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73%
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Before Night Falls (2001)
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"There are many sequences in the film that are pure art in the way sight and sound have been united on the screen."
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Anthony Leong
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53%
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The Family Man (2000)
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"It manages to spread a little holiday cheer while serving as a springboard for self-reflection."
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Anthony Leong
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94%
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Princess Mononoke (Mononoke-hime) (1999)
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"Like all of Miyazaki's work, the animation is pristine and often breathtaking, particularly the sharply realized action sequences."
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Anthony Leong
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100%
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Jaws (1975)
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"It was certainly the shocking opening that audiences expected from a film with such a catch-all title, and the rest of the movie wasn't half bad either."
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Noel O'Shea
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92%
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Blue Velvet (1986)
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"One of the few masterpieces of the Eighties, a gut-wrenching exposè of the seamier side of homespun Americana."
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Noel O'Shea
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39%
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Armageddon (1998)
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"If you're looking for brainless, manipulative fun -- look no further. And it has some pretty spiffy special effects."
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Michael T. Grace
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39%
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Armageddon (1998)
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"Yep, every angle covered... almost. They forgot something; plausibility."
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Noel O'Shea
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91%
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Carrie (1976)
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"De Palma's visual bravura elevates the film beyond mere plagiarism, and the deeply-felt emotions of the characters was something fresh in the genre in the mid-Seventies."
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Noel O'Shea
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83%
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There's Something About Mary (1998)
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"There a lot of uncomfortable, albeit hilarious scenes."
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Michael T. Grace
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92%
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Blade Runner (1982)
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"Philip K. Dick's seminal SF novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? is here transformed into a superior genre film, thanks to Ridley Scott's direction and visual futurist Syd Mead's amazing architectural prophecies."
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Noel O'Shea
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100%
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Frankenstein (1931)
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"To look into Karloff's limpid eyes, is to look into the essence of horror itself."
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Noel O'Shea
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86%
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Heat (1995)
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"Mann packs more into the nearly three-hour running time than most directors have achieved in their entire careers, and the film remains the director's best work to date."
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Noel O'Shea
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97%
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Alien (1979)
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"You could hear a pin drop during the more tense moments of Alien in theatres back in 1979."
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Noel O'Shea
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98%
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Vertigo (1958)
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"It's certainly the deepest, most thought-provoking film in Hitchcock's canon."
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Noel O'Shea
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95%
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The Truman Show (1998)
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"There were some moving scenes, hilarious comedy, and a dramatic finale."
|
J. Holloway
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88%
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The Abyss (1989)
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"The Abyss: Special Edition stands as a testament to suspense/sci-fi/fantasy film and is more than worth checking out."
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J. Saxon
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88%
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The Abyss (1989)
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"The most cringe-worthy dialogue this side of a Sly Stallone flick."
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Noel O'Shea
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|
85%
|
The Sixth Sense (1999)
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"Some modern-day moviegoers weaned on thrill-a-minute filmmaking may grow tiresome of the films deliberate pace, but it is appropriate to the material. Subtlety in this genre is hard to find."
|
Bill Bischoff
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40%
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Pay It Forward (2000)
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"What could have been a stirring, touching drama, like The Sixth Sense or Magnolia, unfortunately becomes soap opera mush."
|
Mike Jasik
|
|
54%
|
Basic Instinct (1992)
|
"An implausible, wildly over-the-top thriller, with incredibly inept dialogue and supremely fuzzy characterisations, but -- and here's the irony -- it all adds up to wonderfully compelling entertainment."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
90%
|
The Shining (1980)
|
"No other horror film looks quite like this one, and John Alcott's superb cinematography is the reason for this."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
93%
|
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
|
"It is rare to see a film in which the performances, writing, narrative structure, direction, humor, and production design combine to create an outstanding and enchanting piece of work that is in essence, pure poetry."
|
Anthony Leong
|
|
93%
|
Shakespeare in Love (1998)
|
"Patient filmgoers who can take pleasure in the inspired moments of it's secondary cast may find it worth the outlay."
|
Bill Bischoff
|
|
98%
|
King Kong (1933)
|
"This masterpiece has been the inspiration for many an inferior film ... but there never was a film to catch the imagination in quite the same way as the unbeatable original."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
98%
|
Aliens (1986)
|
"A non-stop actioner that will leave you breathless."
|
|
|
79%
|
Shanghai Noon (2000)
|
"A suprisingly sturdy piece of fluff with some real razzle-dazzle in the fighting department, and pretty funny too."
|
Adam Prosser
|
|
96%
|
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
|
"Highly recommended, this film is one for every film lovers library."
|
J. Saxon
|
|
96%
|
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
|
"Full of the most awe-inspiring images in all cinema, 2001: A Space Odyssey marries drifting spacecraft with classical music, and it works beautifully."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
95%
|
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
|
"Close Encounters is a wondrous mixture of modern filmmaking techniques and the sensibilities of Walt Disney."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
93%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
|
"A powerful piece of work."
|
Anthony Leong
|
|
93%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
|
"An intense, emotional ride through the hideous bowels of a war torn Europe."
|
M. Rodela
|
|
93%
|
Saving Private Ryan (1998)
|
"One of the finest, and the most thought-provoking film released in quite awhile."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
70%
|
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
|
"Any movie which has a woman named Alotta Fagina in it is worth seeing!"
|
Michael T. Grace
|
|
97%
|
Unforgiven (1992)
|
"If this is indeed Eastwood's last Western, then it's a helluva way to bow out."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
97%
|
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966)
|
"Big, baroque, brilliant."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
97%
|
The Iron Giant (1999)
|
"Incredible! Amazing! Terrific!"
|
B. DeMoss
|
|
97%
|
The Iron Giant (1999)
|
". It transcends it's medium to become not only an excellent animated movie, but an excellent movie."
|
Michael T. Grace
|
|
100%
|
North by Northwest (1959)
|
"Served up in Hitchcock's inimitable style, and with a liberal helping of thrilling suspense sequences that act like musical notes in a symphony, this film is one of the very best films made in the Fifties."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
88%
|
Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen (2000)
|
"The Exorcist gets right to the heart of what scares us, and mounts an assault on our primal fears."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
73%
|
Snatch (2001)
|
"Deserves better, because it is."
|
Mike Jasik
|
|
82%
|
American History X (1998)
|
"Stylish, emotionally resonant, and unflinchingly gritty, American History X is clearly one of the year's best films."
|
Anthony Leong
|
|
92%
|
The Deer Hunter (1978)
|
"As a Vietnam War film, The Deer Hunter is as compelling as most others in the genre; as drama The Deer Hunter is superb."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
88%
|
Titanic (2012)
|
"Titanic is a very well-balanced film, with something to offer everyone."
|
Anthony Leong
|
|
90%
|
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
|
"A splendid surprise."
|
Michael T. Grace
|
|
90%
|
Ever After: A Cinderella Story (1998)
|
"What is most endearing of Ever After are the well-fleshed out characters that populate it."
|
Anthony Leong
|
|
40%
|
The Replacements (2000)
|
"A mildly entertaining waste of time."
|
Josh Costello
|
|
100%
|
Citizen Kane (1941)
|
"It showed its audience, and more significantly, Welles' fellow filmmakers, what cinema could do. Every American film made since owes it a sincere debt of gratitude."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
97%
|
Psycho (1960)
|
"It remains the scariest film ever made."
|
Noel O'Shea
|
|
87%
|
The Matrix (1999)
|
"A slam-bang sci-fi spectacular that shouldn't work, but somehow does."
|
Anthony Leong
|
87%
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