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15%
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Sex and the City 2 (2010)
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"Samantha does everything but draw a picture of the Prophet Muhammad on a pair of crotchless panties. "
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Stephen Himes
|
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74%
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Iron Man 2 (2010)
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"Tony Stark is Dick Cheney's foreign policy driven by Grover Norquist's fiscal policy, sold to the public by Ari Gold. Very confusing."
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Stephen Himes
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85%
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El Orfanato (The Orphanage) (2007)
|
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Sara J. Brenneis
|
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38%
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Swing Vote (2008)
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"In its relentless sermonizing about voting, the movie treats the audience like we're Bud Johnson--who the movie also calls a 'dumbass.'"
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Stephen Himes
|
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77%
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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
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"You sense that if Lucas had his way, Harrison Ford would have measured Shia LeBeouf's midiclorian levels."
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Stephen Himes
|
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84%
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
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"The difference between Apatow and Hornby is that Hornby has written at least one compelling female character."
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Stephen Himes
|
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87%
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Control (2007)
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"Like Joy Division's music, it's the paradoxical sum of what the film leaves out that makes it work."
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Andrew Stout
|
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95%
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No Country for Old Men (2007)
|
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Sean Weitner
|
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88%
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Superbad (2007)
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"Superbad makes cultural statements that should be every bit as disturbing as blaxploitation's were."
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Stephen Himes
|
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15%
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The Brothers Solomon (2007)
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"Imagines what might happen if Rod and Todd Flanders grew up and decided to have a surrogate child together."
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Stephen Himes
|
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13%
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Mr. Woodcock (2007)
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"A close reading of Mr. Woodcock reveals a dark, depressing film about small town decline. I think."
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Stephen Himes
|
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89%
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Eastern Promises (2007)
|
|
James Norton
|
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97%
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Killer of Sheep: The Charles Burnett Collection (2007)
|
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Sean Weitner
|
|
61%
|
Death at a Funeral (2007)
|
"Another Frank Oz comedy with a mean streak, this time with such delights as an old man defecating in his wheelchair."
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Stephen Himes
|
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96%
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Ratatouille (2007)
|
"But how would the rat match up against Iron Chef Morimoto?"
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Stephen Himes
|
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78%
|
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
|
"Yates' vision for Delores Umbridge is simple: She is to leave no wizard behind."
|
Stephen Himes
|
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90%
|
Knocked Up (2007)
|
"For all the talk of "morals" in the American cultural dialogue, stoner Ben says the only thing that really should matter: "I just want to do right by you.""
|
Stephen Himes
|
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70%
|
Ocean's Thirteen (2007)
|
"If This Pays For Another Darfur Benefit, Then So Be It."
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Stephen Himes
|
|
97%
|
Once (2007)
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"It has a Before Sunrise vibe, but the aphrodisiac is music rather than pseudo-philosophical Gen-X ramblings."
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Stephen Himes
|
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45%
|
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007)
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"As Captain Sparrow himself observes: "The immaterial has become.....immaterial.""
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Stephen Himes
|
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41%
|
Shrek the Third (2007)
|
"Antonio should use his Puss n' Boots voice in the Zorro sequel."
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Stephen Himes
|
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63%
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Music and Lyrics (2007)
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""Music and Lyrics" argues that pop songs are poetry, and in the tradition of Walt Whitman, the film proceeds to celebrate itself."
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Stephen Himes
|
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84%
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Bridge to Terabithia (2007)
|
"Understands that a kids movie that's "For Adults Too" means "Mature, Complex Themes," not "Fart Jokes and Sexual Innuendo.""
|
Stephen Himes
|
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59%
|
300 (2007)
|
|
James Norton
|
|
95%
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Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
|
|
Sara J. Brenneis
|
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92%
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Volver (2006)
|
|
Sara J. Brenneis
|
|
91%
|
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
|
|
David Essex
|
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25%
|
School for Scoundrels (2006)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
72%
|
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
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"One of the most interesting concepts in American movies this year: The French Nascar driver who is just a compilation of American stereotypes of "Frenchness.""
|
Stephen Himes
|
|
24%
|
Lady in the Water (2006)
|
|
Sean Weitner
|
|
26%
|
The Omen (2006)
|
|
Sean Weitner
|
|
69%
|
A Scanner Darkly (2006)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
81%
|
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
|
|
James Norton
|
|
57%
|
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
|
|
Tim Eagon
|
|
91%
|
United 93 (2006)
|
|
Sean Weitner
|
|
31%
|
The Libertine (2006)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
90%
|
Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story (2005)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
61%
|
The New World (2005)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
95%
|
Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
|
|
Andy Stilp
|
|
85%
|
Batman Begins (2005)
|
|
Sean Weitner
|
|
80%
|
Cinderella Man (2005)
|
|
Joshua Adams
|
|
86%
|
Hauru no ugoku shiro (Howl's Moving Castle) (2005)
|
|
James Norton
|
|
80%
|
Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
|
|
Ryan Coulter
|
|
16%
|
Alexander (2004)
|
|
David Essex
|
|
86%
|
Bright Leaves (2004)
|
|
D. W. Young
|
|
50%
|
Vanity Fair (2004)
|
|
Andrew Stout
|
|
97%
|
The Incredibles (2004)
|
|
Sean Weitner
|
|
44%
|
National Treasure (2004)
|
|
Andy Stilp
|
|
40%
|
The Grudge (2004)
|
|
Tony Nigro
|
|
85%
|
The Yes Men (2004)
|
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Tim Eagon
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