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this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . | 1pos |
the sweetest thing , a romantic comedy with outrageous tendencies , may be a mess in a lot of ways . but it does have one saving grace . a lot of its gags and observations reflect a woman's point-of-view . | 1pos |
this is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men . | 1pos |
at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . | 1pos |
fans of critics' darling band wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of i am trying to break your heart . | 1pos |
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet . | 1pos |
[gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . | 1pos |
confounding because it solemnly advances a daringly preposterous thesis . acting cannot be acted . | 1pos |
fulford-wierzbicki . . . deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen . | 1pos |
a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films . | 1pos |
it's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . | 1pos |
featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock . | 1pos |
the movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it . | 1pos |
a typically observant , carefully nuanced and intimate french coming-of-age film that is an encouraging debut feature but has a needlessly downbeat ending that is too heavy for all that has preceded it . | 1pos |
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself . | 1pos |
a moving and weighty depiction of one family's attempts to heal after the death of a child . | 1pos |
i don't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version . but i do . | 1pos |
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with . | 1pos |
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film . | 1pos |
entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately . . . dare i say , entertaining ! | 1pos |
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold . | 1pos |
terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english , it's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers . | 1pos |
with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill . | 1pos |
the re-release of ron howard's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | 1pos |
very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience . | 1pos |
wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film . | 1pos |
it's pretty linear and only makeup-deep , but bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period . | 1pos |
a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood's comic-book adaptations . | 1pos |
this is a superior horror flick . | 1pos |
adaptation is simply brilliant . | 1pos |
smart and alert , thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem . | 1pos |
the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . we're drawn in by the dark luster . | 1pos |
a haunting tale of murder and mayhem . | 1pos |
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . cinematic poetry showcases the city's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything . | 1pos |
it's hard to imagine anyone managing to steal a movie not only from charismatic rising star jake gyllenhaal but also from accomplished oscar winners susan sarandon , dustin hoffman and holly hunter , yet newcomer ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb . | 1pos |
one of the best rock documentaries ever . wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many . | 1pos |
ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon | 1pos |
offers big , fat , dumb laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in . ah , what the hell . | 1pos |
[sports] admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency . | 1pos |
a portrait of an artist . | 1pos |
directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia . | 1pos |
the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones , guns , and the internal combustion engine , but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow . | 1pos |
a tremendous piece of work . | 1pos |
a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie . | 1pos |
while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio . | 1pos |
labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other . something for everyone . | 1pos |
irwin is so earnest that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs . there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy . | 1pos |
leigh succeeds in delivering a dramatic slap in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing . | 1pos |
not about scares but a mood in which an ominous , pervasive , and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense . | 1pos |
'film aficionados cannot help but love cinema paradiso , whether the original version or new director's cut . ' | 1pos |
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists . | 1pos |
it's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . it's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process . | 1pos |
contradicts everything we've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way . | 1pos |
could i have been more geeked when i heard that apollo 13 was going to be released in imax format ? in a word : no . | 1pos |
murderous maids has a lot going for it , not least the brilliant performances by testud . . . and parmentier . | 1pos |
filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that doesn't always jell with sean penn's monotone narration , but he respects the material without sentimentalizing it . | 1pos |
there are a couple of things that elevate " glory " above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall . | 1pos |
it's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness , and there are moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior -- yet i found it weirdly appealing . | 1pos |
( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism . | 1pos |
a breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy . | 1pos |
kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor . | 1pos |
tsai ming-liang's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being . | 1pos |
leaping from one arresting image to another , songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling , amusing and unsettling at the same time . | 1pos |
sean penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology . | 1pos |
the performances are uniformly good . | 1pos |
she's all-powerful , a voice for a pop-cyber culture that feeds on her bjorkness . | 1pos |
it's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it . | 1pos |
for all its plot twists , and some of them verge on the bizarre as the film winds down , blood work is a strong , character-oriented piece . | 1pos |
the story line may be 127 years old , but el crimen del padre amaro . . . couldn't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment . | 1pos |
this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come . | 1pos |
it shows us a slice of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable . | 1pos |
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . | 1pos |
has its share of arresting images . | 1pos |
leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute . | 1pos |
reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies . | 1pos |
poignant and funny . | 1pos |
a smart little indie . | 1pos |
payne has created a beautiful canvas , and nicholson proves once again that he's the best brush in the business . | 1pos |
see it . debate it . remember it . | 1pos |
try as you might to resist , if you've got a place in your heart for smokey robinson , this movie will worm its way there . | 1pos |
a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades . | 1pos |
director douglas mcgrath takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading . | 1pos |
stands as a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11 . | 1pos |
i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows , but hey arnold ! the movie is clever , offbeat and even gritty enough to overcome my resistance . | 1pos |
with not a lot of help from the screenplay ( proficient , but singularly cursory ) , [testud] acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis . | 1pos |
it's a film that's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio's animated classics . | 1pos |
slow and ponderous , but rohmer's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion , sacrifice , and christian love in the face of political corruption . | 1pos |
if you're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle , quitting hits home with disorienting force . | 1pos |
austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later . | 1pos |
while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in . | 1pos |
cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio . | 1pos |
elvira fans could hardly ask for more . | 1pos |
a canny , derivative , wildly gruesome portrait of a london sociopath who's the scariest of sadists . | 1pos |
the movie should be credited with remembering his victims . | 1pos |
fast-paced and wonderfully edited , the film is extremely thorough . | 1pos |
a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale . | 1pos |
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation . | 1pos |
as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh , the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story , the more details slip out between his fingers . | 1pos |
my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year , it's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american , i might add -- slice of comedic bliss . | 1pos |
few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying . | 1pos |
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