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Friends With Benefits
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
Friends With Benefits won't reinvent the romantic comedy, but it gives the genre new life, as did 2009's (500) Days of Summer.
3.5/5
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Goon
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
Scott, never known for being choosy about his roles, actually has ended up in a sweet little movie.
3/5
5
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9
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Holy Motors
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
It may be the weirdest and most challenging movie to open in Austin this year. It's also oddly moving.
4/5
5
4
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9
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1,075
Johnny Got His Gun
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
Johnny Got His Gun won't break any box-office records. But it should find a small but loyal audience.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
1,075
The Joneses
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
Evil, even evil that doesn't even realize how evil it is, has rarely looked so everyday.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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9
2
1,075
Killing Them Softly
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
The movie calls to mind ominous Scorsese heavies menacing with their fearless gravitas and quick-mouthed Tarantino featherweights exchanging verbal barbs in a slowly enclosing ring.
3.5/5
5
3.5
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Le passé (The Past)
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
All of the acting is first-rate, with Bejo winning the best actress award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where The Past made its world premiere. But Mosaffa's role as Ahmad proves to be the biggest revelation.
4.5/5
5
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Little Miss Sunshine
Austin American-Statesman
John DeFore
It won't enter the quirktastic-voyage hall of fame, but it's a refreshing ride nonetheless.
3/5
5
3
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4
9
2
1,075
Looper
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
Despite its confusing logic and ornate storyline, Looper still grabs the audience with the raw emotional storyline on the farm and the constant popping back and forth in time. It's a head-scratching ride, but a fun one nonetheless.
3.5/5
5
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Marvel's The Avengers
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
It's Summer's Mightiest Movie. Nuff said.
4/5
5
4
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9
2
1,075
Miami Vice
Austin American-Statesman
Chris Garcia
[B]race for an unflinching contemporary crime drama that makes no concessions to pop nostalgia or mocking remakes such as the no-brow Starsky and Hutch.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
1,075
Moonrise Kingdom
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
The Houston native and University of Texas graduate beautifully blends humor and pathos to create what's bound to be one of the best movies of the year.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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9
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Not Fade Away
Austin American-Statesman
Dale Roe
It's not a great film, but perhaps Chase is the victim of impossibly high expectations.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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9
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Only Lovers Left Alive
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
It's an inspired metaphor for the fragility of life, even for those who are immortal.
4/5
5
4
5
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6
9
2
1,075
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
Salmon Fishing is, at its heart, quite sweet and upbeat. And that's not a bad way to spend the evening.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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Skyfall
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
The film serves as a trip back to the beginning of the 50-year-old cinematic legend and the promise of a golden future with Craig in the role of 007.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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Source Code
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
Jones proves with Source Code that he understands how to pace a traditional thriller, and Gyllenhaal's display of comedic chops, confident bravado and tender sympathies prove that the 30-year-old actor has arrived at leading-man status.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
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The Cabin in the Woods
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
Whedon refuses to keep the clichés entirely intact. In keeping with the overall theme, nothing is entirely what it seems, and nobody is entirely who they seem.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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7
9
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The Collection
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
The Collection never hits audiences in the stomach with any immediate sense of danger, and the dialogue and most of the performances feel entirely too campy for the movie to actually be taken seriously. Maybe that is the point, but I don't think so.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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9
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1,075
The Dark Knight Rises
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
It's not un-entertaining. Exhausting, a bit, but not un-entertaining.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
false
5
9
2
1,075
The Maze Runner
Austin American-Statesman
Dale Roe
The maze is intriguing, the creatures are terrifying and the action scenes are of the "stuff whipping around and moving so fast it's hard to tell what's going on" variety. But, when the maze's mysteries are unlocked... it feels like a cheat.
3/5
5
3
5
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4
9
2
1,075
The Sessions
Austin American-Statesman
Matthew Odam
The Sessions belongs completely to Hawkes, who disappears into the role of Mark O'Brien, delivering a stunning performance that illuminates what it means to be a whole person.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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7
9
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1,075
Trance
Austin American-Statesman
Charles Ealy
In Trance, it's hard to care about anyone.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
false
1
9
2
1,075
Tusk
Austin American-Statesman
Joe Gross
Even if Smith is preaching to the converted, it's nice to hear his goofy voice once more.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,075
Bill & Ted Face the Music
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
Bill and Ted not only return, but the magic captured by this franchise (so many years ago) is back and better than ever. This is everything fans of the franchise have been waiting for.
7.5/10
10
7.5
10
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13
19
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1,076
First Cow
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
[First Cow] never takes the easy way out... It is subtle, well-directed, and the cinematography is gorgeous.
8/10
10
8
10
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14
19
2
1,076
Robin's Wish
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
It was a joy getting another beautiful look into the life of Robin Williams.
7.5/10
10
7.5
10
false
13
19
2
1,076
Spree
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
[Spree] combines interesting direction with this frantic editing style to bring us a fresh spin on a tired premise.
7/10
10
7
10
false
12
19
2
1,076
The Rental
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
Franco showcases interesting techniques that never find the right rhythm... The constant shifting of tone is distracting from what he [Franco] does well here.
5/10
10
5
10
false
8
19
2
1,076
The Tax Collector
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
"The Tax Collector" has enough style to maintain some interest... It is hard to invest in a film that lacks character-depth.
5/10
10
5
10
false
8
19
2
1,076
You Should Have Left
Austin Burke/Flick Fan Nation
Austin Burke
There are aspects that could have made this movie great, but it all comes off as either dull or completely uninteresting.
3.5/10
10
3.5
10
false
5
19
2
1,076
A Quiet Passion
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
A Quiet Passion, like most films about writers, sticks to the life that can be dramatised, rather than the writing process, which can't.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,077
A United Kingdom
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Though A United Kingdom has an emotional arc that is too predictable, its resurrection of a widely forgotten piece of twentieth-century history is worthy.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,077
Berlin Syndrome
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
The navet of the main character feels far less credible.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
true
3
11
2
1,077
BlacKkKlansman
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Some viewers may feel that Lee is being didactic, or literal, but I think that BlacKkKlansman is a vital film arriving at a critical moment.
5/5
5
5
5
true
10
11
2
1,077
Disobedience
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Lelio's real strength is as a director of actors... Both Weisz and McAdams are committed and convincing.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,077
God's Own Country
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
[Francis] Lee allows more optimism into his film, including the suggestion that agriculture itself might still have a future in England.
4/5
5
4
5
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8
11
2
1,077
High-Rise
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
High-Rise has no shortage of vivid images to tempt the eager filmmaker, from a ransacked supermarket to an Afghan hound floating dead in a swimming pool. What's harder to convey is that distinctive Ballardian tone.
2/5
5
2
5
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4
11
2
1,077
Judy & Punch
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
The sense that we're watching events occur outside a real time or place distances us from them. The film's main achievement is in visual design.
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
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5
11
2
1,077
Lady Bird
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
First time writer-director Greta Gerwig, an experienced actor, is attuned to the mix of munificence and selfishness that makes up the adolescent heart.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
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9
11
2
1,077
Lean on Pete
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Plummer plays the part with an emotional discipline that belies his youth.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,077
Little Woods
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Like so many American stories, Little Woods is a drama about personal agency, but it's also a dramatisation of what it means, in material terms, to have very little agency to exercise.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,077
Loro
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
...why render it all over again, especially when the whole scenario is left to fizzle out, and is never revived?
2.5/5
5
2.5
5
true
5
11
2
1,077
Love & Friendship
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Love and Friendship is very funny, funnier still for its absence of moral reckoning.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,077
Loveless (Nelyubov)
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Something vital, his films intimates, has been lost in Russia, and perhaps not only in Russia - some warmth of the soul, a sense of civic accountability. As with the child, no one even noticed it slipping away.
4/5
5
4
5
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8
11
2
1,077
Manchester by the Sea
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
[Michelle] Williams has only a few scenes but makes her mark in all of them.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
true
9
11
2
1,077
The Death of Stalin
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
The Death of Stalin is obviously a farce, in the best sense; the primary aim is never verisimilitude. The film shares something of the attitude and atmosphere that pervades a work like Dario Fo's.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
true
7
11
2
1,077
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
The emotional stakes are lowered in Lanthimos's world, but the operation of power is much the same as it ever was.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,077
Things to Come (L'avenir)
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
Things to Come is a rare and welcome film for not suggesting that a woman is unnatural or unfeeling to care for her work as much as for her family.
4/5
5
4
5
true
8
11
2
1,077
Wonder Wheel
Australian Book Review
Lauren Carroll Harris
Autobiographical readings can be a lazy, obvious way to interpret the work of an artist, but with its triangular love affairs with stepdaughters and lost women in distress, it is impossible to read Wonder Wheel as anything but.
0.5/5
5
0.5
5
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1
11
2
1,077
You Were Never Really Here
Australian Book Review
Anwen Crawford
You Were Never Really Here feels much more remote and unreal in its scenario, and though it has been compared several times already to Martin Scorsese's Taxi Driver (1976), I'm not sure that the comparison holds weight.
3/5
5
3
5
true
6
11
2
1,077
Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story
Awards Radar
Joey Magidson
"Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story" is a tale of two documentaries. The one focused on just the making of the show is entertaining, thorough, and a real winner.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,078
Dolemite Is My Name
AwardsCircuit.com
Adriana Gomez-Weston
"Dolemite is My Name" is a fun, care-free film that aims to showcase one of the most interesting men in the game.
8.5/10
10
8.5
10
false
15
19
2
1,079
Knives Out
AwardsCircuit.com
Adriana Gomez-Weston
If there's a case for a film that should be experienced purely with an audience, Rian Johnson's "Knives Out" would be a spectacular example. His latest feature is a deliciously entertaining, hysterical whodunit from start to finish.
10/10
10
10
10
false
18
19
2
1,079
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
AwardsCircuit.com
J. Don Birnam
The visuals are memorable and scary and worth the price of admission despite a story surprisingly lacking in life or originality
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
1,080
Atlantics
AwardsWatch
Valerie Complex
A rousing third act brings all the story elements together concisely, making the viewing experience extremely rewarding.
3/5
5
3
5
false
4
9
2
1,081
Bad Education
AwardsWatch
Dewey Singleton
Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney are fantastic
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,081
First Cow
AwardsWatch
Jack King
First Cow, in this sense, feels to be the natural progression of these ideas-it simultaneously celebrates the speedy inventiveness of the American West and formally basks in meditative stasis.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,081
Long Shot
AwardsWatch
Catherine Springer
...despite the clunky, unimaginative script and the by-the-numbers direction, Long Shot is saved by the exact gimmick that probably green-lit it in the first place: Theron and Rogen.
2/5
5
2
5
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2
9
2
1,081
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Portrait de la jeune fille en feu)
AwardsWatch
Valerie Complex
This movie is a full cinematic experience and deserves to be viewed on the big screen so an audience can immerse themselves in the sublime.
5/5
5
5
5
false
8
9
2
1,081
Relic
AwardsWatch
Sara Clements
Relic [is]one of the most emotional and frightening films of the genre yet.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,081
The King of Staten Island
AwardsWatch
Dewey Singleton
Davidson gives an award-worthy performance that is heartfelt and, at times, heartbreaking...in which he manages to navigate the most emotionally draining moments with the same ease he would delivering a hilarious one-liner.
4.5/5
5
4.5
5
false
7
9
2
1,081
The Rental
AwardsWatch
Sara Clements
[Dave] Franco proves to have a bright future ahead as a director and the skills to write and direct genre films, creating a slasher that manages to feel so out of the norm that it may just be the most frightening of them all.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
1,081
You Cannot Kill David Arquette
AwardsWatch
Michael Frank
The film deserves praise for its attachment and warmth to Arquette. As an executive producer of the doc, Arquette isn't afraid to show himself slipping up, falling into old, bad habits. And it lives up to the title. You almost see Arquette actually die.
4/5
5
4
5
false
6
9
2
1,081
Amulet
AwardsWatch
Jason Adams
Amulet, in its weird old new way, feels new and memorable and fresh.
B
long_letter
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13
18
1
1,082
Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
AwardsWatch
Meghan White
When you understand this distinction, it becomes clear that the women in Birds of Prey dress to please themselves, to increase their fighting efficiency, or to communicate something about who they are.
B
long_letter
null
null
false
13
18
1
1,082
Capone
AwardsWatch
Josh Encinias
Capone is more about Trank's experience in Hollywood than Fonzo's last days.
D+
long_letter
null
null
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8
18
1
1,082
Color Out of Space
AwardsWatch
Meghan White
Nicholas Cage gives another deliciously over-the-top performance in Richard Stanley's new hallucinatory horror.
B+
long_letter
null
null
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14
18
1
1,082
Deerskin
AwardsWatch
Jason Adams
Deerskin gives us 75 straight minutes of exquisite ridiculousness, and then exits stage left leaving me wanting just enough more, and not a whit less.
B+
long_letter
null
null
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14
18
1
1,082
Driveways
AwardsWatch
Jason Adams
Dennehy gives one of his finest performances, in a life smashed full of them, here -- the quiet camaraderie that he and Cody develop becomes, before you even realize it, a lifeline for the both of them.
A-
long_letter
null
null
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15
18
1
1,082
Endings, Beginnings
AwardsWatch
Meghan White
Unfortunately, inversion of a trope doesn't equate to actual subversion. We aren't given much reason to care about any of the characters who orbit Daphne's life.
D+
long_letter
null
null
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8
18
1
1,082
Irresistible
AwardsWatch
Josh Encinias
The film is like Jon Stewart doing Frank Capra in 2020 without the sentimentality.
B+
long_letter
null
null
false
14
18
1
1,082
Irresistible
AwardsWatch
Rubin Safaya
IRRESISTIBLE isn't.
D
long_letter
null
null
false
7
18
1
1,082
Miss Juneteenth
AwardsWatch
Valerie Complex
Miss Juneteenth is written with hope in mind, and the audience will root for Turquoise because she's not a tropey caricature that Hollywood likes to box Black actresses into.
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,082
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
AwardsWatch
Donny Sheldon
Never Rarely Sometimes Always is a haunting work that cuts right to the bone
A-
long_letter
null
null
false
15
18
1
1,082
Shirley
AwardsWatch
Donny Sheldon
Shirley is a beautiful, twisted tour de force from a cast and crew operating at the height of their powers. Moss delivers a ferocious, electrifying performance.
A
long_letter
null
null
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16
18
1
1,082
Sputnik
AwardsWatch
Jason Adams
Tatyana (Oksana Akinshina), a psychologist brought in to see what's what with Veshnyakov, is clearly a riff on our beloved bitch-puncher Ellen Ripley as she kicks alien ass and says all the right, smart, capable stuff.
B
long_letter
null
null
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13
18
1
1,082
The Hunt
AwardsWatch
Clint Worthington
For something ostensibly so politically-minded, The Hunt's satire is blunt and uneven.
C-
long_letter
null
null
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9
18
1
1,082
The Invisible Man
AwardsWatch
Jason Adams
The film opens by dropping us right down in escape. Cecelia (Moss) is getting away from her abusive Frankenstein-tall monster of a husband (Oliver Jackson-Cohen, scarcely glimpsed in the flesh) by any means necessary. It's electric.
B+
long_letter
null
null
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14
18
1
1,082
The Last Thing He Wanted
AwardsWatch
Josh Encinias
Not even half a dozen Oscar winners and nominees can save a story that manages to be both formulaic and convoluted.
D+
long_letter
null
null
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8
18
1
1,082
The Traitor
AwardsWatch
Mina Takla
The result is two films in one; one that works and one that doesn't. If Bellocchio had stuck with his intimate, observant storytelling approach, the film would have been a much more compelling testament to a dark age that Italians will never forget.
B
long_letter
null
null
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13
18
1
1,082
Transit
AwardsWatch
Erik Anderson
An interesting, if not completely satisfying, drama.
B
long_letter
null
null
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13
18
1
1,082
Waist Deep
Awareness Magazine
Kam Williams
A waste of time!
0/4
4
0
4
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0
5
1
1,083
Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham
BBC.com
Shamaila Khan
A well made film, with some magical moments (hilarious and weepy) and possibly the world's best looking family!
9/10
10
9
10
false
8
10
1
1,084
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
BBC.com
Stella Papamichael
An intoxicating endorphin rush.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,085
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
BBC.com
Neil Smith
Crammed with moppet mayhem, mawkish sentiment and bruising slapstick, it's a flat-footed retread only Right to Lifers could love.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
4
1
1,085
La Dolce Vita
BBC.com
Stella Papamichael
Rather than wallow in cynicism, Fellini's genius is characterised by a zest for life -- albeit a tragically insatiable one -- as he sprinkles dreamlike snapshots like glitter in the darkness.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,085
Guy X
BBC.com
Nev Pierce
A film which lingers and haunts, but never compels.
3/4
4
3
4
false
2
4
1
1,085
The Incredibles
BBC.com
Stella Papamichael
Flies high above the crowd for its worldly wit and compassion for humankind.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,085
Life as a House
BBC.com
Jamie Russell
As a drama it's insipid, maudlin junk that'll have you reaching for the sick-bucket rather than the Kleenex.
1/4
4
1
4
false
0
4
1
1,085
Memoirs of a Geisha
BBC.com
Stella Papamichael
Unlike the geisha, this adaptation does wear its heart on its sleeve, but a fine cast, including the regal Michelle Yeoh, create a picture of composure.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,085
Mysterious Skin
BBC.com
Neil Smith
The only thing Mysterious Skin will do is make yours crawl.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,085
Wedding Crashers
BBC.com
Stella Papamichael
Outrageous set-ups and saucy dialogue keep the party going and, while it staggers erratically to its conclusion, Wedding Crashers always has its heart in the right place.
4/4
4
4
4
false
3
4
1
1,085
Source Code
BDK Reviews
Kevin McCarthy
You know a movie is amazing when you don't want to get up to use the restroom in fear that you'll miss a single frame. I just wish it ended five minutes earlier.
4.5/10
10
4.5
10
false
7
19
2
1,086
Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
BDK Reviews
Kevin McCarthy
The kids will love this movie...
3.5/4
4
3.5
4
false
5
7
2
1,087
The Mechanic
BDK Reviews
Kevin McCarthy
There is a line of dialogue said by Tony Goldwyn's character that is worth the entire price of admission! Other than that, the rest of the film is mediocre at best.
2.5/4
4
2.5
4
false
3
7
2
1,087
Madea's Family Reunion
BET.com
James Hill
Is "Madea" a postive move? You bet. Positively insulting to anyone who's graduated middle school and read at least one book since.
2/4
4
2
4
false
1
4
1
1,088
Beverly Hills Cop
BET.com
James Hill
Eddie improvs this B-actioner into a classic comedy.
5/5
5
5
5
false
4
5
1
1,089
Marathon Man
BET.com
James Hill
Taught, scary and still lots of fun.
4/5
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Tremors 3 - Back to Perfection
BET.com
James Hill
The third best in the series is still pretty damned entertaining.
4/5
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