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Yazmin Ghonaim

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The Matrix Reloaded (2003) 74% 7/10 EDIT “A film that escalates its ability to astonish viewers with its technological achievements.” – Cinephiles May 16, 2003 Full Review Laurel Canyon (2002) 68% 5/10 EDIT “While the plot successfully sets up the subsequent confrontation between the fragmented Sam and Alexis, both actors fail to elevate their performances to the dramatic level the climactic scene requires.” – Cinephiles Mar 31, 2003 Full Review About Schmidt (2002) 86% 6/10 EDIT “Delivers bittersweet comedy and a heartening message about the ever present possibility of finding significance in the world.” – Cinephiles Mar 31, 2003 Full Review The Four Feathers (2002) 41% 7/10 EDIT “Director of photography Robert Richardson ... captures the images vividly and draws viewers further into the film's dramatic desert battle scenes.” – Cinephiles Dec 10, 2002 Full Review Life Is Beautiful (1997) 80% 9/10 EDIT “A dramatic rendition of the fortitude required to reclaim the violated spirit and the imaginary optimism needed to save a dying innocence.” – Cinephiles Dec 4, 2002 Full Review Insomnia (2002) 92% 7/10 EDIT “” – Cinephiles Aug 27, 2002 Full Review Baran (2001) 89% 8/10 EDIT “Offers viewers an honest portrayal of the realistic dilemmas confronting its characters and of the inspiring ways by which they learn to overcome them.” – Cinephiles Aug 5, 2002 Full Review Road to Perdition (2002) 82% 6/10 EDIT “The film presents its main characters in an overall simplified manner, where a character's personal dilemmas and inner conflicts are represented by plot much more so than by character.” – Cinephiles Jul 22, 2002 Full Review Full Frontal (2002) 38% 4/10 EDIT “A sometimes realistically and other times unrealistically portrayed group of mostly unlikeable men and women undergoing an identity or 'middle-age' crisis.” – Cinephiles Jul 22, 2002 Full Review The Bourne Identity (2002) 84% 4/10 EDIT “The film fails to explore more intriguing narrative possibilities regarding the psychological effects of its character's identity crisis.” – Cinephiles Jun 24, 2002 Full Review The Lady and the Duke (2001) 72% 7/10 EDIT “Aside from Rohmer's bold choices regarding point of view, The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art.” – Cinephiles Jun 3, 2002 Full Review Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002) 62% 7/10 EDIT “Visually, Attack of the Clones' most impressive achievement is the army of clones and the factory that produces them. ” – Cinephiles May 13, 2002 Full Review Spider-Man (2002) 90% 7/10 EDIT “Effectively brings to the screen an unforgettable superhero that swings back into contemporary times.” – Cinephiles May 13, 2002 Full Review High Crimes (2002) 31% 5/10 EDIT “Conforms itself with creating a game of 'who's who' ... where the characters' moves are often more predictable than their consequences.” – Cinephiles Apr 29, 2002 Full Review Panic Room (2002) 76% 6/10 EDIT “Although Panic Room manages to deliver a visual story about a horrific home intrusion, the film lacks overall creative narrative options that would sustain and effectively develop the film's horror and suspense.” – Cinephiles Apr 8, 2002 Full Review The Time Machine (2002) 28% 6/10 EDIT “Neglects the author's fundamental vision.” – Cinephiles Mar 25, 2002 Full Review Showtime (2002) 25% 7/10 EDIT “The film benefits from De Niro's personification of the unglamorous, grumpy Mitch, from Murphy's overstressed -- yet amusingly credible -- performance.” – Cinephiles Mar 19, 2002 Full Review 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002) 40% 6/10 EDIT “Creates a rapport with its young viewers by first affronting them with its crude treatment of sex and then entertaining them with a silly plot.” – Cinephiles Mar 4, 2002 Full Review Collateral Damage (2002) 19% 3/10 EDIT “Reduces itself to a highly simplified story about an overly aggressive victim, who is conveniently empowered to carry out extraordinary tasks in unknown territories.” – Cinephiles Feb 25, 2002 Full Review The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001) 91% EDIT “The Fellowship of the Ring does manage to recreate in the viewer's mind those powerful, fantastical images of the magical land of Middle-earth.” – Cinephiles Dec 24, 2001 Full Review A Beautiful Mind (2001) 74% EDIT “Successfully lures the viewer into the mind of a character who is portrayed as defining everything in his world in mathematical terms.” – Cinephiles Dec 24, 2001 Full Review Vanilla Sky (2001) 41% EDIT “Successfully lures the viewer to feel sympathy for the the protagonist.” – Cinephiles Dec 17, 2001 Full Review Ocean's Eleven (2001) 83% EDIT “Deprives the viewer of the type of heightened suspense desirable for the heist genre, and rather, distracts him and her with its superficial treatment of character and plot.” – Cinephiles Dec 3, 2001 Full Review Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) 80% 7/10 EDIT “Successfully imposes its imagery of the highly fictionalized reality of Harry Potter, and capitalizes on the charming qualities of its popularized protagonist.” – Cinephiles Dec 3, 2001 Full Review Focus (2001) 55% EDIT “Successfully presents its main character's reactions toward unsolicited events.” – Cinephiles Nov 26, 2001 Full Review
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