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3/4 |
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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"One of the most disturbing antidrug public service announcements ever produced." | |
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3/4 |
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A Tout de Suite (2005) |
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"This is a film of disturbing emotional power and frank sexuality that is photographed in sensuous black and white." | |
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The Abandoned (2007) |
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3/4 |
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Abel Raises Cain (2005) |
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"An affectionate portrait of a gadfly dedicated to lampooning American society's foibles, the laziness of the media and the tendency in all of us to swallow what we really want to believe but shouldn't." | |
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About Schmidt (2002) |
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Absolute Power (1997) |
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2/4 |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"The rowdy college comedy Accepted will probably generate the most laughs among viewers too young to realize it's been cobbled together from Animal House and Revenge of the Nerds, with inspiration from American Pie." | |
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Across the Sea of Time (1995) |
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3.5/4 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"A groundbreaking, rule-bending, expectation-smashing musical." | |
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3/4 |
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Adam & Steve (2006) |
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"I could have done without the over-the-top cowboy line-dancing finale at which all the boy-loses-boy complications were resolved, but it's hard to begrudge such a charming cast their happy ending." | |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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Addicted to Love (1997) |
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2.5/4 |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"Visually, the film is impressive. Rodriguez has an incredible imagination and the computer skills to bring it to vivid life." | |
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Affliction (1997) |
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3/4 |
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African Adventure: Safari in the Okavango (2007) |
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"African Adventure 3D: Safari in the Okavango is ostensibly yet another eye-popping Imax travelogue, but much to my surprise it's also a treatise on how to make movies." | |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"It's effective stuff -- as far as it goes. But anyone expecting something more from After the Sunset will feel as if they've been robbed." | |
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After The Wedding (2007) |
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"It's a traumatic journey peeling away those layers of secrecy, repression and regret, but the actors are equal to those hyper-emotional demands. After the Wedding is a story told with unsparing honesty and skill." | |
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Afterglow (1997) |
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1.5/4 |
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Against the Ropes (2003) |
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"Almost nothing about it feels drawn from real life." | |
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3/4 |
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The Agronomist (2004) |
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"Demme's emotionally engaging salute to his fallen friend is a personal labor of love with relevance for anyone concerned with the history of our hemisphere. Or its future." | |
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Air Bud (1997) |
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Air Force One (1997) |
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2.5/4 |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"An old-fashioned but thoroughly good-hearted tale of academics, achievement and uplift ..." | |
Colin Covert | |
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3/4 |
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Al Franken: God Spoke (2006) |
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"Offers a portrait of this complex man that is -- dare we say it? -- fair and balanced." | |
Colin Covert | |
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3/4 |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"More intellectually rewarding than emotionally satisfying." | |
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2.5/4 |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
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"Ambitious and enjoyably silly teen thriller." | |
Colin Covert | |
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2.5/4 |
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Alexander (2004) |
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"This movie does everything to the max." | |
Jeff Strickler | |
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3/4 |
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Alexandra (2008) |
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"Without mounting a soap box, the film makes eloquent points about the struggle." | |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"Forty years ago, Alfie was considered a delightful romp. But what was cool in the 1960s is crass now." | |
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Ali (2001) |
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3.5/4 |
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Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
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"Alien is still a classic well worth a trip to the theater." | |
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3/4 |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"Puts some of these incredible creatures right in our laps. And we don't even need to travel hundreds of light years to see them." | |
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All About My Mother (1999) |
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"Almodovar knows how to tug on the heartstrings, and his filmmaking skills are well-displayed. Nonetheless, some fans might come away disappointed." | |
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All About the Benjamins (2002) |
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2/4 |
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All The King's Men (2006) |
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"All the King's Men has all the ingredients of thrilling political drama without actually being very dramatic." | |
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3/4 |
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The Almost Guys (2004) |
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"Fleming brings a feeling of loose, lively fun to the story. He writes funny characters, funny dialogue and funny situations." | |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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"If you took the 100 worst ideas ever conceived for a science-fiction film, rattled them around in a Lotto tumbler and spilled them out onto the screen at random, you could not produce a more asinine hodgepodge than Alone in the Dark." | |
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2/4 |
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Along Came Polly (2004) |
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"It isn't fresh. It isn't special. It isn't anything." | |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"Rather than turn the camera away when disaster strikes, [director Cassavetes] keeps his suffering characters in close, uninterrupted focus, pushing us squarely into their pain." | |
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1/4 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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"The original recordings of Alvin were among the lowest moments in the history of popular culture. This soulless rehash, with its fart and poop jokes, proves that even one-note wonders can be diminished." | |
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The Amateurs (2007) |
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"This sort of thing was done much better by the British years ago in The Full Monty and Calendar Girls. There's really no call for an American rehash." | |
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The Amati Girls (2001) |
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3.5/4 |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
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"A stirring and still relevant political drama with a stellar cast." | |
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Amelie (2001) |
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4/4 |
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America's Heart and Soul (2004) |
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"Forget about Prozac; you can't watch more than a few minutes of this without having your spirits lifted." | |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
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"Although Dreamz doesn't hold together as a seamless whole, most of its components are worth the price of admission on their own." | |
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2/4 |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"A strikingly photogenic but lethargic cops and crimelords yarn, it gives us a number of formidable talents laboring on a story that never develops the headlong momentum it needs. It's a brooding, serious character study impersonating a crime thriller." | |
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3/4 |
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American Gun (2002) |
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"Martin internalizes everything, and Coburn must communicate only through pained looks. It's a tremendous performance." | |
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2.5/4 |
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American Hardcore (2006) |
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"Leaves little doubt that this truly was one of the wildest eras in rock." | |
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American Reunion (2004) |
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Jeff Strickler | |
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