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Alfresco (2008) |
"
[T]he historical context probably is the best way in which to appreciate this hit-or-miss collection of sight gags, wordplay, and middle-class angst..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 25, 2008
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Television Under the Swastika (2008) |
"
Crap. The Nazis had TV in 1935?... I guess we should be grateful they focused on television first and left the A-bomb for later."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 18, 2008
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Robot Chicken: Star Wars (2007) |
"
Thirty sketches jammed into 23 minutes is a certain recipe for insanity, or at least for making milk spurt out your nose, you're laughing so hard."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 6, 2008
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94%
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The Counterfeiters (2007) |
"
A damned intriguing thriller that asks more questions than it answers and leaves you dazed and upset and also a little inspired..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 5, 2008
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Robin of Sherwood - Set 2 (2007) |
"
[W]hat some consider the definitive rendition of the Robin Hood story..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 5, 2008
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Robin of Sherwood - Set 1 (2007) |
"
[W]hat some consider the definitive rendition of the Robin Hood story..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Aug 5, 2008
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33%
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The Tracey Fragments (2008) |
"
If you're not clear what all the fuss over Ellen Page is about, check out this 2007 Canadian film..., a showcase for her extraordinary and challenging talent..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 29, 2008
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Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages (Kirikou and the Wild Beasts) (2005) |
"
Beautifully animated... a movie for the whole family to enjoy..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 29, 2008
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Exes and Ohs - The Comeplete First Season (2008) |
"
[V]acillate[s] between eager earnestness and too-cutesy preciousness..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 29, 2008
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83%
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Twisted: A Balloonamentary (2008) |
"
[A] cheery and friendly look at a little-known subculture..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 29, 2008
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The Deal (2003) |
"
[A]bsolutely worth a look for American fans of British drama even if much of the political stuff will go over our heads, because of the intense performances by Sheen and... Morrissey..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 27, 2008
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Stargate: Continuum (2008) |
"
Ahhhh. Now this is what I want to see in a Stargate movie. It's not just a fantastic overlong episode of the show, it actually feels like a movie..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 27, 2008
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Birds of Prey - The Complete Series (2008) |
"
Like, oh my god, chick superheroes! And they are, like, as totally dull and shallow as chick superheroes almost always are in Hollywood's limited imagination."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 24, 2008
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83%
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Batman Gotham Knight (2008) |
"
[A] meaty morsel of Gotham mythos that will satisfy fans and may even captivate newcomers to the modern retellings of the superhero's tale..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 24, 2008
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Big Dreams Little Tokyo () |
"
The humor mix is wildly off-balance, veering from over-the-top cartoonish... to would-be sentimental pathos."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 21, 2008
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Spaced: The Complete Series (2008) |
"
There are only 14 episodes here... but each is a brilliant little gem, faceted with witty and wise observations on how Generation X lives."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 21, 2008
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87%
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Times and Winds (Bes vakit) (2007) |
"
[A]n earthy, cruelly honest dream-wander..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 16, 2008
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Beau Brummell: This Charming Man (2008) |
"
You want costume drama: here it is. This movie... really is all about the clothes, but not in a shallow way..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 11, 2008
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X-Files Revelations (2008) |
"
This is one of the cleverest uses of DVD I've ever seen."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 8, 2008
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Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (1992) |
"
[E]xpect the blackest, snidest, most unfunny application of the concept of satire you've ever seen..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jul 3, 2008
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Wide Sargasso Sea (2006) |
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[V]ery sexy..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 24, 2008
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72%
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Under the Same Moon (2008) |
"
The inherent preposterousness of much of what transpires... is more than compensated for by the heartbreaking sincerity..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 19, 2008
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Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - The Collection Vol. 1 (2008) |
"
Anime fans seem to think this 1908s TV series is a classic, and they're welcome to it. Newcomers not wearing the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia will find it as tedious as, well, most cartoons shows not first approached in childhood."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 4, 2008
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81%
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Vanaja (2006) |
"
[S]tunning both visually and emotionally, impressive as a first film and surely a harbinger of great things to come from Domalpalli..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 3, 2008
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86%
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Monster Road (2003) |
"
Poignant but never pitying, this is an enthralling study of the driving force behind an artist's work..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 3, 2008
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Rhythm Thief (1995) |
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[A] take on punkish independence on New York's Lower East Side... reminiscent of Scorsese's early work..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 3, 2008
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Perfect Parents (2006) |
"
[W]eirdly, ambiguously intriguing..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jun 3, 2008
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Secret Smile (2008) |
"
[I]f you love David 'Doctor Who' Tennant and don't want to have to take a toothbrush to your brain to excise images of him as a creep on orders of magnitude both deranged and criminal, then skip Secret Smile..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 22, 2008
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45%
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American Military Intelligence and You! (2008) |
"
This wickedly funny satire takes no prisoners..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 19, 2008
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39%
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Saawariya (2007) |
"
[A]n enrapturing movie, deliciously gorgeous and impossible not to fall in love with..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 19, 2008
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86%
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Steel City (2007) |
"
Deceptively deep once you look past its frank surface... stark and volatile..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 19, 2008
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Cranford (2008) |
"
It's the little extra dollops of jolt that make it sheer perfection. The exquisite balance between satire and honesty. The startling sexual frankness. The even more startling overt feminism."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 19, 2008
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Sabrina, the Teenage Witch: The Complete Animated Series (2008) |
"
This horrendous early 70s throwback... is being marketed as some sort of hip retro cool thing, when it's really just an artifact from the era that was best left dead and buried."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 5, 2008
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Sense And Sensibility (MINI-SERIES) (2008) |
"
[T]here is no shying from what Austen was always really talking about: sex as a weapon and (female) virginity as a commodity, and so that grim practicality hangs over everything..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 5, 2008
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Bionic Woman - Volume 1 (2008) |
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[R]eally quite unbelievably dull... mysteriously unfeminist... too..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 5, 2008
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The First of May (1999) |
"
As undemanding family fare goes, the best you can hope for is that you don't want to shoot yourself when it's over, and by that measure, this gentle if unprepossessing flick succeeds."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted May 5, 2008
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Alien Nation Ultimate Movie Collection (2009) |
"
I haven't seen these movies since they first aired, and it was a delight to catch up with the Franciscos -- the alien Tenctonese immigrants to Los Angeles -- and human Detective Matt Sikes..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Apr 14, 2008
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Tick Tock Lullaby () |
"
A] film that sharper and savvier about love and romance and sex, in all its many diverse expressions, than most..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 31, 2008
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Pup Named Scooby-Doo - The Complete First Season (2008) |
"
Here's yet another incarnation of the classic mystery-comedy cartoon series, and an entirely superfluous one."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 27, 2008
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Smurfs - Season 1, Volume 1 (2008) |
"
[T]ruly as impossible to watch now as [it was] back when we were all undiscriminating children..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 27, 2008
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Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States - Season One (2008) |
"
It's sort of shocking to see how aggressively this manic Comedy Central animated series ridicules the Bush adminstration and its foibles... if you can stomach calling warmongering, the embracing of torture, and the denial of evolution 'foibles.'"
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 27, 2008
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Suburban Shootout () |
"
[W]orks better than it should but not enough to be genuinely interesting..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 17, 2008
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O Casamento de Romeu e Julieta (Romeo and Juliet Get Married) (2005) |
"
It's one joke that goes on way too long..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 17, 2008
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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Volume 1 (2008) |
"
By the power of Numbskull!"
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 17, 2008
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75%
|
Canvas (2007) |
"
[A] must-see for its honesty and its fine, graceful performances..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 3, 2008
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41%
|
Dedication (2007) |
"
There's a reason why we don't often see the black comedy combined with the romantic comedy: it rarely works."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Mar 3, 2008
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Northanger Abbey (2008) |
"
[H]urries through moments of what should be dreamy fantasy and elides over all the tender romantic suspense that Austen is all about in the first place..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Feb 11, 2008
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Torchwood - The Complete First Season (2008) |
"
Listen: It's Doctor Who, with sex."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Feb 1, 2008
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Marathon Challenge () |
"
[T]echnically fascinating and pesonally inspiring..."
—
Flick Filosopher
Posted Jan 31, 2008
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40%
|
Scenes of a Sexual Nature (2006) |
"
It's mostly notable for the astonishing array of British film talent on display..."
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Flick Filosopher
Posted Jan 31, 2008
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