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3/5
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King George Vi: The Man Behind The King's Speech (2012) |
"
This fine documentary offers a handsome tribute to an unlikely yet beloved head of state"
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Film Threat
Posted Apr 25, 2013
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2/5
|
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The Adding Machine (1969) |
"
A killer example of how not to adapt a play into a movie."
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Film Threat
Posted Apr 23, 2013
|
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5/5
|
100%
|
Portrait of Jason (1967) |
"
A mesmerizing journey into experimental filmmaking."
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Film Threat
Posted Apr 23, 2013
|
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2/5
|
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Cab Calloway - Hi-De-Ho and Other Movies (2004) |
"
A weak musical, with the normally exuberant Cab Calloway running at half-steam."
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Film Threat
Posted Mar 29, 2013
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3.5/5
|
25%
|
Sextette (1978) |
"
It is a wonderfully bad film, played with such ferocious tongue-in-cheek camp that its inanity has a peculiar charm of its own. "
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Film Snobbery
Posted Mar 21, 2013
|
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3.5/5
|
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Another Country (1984) |
"
Impressive film adaptation of Julian Mitchell's award-winning play."
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Film Threat
Posted Mar 20, 2013
|
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2/5
|
33%
|
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars (1953) |
"
A would-be mirthfest that is so aggressively unfunny that it generates laughs for the wrong reasons. "
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Film Snobbery
Posted Mar 7, 2013
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3/5
|
95%
|
The Thief of Bagdad (1924) |
"
A victory of style over substance."
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Film Threat
Posted Mar 1, 2013
|
|
3.5/5
|
89%
|
Hava Nagila: The Movie (2013) |
"
Grossman deserves kudos for this unique nonfiction celebration of a timeless musical favorite. And as I never get to say in my Episcopalian church services: Mazel Tov!"
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Film Threat
Posted Feb 26, 2013
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|
3.5/5
|
54%
|
Follow Me: The Yoni Netanyahu Story (2012) |
"
A moving tribute to an Israeli military hero."
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Film Threat
Posted Feb 16, 2013
|
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1/5
|
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Old Spanish Custom () |
"
Buster Keaton hits rock bottom."
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Film Threat
Posted Feb 11, 2013
|
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4/5
|
——
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The UFO Incident (Interrupted Journey) (1975) |
"
An intelligent consideration of a thorny subject, fueled by three great central performances."
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Film Threat
Posted Jan 18, 2013
|
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3/5
|
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Pray for the Wildcats (1987) |
"
Recommended for Andy Griffith's startling against-type villain performance."
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Film Threat
Posted Jan 4, 2013
|
|
1.5/5
|
70%
|
Les Misérables (2012) |
"
While Anne Hathaway avoided food in preparing for this film, she compensated for her dietary restriction by chewing the scenery with uncontrolled gusto."
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Film Threat
Posted Dec 28, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
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The Point (1971) |
"
The film's message about tolerance and self-affirmation should find an audience with today's youngsters. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 24, 2012
|
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3/5
|
63%
|
Hitchcock (2012) |
"
A pleasant diversion."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 12, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
37%
|
Hyde Park on Hudson (2012) |
"
Bill Murray's performance provides the film with an unexpectedly strong emotional anchor."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 9, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
50%
|
King Lear (1987) |
"
Shakespeare through the Godard meat-grinder."
—
Film Threat
Posted Nov 30, 2012
|
|
0.5/5
|
64%
|
Anna Karenina (2012) |
"
The theatrical artificiality constantly upstages the Tolstoy tragedy, which turns this production into an endlessly annoying experimental film."
—
Film Threat
Posted Nov 23, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
100%
|
Abraham Lincoln (1930) |
"
Recommended solely for Walter Huston's performance."
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Film Threat
Posted Nov 16, 2012
|
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2/5
|
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Collector's Item: The Left Fist of David () |
"
Enervated pilot of unsold TV series."
—
Film Threat
Posted Nov 15, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
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Blue Collar Boys (2013) |
"
The film scores as an honest and often disturbing portrait of contemporary working class life, and it certainly deserves to be seen. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Sep 17, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
This Is Cinerama (1952) |
"
The film that gave birth to the modern widescreen era."
—
Film Threat
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Grey Fox (1982) |
"
One of the best films of the 1980s and one of the greatest films to come out of Canada."
—
Film Threat
Posted Sep 14, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
Tag der Freiheit - Unsere Wehrmacht (Day of Freedom) () |
"
A dreary blip in Riefenstahl's controversial career."
—
Film Threat
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
——
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Fidel! (2009) |
"
Throughout the film, Castro is charismatic and eloquent."
—
Film Threat
Posted Aug 28, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
62%
|
It Is No Dream: The Life of Theodor Herzl (2012) |
"
Anyone with a deep interest in Jewish history will appreciate this intelligent and well-produced endeavor."
—
Film Threat
Posted Aug 4, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
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Call Her Savage (1932) |
"
Entertaining pre-Code drama, with a vibrant Clara Bow at full-throttle speed."
—
Film Threat
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
Beyond and Back () |
"
Each person may live a unique life, but it seems that the road to death is the same monotonous routine for everyone. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Jul 27, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
Beatlemania - The Movie () |
"
Why accept third-rate phonies when there are genuine Beatles films and video footage to be enjoyed?"
—
Film Threat
Posted Jun 5, 2012
|
|
5/5
|
96%
|
Yellow Submarine (2012) |
"
If the film's mod trappings seem locked in a specific (and increasingly distant) era, its playful wit remains timeless. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Jun 5, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
47%
|
Cellmates (2012) |
"
The real fun here comes from Stacy Keach as a warden who tries (and fails) to instill a mania for potato farming on his highly skeptical prisoners."
—
Film Threat
Posted May 27, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
——
|
Norman Mailer: The American (2012) |
"
A well-produced tribute to a complex and often exasperating personality. "
—
Film Threat
Posted May 17, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
89%
|
Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012) |
"
As show biz documentaries go, this one is a must-see."
—
Film Threat
Posted May 12, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
92%
|
The Connection (2007) |
"
A marvel of low-budget/high-imagination filmmaking."
—
Film Threat
Posted Apr 30, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
——
|
Sadko (The Magic Voyage of Sinbad) (1953) |
"
How not to Americanize a Russian movie classic."
—
Film Threat
Posted Apr 27, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
——
|
Colored Frames () |
"
The film goes to great lengths to detail the business side of the art world, including the financial matters involved in setting up gallery space, the pricing of artwork, and the absence of African Americans from the influential clique of art critics."
—
Film Threat
Posted Apr 26, 2012
|
|
1/5
|
——
|
3 Ring Circus (Jerrico, the Wonder Clown) () |
"
Martin and Lewis at their worst."
—
Film Threat
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
0.5/5
|
55%
|
General Orders No. 9 (2011) |
"
The filmmaker reportedly spent 11 years putting this film together - and for the unlucky viewer, sitting through this numbing and pointless work can seem like an 11-year stretch. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Mar 29, 2012
|
|
2.5/5
|
85%
|
Hipsters (2011) |
"
Or as Yakov Smirnoff would say: in Soviet Russia, party finds you! "
—
Film Threat
Posted Feb 24, 2012
|
|
3.5/5
|
98%
|
Project Nim (2011) |
"
A tragic chronicle of animal abuse."
—
EDGE Boston
Posted Feb 20, 2012
|
|
4/5
|
95%
|
On the Bowery (1957) |
"
Highly recommended."
—
Film Threat
Posted Feb 20, 2012
|
|
3/5
|
100%
|
Come Back, Africa () |
"
Miriam Makeba's sensual song performances gives the film a level of vibrancy and passionate energy. "
—
Film Threat
Posted Jan 27, 2012
|
|
2/5
|
93%
|
Coriolanus (2011) |
"
Give Ralph Fiennes an A for effort."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 29, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
51%
|
The Iron Lady (2012) |
"
A terrible movie that is saved by an absurdly fascinating performance."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 21, 2011
|
|
3.5/5
|
94%
|
West Side Story (1961) |
"
An extraordinary song and dance experience laced within a quotidian dramatic tale."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 21, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
The Gold Rush (1925) |
"
Chaplin's Klondike masterpiece."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 16, 2011
|
|
1/5
|
83%
|
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011) |
"
Le Carré's extraordinary work is reduced to a dreary and incomprehensible shadow."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 12, 2011
|
|
5/5
|
100%
|
Jalsaghar (The Music Room) (1958) |
"
This production is an extraordinary mixture of distinctive Bengali culture and universal themes of emotional loss."
—
Film Threat
Posted Dec 8, 2011
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