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3.5/4
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Atanarjuat the Fast Runner
(2001)
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David Stratton
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It's way, way too long, and considerable editing would have made it more audience friendly. Still, once you get into the gentle rhythm of it, you're seduced by the exotic beauty of this rarely seen world.
Posted Nov 08, 2023
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4.5/5
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Moulin Rouge
(2001)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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Moulin Rouge is a spectacular achievement.
Posted Aug 30, 2023
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3.5/5
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Traffic
(2000)
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David Stratton
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[Traffic] is an ambitious film from Steven Soderberg, but I`m not sure it`s quite up to all the advance hype.
Posted Aug 15, 2023
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5/5
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In the Mood for Love
(2000)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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The journey we take in this film with these two fairly inaccessible people is amazingly powerful. It's hard to pinpoint just how Wong does it.
Posted Jul 15, 2023
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4.5/5
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Mulholland Dr.
(2001)
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David Stratton
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The real star of Mulholland Drive is Lynch and his extraordinary vision of the world.
Posted Jul 10, 2023
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3/5
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Magnolia
(1999)
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David Stratton
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A disappointment after the excellent Hard Eight and Boogie Nights. The stories themselves aren't all that involving (comparisons with Short Cuts are inevitable), and the film's at least an hour too long.
Posted Jun 29, 2023
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1/5
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Godzilla
(1998)
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David Stratton
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The much-heralded new Godzilla is not much of an advance on the earlier one. The big lizard looks like a refugee from Jurassic Park, his offspring have strayed in from Aliens, and the humans are a terribly insipid bunch of no-hopers.
Posted Feb 14, 2023
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5/5
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The Truman Show
(1998)
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David Stratton
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The casting of Jim Carrey was a masterstroke... the result is a brilliant, and touching performance unlike anything Carrey has done before.
Posted Feb 02, 2023
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3.5/4
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Eve's Bayou
(1997)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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This is a fine film, it`s nicely written and excellently photographed by Amy Vincent.
Posted Jan 09, 2023
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5/5
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Gladiator
(2000)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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It is gripping stuff, with Russell Crowe so muscular and heroic in the central role and Joaquin Phoenix giving a really interesting interpretation to Commodus.
Posted Nov 01, 2022
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4.5/5
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L.A. Confidential
(1997)
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David Stratton
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Dante Spinotti's widescreen camerawork and Jeannine Oppewall`s production design brilliantly recreate the somewhat tawdry world of a glamorous city which is starting to lose its glamour.
Posted Oct 19, 2021
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Tenet
(2020)
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Jason Di Rosso
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Tenet is clearly attempting some kind of emotional payoff that remains out of reach. By the end, the idea of swimming against the current feels like a metaphor for the film itself.
Posted Aug 27, 2020
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2/5
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Mercury Rising
(1998)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I must admit I was underwhelmed by Mercury Rising - in fact the temperature actually sank.
Posted Apr 23, 2020
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3.5/5
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The Story of Us
(1999)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I actually found the film very moving, very honest, except maybe for its resolution.
Posted Apr 07, 2020
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2/5
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The Story of Us
(1999)
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David Stratton
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The film lacks focus, sharpness.
Posted Apr 07, 2020
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5/5
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Pulp Fiction
(1994)
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David Stratton
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Pacey, punchy and at times hilarious. It's quite a movie.
Posted Apr 24, 2019
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3/5
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Pulp Fiction
(1994)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I was looking forward to this like you wouldn't believe... but it all goes on for so long and it's not terribly witty.
Posted Apr 24, 2019
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2/5
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Event Horizon
(1997)
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David Stratton
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[Anderson] has little feeling for suspense - instead he lays on the violence and gore with a trowel and diminishing returns are the result.
Posted Dec 15, 2018
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3.5/5
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Species
(1995)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I must admit I really enjoyed Species. I like being manipulated by a clever director, even though it isn't the best of its genre.
Posted Dec 03, 2018
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3.5/5
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Species
(1995)
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David Stratton
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It's a lot of fun. It's certainly well directed. We've seen it all before, but I enjoyed it.
Posted Dec 03, 2018
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
(1989)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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[It's] something that is intensely interesting for most of us yuppies.
Posted Feb 16, 2018
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Sex, Lies, and Videotape
(1989)
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David Stratton
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I was disappointed. I think it's been overhyped and I can't understand why people rave about it the way they do.
Posted Feb 16, 2018
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5/5
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Wings of Desire
(1987)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I love that search for what makes a human.
Posted Nov 02, 2017
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5/5
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Wings of Desire
(1987)
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David Stratton
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A stunningly made valentine to the city of Berlin, which has never been more imaginatively or more beautifully filmed. A joy from start to finish.
Posted Nov 02, 2017
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Romper Stomper
(1992)
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David Stratton
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In these volatile times, with racism on the march again all over the world, this is a dangerous film.
Posted Aug 08, 2017
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4.5/5
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Romper Stomper
(1992)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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This is in no way a pleasant film experience. It is relentlessly psychologically violent, almost nauseatingly so on occasion. However it is one of the finest films to be made in this country in recent years.
Posted Aug 08, 2017
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Gallipoli
(1981)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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It moved me so terribly.
Posted Jul 07, 2017
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Gallipoli
(1981)
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David Stratton
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Gallipoli was, and is, a triumph.
Posted Jul 07, 2017
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4/5
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Sample People
(2000)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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Writer/director Clinton Smith has chosen a hyped-up reality look in terms of colours and angles, that matches his inner-city drug-laden music-driven material.
Posted Apr 06, 2017
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L'Avventura
(1960)
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David Stratton
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Antonioni's cool, beautifully photographed film isn't really a mystery and certainly not a thriller. Audiences over the years have delighted in deciding what it really is all about.
Posted Apr 05, 2017
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L'Avventura
(1960)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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The film just looks great. That black and white cinematography is just divine.
Posted Apr 05, 2017
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4.5/5
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Driving Miss Daisy
(1989)
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David Stratton
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Fine acting, subtle direction, good writing, in fact, a film for everyone to appreciate and enjoy.
Posted Jan 25, 2017
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4/5
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Buffalo 66
(1998)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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Performances are outstanding, particularly those of Gallo and Ricci. It`s so refreshing and invigorating to see a film like this.
Posted Aug 30, 2016
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4/5
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The Madness of King George
(1994)
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David Stratton
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Visually sumptuous, energetic and classy, The Madness of King George is British film theatre at its most seductive.
Posted Aug 17, 2016
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4/5
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Dead Man Walking
(1995)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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It doesn't flinch from presenting the crime committed, and yet, it's a film that undoubtedly is against capital punishment.
Posted Feb 12, 2016
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4/5
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Dead Man Walking
(1995)
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David Stratton
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It's an important film and a beautifully made film too.
Posted Feb 12, 2016
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3.5/5
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I must say that I did get quite emotional in this.
Posted Nov 16, 2015
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3.5/5
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Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith
(2005)
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David Stratton
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I think it is visually exciting. I think there are wonderful things in it but I just missed that innocence of the early films.
Posted Nov 16, 2015
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4/5
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Casino Royale
(2006)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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This is a much more serious Bond than we've seen in many years. Daniel Craig inhabits the dark side of the secret agent really well, he is absolutely the best Bond since Connery.
Posted Nov 02, 2015
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4/5
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Casino Royale
(2006)
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David Stratton
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I think this is a very intelligent film for a Bond film, and certainly one of the most enjoyable.
Posted Nov 02, 2015
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3/5
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Quantum of Solace
(2008)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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I also was really disappointed in the villain in this because I just felt I could blow him over with a little puff of air, and that's not a good feeling with a Bond movie.
Posted Nov 02, 2015
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4/5
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The Simpsons Movie
(2007)
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David Stratton
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It's very well written and, as I say, it's consistently funny.
Posted Aug 02, 2015
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3.5/5
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The Simpsons Movie
(2007)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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A very knowing, self-aware cinema experience, [and] fans of the series will love it.
Posted Aug 02, 2015
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4/5
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The Incredibles
(2004)
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David Stratton
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These are lovely characters, it's a witty script, there's lots of laughs.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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4/5
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The Incredibles
(2004)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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It is a simply astounding feat of animation with such attention paid to details like the lighting and even the hair of characters.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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4/5
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Ratatouille
(2007)
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David Stratton
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It's a great programme for all the family.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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3/5
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Ratatouille
(2007)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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It's not my favourite Pixar film.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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2.5/5
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Shark Tale
(2004)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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There are a couple of laughs, but for me, it's a film that's mainly just going through the motions.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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4/5
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Shark Tale
(2004)
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David Stratton
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I laughed quite a lot during this film.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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3.5/5
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WALL-E
(2008)
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Margaret Pomeranz
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To carry the film for as long as it does with virtually no dialogue... that's to me the magic of animation.
Posted Jul 29, 2015
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