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84%
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Breach (2007)
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"Cooper is always dead-bang on"
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Jim Chastain
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97%
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The Queen (2006)
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"A memoir of those strange days."
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Jim Chastain
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72%
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Stranger Than Fiction (2006)
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"Give Ferrell as many roles like this as he can possibly handle."
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Jim Chastain
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55%
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Marie Antoinette (2006)
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"Beautifully filmed and fun in its own quirky way."
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Jim Chastain
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91%
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
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"Great satire, perhaps, but remarkably painful."
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Jim Chastain
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76%
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The Prestige (2006)
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"It isn't my favorite Nolan film, but it's better than most of the films I see."
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Jim Chastain
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73%
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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
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"A strange, and often brilliant, blend of raging war footage and quiet drama."
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Jim Chastain
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93%
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The Departed (2006)
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"Probably the best acted film of the year."
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Jim Chastain
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69%
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Hollywoodland (2006)
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"The film is sustained on its juicy minor characters."
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Jim Chastain
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37%
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The Guardian (2006)
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"The film certainly comes across like a paid Coast Guard advertisement at times."
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Jim Chastain
|
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91%
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
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"May wind up being the 'dysfunctional family' film against which all others are ultimately compared."
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Jim Chastain
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76%
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Superman Returns (2006)
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"The film has a parallel universe that extends beyond the losses the characters suffer to the ones the audience has, based on who we are and what has happened to us."
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Jim Chastain
|
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95%
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Wordplay (2006)
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"A wonderful little documentary that seems fascinated with humanity."
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Jim Chastain
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21%
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You, Me and Dupree (2006)
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"An oddly likeable film that grows on you if you're willing to stick with it. "
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Jim Chastain
|
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40%
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend (2006)
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"A one joke film that runs its comedic course in about thirty minutes."
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Jim Chastain
|
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72%
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Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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"A fairly funny vehicle that runs out of gas well before the checkered flag."
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Jim Chastain
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22%
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The Pink Panther (2006)
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"Rest assured, the decision to remake this film had nothing to do with art, creativity, comedic zen, or some form of tribute to Sellers or Blake Edwards."
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Jim Chastain
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75%
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In Her Shoes (2005)
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"One of those rare redemption films that redeems even itself."
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Jim Chastain
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26%
|
Stay (2005)
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"Works best as an intellectual cinematic essay on the veiled subject at hand (and a director-driven art film at that), rather than as a narrative drama."
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Jim Chastain
|
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53%
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An Unfinished Life (2005)
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"An oddball blend of Western and soap opera."
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Jim Chastain
|
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56%
|
Just Like Heaven (2005)
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"Too cute for its own good."
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Jim Chastain
|
|
87%
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Millions (2005)
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"A cute film, heartwarming to a fault, and a sure crowd pleaser."
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Jim Chastain
|
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25%
|
Mindhunters (2005)
|
"Somewhat of a self-fulfilling title."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
|
"The film works fine as stand-alone entertainment, but does irreparable harm to the series as a whole."
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Jim Chastain
|
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58%
|
Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)
|
"A dry, twisted commentary on marriage and intimacy."
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Jim Chastain
|
|
85%
|
Batman Begins (2005)
|
"Nolan steadfastly refuses to turn this film into the special effects catastrophe it could so easily be."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
60%
|
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
|
"Overall, the film is enjoyable, but it is never exactly brilliant and is certainly less worthy than the novel. "
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
92%
|
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
|
"On relationships, the film soars."
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Jim Chastain
|
|
86%
|
Collateral (2004)
|
"Lands solidly in the worthwhile category, rather than the slush pile."
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Jim Chastain
|
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52%
|
The Notebook (2004)
|
"Like a summer wedding, you attend and root and try your best not to snicker."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
66%
|
Anchorman - The Legend Of Ron Burgundy (2004)
|
"Consistently funny, more often than not of the cheap variety."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
70%
|
Dodgeball - A True Underdog Story (2004)
|
"a pretty hilarious movie thanks to Stiller's willingness to let himself look like a complete idiot just for laughs "
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
81%
|
Hellboy (2004)
|
"I saw many films in this hodgepodge... but I saw nothing that 'Hellboy' could call its own."
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Jim Chastain
|
|
64%
|
Starsky & Hutch (2004)
|
"The idea of it, including the attention to seventies detail and the music, is funnier than most of the film."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
95%
|
Lost In Translation (2003)
|
"The ending packs an emotional wallop, a moment as magical as anything you will see at the movies this year."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
76%
|
Big Fish (2003)
|
"More "Ed Wood" than "Planet of the Apes"."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
82%
|
Monster (2004)
|
"An interesting depiction of the makings of a serial killer."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
80%
|
Miracle (2004)
|
"I would like to have gotten to know some of the players a little bit better."
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
92%
|
School of Rock (2003)
|
"Gladiator for the downtrodden and flabby"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
79%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
|
"without Depp, this film could easily have been called 'The Curse of the Black Pearl Harbor'"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
88%
|
Freaky Friday (2003)
|
"Waters seems to have a knack for creating families on the edge"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
78%
|
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
|
|
Jim Chastain
|
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Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders (2000)
|
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
90%
|
Whale Rider (2003)
|
"Keisha Castle-Hughes simply melts your heart"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
17%
|
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
|
"have we descended so far in American filmmaking that we must now literally scrape the bottom of the superhero barrel"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
84%
|
Swimming Pool (2003)
|
"tends to stay with you... for days, weeks even"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
79%
|
Open Range (2003)
|
"one of the best black comedies ever made"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
60%
|
Down with Love (2003)
|
"begins to sizzle at about the halfway point"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
49%
|
Bruce Almighty (2003)
|
"moralizing mumbo-jumbo"
|
Jim Chastain
|
|
85%
|
About Schmidt (2002)
|
"I liked how it used Warren's letters as the vehicle for sharing his journey inward"
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Jim Chastain
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