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74%
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Prometheus (2012)
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"'Prometheus' is not so much a prequel to Ridley Scott's 'Alien' as it is a remake. Fortunately, Scott remembers what made his unsettling 1979 classic work."
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Dan Lybarger
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Going Blind (2010)
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"An appropriately unsentimental look at a group of people losing their sight from a variety of eye diseases."
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Harvey S. Karten
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35%
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Lottery Ticket (2010)
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"Ice Cube is the only performer worth watching."
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Harvey S. Karten
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54%
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Salt of This Sea (Milh Hadha al-Bahr) (2010)
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"May not change opinions but this pro-Palestinian film brings to life several abstractions about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict."
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Harvey S. Karten
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44%
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La Soga (The Butcher's Son) (2010)
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"The best movie about a vegetarian butcher that you'll see this year."
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Harvey S. Karten
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94%
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La Nana (The Maid) (2009)
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"Saavedra totally embodies the role of Raquel, holed up in her disinfected cage, while Sergio Armstrong's handheld cinematography underscores the claustrophobia of her existence."
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Alice Tynan
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81%
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Disgrace (2008)
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"Steve Jacobs' adaptation of J.M. Coetzee's Booker Prize-winning novel Disgrace fearlessly pares back the layers of post-Apartheid South Africa within the microcosm of a father/daughter relationship."
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Alice Tynan
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77%
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Bronson (2009)
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"Britain's Got Talent never looked so good."
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Alice Tynan
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64%
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Watchmen (2009)
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"RT on DVD: We're Watching The Watchmen"
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Joanna Cohen
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59%
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The International (2009)
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"RT on DVD: The International, Dexter, Mad Men and more"
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Joanna Cohen
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64%
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Duplicity (2009)
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"RT on DVD: Duplicity, Friday the 13th and MacGyver!"
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Joanna Cohen
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68%
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Pineapple Express (2008)
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"Critics Consensus: Pineapple Express is Tasty"
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Tim Ryan
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66%
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Be Kind Rewind (2008)
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"The greatest idea for a comedy ever... Please understand that this is a Michel Gondry, so even as commercial as it wants to be, it's still an art film."
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Fred Topel
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35%
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National Treasure: Book of Secrets (2007)
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"The clues seem sharper this time around. Maybe they had more time to perfect the script or maybe I just got smarter in the last few years."
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Fred Topel
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74%
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)
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"Walk Hard would be funny anyway. It's just even more amazing because it's so right about the musical biopics. If they need a cheesy quote from me, I'll say Walk Hard rocks hard."
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Fred Topel
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47%
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Miami Vice (2006)
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"In bringing Miami Vice to the big screen, Michael Mann forgot to tell us who these characters are and why we should care about them."
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Binh Ngo
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73%
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Jet Li's Fearless (Huo Yuan Jia) (Legend of a Fighter) (2006)
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"If fights scenes are all you're after, Fearless suffices, but you've seen Jet Li in better form."
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Binh Ngo
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69%
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A Scanner Darkly (2006)
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"If A Scanner Darkly doesn't match Waking Life's wonderfully fluid meditation on the nature of existence, it's still a remarkable visual experience and an involving drama -- albeit one that takes a while to wrap your head around."
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Tim Ryan
|
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73%
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V for Vendetta (2006)
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"In all, V for Vendetta is a provocative film, not least because it's sometimes unclear what reactions it should be provoking."
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Tim Ryan
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88%
|
Maxed Out (2006)
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"This is an informative film about an important issue."
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Tim Ryan
|
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100%
|
LOL (2006)
|
"It has some sly laughs (and a few wrenching moments, including one distressed voicemail message) and a sharp ear for how people (awkwardly) communicate."
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Tim Ryan
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22%
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The Oh in Ohio (2006)
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"Like the Cleveland Indians in the playoffs, The OH in Ohio is a missed opportunity."
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Tim Ryan
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56%
|
The King (2006)
|
"There isn't a scene in The King that doesn't work, and it all adds up to something rare: a film that doesn't cheat, and that may turn off some but will leave others, ahem, all shook up."
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Tim Ryan
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72%
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Friends With Money (2006)
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"This a rare film about social status in which the bourgeoisie is seen in three dimensions, with discreet charm."
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Tim Ryan
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Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes ()
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"The film never feels simply like an accusatory diatribe; it's a sincere examination of the most important pop music of our time. Beyond Beats and Rhymes is rap food for thought."
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Tim Ryan
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80%
|
Son of Man (2006)
|
"The movie is a mix of gritty realism and fable, and director Mark Dornford-May finds many ways to place the story in a contemporary setting."
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Tim Ryan
|
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72%
|
American Hardcore (2006)
|
"About as definitive a chronicle of American punk as we're likely to get."
|
Tim Ryan
|
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76%
|
Factotum (2006)
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"A wry examination of quiet desperation, the film boasts rich performances and a nice topographical map of skid row."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
20%
|
Open Window (2006)
|
"A solid drama about how a traumatic incident affects a once-joyous relationship."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
67%
|
loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies (2006)
|
"Filmmakers Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin capture concert performances so powerful, so joyful, that most objections can be overlooked."
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Tim Ryan
|
|
86%
|
Thank You For Smoking (2006)
|
"A comedy for our troubled, intensely partisan times"
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
36%
|
Art School Confidential (2006)
|
"The film has its share of pleasures, particularly as a wry satire of how arbitrarily the art world selects its favorites for reasons that can have little to do with the art itself."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
71%
|
The Science of Sleep (2006)
|
"Equally fanciful and haunting."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
91%
|
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
|
"The film builds to a stunningly funny climax, one that is a moment of familial growth without an ounce of schmaltz."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
25%
|
The Darwin Awards (2006)
|
"The visual representation of gruesome death makes this black comedy a bit hard to stomach."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
87%
|
The Proposition (2005)
|
"One of the wildest and bloodiest odysseys in recent cinema."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
44%
|
Battle in Heaven (Batalla en el cielo) (2006)
|
"Visually arresting but dramatically inert, Battle in Heaven is the very definition of a difficult film. The question is whether such difficulty is ultimately rewarding."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
|
"The best comedians are remarkable for their ability to express things that most people wouldn't dare say. What separates Cohen is his ability to get these people to speak the words themselves, uncensored."
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Tim Ryan
|
|
72%
|
Infamous (2006)
|
"Truman Capote is good company, and for much of Infamous' running time, that's enough to hold our attention."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
37%
|
Death of a President (2006)
|
"D.O.A.P. leaves an ugly aftertaste."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
90%
|
Rescue Dawn (2007)
|
"... another triumph for the great German director."
|
Tim Ryan
|
|
33%
|
Breaking and Entering (2007)
|
"Despite some admirably committed performances, the film is marred by a few plot contrivances that cast unbelievability into a story that strives to be about real relationships, real politics, and real economics."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
76%
|
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2007)
|
"It's Nazis, melodrama and intrigue galore as Paul Verhoeven adds his patented Verhoeven touch to this sordid tale of a Jewish girl in hiding during World War II."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
75%
|
Catch a Fire (2006)
|
"The film champions its "terrorist" and vilifies its family man-turned-desperate lawman, and argues that when the lines between good and bad are forever blurred, forgiveness is mankind's only salvation."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
100%
|
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)
|
"What further elevates Deliver Us From Evil beyond the poignancy and courage of O'Grady's victims and the sorrow of their devastated families is Berg's access to the pedophile himself."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
——
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Kabul Express ()
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"Obliterates the poignancy it's attempting to establish by being a weird, mismatched hybrid of political drama, adventure thriller, and road comedy."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
33%
|
Stormbreaker (Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker) (2006)
|
"Filled with entertaining action sequences and a dazzling supporting cast, Operation Stormbreaker succeeds in serving up tasty fare for the older set, as well as kids."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
57%
|
The Dog Problem (2007)
|
"Scott Caan's second directorial effort is an intimate, comical gem of a film..."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
25%
|
El Cantante (2007)
|
"El Cantante is driven by the rhythmic, pulsating sounds of Lavoe's music, without which the film would be nothing."
|
Jen Yamato
|
|
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Misc: ShoWest 2006 ()
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Binh Ngo
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