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70%
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Women Without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan) (2010)
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"A powerful feminist fable -- with a good dose of magical realism, a slight bow to Buñuel, and a fatalistic attitude to the craven paternalism that underlies the cradle-to-grave existence of women in many Muslim countries"
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Brandon Judell
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91%
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Every Little Step (2009)
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" A fast-paced documentary that captures the angst, joys, and disappointments of the young hopefuls as they try out for a show that mirrors their pursuits."
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Brandon Judell
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——
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Body Art (2002)
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"A documentary with scintillating content about how societies around the world use their bodies as an art form. One African tribe even elongates their skulls, which looks chic, but I'm not sure what it does for their brains."
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Brandon Judell
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91%
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Knocked Up (2007)
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"There's no doubt director/writer Apatow is supplying a national service by allowing the inept to feel adequate about themselves."
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Brandon Judell
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——
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Shallow Grave ()
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"Recall those early British comedies that all seemed to star Rita Tushingham. Well, attach the 1st half of one of those to the 2nd half of a Hitchcock chiller, and you have an enjoyable film that'll have you digging your fingernails deeply into your nachos"
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Brandon Judell
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100%
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Mamma Roma (1962)
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"But in a sense, Pasolini's was the perfect death for someone who lived on the edge, whose art was raw as it could be."
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Brandon Judell
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67%
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A Time to Kill (1996)
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"With Joel Schumacher's tasteful but second-rate-Sidney-Lumet direction and Akiva Goldsman's nuts-and-bolts script, these boys have created a surprisingly stirring indictment of racism."
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Brandon Judell
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——
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3 Ninjas - High Noon on Mega Mountain (1998)
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"Abrasively loud, gratingly acted, appallingly directed and without a moral core, this "3 Ninjas" also boasts a screenplay with the most "Unhhhs" of the decade, that exquisite sound you make when trying to anihilate another human with your foot or a karate"
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Brandon Judell
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79%
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The Butcher Boy (1997)
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"The film almost immediately loses the major asset of the novel: its language. Possibly a quarter of the movie is incomprehensible to the American ear."
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Brandon Judell
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47%
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Deep Impact (1998)
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"The joy of any catastrophe flick is watching the world that annoys you so much get its due."
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Brandon Judell
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71%
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Going All the Way (1997)
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Brandon Judell
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100%
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Europa Europa (1990)
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Brandon Judell
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64%
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The Frighteners (1996)
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"The talented director of "Heavenly Creatures" has pulled together a film that wants to be everything to everyone simultaneously."
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Brandon Judell
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——
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Three Sisters (1997)
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"Chekhov's assurances that our current sufferings might become the foundation for a better society, if they are really meant as assurances, have never been better realized."
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Brandon Judell
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——
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City of Lost Souls ()
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"City of Lost Souls explores anti-Semitism and racism in post-War Germany with an in-your-face approach."
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Brandon Judell
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36%
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Hav Plenty (1998)
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"Ah, love! Ah, black stereotypes! Why is it so hard to portray the black middle-class and the rich with any dignity?"
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Brandon Judell
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44%
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Dr. Dolittle (1998)
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"Why are creatures commenting here on copulation and what are anal thermometers doing being swallowed up by canines' rears in a kids' picture?"
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Brandon Judell
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94%
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Central Station (Central do Brasil) (1998)
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"Watching this delectably humane road movie incites the same emotions as discovering the works of Truffaut"
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Brandon Judell
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39%
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Armageddon (1998)
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"one of the most calculating films of all of this year's blockbusters."
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Brandon Judell
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61%
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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"What raises this venture a few notches above your normal acne fare is an extremely clever screenplay"
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Brandon Judell
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70%
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Dick (1999)
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"What makes Dick an almost perfect teenage comedy is that all of the adults and authority figures are shown as being dufus, skanky, shifty, slothful, nasty or stupid."
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93%
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Being John Malkovich (1999)
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"Being John Malkovich is a crazy and wonderful new comedy."
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Carl Arrington
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71%
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The Cider House Rules (1999)
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"A well-performed but often underwhelming melodrama."
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|
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40%
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Big Daddy (1999)
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"Big Daddy is a moving, entertaining comedy with lots of heart."
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38%
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Entrapment (1999)
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"A fine entertainment!"
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Brandon Judell
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67%
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Sleepy Hollow (1999)
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"It's rare when a score perfectly complements the action, and here composer Danny Elfman creates evocative and powerful music."
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Carl Arrington
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67%
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The Thomas Crown Affair (1999)
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"This remake is bold on style, paced like a long car chase and the stars are pleasant to the pupils."
|
Carl Arrington
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45%
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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
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"Drop Dead Gorgeous is drop-decorum funny!"
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Carl Arrington
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83%
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Magnolia (1999)
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"Separated into three different 'movements' by weather forecasts, Magnolia's actually a symphony of dysfunction, both exhilarating and devastating."
|
Jason Kaufman
|
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28%
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The Story of Us (1999)
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"Willis and Pfeiffer give their all to material that is finally too thin on substantive issues."
|
Carl Arrington
|
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40%
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
|
"Hicks has cultivated powerful performances from his supporting and lead characters down through to the extras."
|
Rose Preston
|
|
46%
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Runaway Bride (1999)
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"Runaway Bride is long on amiability, but short on comedy and way short on intriguing romance!"
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Carl Arrington
|
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54%
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Girl, Interrupted (1999)
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"Despite solid performances from all involved, the movie fails to stir."
|
Rose Preston
|
|
80%
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Fight Club (1999)
|
"Fight Club is a shocking sight to behold!"
|
Carl Arrington
|
|
80%
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Bowfinger (1999)
|
"Murphy's slapstick performance as both klutz and crazy action hero make for his best work since The Nutty Professor."
|
Carl Arrington
|
|
15%
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Random Hearts (1999)
|
"The film's chief problem is that the unwinding of the romance between Kay and Dutch is so gradual -- and often furtive."
|
Carl Arrington
|
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21%
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Inspector Gadget (1999)
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"The story has the frantic pacing of an action thriller that tears through situations and laughlines with a cinematic buzzsaw."
|
Carl Arrington
|
|
9%
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The Bachelor (1999)
|
"The script is so baldly predictable and bereft of comic dialogue that it makes the situation comedy more annoying than funny."
|
Carl Arrington
|
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63%
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Man on the Moon (1999)
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"A better puppeteering job than John Cusack in Being John Malkovich."
|
Jason Kaufman
|
|
94%
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Three Kings (1999)
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"Amazing."
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Carl Arrington
|
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66%
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Stuart Little (1999)
|
"It is testament to the skills of the visual effects crew that they have so seamlessly and brilliantly brought this creature to life."
|
Rose Preston
|
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83%
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Notting Hill (1999)
|
"Quite possibly not since Hepburn and Grant or Hepburn and Tracy or Funicello and Avalon have we seen this much on-screen chemistry."
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Brandon Judell
|
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81%
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South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999)
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"The genius is that this 'movie within a movie' both apes and stokes the very battle over free speech that inflames every era."
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Carl Arrington
|
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56%
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Mumford (1999)
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"Smart, thoughtful and wise."
|
Carl Arrington
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29%
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Drowning Mona (2000)
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"Drowning Mona is a laughfest!"
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Rose Preston
|
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32%
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Superstar (1999)
|
"It's pretty funny even if you aren't a big SNL fan."
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Carl Arrington
|
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52%
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The Muse (1999)
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"Brooks is in top form in The Muse."
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Carl Arrington
|
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82%
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Fantasia 2000 (2000)
|
"Its eight sequences certainly have enough magic to appeal to children of all ages and look breathtaking on the IMAX screens it will grace."
|
Jason Kaufman
|
|
96%
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The Insider (1999)
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"Taut and brilliantly crafted."
|
Carl Arrington
|
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29%
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Jakob the Liar (1999)
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"Jakob has a marvelous ensemble cast that acts with grace, mirth and the dignity the subject demands."
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Carl Arrington
|
87%
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