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77%
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Tadpole (2002)
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Frank Ochieng
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87%
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Kung Fu Panda (2008)
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"Willingly raucous and revved up for your escapist consideration do welcome this plump yet profoundly prancing panda into your thrill-seeking heart."
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Frank Ochieng
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16%
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Jumper (2008)
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"Pared-down with flat-footed characterizations, tacked on scenic shots of worldly venues and a choppy script that isn't disciplined enough to tap into our escapist imaginations, Jumper is a toothless travelogue that treks up the wrong charted route."
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Frank Ochieng
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22%
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The Eye (2008)
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"The cornea-deprived caper The Eye definitely sports a blurry vision in the meager horror B-movie sweepstakes...never sees clearly in its search for doomsday enlightenment."
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Frank Ochieng
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97%
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Once (2007)
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"Carney's Once is definitely not enough...thoroughly inspirational, lyrical, charming and cheeky...a winning spark that ignites the lovelorn imagination."
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Frank Ochieng
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82%
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Talk to Me (2007)
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"Hysterically potent, thought-provoking and deliciously nostalgic. Overall, the proposed chatter is warranted in the movingly impish Talk to Me."
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Frank Ochieng
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33%
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Martian Child (2007)
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"Unfortunately for Martian Child this has more maple sap pouring out of it than a neglected Vermont tree looking for a good tapping."
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Frank Ochieng
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88%
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3:10 to Yuma (2007)
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"Sprawling, intriguing and handsomely shot, Yuma builds its gruff tension while being reminiscent of the frothy frontier flicks from yesteryear."
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Frank Ochieng
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25%
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Halloween (2007)
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"...blood-spilling banality...the sensationalism behind Zombie's directorial demeanor is merely a follow-the-dots frightfest with an exaggerated twitching disorder."
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Frank Ochieng
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91%
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Hairspray (2007)
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"...[a] refreshingly jubilant spin on filmmaker Waters' classic tongue-in-cheek tune-maker Hairspray...spirited pizzazz and a peppy ode to retro-artistic sentimentality"
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Frank Ochieng
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72%
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Fracture (2007)
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"The slick ambience behind Fracture could be penetrating yet misleading. Hopkins's "Lecter-lite" persona adds some pathos to this old-fashioned yet stylistic whodunit."
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Frank Ochieng
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11%
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Perfect Stranger (2007)
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"Relentlessly cheesy, exhaustive and about as stimulating as a cold medicine tablet...In short, take this lofty advice and try not to talk to this particular Stranger."
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Frank Ochieng
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83%
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Grindhouse (2007)
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"Enthralling and exhilarating in its explosive camp-driven excess, Grindhouse is a combustible concoction that shamelessly stimulates the senses."
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Frank Ochieng
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8%
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The Reaping (2007)
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"Let's face it, folks...The Reaping is one eerie cinematic Easter ham that will be tough to swallow."
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Frank Ochieng
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87%
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The Lookout (2007)
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"The Lookout has its share of dramatic trickery and often strays into the gimmick boundaries. Nevertheless, Frank's nifty narrative is keenly smart, perceptive and edgy."
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Frank Ochieng
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69%
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Adam's Apples (Adams ębler) (2007)
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"Deliciously profane, dark and somber, Denmark's Adam's Apples is fiendishly ripe for the picking."
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Frank Ochieng
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53%
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The Last Mimzy (2007)
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"The Last Mimzy falls short of its expectations to grasp the aura of an escapist kiddie flick that distinctively startles and probes."
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Frank Ochieng
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63%
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Reign Over Me (2007)
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"Resourcefully edgy and profound in its moody heartstrings, Reign hovers over us like a bad hangover that can never be shaken."
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Frank Ochieng
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84%
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Beyond the Gates (2005)
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"With other African-oriented dramas making the noted rounds it's definitely warranted for "Beyond the Gates" to tell it like it is...in all shades of dimming black and white."
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Frank Ochieng
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93%
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Gwoemul (The Host) (2007)
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"Wickedly sardonic and fiercely fiendish in its perky presentation...a smart and simmering creature feature that crackles with percolating weirdness and wonderment."
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Frank Ochieng
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60%
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300 (2007)
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"Artistically triumphant in its arresting visual spectacle. Undoubtedly, the hyperactive male psyche for violent-induced petulance is proudly on display in the extravagant 300"
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Frank Ochieng
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90%
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Zodiac (2007)
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"[An] absorbingly sadistic psychological whodunnit. Fixating in its gripping hold, Zodiac is convincingly haunting in its head-scratching mode."
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Frank Ochieng
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70%
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Amazing Grace (2007)
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"...ponderous and relentlessly padded in its moral morass... Grace manages to work effectively as a crusading costume drama drenched in consciousness and conviction."
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Frank Ochieng
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73%
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Glastonbury (2007)
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"Temple is able to convey a perceptive and substantive mood pertaining to the staying power of this weirdly nuanced outdoor finger-snapping function."
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Frank Ochieng
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57%
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The Astronaut Farmer (2006)
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"It's too bad that it takes a mess of rocket fuel to spark The Astronaut Farmer beyond its sugary surrealism...the sky's limit is applied to this heart-filled hokum."
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Frank Ochieng
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8%
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The Number 23 (2007)
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"Schumacher's numerical nightmare is an anemic psychological thriller basking in contrivance...woefully muddled and lacking...the math doesn't quite add up."
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Frank Ochieng
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84%
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
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"Csupo ushers in an exciting and emotional action-adventure product that enchants and motivates the active imagination...Terabithia radiates with engaging enthusiasm."
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Frank Ochieng
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84%
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Breach (2007)
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"...suspenseful and calculating. As a stimulating thriller padded with cynical mind games, Breach flourishes with its vivid dosage of prestige and paranoia."
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Frank Ochieng
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15%
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Hannibal Rising (2007)
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"...a plodding prequel that's more detached than a separated body limb placed neatly on Lecter's dinner plate...a boorish slice of slaughterhouse cinema."
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Frank Ochieng
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93%
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The Lives of Others (2006)
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"A gripping tale of nightmarish voyeurism and the psychological abyss that elevates von Donnersmarck's European nail-biter. [A] sleek and intrusive communist caper."
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Frank Ochieng
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51%
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Puccini for Beginners (2007)
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"Reflectively transparent, inconsequential and slightly contrived in the same-sex love entanglement sweepstakes. Sadly, Maggenti's tepid romantic comedy gets lost in the perfunctory shuffle."
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Frank Ochieng
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93%
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Children of Men (2006)
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"Immensely thought-provoking and chillingly insightful...a resilient sci-fi fantasy that dares to contemplate the fate of mankind's chaotic impulsiveness."
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Frank Ochieng
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46%
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The Last Kiss (2006)
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Frank Ochieng
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45%
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Steve Harvey: Don't Trip... He Ain't Through With Me Yet (2006)
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"Don't Trip...He Ain't Through With Me Yet! is the most decisive "Amen!" that the crafty and dapper Steve Harvey can get short of being baptized in the Nile River."
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Frank Ochieng
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26%
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Madea's Family Reunion (2006)
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"Reunion plays like some dizzy-minded daytime drama that's complete with transparent pesky personalities wrapped up in a numb sermonizing of faith and fruitless frolic."
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Frank Ochieng
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93%
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On the Outs (2005)
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"Granted that On the Outs doesn't explore any new realms of destitute city life but it still contains unspeakable moments of desolation and disillusionment."
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Frank Ochieng
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51%
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Manderlay (2006)
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"Manderlay certainly has its fair share of sanctimony and the familiarity of old school psychological racial conflict but it effectively works on the hungry psyche."
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Frank Ochieng
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22%
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Color of Night (1994)
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"A tawdry yet tepid sexual psychological thriller that feels very atmospheric in its proposed mystiqueness."
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Frank Ochieng
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30%
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Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
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"An outlandishly fluffy whodunnit farce that generates its inspired nuttiness from the likable John Candy."
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Frank Ochieng
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80%
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013)
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"...an enticingly dark and absorbing spectacle that should satisfy the casual Star Wars fanatic who fancies an action-packed package full of emotional promise and prose."
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Frank Ochieng
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100%
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Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (2005)
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"Unforgivable Blackness will stand as an absorbing microscope in reference to resilient black manhood in all its vulnerability and vitality."
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Frank Ochieng
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81%
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The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
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"Demme's The Manchurian Candidate is a political popcorn pleaser that's rousing in its sheer rawness."
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Frank Ochieng
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5%
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The Cookout (2004)
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"...a taxing and intolerable vehicle that has all the charm of a gold-toothed rapper's root canal. The Cookout is certainly not any food for thought."
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Frank Ochieng
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65%
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Coach Carter (2005)
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"...familiar in its feel-good delivery...a solid student-athlete melodrama that creeps up on you more convincingly than a three-point shot at the buzzer"
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Frank Ochieng
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90%
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Kinsey (2004)
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"Unassumingly intoxicating in its frivolity and frankness, Kinsey arouses in more ways than one."
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Frank Ochieng
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90%
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Hotel Rwanda (2004)
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"...the consensus for heartbreak and rage is always at a premium high. This certainly can be said for filmmaker Terry George and his blistering genocide saga Hotel Rwanda"
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Frank Ochieng
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11%
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Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)
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"Why would anyone want to be caught dead with Bernie and his banal buddies a second time around? Relentlessly labored and pointless"
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Frank Ochieng
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96%
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Pumping Iron (2003)
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"An entertaining and intimate look body building and its devoted personalities. Pumping Iron has muscle and might in all the right witty places"
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Frank Ochieng
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14%
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Almost Heroes (1998)
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"A forgettable farce with no flavor...utterly flaccid and foolish. It wastes the comedic capabilities of Farley and Perry who deserve much better"
|
Frank Ochieng
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100%
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4 Little Girls (1997)
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"Immensely gripping in its outrage and poignancy. Nobody knows how to bring the disdain of racial to the forefront like the skilled Spike Lee"
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Frank Ochieng
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87%
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