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73%
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The Amazing Spider-Man (2012)
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"The Amazing Spider-Man puts a new spin on an old tale: it's like seeing a new production of Hamlet, say, although with fewer soliloquies -- and fewer dead bodies, for that matter"
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Jay Stone
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64%
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Cosmopolis (2012)
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"The symbols are all functional and Cronenberg's allegory for a civilization divorcing itself from its own humanity is entirely realized, but without a potent emotional angle, it's little more than an intellectual exercise."
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Katherine Monk
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91%
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Arthur Christmas (2011)
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"Quite brilliant."
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Jay Stone
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73%
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The Whistleblower (2011)
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"There are few surprises in its drama, and the relentless savagery of the wrongdoers wears you down. However, there is no denying the strength of its story and the commitment of its cast."
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Jay Stone
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53%
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The Mechanic (2011)
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"People who think they don't make movies like they used to should check out The Mechanic, a persuasive replica of a 1970s B-film with much of the same genre splatter."
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Jay Stone
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79%
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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"Thanks to Imelda Staunton's wickedly funny performance as the pink-suited fascist Dolores Umbridge, Order of the Phoenix presents a satisfying -- but far from perfect -- chapter in Harry's continuing struggle against evil."
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Katherine Monk
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15%
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I Spy (2002)
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Jay Stone
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60%
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K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)
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"It's no Das Boot, Crimson Tide or The Enemy Below. But it's no embarrassment, either."
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Roger Moore
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18%
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Alaska (1996)
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Chris Cobb
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7%
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Dragonfly (2002)
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"Becomes a bit of a mishmash: a tearjerker that doesn't and a thriller that won't."
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Jay Stone
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17%
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Queen of the Damned (2002)
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"None of the characters is particularly likable, and the dialogue too often sounds like an endless string of overly dramatic Churchillian one-liners, most delivered in that gaudy thick accent."
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Bruce Deachman
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14%
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Black Knight (2001)
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"The humour is 90 minutes of the same joke."
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Jay Stone
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66%
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Spy Game (2001)
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"It needs twice the tradecraft and half the music."
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Jay Stone
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19%
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On the Line (2001)
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"Things get more and more saccharine just about every time anyone opens their mouth."
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Bruce Deachman
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13%
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Thirteen Ghosts (13 Ghosts) (2001)
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"Beck ... is very good on volume but not much for tension, suspense or frightening anyone."
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Jay Stone
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96%
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Chicken Run (2000)
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"Delightful Chicken Run pure poultry."
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Jay Stone
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41%
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K-PAX (2001)
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"Becomes sappier and more obvious as it works towards its solutions."
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Jay Stone
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92%
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The Celebration (Festen) (1998)
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Jay Stone
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89%
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Shrek (2001)
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"There is so much to enjoy all the way along that you'd have to be an ogre not to have a good time."
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Jay Stone
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7%
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Summer Catch (2001)
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"This Freddie Prinze romance is much like other Freddie Prinze romances. Prinze bats his Bambi brown eyes and removes his shirt frequently, which is probably all that his young fans need to hear."
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Steven Mazey
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82%
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The Deep End (2001)
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"An intensely focussed piece of work, told quietly and with great texture."
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Jay Stone
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21%
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Ghosts of Mars (2001)
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"The whole planet looks like a WWF Halloween special. It's The Night of the Living Martians!"
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Jay Stone
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54%
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Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
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"Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back is what happens when a smart filmmaker decides that it's all right to get really stupid."
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Jay Stone
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44%
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Rat Race (2001)
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"A ragged, wildly uneven road comedy."
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Steven Mazey
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86%
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The Closet (Le Placard) (2001)
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"It never forgoes the human moments for the farce, and the speed of the storytelling ensures that it is believable enough to work."
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Jay Stone
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29%
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
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"We get surfaces wrapped around a hollow core. A composite cliche. A hodgepodge."
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Janice Kennedy
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14%
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American Outlaws (2001)
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"Silly, insipid and, most tragically, dishonest and revisionist."
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Paul Gessell
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55%
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Osmosis Jones (2001)
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"Maybe it would have worked better if it was all animated, all live-action or by turning Frank into a cartoon charter and the City of Frank into the live-action portion."
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Paul Gessell
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52%
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American Pie 2 (2001)
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"Has an ear for adolescent humiliation and clunkiness."
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Jay Stone
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87%
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Calle 54 (2001)
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"For much of its 105 minutes, it simply sizzles with sophisticated passion."
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Doug Fischer
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12%
|
Original Sin (2001)
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"Unless John Travolta has a sequel to Battlefield Earth up his sleeve, or Kevin Costner has a new project in the works, they might as well hand out the Golden Raspberry Awards right now."
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Steven Mazey
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50%
|
Lost and Delirious (2001)
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"Bogged down in a wearying tone of longing, intense heartbreak and mad symbolic flights of Shakespeare."
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Jay Stone
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45%
|
Planet of the Apes (2001)
|
"Planet of the Apes isn't as badly miscalculated as Burton's Mars Attacks from a few years ago, but there's little here to admire beyond the design and some of the staging of the action scenes."
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Steven Mazey
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31%
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America's Sweethearts (2001)
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"If you like a little surprise in your movies, don't bother lining up for America's Sweethearts."
|
Janice Kennedy
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|
49%
|
Jurassic Park III (2001)
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"Anyone on a tight budget is advised to rent the first Jurassic Park and watch it again. In this one, there are no surprises left, and little of the sense of awe that the first film's special effects helped create."
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Steven Mazey
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34%
|
The Center of the World (2001)
|
"Parker ... enters the role with a naked abandon that fulfils the promise she showed in Kissed and Wonderland."
|
Jay Stone
|
|
60%
|
The Anniversary Party (2001)
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"Contains the undeniable fascination of the movie star world that is compelling even if you like to pretend that you couldn't care less."
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Jay Stone
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73%
|
The Score (2001)
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"The film has a very long buildup for what turns out to be rather pedestrian robbery. It is the scenes among De Niro, Brando and Norton that are the most interesting."
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Jay Stone
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68%
|
Legally Blonde (2001)
|
"A perfect little summer film, and it's exactly what is wrong with Hollywood."
|
Jay Stone
|
|
62%
|
The Claim (2000)
|
"The emotional possibilities pretty well freeze to death in the snowbound landscapes."
|
Jay Stone
|
|
51%
|
Kiss of the Dragon (2001)
|
"[Jet's] great to watch as an action hero, but Kiss of the Dragon ties him up with its silly plot and its ridiculous ultraviolence."
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Jay Stone
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54%
|
Cats & Dogs (2001)
|
"A gross insult to any human being with the intelligence of a pound mutt."
|
Chris Cobb
|
|
15%
|
Scary Movie 2 (2001)
|
"What exactly is being satirized when a priest has diarrhea?"
|
Jay Stone
|
|
71%
|
Baby Boy (2001)
|
"For the most part, though, Baby Boy tells a provocative and original story."
|
Jay Stone
|
|
73%
|
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
|
"A mixed bag of science-fiction contemplations."
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Jay Stone
|
|
52%
|
The Fast and the Furious (2001)
|
"It's all pretty dopey, but there are some exciting races, a great sequence involving a truck hijacking gone wrong, and the opportunity to watch Vin Diesel."
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Jay Stone
|
|
42%
|
Dr. Dolittle 2 (2001)
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"Messy and listless."
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Jay Stone
|
|
37%
|
Beautiful Creatures (2001)
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"Always surprising and the performances are carefully calibrated."
|
Jay Stone
|
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21%
|
Baise-Moi (2000)
|
"Not all of the killings are related to sex: the movie is more a catalogue of heartless vengeance."
|
Jay Stone
|
|
66%
|
Signs & Wonders (2000)
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"You're beginning to understand why Unger seems to be in such a daze: she's read the script."
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Steven Mazey
|
75%
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