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A very capable nailbiter . | 0 |
Because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by Kieran Culkin . | 0 |
`` White Oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a Reader 's Digest condensed version of the source material . | 1 |
It 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . | 1 |
What 's most refreshing about Real Women Have Curves is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed , natural-seeming actors . | 0 |
The low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love . | 0 |
Secretary is just too original to be ignored . | 0 |
That rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed . | 0 |
Smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise . | 0 |
This is n't a stand up and cheer flick ; it 's a sit down and ponder affair . | 0 |
And thanks to Kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable . | 0 |
Originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . | 0 |
Walter Hill 's Undisputed is like a 1940s Warner Bros. . | 0 |
This one is not nearly as dreadful as expected . | 0 |
In fact , it 's quite fun in places . | 0 |
The best of the Pierce Brosnan James Bond films to date . | 0 |
Thanks to a small star with big heart , this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all . | 0 |
While the now 72-year-old Robert Evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own . | 0 |
It 's about individual moments of mood , and an aimlessness that 's actually sort of amazing . | 0 |
The people in Jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out . | 0 |
A tone poem of transgression . | 0 |
Rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes . | 0 |
Visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction . | 0 |
This is Christmas Future for a lot of baby boomers . | 0 |
Despite a quieter middle section , involving Aragorn 's dreams of Arwen , this is even better than The Fellowship . | 0 |
There are scenes of cinematic perfection that steal your heart away . | 0 |
The obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc . | 0 |
Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film . | 0 |
The fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch Jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . | 0 |
Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory . | 0 |
It 's something of the ultimate Scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful New York gang lore and other hallmarks of his personal cinema painted on their largest-ever historical canvas . | 0 |
Mr. Caine and Mr. Fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances . | 0 |
A giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say . | 0 |
-LRB- Russell -RRB- makes good B movies -LRB- The Mask , The Blob -RRB- , and The Scorpion King more than ably meets those standards . | 0 |
Otto-Sallies has a real filmmaker 's eye . | 0 |
This is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade . | 0 |
The film has an infectious enthusiasm and we 're touched by the film 's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport . | 0 |
Beautifully reclaiming the story of Carmen and recreating it an in an African idiom . | 0 |
The camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format , before swooping down on a string of exotic locales , scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm . | 0 |
A flawed but engrossing thriller . | 0 |
Demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking . | 0 |
Expect no major discoveries , nor any stylish sizzle , but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women . | 0 |
The success of Undercover Brother is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally . | 0 |
This is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker , but Ayres makes the right choices at every turn . | 0 |
Cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries . | 0 |
Its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director 's previous popcorn work . | 0 |
Director Nancy Savoca 's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could . | 0 |
The film grows on you . | 0 |
One thing you have to give them credit for : The message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company 's previous video work . | 0 |
As banal as the telling may be -- and at times , All My Loved Ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention . | 0 |
Romantic comedy and Dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here . | 0 |
The most wondrous love story in years , it is a great film . | 0 |
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and Heaven is one such beast . | 0 |
My Wife Is an Actress works as well as it does because -LRB- the leads -RRB- are such a companionable couple . | 0 |
With Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams , however , Robert Rodriguez adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking . | 0 |
Based on Dave Barry 's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story . | 0 |
Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly . | 0 |
A poignant comedy that offers food for thought . | 0 |
... a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing . | 0 |
If you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , Eisenstein delivers . | 0 |
This filmed Tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it 's filmed Tosca that you want . | 0 |
I 'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper . | 1 |
While the path may be familiar , first-time director Denzel Washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting . | 0 |
An engaging criminal romp that will have viewers guessing just who 's being conned right up to the finale . | 0 |
The picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance . | 0 |
It 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing . | 0 |
It asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up . | 0 |
It is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients . | 0 |
`` Barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story . | 0 |
Tully is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience . | 0 |
I like this movie a lot . | 0 |
I like that Smith , he 's not making fun of these people , he 's not laughing at them . | 0 |
` What 's the Russian word for Wow !? ' | 0 |
Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope . | 0 |
I had more fun watching Spy than I had with most of the big summer movies . | 0 |
What Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight | 0 |
For those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , Sex and Lucia may well prove diverting enough . | 0 |
What -LRB- Denis -RRB- accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic , suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned . | 0 |
A well-done film of a self-reflexive , philosophical nature . | 0 |
Texan director George Ratliff had unlimited access to families and church meetings , and he delivers fascinating psychological fare . | 0 |
The rich performances by Friel -- and especially Williams , an American actress who becomes fully English -- round out the square edges . | 0 |
The new Insomnia is a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor , and when it does elect to head off in its own direction , it employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities . | 0 |
A film in a class with Spike Lee 's masterful Do The Right Thing . | 0 |
Jagger , Stoppard and director Michael Apted ... deliver a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride . | 0 |
A thought-provoking and often-funny drama about isolation . | 0 |
Whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of French cinema 's master craftsmen . | 0 |
Mama Africa pretty much delivers on that promise . | 0 |
Roman Polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` Shindler 's List ' - it is more than merely a Holocaust movie . | 0 |
Romanek 's themes are every bit as distinctive as his visuals . | 0 |
Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures . | 0 |
Speaks eloquently about the symbiotic relationship between art and life . | 0 |
The work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims . | 0 |
The audacity to view one of Shakespeare 's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is , by itself , deserving of discussion . | 1 |
This is an exercise in chilling style , and Twohy films the sub , inside and out , with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery . | 0 |
An uncomfortable experience , but one as brave and challenging as you could possibly expect these days from American cinema . | 0 |
Hailed as a clever exercise in neo-Hitchcockianism , this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately Chabrolian . | 0 |
Funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness . | 0 |
The viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers . | 0 |
With amazing finesse , the film shadows Heidi 's trip back to Vietnam and the city where her mother , Mai Thi Kim , still lives . | 0 |
Director Charles Stone III applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about Drumline is its energy . | 0 |
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