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3/4
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Titanic (1943) |
"
Neither the first nor the best film telling the story of the doomed ocean liner, the 1943 German version is nonetheless fascinating."
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JurgenFauth.com
Posted Apr 2, 2012
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5/5
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90%
|
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (2011) |
"
The deepening mysteries and almost trance-like states Weerasethakul's films produce in the viewer are by design: a purposeful sounding of the hidden potential of cinema and consciousness. "
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About.com
Posted Mar 2, 2011
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4/5
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60%
|
Phish 3d (2010) |
"
Ought to delight all but the pickiest fans. "
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About.com
Posted Apr 30, 2010
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4.5/5
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88%
|
Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009) |
"
A fascinatingly complex film with intoxicating cross-currents of cynicism, tragedy, and absurdity."
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About.com
Posted Nov 18, 2009
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3/5
|
88%
|
Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"
May indeed be morally troublesome, but unlike, say, Death Proof, it's also fiendishly entertaining."
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About.com
Posted Aug 20, 2009
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3/5
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Yattâman (Yatterman) (2009) |
"
I grinned like an "imbefool" all the way through."
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About.com
Posted Apr 1, 2009
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3/5
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45%
|
The Education of Charlie Banks (2009) |
"
A surprisingly amiable coming-of-age tale that is especially remarkable for its honesty about class."
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About.com
Posted Apr 1, 2009
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5/5
|
88%
|
Adventureland (2009) |
"
A lovely and hilarious reminder that the bittersweet days at the tail end of youth are as potent a topic as ever."
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About.com
Posted Apr 1, 2009
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2/5
|
64%
|
Duplicity (2009) |
"
Lacks the tension and wow-factor we've grown accustomed to from slick star vehicles."
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About.com
Posted Mar 19, 2009
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3.5/5
|
89%
|
Sin Nombre (2009) |
"
Mashes up the tale of the arduous journey across borders with the developing world gangster drama, offering a fresh and convincing spin on both."
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About.com
Posted Mar 19, 2009
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4/5
|
94%
|
Tokyo Sonata (Tokyo Sonata) (2009) |
"
The beauty of Tokyo Sonata lies in the elegance in which the film dances between humor and a profound examination of tightly circumscribed lives."
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About.com
Posted Mar 16, 2009
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|
3/5
|
73%
|
Tokyo! (2008) |
"
Uneven but worthwhile."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 5, 2009
|
|
1/5
|
64%
|
Watchmen (2009) |
"
The worst adaptation of an Alan Moore comic yet."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 4, 2009
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4/5
|
33%
|
Delhi 6 (2009) |
"
Maybe the runaway success of Slumdog Millionaire will inspire western audiences to sample more authentic Bollywood fare; with its first-rate music, world-class stars, and postcard-ready views of India, Delhi 6 presents an especially welcomin"
—
About.com
Posted Feb 19, 2009
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|
3.5/5
|
59%
|
The International (2009) |
"
Swift investigations alter with elaborate set pieces in Milan and a staggering climax at the New York Guggenheim, a furious explosion of violence and excitement that ranks among the most exhilarating sequences I've seen in a long time."
—
About.com
Posted Feb 12, 2009
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|
3/5
|
32%
|
Fanboys (2008) |
"
My favorite moment involves a Jar-Jar Binks tattoo -- and whether or not that idea strikes you as funny should be a pretty good indicator of whether or not you'll like Fanboys."
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About.com
Posted Feb 4, 2009
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4/5
|
89%
|
Coraline (2009) |
"
Selick's work has always been fascinating, but he has never had better material to work with than Coraline (sorry, Roald Dahl and Tim Burton.)"
—
About.com
Posted Feb 3, 2009
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|
2/5
|
49%
|
Donkey Punch (2008) |
"
Lusty, lurid, and completely laughable. Here's hoping for a bright future on late-night cable."
—
About.com
Posted Jan 21, 2009
|
|
1.5/5
|
69%
|
Synecdoche, New York (2008) |
"
For a film that desperately wants us to empathize with its main character's plight, Kaufman's inability to reconcile his overambitious gimmickry with the story's emotional demands is a fatal flaw."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 23, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
78%
|
Burn After Reading (2008) |
"
Chalk it up to the Coens' much-cited misanthropy or misplaced satirical intent, but there's nothing enjoyable or insightful about hanging out with this duplicitous crowd."
—
About.com
Posted Sep 8, 2008
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4/5
|
18%
|
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008) |
"
A worthy addition to the original six-film cycle, staying true to the spirit of the series while overhauling it in a number of important ways."
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About.com
Posted Aug 11, 2008
|
|
4/5
|
86%
|
Wonderful Town (2007) |
"
The tsunami looms large, even though it's only mentioned once."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 18, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
94%
|
The Dark Knight (2008) |
"
Plodding, puffed-up kitsch mistaking itself for profound psycho noir that the source material won't support."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 16, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
87%
|
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2) (2008) |
"
There's a peculiarity to Hellboy 2 that blurs the line between del Toro's Hollywood blockbusters and his less conventional Spanish-language films."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 8, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
71%
|
Wanted (2008) |
"
Wanted is as stylish as it is foolish, but it has one thing going for it: exploding rats."
—
About.com
Posted Jun 24, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
12%
|
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (AVP 2) (2007) |
"
Too underlit to qualify as splatter, too bloodless to qualify as fun, too unaware of its own idiocy to be enjoyed Grindhouse-style, AvP:R is a real education in the finer stratifications of badness."
—
JurgenFauth.com
Posted Jun 13, 2008
|
|
1/5
|
67%
|
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"
Might be vaguely entertaining if you were holding a Wiimote."
—
About.com
Posted Jun 10, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
83%
|
The Dhamma Brothers (2008) |
"
Beyond the visual novelty of murderers and rapist sitting in silent practice, The Dhamma Brothers seems to be interested in surprisingly little."
—
About.com
Posted Apr 15, 2008
|
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3/5
|
91%
|
Wetlands Preserved: The Story of an Activist Nightclub (2008) |
"
A heartfelt tribute to a joyous anomaly in New York's nightlife scene."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 9, 2008
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
Question humaine, La, (Heartbeat Detector) (2007) |
"
The analogy [equating multinational companies with fascism] is strained to say the least and finally distracts from what began as a clear-eyed portrait of a complex, contradictory character."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 9, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
67%
|
Snow Angels (2007) |
"
Lacks distinctiveness that would lift it above middle-of-the-road domestic drama."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
|
|
2/5
|
79%
|
The Bank Job (2008) |
"
Rote situations, wooden dialogue, and Jason Statham."
—
About.com
Posted Mar 6, 2008
|
|
B+
|
92%
|
U2 3D (2007) |
"
You'll thrill to the sight of a hundred thousand stoked fans! You'll duck from under Bono's flying sweat! You'll read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights -- in 3D!"
—
UGO
Posted Jan 21, 2008
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|
5/5
|
91%
|
There Will Be Blood (2007) |
"
Destined to take its place among such ageless tragedies of American avarice as The Godfather, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Scarface, and yes, Citizen Kane."
—
About.com
Posted Dec 15, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
35%
|
Southland Tales (2007) |
"
Fitfully engaging but half-baked."
—
About.com
Posted Nov 13, 2007
|
|
1/5
|
26%
|
Love in the Time of Cholera (2007) |
"
A movie of such boundless badness that it would take somebody with a Nobel Prize in literature to truly fathom the extent of its wretchedness."
—
About.com
Posted Nov 6, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
58%
|
A Slice of Lynch (2007) |
"
A forthright portrait of a sincere and fertile artist with the courage to follow his ideas wherever they lead."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 25, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
35%
|
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"
The work of a director who is intoxicated with the power of cinema."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 10, 2007
|
|
1.5/5
|
77%
|
Paranoid Park (2007) |
"
There's nothing going on beneath the artful surface, and the kid's dilemma generates yawns instead of heat."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 4, 2007
|
|
3.5/5
|
86%
|
El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007) |
"
Incredibly spooky."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 4, 2007
|
|
5/5
|
93%
|
Secret Sunshine (2010) |
"
There's more truth and wisdom in Secret Sunshine than I've seen at the movies in a long time."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 4, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
69%
|
A Londoni Férfi (The Man From London) (2007) |
"
The Third Man on Ambien -- will dazzle the faithful and bore the stuffing out of everyone else."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 4, 2007
|
|
3/5
|
77%
|
I'm Not There (2007) |
"
Certainly an enjoyable experiment, but ultimately as fruitless as reporter Jerry Thompson's search for the truth about Charles Foster Kane."
—
About.com
Posted Oct 4, 2007
|
|
1/5
|
55%
|
Married Life (2008) |
"
You know you're in trouble if the wallpaper is more exciting than anything that happens in front of it."
—
About.com
Posted Sep 23, 2007
|
|
2/5
|
88%
|
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) |
"
Masterful plotting and fine acting can't make this story any more appetizing."
—
About.com
Posted Sep 22, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
In the Shadow of the Moon (2007) |
"
With humor, humanity, and staggering images, In the Shadow of the Moon brings home the sheer guts it must have taken to ride a rocket to a barren rock in the sky."
—
About.com
Posted Sep 5, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
67%
|
The 11th Hour (2007) |
"
Among recent documentaries questioning the status quo, The 11th Hour takes the most far-reaching point of view and connects issues into larger patterns, culminating in a truly global call for change."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 30, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
94%
|
The Bourne Ultimatum (2007) |
"
The leanest and most exciting of the series yet, a chase movie of breathtaking purity."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 29, 2007
|
|
4/5
|
90%
|
The Simpsons Movie (2007) |
"
We knew all along they had it in them to become movie stars."
—
About.com
Posted Jul 25, 2007
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