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B+
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45%
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Dark Water (2005) |
"
A surprisingly suspenseful psychological thriller, weakened only by the need to make it into a ghost story in the end."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Mar 9, 2006
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C
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Time Tunnel - Vol. 1 (2006) |
"
The show starts out great but soon drifts into an all too predictable formula..."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Mar 9, 2006
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B+
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——
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Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966) |
"
Not an easy film to forget once you've seen it."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2006
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C+
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Nighty Night: The Complete Series 1 (2006) |
"
It has its moments..."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2006
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C+
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36%
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Saw II (2005) |
"
By the end you're left tired, needing a shower and feeling a bit disappointed."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Feb 19, 2006
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B+
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38%
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Flightplan (2005) |
"
The last time Foster gave this great a performance, she was nominated for an Oscar."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Feb 1, 2006
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B
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Hill Street Blues - Season 1 (2006) |
"
A word that you often hear bandied about to describe a television show nowadays is 'groundbreaking,' whether it deserves that adjective or not. Hill Street Blues, however, is one of the shows that does."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 31, 2006
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A
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MI-5: Volume 3 (2006) |
"
Never has the show been more politically charged, nor more scathing in its criticism of the current climate -- if you're in favor of the Patriot Act and our occupation of Iraq, you probably shouldn't watch."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 31, 2006
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D
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Crooked Hearts (2005) |
"
At one point, D'Onofrio's character states, 'This family is a drug, and we're all addicted.' Thankfully, this movie has no such addictive qualities -- and if it did, I would advise rehab ASAP."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2006
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C
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Kid Galahad (1962) |
"
A bizarre hybrid: It's both a standard Elvis Presley 'musical' ... and a remake of a classic, much grittier 1937 movie..."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 27, 2006
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A-
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85%
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The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) |
"
The revelation that nearly the entire movie is improvised should prove that you don't need an endlessly-rewritten script to have a successful comedy -- instead, you need a funny and talented cast at the top of their game, and that's what The 40 Year-Ol"
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 26, 2006
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A
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Simpsons - Season 7 (2005) |
"
Before this season, it was hard to imagine a Simpsons episode that could make you teary. After this season, it's hard to imagine not having such an episode."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 24, 2006
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B-
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Black Books - The Complete Series 1 (2006) |
"
By the last episode, this series finally knows what it's about and what direction it's going in..."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 17, 2006
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B-
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——
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Once Upon a Mattress (2005) |
"
It's downright odd how wholesome this movie seems."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 13, 2006
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C+
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——
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Tomorrow People Set 2 (2005) |
"
Include[s] some of the best episodes the series has to offer ... [and] the worst the series has to offer."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 12, 2006
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B
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——
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Timeslip - The Complete Series (2005) |
"
If there's ever a series you'll wish had been renewed for a second season, then Timeslip is sure to be it."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 11, 2006
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B+
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0%
|
Kronk's New Groove (2005) |
"
Note to Disney: Do sequels only if you can do them this well..."
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Now Playing Magazine
Posted Jan 10, 2006
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A-
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90%
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The Muppet Movie (1979) |
"
Could it get any better than this? (Actually, it could, but that's a whole other review...)"
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 19, 2005
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B
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——
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Sky High (1922) |
"
Too little Lynda Carter!"
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 19, 2005
|
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B+
|
70%
|
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) |
"
Sheer fun, especially when Miss Piggy makes her inevitable appearance."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 16, 2005
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A-
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69%
|
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) |
"
Incredibly faithful to the original text."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 15, 2005
|
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B+
|
46%
|
King Kong (1976) |
"
In short, the 1976 version is better acted, better directed, and better realized than the movie that spawned it."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 14, 2005
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A
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79%
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981) |
"
[The Muppets have] never been this crazed since..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 13, 2005
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A-
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——
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Mission Hill: The Complete Series (2005) |
"
Doesn't make up for the second season we never got..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Dec 7, 2005
|
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A
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85%
|
The Emperor's New Groove (2000) |
"
Brilliant all around."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 23, 2005
|
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B-
|
——
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Bionicle 3 - Web of Shadows (2005) |
"
One element of Bionicle 3 that will disappoint no one is the stunning computer animation."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 22, 2005
|
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B
|
——
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Office - Season One (2005) |
"
Steve Carell is no Ricky Gervais -- but he is Steve Carell, and that means it's pretty damned funny."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2005
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B
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——
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Monk - Season 3 (2005) |
"
There's very little wrong with the third season of Monk, but the things that are wrong would likely drive Monk himself crazy."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 15, 2005
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A-
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42%
|
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005) |
"
The movie is hilarious fun, and almost enough to make you want to go back and watch all the old Herbie movies. Almost."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 14, 2005
|
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D
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——
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Slipstream (2005) |
"
Best to catch it in re-runs on the Sci Fi Channel."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 9, 2005
|
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C
|
53%
|
The Devil's Rejects (2005) |
"
It's not easy viewing, nor is it completely clear why something like this is entertaining, unless it's the 'car wreck effect'..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 9, 2005
|
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C+
|
——
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Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok - Vol. 1: God and Detectives (2005) |
"
One of those anime concepts that borrows bits from various other concepts and stories, mixes them all together, and still doesn't know quite what it wants to be."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 8, 2005
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C+
|
97%
|
Cinderella (1950) |
"
Your kids will love it, and they won't be scared (or scarred) by it. You, however, may squirm at the movie's two implied messages..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 8, 2005
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C+
|
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Doctor Who - The Claws of Axos (1996) |
"
There's quite a bit going on in 'The Claws of Axos,' and that's both its strength and its weakness."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 7, 2005
|
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C
|
63%
|
Mail Order Wife (2005) |
"
The events of the plot are far too disturbing when they're darkly humorous and far too over-the-top to be truly credible when they're meant to be funny."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2005
|
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B-
|
54%
|
Mallrats (1995) |
"
Described variously as the Blade Runner of comedy, the red-headed stepchild of the Kevin Smith/View Askew movies, and as crap."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2005
|
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B-
|
16%
|
Monster-in-Law (2005) |
"
Thank God for that cast..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Nov 3, 2005
|
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C+
|
——
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Queer as Folk - The Complete First Season (2002) |
"
The first time the US series veers from the source material ... it shifts from drama to melodrama and never really escapes from that category."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 27, 2005
|
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B+
|
86%
|
Ong-Bak (Ong Bak: Muay Thai Warrior) (2005) |
"
Ong-Bak takes [martial arts movie] elements and synthesizes them into something more than... the typical martial arts movie."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 27, 2005
|
|
B
|
——
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Boo (2005) |
"
A scary little flick, combining a traditional ghost story with contemporary gross-out horror and creating in the process an effective, and terrifying, synthesis of styles."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 25, 2005
|
|
A
|
100%
|
Desperate Housewives - The Complete First Season (2005) |
"
Absolutely brilliantly written and acted..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 24, 2005
|
|
C+
|
64%
|
Robots (2005) |
"
The plot holds no surprises..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 21, 2005
|
|
D
|
94%
|
The Warriors (1979) |
"
The one movie that immediately comes to mind when you ask someone to name their favorite [gang] flick ... until director Walter Hill ruined it by doing a director's cut."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 17, 2005
|
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A-
|
——
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Elfen Lied - Vol. 3: The Third Vector (2005) |
"
A disturbing series..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
B
|
——
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Eric Idle's Personal Best (2005) |
"
Idle's new introductory material is as funny as the older stuff, amazing when you consider that Idle's as old as God's naughty bits..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
D
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——
|
The Fog (2005) |
"
Borrows liberally from several major American thrillers and horror movies made in the last 20 years -- except, ironically, The Fog."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
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B
|
——
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Madlax - Vol. 4: Elda Taluta (2005) |
"
What we'd call 'character development' episodes, spending most of their time telling us more about our 'heroes,' for lack of a better word, and less time on the shoot-'em-ups."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
B
|
63%
|
Buddy Boy (2000) |
"
An odd and disturbing little film..."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
B+
|
——
|
SCTV - Vol. 4 (2005) |
"
Can there be a successful episode of SCTV without the Mackenzie Brothers? The answer is, hell, yes -- stop being such a hoser, eh?"
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 14, 2005
|
|
B-
|
——
|
X-Files Mythology - Vol. 3: Colonization (2005) |
"
This set does finally make some sense out of the whole colonization mess."
—
Now Playing Magazine
Posted Oct 13, 2005
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