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22%
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Color of Night (1994)
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"The artfully superficial relationship between Bill and Rose works to the plot's advantage."
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Candice Russell
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94%
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Pulp Fiction (1994)
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"Clever and daring, this high-pitched film never falters. Pulp Fiction is simply masterful. It's also one of the few films this year that bears seeing twice for maximum pleasure."
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Candice Russell
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0%
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Mac and Me (1988)
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"Mac and Me simply is an uninspired, fast-food version of E.T., The Extraterrestrial."
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Roger Hurlburt
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80%
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The Boxer (1997)
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"In this dull film, poignant characters caught up in histrionics flail with one glove, while much emotional shadowboxing is done with the other."
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Roger Hurlburt
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100%
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My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
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"There isn't a performance in this film that is less than excellent."
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Candice Russell
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84%
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Lethal Weapon (1987)
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"Nothing, however, can really prepare audiences for the generally good, though offbeat, performances, gritty action and serio-comic exploits of the Good Guys vs. the Bad Guys."
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Roger Hurlburt
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91%
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Scandal (1989)
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"Call it a hindsight view of British history, an unnecessarily controversial film about the uses of sex, or a perverse love story -- any of the descriptions will fit Scandal."
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Candice Russell
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46%
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Agnes of God (2002)
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"Fonda and Bancroft are interesting to watch together, in spite of their insufficient performances. But their meaty dialogues don`t amount to much."
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Candice Russell
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97%
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Schindler's List (1993)
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"The movie exudes an inescapable realism. Unlike a pastiche of newsreel footage, however, Spielberg craftily imbues Steven Zaillian's masterful screenplay with an emotionally charged examination of calculated brutality."
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Roger Hurlburt
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98%
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One False Move (1992)
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"In this film ably directed by Carl Franklin, who has spent most of his adulthood as an actor, there are more than a few tense scenes."
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Candice Russell
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34%
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Hackers (1995)
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"A disjointed yet generally enjoyable stint at the movies, even for those who don't know an infobahn from a nanosecond."
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Roger Hurlburt
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77%
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The Mask (1994)
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"Carrey, the star of the surprising hit Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and a regular on TV's In Living Color, acquits himself well in a part of sublime goofiness."
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Candice Russell
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78%
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Addams Family Values (1993)
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"Surprise, surprise -- Addams Family Values is more wicked, more warped and more tightly wound than The Addams Family. It's a dark comedy on the edge, way on the edge, and perhaps twice as funny as the original."
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Candice Russell
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82%
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The Crow (1994)
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"A stylized revenge fantasy of dark beauty."
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Candice Russell
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81%
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Batman Returns (1992)
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"DeVito and Pfeiffer make formidable foes and formidable fun."
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Candice Russell
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70%
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Batman (1989)
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"As Robin might have said of this semi-boondoggle: "Holy overkill!""
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Candice Russell
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92%
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Jurassic Park: An IMAX 3D Experience (2013)
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"A cautionary tale about scientists and schemers messing with Mother Nature, the film makes its point. But it takes at least 30 minutes to get going."
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Candice Russell
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54%
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Basic Instinct (1992)
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"[Stone] is the very best thing about this often disappointing, frantically sexy and, ultimately, unpalatable thriller."
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Roger Hurlburt
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72%
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
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"You are likely to leave Dirty Dancing feeling good about what happens to the characters and longing to dance as they do."
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Candice Russell
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93%
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Matewan (1987)
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"This thoughtful film is real in every respect, right down to the plaintive sound of a country woman`s ballad."
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Candice Russell
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81%
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Major League (1989)
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"Sheen, as an ace fireball pitcher called Wild Thing by the adoring fans, is excellent; so is Bernsen as a star-struck third baseman, whose portfolio is more important that a hard grounder in the hole."
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Roger Hurlburt
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86%
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Eight Men Out (1988)
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"Sayles deftly re-creates the forces that drove men at top of their class on the diamond to take bribes: big-time crime in Chicago and heartless management in the head office."
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John Dolen
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87%
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Field of Dreams (1989)
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"[A] special experience, sort of an It's a Wonderful Life for the late '80s."
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Candice Russell
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97%
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Bull Durham (1988)
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"Bull Durham is a jaunty, refreshing comedy that mixes sex The ambling pace and inventiveness of Bull Durham are the doing of Shelton, a filmmaker worth watching. This film is a tidy summing-up of one aspect of America`s favorite sport."
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Candice Russell
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77%
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A League of Their Own (1992)
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"It's a cinematic home run, certain to please filmgoers who don't know a catcher's mitt from an oven mitt."
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Candice Russell
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The Dirt Bike Kid (1986)
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"Within minutes, youngsters and adults alike will feel the magic and high-wheeling fun of this offbeat and entertaining film. Billingsley steals the picture, with his winning energy and great delivery."
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Roger Hurlburt
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69%
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Bart Got a Room (2009)
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"...A movie that has consistently entertained audiences on the festival circuit since its premiere at Tribeca in April."
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Phoebe Flowers
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|
79%
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
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"It would be impossible for any director to jam that much story into a 2 hour and 18 minute picture, but the elisions favored by Yates and screenwriter Michael Goldenberg are particularly unfortunate."
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Chauncey Mabe
|
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72%
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Golden Door (2007)
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"There's a big difference between slowly unfurling a difficult story so that it rewards a patient audience, and simply teasing viewers nearly to the point of torture. The Golden Door [skirts] dangerously close to the torturous."
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Phoebe Flowers
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40%
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Shrek the Third (2007)
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"Shrek the Third has a maddeningly plodding pace. It's less a movie than a shiny magnet installed in theaters to take your money."
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Phoebe Flowers
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88%
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Waitress (2007)
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"Waitress shows Shelly, just 40 when she was killed, to be a filmmaker of poise and promise. It's tragic that promise was never realized beyond this sweet, if slight, project -- but still a decent tribute to Shelly's multifaceted abilities."
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Phoebe Flowers
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94%
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Away from Her (2007)
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"Heartrending, elegant and restrained, Away From Her is a wonderful showcase for not just Christie and the rest of its powerful cast, but for Polley's multidimensional skills."
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Phoebe Flowers
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17%
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Georgia Rule (2007)
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"A far better, more absorbing melodrama than its titular conceit would have you expect."
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Phoebe Flowers
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19%
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The Ex (2007)
|
"The Ex, directed with a breathtaking lack of instinct by Jesse Peretz, is always at least a half-beat off."
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Phoebe Flowers
|
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70%
|
28 Weeks Later... (2007)
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"Many things happen in 28 Weeks Later, but you watch all of them with a sense of detachment. There is idle curiosity about who will be killed next, and how, but no real investment in their fates."
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Phoebe Flowers
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Gringo Wedding ()
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"There are a lot of offensive things about Gringo Wedding, an ostensible romantic comedy partially made in South Florida. It's racist, sexist and homophobic. But perhaps most galling is how stupid it is."
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Phoebe Flowers
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29%
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Lucky You (2007)
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"By all rights, this should be terrible -- but it's not. It's simply mediocre."
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Phoebe Flowers
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63%
|
Spider-Man 3 (2007)
|
"The best installment of the saga yet, in large part because its villains are so much more compelling than those past."
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Phoebe Flowers
|
|
87%
|
Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding) (2006)
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"An emotional masterpiece whose end is impossible to guess."
|
Laura Kelly
|
|
70%
|
Year of the Dog (2007)
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"The mood [White] creates, the subject matter he tackles, shows a rainbow coalition of dysfunction. And that makes Year of the Dog good, if strangely uncomfortable, viewing."
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Laura Kelly
|
|
76%
|
Black Book (Zwartboek) (2007)
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"A while back, Steven Soderbergh released his salute to '40s war dramas with The Good German. He should've just let Paul Verhoeven do it."
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Laura Kelly
|
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91%
|
Hot Fuzz (2007)
|
"When it comes to a movie as consistently hilarious as Hot Fuzz, it's better to have too much of a good thing than too little."
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Phoebe Flowers
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72%
|
Fracture (2007)
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"It's been quite a few years since we've had an intelligent, engaging legal thriller. Into the void slips Fracture, which fits the bill thanks to a polished script, great stars and a director perfectly suited for this territory."
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Phoebe Flowers
|
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74%
|
Avenue Montaigne (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (Orchestra Seats) (2006)
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"Avenue Montaigne [hits the mark] in a way that's unpretentious, sublime, sweet, meaningful and funny."
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Laura Kelly
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68%
|
Disturbia (2007)
|
"Not high art, but it serves its purpose."
|
Phoebe Flowers
|
|
11%
|
Perfect Stranger (2007)
|
"Perfect Stranger is Halle Berry's latest descent into career purgatory."
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Phoebe Flowers
|
|
85%
|
The Hoax (2007)
|
"Twisty, quite fun and generally bereft of sentimentality. It is, in short, just about the last movie you'd expect Lasse Hallström to make."
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Phoebe Flowers
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38%
|
Firehouse Dog (2007)
|
"Despite every expected turn of events, this is a real hero story."
|
Laura Kelly
|
|
83%
|
Grindhouse (2007)
|
"Further proof that every movie is better when it has zombies in it, Planet Terror also demonstrates that every movie is better when it features a retired stripper/aspiring stand-up comedian with a machine gun in place of her freshly amputated leg."
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Phoebe Flowers
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|
8%
|
Are We Done Yet? (2007)
|
"Ice Cube, here's a message for you. Henceforth, until you make a better movie than Are We Done Yet?, we're resorting to calling you Lukewarm Cube."
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Laura Kelly
|
87%
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