Area
Posted Jun 12, 2009
|
|
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18%
|
Dance Flick (2009) |
"
But though Dance Flick only has a vague, passing resemblance to Sucka or Scary Movie, and it isn't very funny, it's at least kind of sweet and mostly inoffensive."
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Cinematical
Posted Jun 1, 2009
|
|
|
91%
|
Le Fond de l'air est rouge (A Grin Without a Cat) (The Base of the Air Is Red) (1977) |
"
A Grin Without a Cat plays more like a creative mix tape than a standard hunk of journalism."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted May 7, 2009
|
|
|
16%
|
Crossing Over (2009) |
"
About as airless and preachy as movies come."
—
Cinematical
Posted Mar 6, 2009
|
|
|
91%
|
Shotgun Stories (2007) |
"
The real key to the film is the commanding Michael Shannon."
—
Cinematical
Posted Aug 5, 2008
|
|
|
10%
|
Garden Party (2008) |
"
Sophomore writer/director Freeland doesn't quite feel like the host of this particular "garden party," but rather like the party's Sabrina, secretly spying from the sidelines."
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Cinematical
Posted Jul 11, 2008
|
|
|
68%
|
Belle Toujours (2007) |
"
Belle Toujours allows Oliveira to reminisce, to be slightly playful and naughty, but still thoughtful."
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Cinematical
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
|
67%
|
Les Amours d'Astrée et de Céladon (Romance of Astrea and Celadon) (2008) |
"
Given Rohmer's status, should we spend extra time scrutinizing this turkey for something hidden, something worthwhile that perhaps escaped our gaze?"
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Cinematical
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
|
66%
|
Brick Lane (2008) |
"
Lazily relies upon the book's prestige to get by."
—
Cinematical
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
|
94%
|
Encounters at the End of the World (2007) |
"
Unique, striking."
—
Cinematical
Posted Jun 26, 2008
|
|
|
49%
|
La Terza Madre (Mother of Tears: The Third Mother) (2007) |
"
In comparison to the majority of bland Hollywood widgets cranked out on a corporate conveyer belt, these mad, personal misfires are the real masterworks."
—
Cinematical
Posted Jun 19, 2008
|
|
|
89%
|
Auf der Anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) (On the Other Side) (2007) |
"
[Akin's] most accomplished film yet."
—
Cinematical
Posted Jun 5, 2008
|
|
|
66%
|
La Sconosciuta (The Unknown) (The Other Woman) (2008) |
"
The Unknown Woman gets by on sheer guts and style."
—
Cinematical
Posted Jun 5, 2008
|
|
|
38%
|
Innocent Blood (1992) |
"
No review available."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Aug 14, 2007
|
|
|
71%
|
Forrest Gump (1994) |
"
A vile, irresponsible film whose massive success says some very frightening things about America."
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Combustible Celluloid
Posted Mar 2, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
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I, Madman (Hardcover) (1989) |
"
This quirky and oddly nightmarish film doesn't always make sense but certainly gets points for trying."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jan 15, 2004
|
|
2/5
|
68%
|
Clockers (1995) |
"
A too-passive lead character sinks this otherwise interesting film."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Dec 28, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) |
"
A beautiful and surprisingly humane biopic."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Nov 21, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
50%
|
One Eyed Jacks (1961) |
"
Very cool. It's too bad Brando never directed again."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 23, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
50%
|
Hard Target (1993) |
"
It may once have been a second-rate "B" picture, but John Woo turns it into something better."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 20, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Killer (Dip huet seung hung) (1989) |
"
A masterful, beautiful and deeply-felt action movie that reinvents the genre."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 20, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
93%
|
A Better Tomorrow (2010) |
"
More melodramatic and operatic than any of Woo's subsequent films."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 20, 2003
|
|
4/4
|
47%
|
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997) |
"
Seriously underrated; Eastwood gets the lazy Savannah pacing exactly right."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 6, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
58%
|
City of Angels (1998) |
"
This useless remake lacks the sheer ethereal beauty of the original Wings of Desire."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Oct 6, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
37%
|
Spun (2003) |
"
Repulsive but mesmerizing."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Aug 19, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Germania Anno Zero (Germany Year Zero) (1949) |
"
Quickly makes you forget its soapbox agenda and delves into a deeply felt story so powerful it hurts."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Aug 7, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Lo sceicco bianco (The White Sheik) (1952) |
"
Fellini's most purely pleasurable movie."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Aug 4, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
89%
|
The Quiet Man (1952) |
"
A beautiful, messy, silly masterpiece."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
82%
|
Dead Again (1991) |
"
A playful, whip-smart exercise in suspense."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
62%
|
Desperado (1995) |
"
Slick, funny and exciting, but falls apart in the end."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
Matinee (1992) |
"
A riot, and Joe Dante's most touchingly personal movie at the same time."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Lady for a Day (1933) |
"
Gets a little goopy, even for Capra."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
50%
|
Maniac Cop 2 (1990) |
"
A thrilling, inventive 'B' film."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 25, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Khane-ye doust kodjast? (Where is the Friend's Home?) (1987) |
"
Kiarostami makes masterful use out of a complex landscape and winds up with a great, moving film."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 23, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Hsimeng jensheng (The Puppetmaster) (1993) |
"
Meshing reality and fiction, Hou has created a groundbreaking masterpiece."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted Jul 23, 2003
|
|
1/5
|
89%
|
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) |
"
An obviously safe, bland, overly pretentious reading of an ancient story, complete with the stock "hooker with a heart of gold" character."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 15, 2003
|
|
5/5
|
95%
|
Stage Door (1937) |
"
Hepburn is at her best here, witty and challenging and dangerous."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 15, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985) |
"
One of Allen's oddest and most charming experiments."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 11, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
King Solomon's Mines (1937) |
"
Fairly engaging adventure yarn with good songs."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 11, 2003
|
|
2/5
|
31%
|
Love Affair (1994) |
"
Almost redeemed by its beautiful cinematography and Katharine Hepburns' cameo."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 11, 2003
|
|
4/5
|
100%
|
King and Country (1965) |
"
Losey overcomes the script's soapbox aspirations with his crisp direction."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 11, 2003
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Field of Dreams (1989) |
"
Only a baseball movie could get away with such gushing, unabashed sentimentality."
—
San Francisco Examiner
Posted May 2, 2003
|
78%
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