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4/4
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73%
|
Full Battle Rattle (2008) |
"
This increasingly complicated scenario isn't scripted, peace is far from guaranteed and the line between reality and its incredible simulation has a funny way of getting blurry."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 11, 2008
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3/4
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35%
|
August (2008) |
"
This stylish, well acted drama chronicles one once-successful dot-com's efforts to stay afloat in the wake of the Internet boom's bust."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 11, 2008
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3/4
|
19%
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Meet Dave (2008) |
"
Aside from some unnecessarily crude stereotypes, Eddie Murphy's least-painful comedy in years has a certain peculiar charm."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 11, 2008
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3.5/4
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77%
|
Une Vieille Maîtresse (The Last Mistress) (An Old Mistress) (2007) |
"
The kind of delicious costume drama you want to eat with a spoon."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 3, 2008
|
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2.5/4
|
69%
|
The Wackness (2008) |
"
A deeply personal coming-of-age story steeped in heady nostalgia and all the creative myopia that too often comes with it."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 3, 2008
|
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2/4
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41%
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Hancock (2008) |
"
The good cast does what it can with the weak material, but the waste of talent only makes the film's total failure that much more regrettable."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jul 2, 2008
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3.5/4
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81%
|
Trumbo (2007) |
"
This hard-nosed look at the grim realities of the blacklist is as timely as ever."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 27, 2008
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4/4
|
96%
|
WALL-E (2008) |
"
It can hardly be called a children's film, but a masterpiece of feature-film animation for all ages."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 26, 2008
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3.5/4
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88%
|
Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine (2008) |
"
Art world iconoclast, feminist icon, cranky old Frenchwoman with a sharp tongue and a gothic family history: Artist and sculptor Louise Bourgeois is all these things and more."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 25, 2008
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4/4
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94%
|
My Winnipeg (2007) |
"
One comes away not with an understanding of Winnipeg as a geographical location but a state of mind, a place where sleepwalkers wander and dream and never leave home because in their hearts, they never really want to."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 20, 2008
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3.5/4
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57%
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Expired (2008) |
"
Call it an anti-rom-com, and see it if you can."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 20, 2008
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3/4
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78%
|
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008) |
"
It's fun, fast-paced, educational entertainment that's fit for the whole family -- American boys included."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
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1/4
|
14%
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The Love Guru (2008) |
"
A bomb like this is a career killer, and Myers' is set to blow."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 20, 2008
|
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3/4
|
67%
|
The Incredible Hulk (2008) |
"
It's hugely entertaining, and not only leaves the door wide open for a sequel but an entire universe of Marvel movies. Avengers assemble!"
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 13, 2008
|
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3/4
|
96%
|
Dreams With Sharp Teeth (2008) |
"
A fascinating, if cautious, portrait of a great writer and a world-class crank who is never less than compelling and often completely justified in his rants."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
30%
|
The Children of Huang Shi (2008) |
"
Too intense for kids but just right for sentimental, strong-stomachs adults who aren't too fussy about accuracy."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
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3/4
|
53%
|
The Promotion (2008) |
"
A smart, understated comedy about two assistant supermarket managers making a bid for the one big promotion they both desperately need."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
100%
|
Take Out (2004) |
"
A rare kind of film."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
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1/4
|
37%
|
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) |
"
Zoolander and the Austin Powers films are essentially one-joke comedies, but the basic joke is funny. Within the first minute -- even before Sandler catches a fish in his ass crack -- it's clear that Zohan's only joke isn't."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Jun 6, 2008
|
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2/4
|
38%
|
Savage Grace (2007) |
"
Director Todd Kalin seemed the perfect person to bring the Baekeland saga to the screen, and Julianne Moore the perfect person to play the demented and doomed Barbara. So what went wrong?"
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 30, 2008
|
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3/4
|
72%
|
Stuck (2008) |
"
Odd as it may sound given the subject matter, it's also surprisingly funny."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 30, 2008
|
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3/4
|
85%
|
Wonders Are Many: The Making of Doctor Atomic (2008) |
"
Jon Else's unusual and sometimes beautiful film documents a rare cultural moment when art, history and science collided: The making of composer John Adams and director/librettist Peter Sellar's opera Doctor Atomic."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 30, 2008
|
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2/4
|
50%
|
Sex and the City (2008) |
"
Fans weaned on the stale, TBS version of the show will probably love it. Anyone expecting something remotely fresh is advised to look elsewhere."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 30, 2008
|
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1.5/4
|
——
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Insidious (2008) |
"
There are eight million stories in the naked city, and first-time feature filmmaker Jerry Schram tries to cram half of them into this dark ensemble drama about the price of success."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 23, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
89%
|
Auf der Anderen Seite (The Edge of Heaven) (On the Other Side) (2007) |
"
Akin achieves a peaceful balance here -- alongside the death and seemingly senseless tragedy, there's also a kind of reassuring equilibrium."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 21, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
31%
|
Good Burger (1997) |
"
A fresh, funny, super-sized kid's comedy that may even have a few grown-ups cracking smiles."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 21, 2008
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|
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26%
|
Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"
They're baaaaack."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 18, 2008
|
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2/4
|
26%
|
Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie (2006) |
"
What is it about that big purple dinosaur?"
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
4%
|
Mr. Magoo (1997) |
"
Instantly forgettable but fun while it lasts."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 16, 2008
|
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3/4
|
88%
|
Reprise (2006) |
"
A rich and touching exploration of the vagaries of fortune, literary reputation and, above all, friendship that works on several levels at once."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
95%
|
Hofshat Kaits (My Father My Lord) (2008) |
"
Writer-director David Volach elegantly shot and scored debut is a bold, intimate look at Israel's extremely insular ultra-Orthodox Jewish, or "Haredic," community, largely seen through the eyes of an intransigent rabbi's young son."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 16, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
76%
|
Sangre De Mi Sangre (2007) |
"
An intriguing, if flawed mystery set in the shadowy subterranean world of undocumented Mexican immigrants."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 14, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
80%
|
The Memory Thief (2007) |
"
While the film tends to talk over itself in its attempt to say all it needs to say on the subject, his film's uncompromisingly bleak vision is a bracing alternative."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
57%
|
Noise (2007) |
"
The movie's real appeal lies in the simple but by no means inconsiderable pleasure of watching Tim Robbins take a hammer to a parked car as it wails pointlessly, deep into the night."
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TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 9, 2008
|
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3/4
|
33%
|
The Tracey Fragments (2008) |
"
But Tracey Berkowitz is the anti-Juno: Where Cody Diablo's heroine is insouciant and confidently nonchalant, Tracey is angry, insecure and filled with an unsettling self-loathing, which Page brings to life with a searing immediacy."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
33%
|
The Babysitters (2008) |
"
David Ross's stylishly tawdry black comedy fits neatly between Heathers and American Beauty. The Babysitters Club this ain't."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
27%
|
What Happens in Vegas (2008) |
"
When a movie depends on supporting characters to tell the audience just how good the romantic leads are together, you know you're in trouble deep."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 9, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
67%
|
Battle for Haditha (2007) |
"
If Broomfield hoped to shed some light on what happened at Haditha beyond our worst preconceptions, he's failed."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 7, 2008
|
|
1.5/4
|
46%
|
Mister Lonely (2007) |
"
If Korine proves anything, it's that Samantha Morton is incapable of giving a bad performance, no matter what she's asked to do. She's a good reason to see the movie, and perhaps the only reason."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 2, 2008
|
|
2/4
|
54%
|
Viva (2007) |
"
Anna Biller set out to make a bad movie and succeeded."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 2, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
82%
|
XXY (2007) |
"
What could easilyhave been an exploitative freak show is instead a somber, earnest drama about the issues facing intersexed individuals -- those born with male and female genitalia."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted May 2, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
87%
|
Mio Fratello è Figlio Unico (My Brother Is an Only Child) (2007) |
"
This smart, engaging film shows how much political convictions are often rooted in the inchoate passions and early disappointments of youth."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
50%
|
Then She Found Me (2007) |
"
Helen Hunt's directing debut, an adaptation of Elinor Lipman's novel, is neither particularly flashy or innovative. It is, however, filled with just what the Academy Award-winning actress, who also stars, knows a good deal about: good acting."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
96%
|
Up the Yangtze (2007) |
"
No words could be more eloquent or descriptive than Chang and cinematographer Wang Shi Qing's amazing footage."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
80%
|
Standard Operating Procedure (2008) |
"
No matter how slick and questionably appropriate Morris's style may be, the content is compelling."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
2.5/4
|
95%
|
Without the King (2007) |
"
[An] intelligent but incomplete-feeling documentary."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 25, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
63%
|
Baby Mama (2008) |
"
[Writer/director] McCullers came up with a perfect scenario for Fey and Poehler, a true comedy team who honed their chemistry over multiple seasons worth of Weekend Updates."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 24, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
84%
|
Constantine's Sword (2007) |
"
[Director Oren] Jacoby's haunting documentary joins cowriter and producer Carroll, the author of Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews -- A History, for a fascinating dual journey."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 24, 2008
|
|
3/4
|
70%
|
Stuff and Dough (Marfa si banii) (2008) |
"
Puiu's film is a day-in-the-life look at a group of young people living in a country still recovering from years of misrule and international neglect."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 23, 2008
|
|
3.5/4
|
75%
|
Four Minutes (2007) |
"
A stirringly scored, refreshingly unsentimental drama."
—
TV Guide's Movie Guide
Posted Apr 18, 2008
|
78%
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