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Alexander (2004) |
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"Ponderous to a fault, a good-looking production that just sort of sits there looking self-important despite the violence and intrigues basic to the story." | |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"... captures not only the majesty of the brinier depths — but also the fascination therein that keeps luring Cameron back to the ocean." | |
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1/5 |
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Another You (1991) |
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"Pathetic attempt to recapture the vanished magic of a once-effective comedy team." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Apache (1954) |
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Beyond the Sea (2004) |
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"... pays tribute to the long-gone pop singer Bobby Darin in ways deeper by far than the bland hagiography that characterizes most show-world biopics." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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The Birds (1963) |
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"More novelty than spectacle, but overall a chilling exercise in nihilistic terror." | |
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4/5 |
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Blade Runner (1982) |
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"Futurism meets film noir in the most satisfying S-F picture of its day." | |
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3/5 |
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The Boy With Green Hair (1948) |
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"A peculiar mixing of bigot-buster and pacifist sensibilities, rendered largely incoherent on account of Howard Hughes' attempts to transform the piece into a pro-war tract. Strange that such a safe-as-milk picture could have caused many of its talents to" | |
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2/5 |
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Carnosaur (1993) |
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"The anti-'Jurassic Park' -- meaner and more provocative but intolerably cheap." | |
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1/5 |
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Casper's Haunted Christmas (2000) |
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"There's something diseased about a cartoon series predicated on the utterly wholesome adventures of a deceased juvenile." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Cesar (1936) |
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Charlie Bartlett (2007) |
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"Poll and screenwriter Gustin Nash may be paying homage, here, but they also bring to the table a comparable depth of thought and characterization." | |
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Cinderella Man (2005) |
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"'The film is ... as rich in Depression-era authenticity as such a picture gets, complete with a palpable air of social decay and personalized despondency.'" | |
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Cinderella Man (2005) |
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"'The film is ... as rich in Depression-era authenticity as such a picture gets, complete with a palpable air of social decay and personalized despondency.'" | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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Cold Eyes of Fear (1971) |
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3/5 |
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Cry Freedom (1987) |
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"Often harrowing and naturalistic but ultimately self-important in its indictment of police-state politics." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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4/5 |
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Dave (1993) |
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"Darned near the Second Coming of Capra in Reitman's account of common decency under siege by political treacheries." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Die, Monster, Die! (1965) |
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"Lovecraft Lite, from the studio that made the world safe for Edgar Allan Poe." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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Evil Laugh (1988) |
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Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Eye of the Needle (1981) |
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2/5 |
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Far and Away (1992) |
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"Overblown would-be epic of the Western frontier." | |
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4/5 |
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Foolish Wives (1922) |
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"The original 'Eyes Wide Shut,' confronting the erotic obsession with frankness and confrontational humor." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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4/5 |
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The Gunfighter (1950) |
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"Henry King's, and Gregory Peck's, best sagebrusher -- bar none." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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The Insect Woman (1963) |
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4/5 |
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Invaders From Mars (1953) |
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"Wm. Cameron Menzies' almost-masterpiece of Cold War paranoia, bracing and impactful despite some conspicuous gaffes in the costuming-and-effects department. The underlying beauty of it all is a tacit understanding that yes, It Can, Too, Happen Here." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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1/5 |
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The Invisible Maniac (1990) |
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"Why bother with special effects when you can have your stunt players pretending to grapple with an unseen assailant?" | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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The Keep (1983) |
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2/5 |
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Kindergarten Cop (1990) |
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"Kid-friendly violence -- what a concept." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Man's Best Friend (1993) |
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"... a canine Frankenstein with real bite." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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Mississippi Burning (1988) |
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"Improbable re-enactment of an investigation into long-ago outbreak of hate crimes." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Moby Dick (1956) |
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National Treasure (2004) |
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"... a mock-epic assault on the conventional wisdom of American history." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Ned Kelly (1970) |
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Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Night Nurse (1931) |
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Ocean's Twelve (2004) |
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"... no improvement, unless one should care to marvel all over again at the utter lack of chemistry between [George] Clooney and Julia Roberts." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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0/5 |
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Orgy of the Dead (1965) |
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"Ghastly, but only in the sense of ineptitude." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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4/5 |
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The Petrified Forest (1936) |
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"Gangster Existentialism deluxe." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Pray for Death (1985) |
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"Depends upon which cut you've seen, whether the movie is any good or night. The pre-ratings original is pure ferocity, where the butchered American version comes off more like refried Jackie Chan." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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Ray (2004) |
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"... so suffused with clichéd mock-eventfulness and insipid veneration that you'd think [director Taylor] Hackford might be nominating [Ray Charles] for sainthood." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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Russian Doll (2001) |
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Spider-Man (2002) |
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"Count on Sam Raimi ... to deliver a Spider-Man movie that recaptures the wonder of those first-generation comics." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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3/5 |
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Tales of Terror (1962) |
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"Among the least of the Corman-Price Poe pictures, but rendered imperishable by its hilarious/horrific wine-tasting scene between Peter Lorre and Vincent Price." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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The Thief And The Cobbler (1996) |
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Michael H. Price | |
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1/5 |
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White of the Eye (1987) |
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3/5 |
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The Wild Angels (1966) |
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"Essential entry in the biker-flick craze of the 1960s and '70s, a heartfelt plea for nihilism and abnormalcy in a world enslaved by Civilization." | |
Michael H. Price | |
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2/5 |
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Zachariah (1970) |
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