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74%
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La Vie en Rose (La Mome) (2007)
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Bob Mondello
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Country ()
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Bob Mondello
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36%
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The Lake House (2006)
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|
Bob Mondello
|
|
90%
|
Zodiac (2007)
|
"There are no tidy, last-minute plot twists to make you feel good in Fincher's Zodiac, just focus -- to keep an audience focused -- and the most disciplined filmmaking you've seen in forever."
|
Bob Mondello
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|
69%
|
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
|
"The coolest thing about the movie version of A Scanner Darkly is how very literally it takes the scanner part of that title."
|
Bob Mondello
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|
87%
|
The Last King of Scotland (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
40%
|
The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
26%
|
Lions for Lambs (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
50%
|
The White Countess (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
74%
|
Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (Orchestra Seats) (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
90%
|
Half Nelson (2006)
|
"Ryan Gosling's self-destructive teacher is easily the year's most mesmerizing character study. And he's hardly the only reason to see this film. Shareeka Epps anchors her scenes as Drey with a self-possession way beyond her years."
|
Bob Mondello
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40%
|
Shrek the Third (2007)
|
"Apart from some modestly amusing princess shtick and a pleasantly slapsticky opening, there's no real reason for anyone over the age of 11 to see this one."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
|
"At 141 minutes, this supe-opera is seriously overextended, with four distinct subplots and way too much hand-wringing over things like the heroine's singing career."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
58%
|
Resurrecting the Champ (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
95%
|
No End in Sight (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
74%
|
La Fille Coupée en Deux (The Girl Cut in Two) (A Girl Cut in Two) (2008)
|
|
Mark Jenkins
|
|
51%
|
The Producers (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
85%
|
Old Joy (2006)
|
|
John Powers
|
|
90%
|
Michael Clayton (2007)
|
"[A] smoldering corporate thriller."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
84%
|
King Kong (2005)
|
"It takes a while to get everybody to Skull Island, about 70 minutes, but it's time extremely well-spent."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
98%
|
Murderball (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
40%
|
The Night Listener (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
94%
|
Christmas in July (1940)
|
|
John Powers
|
|
24%
|
Filth and Wisdom (2008)
|
|
Mark Jenkins
|
|
41%
|
December Boys (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
35%
|
Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
94%
|
Ne le Dis à Personne (Tell No One) (2006)
|
|
Mark Jenkins
|
|
81%
|
Chicago 10 (2008)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
90%
|
A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker) (Giù la testa) (1972)
|
|
John Powers
|
|
21%
|
Semi-Pro (2008)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
55%
|
Romulus, My Father (2008)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
91%
|
Transsiberian (2008)
|
"Smart, unnerving, and sharp as an icicle to the eye, Transsiberian is the chilliest of midsummer thrillers."
|
Nathan Lee
|
|
27%
|
Evening (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
86%
|
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
|
"The movie may substitute Grand Guignol for laughs at times, but it's spectacularly stylized -- each throat-slashing exceptional -- persuasively sung, and imaginatively adapted for the screen."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
10%
|
Hell Ride (2008)
|
|
Nathan Lee
|
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007)
|
"Rescue Dawn may not feel much like a Herzog movie, but it's a gripping real-life thriller."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
36%
|
21 (2008)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
80%
|
American Gangster (2007)
|
"Ridley Scott's gangster flick aims high and mostly measures up."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
80%
|
Brick (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
57%
|
Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
72%
|
Crónicas (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
28%
|
Elizabethtown (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
77%
|
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress (2005)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
92%
|
Volver (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
13%
|
September Dawn (2007)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
75%
|
Happy Feet (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
92%
|
Darwin's Nightmare (2005)
|
|
John Powers
|
|
60%
|
Lonesome Jim (2006)
|
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
97%
|
The Queen (2006)
|
"A lesser director might make all of this deadly earnest, but Frears treats it as what you might call a tragi-comedy of manners, perfectly serious but human foibles everywhere."
|
Bob Mondello
|
|
45%
|
Lakeview Terrace (2008)
|
|
Cynthia Fuchs
|
71%
77%
61%
52%
26%
4%
