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89%
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In America (2003)
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Ned Depew
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83%
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Avatar (2009)
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"Who wouldn't want to be Na'vi, with their lithe, slim bodies, their grace, their unfailing marksmanship, their long braids that literally mind-meld with other creatures and the spirits of their ancestors, their abs and buns of steel, their cheekbones so h"
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Jill Cozzi
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74%
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Sunshine (2007)
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"Like the films it grandly and unabashedly pays homage to, Sunshine is serious science fiction for those who prefer to think of space's real possibilities rather than escape into fantasy."
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Gabriel Shanks
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94%
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Three Kings (1999)
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"With characters you can root for and a story that is both engaging and honest, Three Kings goes for the gold and comes out a winner."
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Gabriel Shanks
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83%
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Grindhouse (2007)
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"As a glimpse into the minds of two iconoclastic directors -- both of whom came of age watching the films they now pay homage to -- this retro-electric trip is sheer bliss."
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Gabriel Shanks
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66%
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Miss Potter (2007)
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"A perky style reminiscent of second-rate Jane Austen....a parable of female empowerment and class strife swathed in bustles and British witticisms."
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Gabriel Shanks
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56%
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Keeping Mum (2006)
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"Maggie Smith is like Mary Poppins...with a meat ax. Serial Grandmom strikes again."
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Martin Scribbs
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25%
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
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"There is a natural limit as to how deeply any film, but especially a would-be summer blockbuster, can dig into radical ideas of faith and history. To his credit, Ron Howard hits that limit."
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Martin Scribbs
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44%
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Casanova (2005)
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Jill Cozzi and Gabriel Shanks
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87%
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
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"The Marlboro Man has reawakened as an archetype fully realized, brimming with ambivalence and complexity."
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Gabriel Shanks
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92%
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Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
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"Gabriel Over the White House encourages its viewers to live the fantasy of the philosopher-king, but never counts the costs of such a regime."
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Martin Scribbs
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65%
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
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"If you guessed, 'a wheezy social problem drama,' you're right."
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Martin Scribbs
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76%
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Transamerica (2006)
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"Issues of gender differrence are employed only to reinforce less original dilemmas -- family dysfunction, dating woes and (eek) meeting the grandparents."
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Gabriel Shanks
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50%
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The Dying Gaul (2005)
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"Rarely has a film exposed the tender, brutal line between love and cruelty so magnificently."
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Gabriel Shanks
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89%
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Paradise Now (2005)
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"Essential cinema not because it answers questions about terrorist ideology, but because it discovers those questions are disturbingly similar to those about ourselves."
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Gabriel Shanks
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84%
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Mysterious Skin (2005)
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"A raw and unadorned look at child abuse and its idiosyncratic repercussions."
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Gabriel Shanks
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57%
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Breakfast on Pluto (2005)
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"Effortlessly nailing coquettish mannerisms and employing a hilarious come-hither vocal quality, Murphy is magnetizing, fascinating, and eminently likeable."
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Gabriel Shanks
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93%
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Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
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Ned Depew
|
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Last of the First ()
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Jill Cozzi
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68%
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North Country (2005)
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"An unusually taut film about misogyny that, for the most part, escapes the clichés that often bog down the battle of the sexes."
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Gabriel Shanks
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69%
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The Adventures of Felix (Drôle de Félix) (2001)
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Gabriel Shanks
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63%
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Proof (2005)
|
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Ned Depew
|
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94%
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Proof (1991)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
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65%
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Dorian Blues (2005)
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"Ultimately has little insight into the experience it chronicles. News flash: growing up gay is rough. Who did not know this already?"
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Gabriel Shanks
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88%
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Broken Flowers (2005)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
|
84%
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Mysterious Skin (2005)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
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43%
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Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan) (2005)
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"Darkly rich in character and mood, provocative in intent...but ultimately foiled by inattention to its own story."
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Gabriel Shanks
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33%
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The Baxter (2005)
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"It argues, ironically, that pretty people should only end up with pretty people, and the best we can do is hope that the temp with bad hair will find us equally nerd-hot."
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Gabriel Shanks
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38%
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The Brothers Grimm (2005)
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"Bombastic, whimsical, and delicious, The Brothers Grimm is really a comic ghost story wrapped in the postmodern folds of Shakespeare In Love."
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Gabriel Shanks
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26%
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Fantastic Four (2005)
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"You can feel the flopsweat of the screenwriters, laboring to make their jokes work and their scenes interesting."
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Gabriel Shanks
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63%
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Ladies in Lavender (2005)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
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60%
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
|
82%
|
Hustle & Flow (2005)
|
"Meditative and fierce, quiet and pounding, HUSTLE AND FLOW runs the board in a way that few films even attempt."
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Gabriel Shanks
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|
74%
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War of the Worlds (2005)
|
"The man who gave human dimension to the effects of holocaust in Schindler's List has now prostituted human extermination for entertainment. Bread and circuses, indeed."
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Gabriel Shanks
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70%
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Off the Map (2003)
|
|
Ned Depew
|
|
55%
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Lords of Dogtown (2005)
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"Reaches beyond the cinematic frame as far as it can to catch big air, giving its audience a you-are-there viscerality."
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Gabriel Shanks
|
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86%
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Howl's Moving Castle (2005)
|
"The straightforward narrative constantly seems at odds with Miyazaki's dreamy landscapes and fanciful flourishes."
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Gabriel Shanks
|
|
64%
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Heights (2005)
|
"At times the film seems to have nothing more on its mind than the predictable rhythms of soap opera."
|
Gabriel Shanks
|
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013)
|
"there's a highly complex character in Anakin screaming to get out, and neither writer/director Lucas nor actor Christensen has the chops to set him free. "
|
Jill Cozzi
|
|
65%
|
Unleashed (Danny the Dog) (2005)
|
"...inside this particular piece of hard celluloid candy is a soft, sweet, gooey center."
|
Jill Cozzi
|
|
97%
|
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
|
"While Smartest Guys sometimes veers into C-Span2: The Movie territory, just then another shocking tidbit will drop to keep the fires stoked."
|
Martin Scribbs
|
|
39%
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Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
|
"Ultimately, KINGDOM OF HEAVEN can't change actual history. So instead, everyone has to grow a conscience...even the Crusaders have to feel bad about the Crusading."
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Gabriel Shanks
|
|
39%
|
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
|
"It's clear that Ridley Scott set out here to make as uncontroversial a film about the Crusades as it's possible to do. "
|
Jill Cozzi
|
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75%
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Crash (2004)
|
"CRASH is about the racism we all carry within us, a fact of which Haggis feels he must remind us in almost every scene, lest we forget without his wise counsel. "
|
Jill Cozzi
|
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013)
|
"An unexpectedly sweet pleasure... a dark and gripping slice of space opera, it successfully avoids the pitfalls of its predecessors."
|
Gabriel Shanks
|
|
91%
|
After Innocence (2005)
|
|
Jill Cozzi
|
|
78%
|
Sin City (2005)
|
"As close to a museum-quality work of visual art as Hollywood as ever seen."
|
Gabriel Shanks
|
|
90%
|
Kung Fu Hustle (2005)
|
"With everything bigger and grander in Chow's singular universe, it's easy to overlook one small detail...that Kung Fu Hustle is less satisfying than its predecessors."
|
Gabriel Shanks
|
|
93%
|
Nobody Knows (Dare mo shiranai) (2004)
|
"Nothing more can be done to lay the concrete reality of poverty out for persons of conscience. Take and read."
|
Martin Scribbs
|
|
64%
|
Bride and Prejudice (2005)
|
"It's got moments, it's got performances to recommend, but they still haven't figured out how to create the magic of Bollywood in a form for the US market."
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Gabriel Shanks
|
77%
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