|
B
|
78%
|
1408 (2007) |
"
Based on a Stephen King story, 1408 takes the simplest plot and turns it into an enjoyably surreal, unnerving creepfest."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 21, 2007
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A-
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88%
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Red Road (2007) |
"
A must for movie lovers who want to see how so much drama, mystery and emotion can be created from so little."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 16, 2007
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B+
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70%
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28 Weeks Later... (2007) |
"
Bloodier and more action-filled than the original, Weeks nevertheless stays faithful to the grim, grimy tone director Danny Boyle established in his 2002 film with its haunting shots of a metropolis turned into a tomb."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 10, 2007
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|
B
|
68%
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Disturbia (2007) |
"
A lot of the movie works because LaBeouf is becoming a soulful, intelligent presence on-screen."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 12, 2007
|
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B
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74%
|
Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon (2006) |
"
A deconstructionist horror comedy that owes a debt to Scream and the 1992 Belgian film Man Bites Dog, Mask nevertheless has enough pitch-perfect wit to lay claim to its own patch of postmodern, movie-loving snarkiness."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 22, 2007
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|
B
|
85%
|
Old Joy (2006) |
"
Old Joy may be built around a road trip, but it's also a movie about two roads -- and two souls -- diverging."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 15, 2007
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|
C
|
70%
|
Backstage (2006) |
"
Backstage doesn't really tell us much about the world of rock musicians, or the mental workings of their scariest fans."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 8, 2007
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|
B-
|
100%
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Premium (2007) |
"
In gasoline terms, Premium isn't. But the romantic dramedy has some high-octane emotional moments, thanks to writer-director Pete Chatmon's wise dissection of the games one-time lovers play."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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C+
|
51%
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Puccini for Beginners (2007) |
"
The movie offers a charming view of a small-town Manhattan where strangers constantly give Allegra romantic advice. Though that device is a little too indebted to Woody Allen, at least Maggenti does Allen a lot better than Ed Burns."
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 1, 2007
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|
C-
|
72%
|
Inland Empire (2006) |
"
With Inland Empire, the whole thing feels stuck in Lynch's noggin."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 8, 2007
|
|
B-
|
78%
|
Charlotte's Web (2006) |
"
Some pig, in a so-so but lovingly made movie."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Dec 14, 2006
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B-
|
65%
|
Apocalypto (2006) |
"
There's no denying Gibson's talent behind the camera. He knows what he's doing, and does it with tremendous skill and conviction."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Dec 7, 2006
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|
C+
|
63%
|
10 Items or Less (2006) |
"
It's a shame that at the final checkout, the movie wants to choose paper, but instead goes for plastic."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 30, 2006
|
|
C-
|
55%
|
Déjà Vu (2006) |
"
Déjà Vu gives you the feeling that you've seen parts of this movie before. Only, the parts were all from better films."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 21, 2006
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|
C+
|
48%
|
Harsh Times (2006) |
"
The film is basically a two-hour countdown to a predictable explosion. You may enjoy the ride, but you won't remember a whole lot about it farther down the road."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 9, 2006
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|
B+
|
76%
|
The Prestige (2006) |
"
The movie is a mind-tickler that makes the viewer actively engage with the story and try to penetrate its elegant sleight-of-hand."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 19, 2006
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|
B-
|
66%
|
Shortbus (2006) |
"
Yes, Shortbus is all about hooking up, but in emotional as much as sexual ways. That's what makes the movie engaging, and sometimes even moving."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 12, 2006
|
|
B+
|
95%
|
49 Up (2006) |
"
The films have taken on an autumnal shade as we revisit people who seem quietly aware that the years behind them are more than those ahead."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 5, 2006
|
|
B-
|
70%
|
Heading South (2006) |
"
Exploring female desire in a way films rarely do, Heading South is a film of sometimes subtle, sometimes blunt metaphors for the interaction of rich and pauperized countries."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 23, 2006
|
|
B+
|
78%
|
House of Sand (Casa de Areia) (2006) |
"
Rigorously structured, but with the power to shake you to the heart."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 7, 2006
|
|
B+
|
55%
|
The Protector (Tom yum goong) (Warrior King) (2005) |
"
This guilty-pleasure adrenaline rush has one goal in mind: to be an airtight action machine that leaves you dizzy from the crunchety-crunch-crunch of Tony Jaa as he proves himself a contender with Jackie Chan and Jet Li."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 7, 2006
|
|
C+
|
86%
|
Quinceañera (Echo Park, L.A.) (2006) |
"
You realize that, while pretending to break ground, Quinceañera is ultimately stuck in familiar Hollywood formulas."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 31, 2006
|
|
B+
|
85%
|
The Descent (2006) |
"
Marshall understands that sometimes there's nothing quite as oddly exhilarating as the bleakest, no-way-out kind of horror."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 3, 2006
|
|
C
|
18%
|
Shadowboxer (2005) |
"
One of the campiest, most lushly ludicrous movies to come out in a while."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jul 27, 2006
|
|
C
|
40%
|
Nacho Libre (2006) |
"
Sometimes it looks like a movie that was more fun to make than it is to watch."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jun 15, 2006
|
|
B-
|
72%
|
Clean (2005) |
"
Assayas' tale of the difficult search for redemption is less a standard road-to-sobriety story than a chance to marvel, close-up, at Cheung."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 25, 2006
|
|
C
|
83%
|
Somersault (2004) |
"
Heavy on atmosphere but very light on plot."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 18, 2006
|
|
D
|
57%
|
Kinky Boots (2006) |
"
Oh, do come in, love -- welcome to the Twee Brit Comedy Factory."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 13, 2006
|
|
C-
|
36%
|
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"
It's often as naive as it is knowing and can feel as unfocused and sketchy as a film one of Strathmore's students might make."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 11, 2006
|
|
C+
|
56%
|
The Notorious Bettie Page (2006) |
"
... the movie's worth a look simply for Mol's career-boosting performance."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted May 6, 2006
|
|
B-
|
42%
|
Don't Come Knocking (2006) |
"
The kind of movie you stretch out in, wander around, and -- like the characters onscreen -- just let happen to you."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 20, 2006
|
|
B+
|
80%
|
Brick (2006) |
"
What sounds like a stunt, or a genre-mashup oddity like Bugsy Malone, proves to be a sharp, tongue-in-cheek exercise, balancing deadpan menace with well-timed comedy."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 6, 2006
|
|
C+
|
48%
|
Summer Storm (Sommersturm) (2006) |
"
While it has little in it that hasn't been covered by other coming-out movies, it's pleasant enough."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 30, 2006
|
|
C-
|
61%
|
Find Me Guilty (2006) |
"
A few good performances can't carry a sluggishly written and directed movie that you may want to rename Find Me an Exit."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 16, 2006
|
|
B-
|
78%
|
CSA: Confederate States of America (2006) |
"
A mockumentary often as unnerving as it is amusing, CSA: The Confederate States of America kicks off with a simple premise: What if the South had won 'the War of Northern Aggression'?"
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 2, 2006
|
|
B+
|
92%
|
Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) |
"
Block Party is an easygoing, loose-limbed, big-lunged celebration of, well, celebration."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Mar 2, 2006
|
|
C-
|
23%
|
Freedomland (2006) |
"
A blunt, awkward, wannabe Important Movie, Freedomland bludgeons its good ideas into a pulp of overacting, overdirection and black-and-white characterizations in a story meant to be shaded in gray."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Feb 16, 2006
|
|
B-
|
74%
|
Loggerheads (2005) |
"
Despite a meandering tone, Loggerheads is consistently watchable thanks to committed actors playing recognizable, decent folks just trying to do the right thing -- or rectify mistakes of the past."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Jan 12, 2006
|
|
C+
|
50%
|
The Dying Gaul (2005) |
"
Like minimalist composer Steve Reich's prickly, tense music on the soundtrack, the movie itself is too often too intellectual, experimental and abstract."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 23, 2005
|
|
B+
|
89%
|
Paradise Now (2005) |
"
The movie is driven by the characters' passionate, despairing arguments about the fine line between victimization and violence. But Paradise Now also has, at times, an almost surreal visual flair."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 10, 2005
|
|
C-
|
41%
|
Where the Truth Lies (2005) |
"
It's less a whodunnit than a whocares."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Nov 3, 2005
|
|
A-
|
90%
|
Capote (2005) |
"
Hoffman goes beyond impersonation to something close to possession."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 29, 2005
|
|
A-
|
87%
|
A History of Violence (2005) |
"
A model of clean, lean storytelling."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Oct 2, 2005
|
|
B+
|
93%
|
Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) (Lift to the Scaffold) (Frantic) (1958) |
"
The movie's most compelling element of all is Moreau, wandering the nighttime streets trying to find her lover. It's as if she's blown from one cafe to the next on a blended wind of passion, dread and the lonely trumpet wail."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 22, 2005
|
|
B
|
53%
|
Yes (2005) |
"
The actors are so committed to Potter's vision, they persuade you to go along with them."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 8, 2005
|
|
B+
|
85%
|
2046 (2005) |
"
Think of it as a visual tone poem about longing and loss, a journey through a vale of luminously beautiful tears."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Sep 1, 2005
|
|
B-
|
65%
|
5x2 (5 x 2: Five Times Two) (2004) |
"
A cool, sometimes chilly dissection of one couple's relationship."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 18, 2005
|
|
B
|
57%
|
Last Days (2005) |
"
Shot in long, single takes, the movie willfully tests your patience. You wish it would hurry up. Yet when it ends, it haunts you for a few days. (Well, me anyway.)"
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Aug 11, 2005
|
|
C+
|
46%
|
The Ballad of Jack and Rose (2005) |
"
Suffers from narrative shapelessness. It's hard to tell what message Miller is trying to convey."
—
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Posted Apr 1, 2005
|
73%
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