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19%
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Doom (2005)
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"No one's got their game on in Doom."
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Randy Myers
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71%
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Voces inocentes, (Innocent Voices) (2005)
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"Innocent Voices is executed with such unbridled passion and conviction that we overlook its excesses and succumb to its dramatic story."
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Randy Myers
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28%
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Elizabethtown (2005)
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"The film frustrates with its ADD nature."
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Randy Myers
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90%
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Capote (2005)
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"Not only does Hoffman deserve great praise, but also the movie itself, an assured first feature for filmmaker Miller."
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Randy Myers
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93%
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Good Night, And Good Luck (2005)
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"Everything in the movie feels like the real deal, from the wood paneling in the waiting room of Paley's office to the perilous amount of cigarette smoking lingering on- and off-camera. The dialogue is razor-sharp."
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Randy Myers
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75%
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In Her Shoes (2005)
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"Despite some strong performances and funny parts, including a wedding shower gone bad, the movie never seems to find the right fit."
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Randy Myers
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95%
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Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
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"It's refreshing to be rescued by a bright little G-rated movie with a 24-carat heart."
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Randy Myers
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60%
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Oliver Twist (2005)
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"Hopefully, this loving adaptation will allow a new generation to discover this masterpiece."
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Randy Myers
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62%
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The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
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"Even someone who can't distinguish a bogey from a birdie will get caught up in The Greatest Game Every Played."
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Randy Myers
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63%
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Proof (2005)
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"Somehow the formula fails. Almost everyone involved in this production seems to be off their game."
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Randy Myers
|
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87%
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A History of Violence (2005)
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"The American Dream remains but a hair trigger away from the American Nightmare in director David Cronenberg's brilliant and jarring A History of Violence."
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Randy Myers
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83%
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Tim Burton's Corpse Bride (2005)
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"This Corpse rises to the occasion."
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Randy Myers
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56%
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Just Like Heaven (2005)
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"What manages to save this film from becoming a big-screen version of an Air Supply song is Ruffalo."
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Randy Myers
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53%
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An Unfinished Life (2005)
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"Not to belittle grief, but at a certain point the movie starts to feel like a giant pity party."
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Mary F. Pols
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|
84%
|
De Zaak Alzheimer (The Memory of a Killer) (The Alzheimer Case) (2005)
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"Decleir does a fine job wavering between being confused and being a sort of James Bond for the senior set. But there's nothing deep or meaningful evoked here."
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Mary F. Pols
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83%
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The Constant Gardener (2005)
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"Fiennes gives perhaps the most emotionally rich performance of his career."
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Mary F. Pols
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80%
|
The Aristocrats (2005)
|
"At the end of the film you'll probably feel you never need to hear The Aristocrats again. But you'll also feel as though you've had the ultimate comedy lover's insider experience."
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Mary F. Pols
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36%
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The Great Raid (2005)
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"The Great Raid has an old-fashioned feel -- that is, old-fashioned in a musty way."
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Mary F. Pols
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52%
|
Secuestro Express (2005)
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"What saves Secuestro Express from being an exercise in misery and degradation is its black comedy."
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Mary F. Pols
|
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13%
|
The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)
|
"In the age of media immediacy, well-connected computer systems and helicopter pursuits -- to say nothing of the same watchful government that spawned the Patriot Act -- all this seems nonsensical."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
32%
|
November (2005)
|
"A psychological thriller -- notably short on thrills."
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Mary F. Pols
|
|
34%
|
Must Love Dogs (2005)
|
"There is an extremely supportive and welcoming market for an actress like this in the right romantic comedy. Must Love Dogs is half that movie; witty, rueful, true and sweet. The other half is so conventionally dumb, it hurts."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
40%
|
The Island (2005)
|
"This is precisely the kind of fun, trashy summer movie that makes you want to plunge both hands into a enormous bucket of popcorn."
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Mary F. Pols
|
|
82%
|
Hustle & Flow (2005)
|
"The way it peels back the layers of that first speech and shows us how naked and vulnerable ambition truly can be make it one of the most interesting films of the year."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
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54%
|
Happy Endings (2005)
|
"The movie hums along on the strength of its smart, intricate plot and the performances."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
82%
|
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
|
"The Wilder film is like Hershey's milk chocolate, while Burton's film is like a chunk of Scharffen Berger."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
75%
|
Wedding Crashers (2005)
|
"People are desperate for a good laugh, and there are plenty to be had here."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
85%
|
De Battre mon Coeur s'est Arrêté (The Beat That My Heart Skipped) (2005)
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"The movie is that rarity, a remake that uses its source material as a jumping-off point and ultimately cuts deeper and truer than the original."
|
Mary F. Pols
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|
81%
|
Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005)
|
"Refreshingly weird romance."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
94%
|
March of the Penguins (2005)
|
"Makes you feel like a child again -- curious, excited and enraptured by a story that has nothing to do with humans."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
74%
|
War of the Worlds (2005)
|
"In the second half of the film, the wind starts to go out of Spielberg's sails."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
64%
|
Heights (2005)
|
"The truth about what we're seeing unravels gradually over the course of the day and by the time we get to it, we're more interested in what these people will do next than in the readily apparent revelation itself."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
83%
|
Rize (2005)
|
"LaChapelle gives the kids a platform, but he doesn't dare probe beneath the surface."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
25%
|
Bewitched (2005)
|
"Instead of being bewitched, we're bothered and bewildered."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
42%
|
Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
|
"The moment that white Volkswagen Bug rolled into view, I melted."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
90%
|
My Summer of Love (2004)
|
"That's what makes this such a strong coming-of-age story; we feel Mona evolving, but until the last few frames, we aren't sure what or who she's become."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
6%
|
The Perfect Man (2005)
|
"It's always heartening when a movie for teens addresses issues beyond the basic quandaries of finding a prom date or fighting off the mean girl cliques."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
85%
|
Batman Begins (2005)
|
"Bale makes the best Batman to date."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
14%
|
The Honeymooners (2005)
|
"A tasteless comedy rife with bad slapstick, dull humor and a host of unpleasant characters."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
41%
|
High Tension (Switchblade Romance) (2005)
|
"The film has been partially dubbed into English with the assistance of the world's worst voice actors. The end product is nearly unbearable to watch."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
80%
|
Cinderella Man (2005)
|
"Most directors shy away from the Time That Oscar Voters Forget. Ron Howard must be getting bolder."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
77%
|
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
|
"Not just another teen movie, nor just another chick flick."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
81%
|
Layer Cake (2005)
|
"Features a plot anyone over 16 has seen at least a dozen times, with slick but completely unoriginal directing by Matthew Vaughn."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith 3D (2013)
|
"Star Wars, for better or worse, was the genuine article. How then can there not be a relevance, and a resonance, in saying goodbye?"
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
16%
|
Monster-in-Law (2005)
|
"If there is any reason to watch Monster-in-Law -- a chore best reserved for a day when the flu has rendered you incapable of the ability to discriminate between good and bad -- it is to see Fonda acting again after all these years."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
63%
|
Ladies in Lavender (2005)
|
"What it says about loneliness and the lost opportunities of youth is worthy of our attention, even as films like this begin to seem musty and well-worn."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
75%
|
Crash (2004)
|
"Truthful, intelligent and likely to ignite many useful conversations."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
97%
|
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005)
|
"It puts the whole mess in focus and will likely have you stomping about afterward in righteous indignation at the crimes perpetrated on us -- particularly Californians -- by the corporate swindlers at Enron."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
60%
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
|
"A good-natured space romp for the whole family."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
|
41%
|
A Lot Like Love (2005)
|
"As usual with romantic comedies, the premise keeping these two apart grows tired by the second half and absolutely limp by the conclusion."
|
Mary F. Pols
|
72%
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