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Tracks
(1976)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Jaglom seems unable to decide whether he wants it to be a character mosaic or a psychological nightmare ...
Posted Feb 15, 2017
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Spread
(2009)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Ashton Kutcher is unwilling (or unable) to make himself the object of the same judgmental lens through which he has "Punk'd" other celebrities.
Posted Nov 23, 2009
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Brüno
(2009)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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For all of its button-pushing, the end result is almost as superficial as its egocentric hero.
Posted Nov 16, 2009
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Two Girls and a Guy
(1997)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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As a serio-comedy, it only half succeeds. The laughs are well earned, but the attempts at serious romantic analysis fall short of poignancy.
Posted Nov 10, 2009
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Fire and Ice
(1983)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Its ambiguously gay villain notwithstanding, Fire and Ice just doesn't hold the weight, either visually or thematically, that its creators probably hoped it would.
Posted Oct 29, 2009
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Camille
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The only people who might enjoy it are necrophiliacs--or masochists. Either way, they have issues.
Posted Oct 16, 2009
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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If you can forgive the occasional convolution, you may find something to enjoy here.
Posted Oct 07, 2009
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Surveillance
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It is staggering to think that a film could be so horrifically nihilistic and so painfully boring at the same time, but Lynch has done it.
Posted Sep 30, 2009
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Fighting
(2009)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Fighting consistently feels like a patchwork of better movies without their excitement or rooting interest in character.
Posted Sep 23, 2009
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The Last House on the Left
(2009)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... superior [to the original] in that it makes clear the conflicting justification and degradation of the retaliation, establishing a grayer level of morality.
Posted Sep 16, 2009
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The Soloist
(2009)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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When [Catherine] Keener's Mary Weston suggests that Lopez may be exploiting Ayers, it is tempting to wonder how the filmmakers would react to the same accusation.
Posted Sep 11, 2009
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Repulsion
(1965)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Repulsion wastes no time before plunging its audience into the frighteningly disturbed mindset of its central character.
Posted Aug 05, 2009
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Children of the Corn
(1984)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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How Children of the Corn continues to be so successful and popular 25 years after its release still remains a mystery ....
Posted Jul 30, 2009
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I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
(2007)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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What truly makes [the film] so detestable is its disingenuous attempt to justify itself with a tacked-on call for acceptance of all people and lifestyles.
Posted Jul 15, 2009
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... King betrays his own objective to make a classical thriller and succumbs to the standard triteness of direct-to-DVD schlock.
Posted Jul 06, 2009
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Fast Company
(1979)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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There is nothing particularly memorable about Fast Company, even at the most superficial level.
Posted Jun 29, 2009
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Inside Man
(2006)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... remains consistently watchable as a mechanical exercise.
Posted Jun 19, 2009
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Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
(1964)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... like a morbidly sick Looney Tunes short with its cartoon heroes struggling impotently to keep hold of a hot potato.
Posted Jun 16, 2009
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Revolutionary Road
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It plays like Douglas Sirk without the irony.
Posted Jun 03, 2009
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The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
(2006)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It reaches a level of mediocrity that leaves the previous entries in the dust ....
Posted May 12, 2009
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2 Fast 2 Furious
(2003)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The philosophy here is when you can't make high art, make high trash.
Posted May 12, 2009
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The Fast and the Furious
(2001)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... when characters are not racing at breakneck speed, the movie as a whole ceases to move.
Posted May 12, 2009
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8 Mile
(2002)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... Rocky with a rap beat ....
Posted Apr 13, 2009
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Quantum of Solace
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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If only [Bond] had a villain as self-reflective as Heath Ledger's Joker to ask 'Why so serious?'
Posted Mar 31, 2009
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Pinocchio
(1940)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Pinocchio is above all a cautionary story of the dangers that lurk beyond the comforting arms of the family.
Posted Mar 20, 2009
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Changeling
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The film ... becomes more of an examination of ... the misogynistic contrivances movie heroines have consistently been put through for audience entertainment.
Posted Feb 16, 2009
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A Matter of Life and Death
(1946)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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In spite of its thematic bleakness, A Matter of Life and Death succeeds in being a sparkling fantasy picture ....
Posted Feb 09, 2009
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Age of Consent
(1969)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Age of Consent is never as provocative or engrossing as it should be, but there is enough of interest (especially Mirren) to make it worth a look.
Posted Feb 09, 2009
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I Am Legend
(2007)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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There are some good points, but there are too many ineffectual aspects that keep I Am Legend from being the sophisticated film it was clearly meant to be.
Posted Jan 27, 2009
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Eagle Eye
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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This is nobody's idea of an intelligent political thriller (or satire), but it is an orgy for the senses.
Posted Jan 06, 2009
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Coach Carter
(2005)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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How terribly ironic that the story of an educator who dared to challenge the mental capacity of his students can produce a film that so shamelessly spoon-feeds its audience.
Posted Dec 22, 2008
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The Stendhal Syndrome
(1996)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The film should be approached ... less as delirious exploitation and more as a maturing director's next evolution ....
Posted Dec 17, 2008
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Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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What is most remarkable about this film is the fidelity it retains to Seuss' work and intentions.
Posted Dec 10, 2008
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Stranger Than Fiction
(2006)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It could have been great. But it's just okay.
Posted Dec 02, 2008
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Thomas Kinkade's Christmas Cottage
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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It's a little like holiday leftovers--still warm and filling but not as fresh or tasty as the first Christmas Day meal.
Posted Nov 29, 2008
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Tropic Thunder
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... it attacks celebrity culture and the excesses of Hollywood filmmaking ... with a wink and slap on the back, celebrating that same culture as much as it ridicules it.
Posted Nov 14, 2008
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Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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With by-the-numbers characters and only a marginally interesting setup, however, even younger viewers may grow impatient as the film makes its way to a pretty good climax.
Posted Oct 16, 2008
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Mother of Tears
(2007)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... Argento's nightmare vision is vivid enough to overcome the weaker aspects and make this a commendable, if not entirely satisfying, closing to his supernatural trilogy.
Posted Sep 19, 2008
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Virgin Territory
(2007)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... somehow manages not only to not be sexy, but neither witty nor engaging on any level.
Posted Sep 02, 2008
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Smart People
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... a deadly dull narrative about four depressed stereotypes who spend an hour and a half going from unhappy to slightly less unhappy.
Posted Aug 27, 2008
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I Don't Kiss
(1991)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The director's detached approach is entirely appropriate here in order to convey how disconnected the characters are from each other and from the rest of society.
Posted Aug 25, 2008
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Hotel of the Americas
(1981)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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Techine's observant, emotionally detached approach to storytelling ... at times seems counterintuitive in this particular movie.
Posted Aug 22, 2008
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Wild Reeds
(1994)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... Techine examines the emotional changes of his young protagonists with sensitivity and understanding.
Posted Aug 18, 2008
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My Favorite Season
(1993)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The film captures the joys and pains of real family life, never romanticizing them, and always presenting them with great perception and truthfulness.
Posted Aug 18, 2008
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Heathers
(1989)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... the film paints high school as a veritable hell where the only way to alleviate suffering is by making others suffer more.
Posted Aug 11, 2008
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The Bank Job
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... by turns funny and suspenseful, and just a tad trashy in its speculations.
Posted Aug 06, 2008
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The Ruins
(2008)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... soft-core torture porn that quite literally sets up its pretty, Hollywood protagonists for brutal sacrifice.
Posted Aug 01, 2008
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The Sword in the Stone
(1963)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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For all of its inventiveness, the film's characters are never quite as endearing as they should be, and the central relationship between Arthur and Merlin is oddly detached.
Posted Jul 02, 2008
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Fanny
(1961)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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The film is as much a visual feast as it is a dramatic delight.
Posted Jun 27, 2008
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Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show: 30 Days & 30 Nights - Hollywood to the Heartland
(2006)
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Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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... a surprisingly insightful meditation on the personal stories that drive comedy.
Posted Jun 26, 2008
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