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4/5
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The Decalogue
(1989)
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Christopher Null
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While it's imperfect, I have to say I feel a deep sense of achievement having finished the series.
Posted May 01, 2021
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2/5
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Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations
(1938)
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Christopher Null
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Overrated pap.
Posted Apr 09, 2021
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2/5
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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty
(1938)
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Christopher Null
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Overrated pap.
Posted Apr 09, 2021
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2.5/5
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Face
(2002)
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Nick Schager
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The director seems all too cognizant of her pedestrian script's inability to express more than superficial pathos.
Posted Mar 13, 2021
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3.5/5
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The River
(1984)
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Christopher Null
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Sissy and Mel face off against a raging river -- and plenty more -- in this chest-thumping melodrama from On Golden Pond director Mark Rydell.
Posted Jul 23, 2019
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2/4
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Taken 3
(2014)
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Frank Ochieng
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Let's face facts...we all were Taken in by this pseudo punchy action yarn that no longer generates the destructive heat it once punctuated with carefree confidence.
Posted Nov 10, 2018
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2.5/5
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(undefined)
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Nick Schager
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The director seems all too cognizant of her pedestrian script's inability to express more than superficial pathos
Posted Oct 20, 2018
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3.5/5
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Homicide
(1991)
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Paul Brenner
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a high wire neo-noir that bravely incorporates the urban thriller with the crazy twist of religious conversion and the saving/condemning of a divided soul.
Posted Dec 13, 2017
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3.5/5
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Dust
(2007)
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Paul Brenner
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In the end, Bitomsky equates dust with life and death and the infinite
Posted Apr 06, 2016
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Going Clear: Scientology & the Prison of Belief
(2015)
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Chris Barsanti
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...a fair-minded expose that is decades overdue.
Posted Feb 19, 2016
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The Second Mother
(2015)
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Chris Barsanti
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...Muylaert's film, a quiet kind of modern classic, is less fascinated by the power play and ritual than it is by the people who are inhabiting those roles, and hoping, ever so softly, to transcend them.
Posted Feb 19, 2016
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3/5
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Chinese Roulette
(1976)
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Christopher Null
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It just doesn't work.
Posted Jul 06, 2015
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The Passion of Joan of Arc
(1928)
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Paul Brenner
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With her wide and expressive eyes, eyes that lock onto the spectator, conveying both hope and despair in the same instant, Falconetti delivers one of the most sublime and gripping of film acting performances.
Posted Feb 27, 2013
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All About Eve
(1950)
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Pete Croatto
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Screenwriting students, you have your Bible. Movie lovers, you have a film that is impervious to the rigors of time, not to mention an inspiration for every prime-time soap opera.
Posted Feb 24, 2013
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3.5/5
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Hamlet
(1948)
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Christopher Null
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A solid rendition if the classic play, though not really deserving of its platitudes.
Posted Feb 24, 2013
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2.5/5
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Friday the 13th
(1980)
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Bill Gibron
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Posted Jan 22, 2013
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1.5/5
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked
(2011)
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Jesse Hassenger
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Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3.5/5
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Capricorn One
(1978)
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Keith Breese
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Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3.5/5
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
(2009)
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Don Willmott
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Posted Jan 22, 2013
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3.5/5
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Where Do We Go Now?
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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...When [Nadine Labaki] screams, "You're just animals!", it's to mourn every life snuffed out for worshipping the wrong way or belonging to the wrong group.
Posted May 11, 2012
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4/5
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Bernie
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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...it's good to know that Richard Linklater had some Hitchcock in him.
Posted May 11, 2012
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2.5/5
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I Wish
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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...[Hirokazu Kore-Eda] has the people and the mood, just not the story.
Posted May 11, 2012
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3/5
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Dark Shadows
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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...a 'shadow' of its former self, still fun and fascinating but a bit of a letdown for those on the original Barnabas bandwagon.
Posted May 11, 2012
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3.5/5
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
(2011)
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Bill Gibron
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel may not be capable of living up to every word in the title, but it does make for one engaging escape, no matter your age.
Posted May 04, 2012
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4/5
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Marvel's the Avengers
(2012)
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Jason McKiernan
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A slam-bang comics-inspired blast where the superhero collective fuses seamlessly and works marvelously.
Posted May 04, 2012
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2.5/5
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First Position
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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...crowd-pleasing but ultimately dissatisfying
Posted May 03, 2012
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3/5
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The Connection
(1961)
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Chris Barsanti
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Exhausting and occasionally juvenile, The Connection is, nevertheless, an experience.
Posted May 03, 2012
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3.5/5
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Safe
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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Safe may not be as bugnuts insane as the Crank films, but it does pack a similar wallop.
Posted May 02, 2012
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2.5/5
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The Raven
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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...a by-the-book spook show
Posted May 02, 2012
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4/5
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Sound of My Voice
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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But for a conclusion that arrives long before the audience is ready for it to be over with, this would have been the runaway indie hit of the year.
Posted May 02, 2012
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3/5
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The Five-Year Engagement
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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This should have been a lot better.
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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3.5/5
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits
(2012)
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Jesse Hassenger
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The lovingly crafted sight gags are plentiful and the lightly Pythonesque dialogue is cleverer than your average live-action comedy.
Posted Apr 27, 2012
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5/5
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Headhunters
(2011)
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Jules Brenner
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With the twists of a cyclone and humor that on occasion edges close to farce, it's a knife-cutting satire that's not above a bellylaugh.
Posted Apr 26, 2012
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2/5
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The Moth Diaries
(2011)
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Bill Gibron
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Sex, blood, and death may be the givens of any Dracula-inspired fright film. The Moth Diaries skimps on all three.
Posted Apr 24, 2012
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3/5
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Chimpanzee
(2012)
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Jason McKiernan
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Like all Disneynature films, Chimpanzee is a mixed bag, but it fulfills its role in the natural selection of the Hollywood box-office.
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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3.5/5
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Think Like a Man
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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This feather-light confection may lack true insights, but it does offer a lot of heart -- and humor.
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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2.5/5
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The Lucky One
(2012)
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Jason McKiernan
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The film is at least good-natured and occasionally charming, less flagrantly offensive than many recent tear-jerkers. Yes, I am damning with faint praise.
Posted Apr 20, 2012
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3.5/5
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Damsels in Distress
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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Dadaism for the preppie set.
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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3.5/5
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Goodbye First Love
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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...shows -- in bright colors and dark, gusting squalls -- what it is like to be swept away by overwhelming, and often unrealistic, feelings.
Posted Apr 19, 2012
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2/5
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The Three Stooges
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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Tthis is a strange combination of homage and hack-job that never rises above its otherwise obvious intentions
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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2/5
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Lockout
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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By borrowing a bit too liberally, it ends up drowning in its own demented designs.
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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4.5/5
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The Cabin in the Woods
(2011)
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Bill Gibron
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The Cabin in the Woods stays strictly within the preset motion picture mandates. If two years on the shelf results in something this fun and refreshing, then all movies should be left to age. This one has matured magnificently.
Posted Apr 13, 2012
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2/5
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The Hunter
(2011)
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Chris Barsanti
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In this unfocused and highly antidramatic film, Dafoe is measured for a role that requires him to be empathic and exceedingly normal; it doesn't fit.
Posted Apr 07, 2012
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1.5/5
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ATM
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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...a vaguely interesting idea for a scary movie made dull and derivative
Posted Apr 06, 2012
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2/5
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Keyhole
(2011)
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Chris Cabin
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Keyhole offers no promise of landing on solid ground or breaking through the atmosphere. It's a perpetual acid-trip comedown.
Posted Apr 06, 2012
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4/5
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We Have a Pope
(2011)
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Chris Cabin
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We Have a Pope is a film concerned deeply with how religious doctrine stresses a disconnect from human experience and, by extension, the very notion of humanism.
Posted Apr 06, 2012
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2.5/5
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Wrath of the Titans
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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...the worst kind of creative hodgepodge.
Posted Apr 06, 2012
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1.5/5
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Dark Tide
(2012)
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Jesse Hassenger
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Posted Apr 03, 2012
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3.5/5
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Womb
(2010)
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Chris Cabin
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One of the more effectively eerie chamber dramas to come around so far this year, perhaps because its chosen "chamber" exists on an otherworldly plane.
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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4/5
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Mirror Mirror
(2012)
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Bill Gibron
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The real surprise, however, is the sly self-referential tone that never takes itself too seriously, leaving the viewer capable of laughing at the lovely ludicrousness of it all.
Posted Mar 30, 2012
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