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Albert Nobbs
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Glenn Close's singular accomplishment in willing Albert Nobbs to the screen is the stuff actors dream about.
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In the Land of Blood and Honey
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A brilliant and astonishing writing and directorial debut from Angelina Jolie. Uncompromising.
3.5/4
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The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
If Universal wants to continue the tired series after this one, we suggest they take it to Broadway instead, maybe as a musical. How about 'Mummy Mia!'?
1.5/4
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Tell No One (Ne le Dis à Personne)
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A crackerjack thriller. A stylish and riveting nail-biter that holds us in its spell from start to finish.
4/4
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Speed Racer
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
With "The Matrix" the Wachowski Brothers created a sci fi action classic, with its two sequels they destroyed a franchise and now with Speed Racer they have destroyed another one right out the box.
1/4
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War Horse
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Old fashioned in the best sense of the word. A triumph and a stirring story not to be missed.
4/4
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Young Adult
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
The kind of pitch perfect black comedy studios seem to have abandoned. It's nice to see Paramount embracing such a smart effort again.
4/4
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Public Enemies
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Michael Mann's sharp-looking movie is a worthy vehicle for Depp, even if it doesn't break any new ground in the well-worn gangster genre.
3.5/5
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Surrogates
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Entertaining, suspenseful and wildly original. See it for yourself but leave your surrogate at home.
3/5
5
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Fame
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
As a group this cast probably wouldn't even make it past Hollywood week on "American Idol".
2/5
5
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Chloe
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A seamy and delicious melodramatic wallow centered by another fearless performance from Julianne Moore.
3.5/5
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The Kids Are All Right
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
It would be criminal if , come Oscar time, Annette Bening and Julianne Moore are not competing for a Best Actress award.
4.5/5
5
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Me and Orson Welles
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A must-see for movie lovers and theater aficionados of every stripe.
4/5
5
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Get Him to the Greek
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Brand and Hill have an outrageous and hilarious blast that rocks and rolls with constant comedy.
4/5
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The Bounty Hunter
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
The sad thing is good romantic comedies are on the endangered species list. The Bounty Hunter proves the point.
1/5
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Amelia
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Critics may balk but Amelia is old fashioned in the best sense and soars as a big, beautiful and sweeping motion picture biography about a true American legend.
4/5
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Boogie Woogie
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Faux Altman sexual wallow in which a lot of fine actors are wasted on pretentious mumbo jumbo.
2/5
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Chéri
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Modestly engaging story is enriched by delicious acting to become a good adult alternative to Transformers and Hogwarts this summer.
3/5
5
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City Island
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
City Island is pure entertainment in the vein of Moonstruck. Star Andy Garcia has never been better or, surprisingly, more in his comedic element.
4/5
5
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Cyrus
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
First and foremost an actor's dream, CYRUS proves to be one of a slow year's rare delicious comedic treats.
4/5
5
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Eat Pray Love
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A female adventure movie aimed almost exclusively at 30 or 40-something women who feel there must be more to life than the way they are currently living it.
3.5/5
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The Exploding Girl
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Indie down to its core , this dreary film fails to engage on many levels. The camera work is nice though, particularly when it's focused on pigeons.
2/5
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Farewell (L'affaire Farewell)
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
The tale of 'Farewell' with its momentous world-changing events is worth savoring - and remembering - in these troubled times.
4/5
5
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Greenberg
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Noah Baumbach rebounds in a big way with Greenberg, a brilliant triumph for all involved.
4/5
5
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Harry Brown
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Caine's finest acting hour in a while reminds us he can still get down and dirty with the best of them.
3/5
5
3
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Holy Rollers
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Like Michael Cera, Jesse Eisenberg is seriously in danger of playing the same guy over and over. Or maybe Cera and Eisenberg ARE the same guy. At least the hair's different this time.
2/5
5
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Horrible Bosses
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Black comedy at its most delicious.
3.5/5
5
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In A Better World
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A riveting movie that must be seen. There's a very good reason it won that Oscar.
4.5/5
5
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Gangster's Paradise: Jerusalema
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A riveting look at a side of South Africa that seems to have been swept under the rug.
3.5/5
5
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Desert Flower
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A stirring story that mixes personal horror, courage and eventually triumph.
3/5
5
3
5
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The Karate Kid
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
The saving grace of this remake is the inspired idea to set it in China, offering bountiful travelogue opportunities.
3/5
5
3
5
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9
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London River
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
An engrossing and engaging drama with two fine performances by two veteran actors.
4/5
5
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Meeting Spencer
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A touch of class and sweet sophistication with a brilliantly funny cast. Definitely an indie sleeper worth checking out.
3.5/5
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Middle Men
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
With outstanding performances from a brilliant ensemble cast, Middle Men turns out to be wickedly entertaining with some of the best acting you will see all year.
3.5/5
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Monogamy
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
You may just want to forget about any sort of cinematic monogamy and find another movie to see.
2/5
5
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New York, I Love You
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
If this New York love letter follow-up to 'Paris j'taime' is successful expect another sequel. 'Cleveland, I Love You', anyone?
3/5
5
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Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A vitally honest and emotionally compelling film that hits you in the gut.
5/5
5
5
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9
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Princess Ka'iulani
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
This absolutely fascinating true story is a rich, romantic and captivating movie experience.
3.5/5
5
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Righteous Kill
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
If the movie isn't anything to write home about, Pacino and DeNiro are.
2.5/5
5
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Solitary Man
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Douglas is terrific, delivering one of the best performances of his career.
4/5
5
4
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The Stoning of Soraya M.
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A powerful,riveting and important film sure to become one of the year's most controversial.
4/5
5
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That Evening Sun
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
The 84 year old Hal Holbrook shows how it is done in this Oscar worthy tour-de-force performance.
3.5/5
5
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The Concert (Le concert)
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
A wonderful comedy with big laughs, a big heart and great music. This is one summer concert you don't want to miss.
4/5
5
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Trucker
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
With the sad state of the indie business Trucker may make a fast exit to Netflix, but thanks to Michelle Monaghan it's a trip worth taking wherever you may find it.
4/5
5
4
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Tyrannosaur
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Does anyone really need to sit through this almost unbearably bleak downer of a movie?
2/5
5
2
5
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2
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Valhalla Rising
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
In the mood for a slower-than-molasses viking movie inspired by spaghetti westerns and samurai swordplay epics. Have we got the flick for YOU!
2/5
5
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Where the Wild Things Are
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
Spike Jonze is an original cinematic voice but in the end you just wish he left this on the bookshelf where it belongs.
2/5
5
2
5
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Win Win
Back Stage
Pete Hammond
This one really is winning all the way.
4/5
5
4
5
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9
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I Still Believe
Backseat Directors
Rachel Wagner
It is not reinventing the wheel, but in the end, it is a sincere and sweet story of faith and love, and sometimes that's enough.
6/10
10
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The Rental
Backseat Directors
Rachel Wagner
the film did not monopolize well on the interesting and fun set-up that it builds making for a frustrating experience.
3/10
10
3
10
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Valley Girl
Backseat Directors
Rachel Wagner
Overall it was a bubbly, effervescent fun film with a very likable leading presence from Jessica Rothe.
6.5/10
10
6.5
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Elf
Baltimore Afro-American
Kam Williams
A delightful, slapstick adventure about a nave innocent, woefully ill equipped to handle the rigors of life inside any impatiently unforgiving metropolis.
4/4
4
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College
Baltimore City Paper
Serena Donadoni
Deb Hagan takes an adolescent rite of passage and turns it into a primer on collegiate sadism, pushing the R rating to new raunchy lows in the process.
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5
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Disaster Movie
Baltimore City Paper
Serena Donadoni
Deflating these images only works when they've overstayed their welcome in the cultural landscape, and making fun of the rejects doesn't have the same punch.
0.5/5
5
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5
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Seven Samurai (Shichinin no Samurai)
Baltimore City Paper
Gary Dowell
One of the greatest epic masterpieces ever made.
A
short_letter
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5
6
1
1,095
American Assassin
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
I can't conceive of a more boring character to revolve your franchise around than Mitch Rapp.
1/5
5
1
5
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0
9
2
1,096
Midsommar
Baltimore Magazine
Max Weiss
This setup is positively brilliant.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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5
9
2
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Exodus: Gods and Kings
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
That the film's only exuberant display of cinematic prowess is reserved for an extended 30-minute sequence of God raining His wrath down on the ruling class won't be lost on viewers in the year 2014, which has seen so much racial injustice...
4/10
10
4
10
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6
19
2
1,097
Hunter Gatherer
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
The cycle of the blind self-delusion is its own prison, but the beauty here is the time these two men share as cell mates.
7/10
10
7
10
false
12
19
2
1,097
John Wick: Chapter 2
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
If John Wick: Chapter 2 follows a man trying to work within a corrupted system by following the corrugated rules of that establishment, the finale leaves the door open for an even more fascinating follow-up.
9.5/10
10
9.5
10
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17
19
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1,097
Moonlight
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
The film doesn't possess one of those purposefully frustrating indie movie endings where the credits roll the moment the filmmakers ran out of ideas. Moonlight finishes not on a period or an exclamation point, but an ellipsis.
9/10
10
9
10
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16
19
2
1,097
Selma
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
Selma tells a great story about a triumphant moment in civil rights history and the losses it took to get that win, but it doesn't nostalgically let us forget that this moment is just a chapter break in a longer war that still rages on today.
7.5/10
10
7.5
10
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13
19
2
1,097
Trumbo
Baltimore Sun
Dominic Griffin
It overextends itself by trying to say something profound about personal integrity, privacy, and politics, but even that toxic ambition is so characteristically Hollywood that it's hard to be disappointed.
6.5/10
10
6.5
10
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11
19
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The Unborn
Baltimore Sun
Glenn Whipp
About the only thing here that will haunt your dreams is the film's final scene, which conveniently portends a sequel.
1/5
5
1
5
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0
5
1
1,098
City Island
Baltimore Sun
Glenn Whipp
Garcia delivers a nerve-jangling tour de force tryout that will be appreciated by out-of-work actors for years to come.
3/5
5
3
5
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2
5
1
1,098
Shadowboxer
Ban the N-Word
Kam Williams
This cat-and-mouse caper's Swiss cheese plotline is riddled with too many holes to consider this flick as much more than a snuff film.
1/4
4
1
4
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4
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Down to Earth
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Rock saw the untapped goldmine of humor, found when a white person acts black.
0.5/5
5
0.5
5
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1
11
2
1,100
Dummy
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Pritikin may be asking his audience to pay attention and embrace small successes, but with Dummy, he has pulled off a great one.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,100
Crash
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
The problem with the movie is that it is so brash and transparent in its attempt to spotlight and expose every single conceivable racial divide and stereotype, it loses all credibility and can't be but gawked at.
2/5
5
2
5
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4
11
2
1,100
Wall (Mur)
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Wall is simply a poorly crafted means to begin the discussion.
1/5
5
1
5
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2
11
2
1,100
The Ballad of Jack and Rose
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
While I appreciate and respect Miller's focus on nature and innocence, I couldn't help but feel the film was puffed up and sustaining itself on esoteric nonsense.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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3
11
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1,100
Beyond the Sea
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Mr. Spacey clearly has an impassioned and intense love for this Bobby Darin biopic, and like a parent, he will be devastated by its sure failure
0.5/5
5
0.5
5
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1
11
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1,100
Brokeback Mountain
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
The pain and involvement for audiences experiencing forbidden love on screen rests entirely in the degree with which they can believe in that love in the first place
2/5
5
2
5
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4
11
2
1,100
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Eternal Sunshine provides a fascinating, utterly captivating education in this curious thing called the power of love.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,100
Everything is Illuminated
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
The film remains mildly worthwhile simply due to its utter weird, sometimes beautiful construction, it adds nothing to the canon of Holocaust films or Jewish themed films
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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3
11
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Hearts in Atlantis
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Hearts in Atlantis is a leap of faith with nothing on the other side.
0.5/5
5
0.5
5
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1
11
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1,100
House of D
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
David Duchovny's first stab at writing and directing takes him to a place close to his heart - the New York of his youth.
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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3
11
2
1,100
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
A movie that, without Uma, would have ultimately been a stylistic masterpiece, but never the stirring epic that it is shaping up to be.
3.5/5
5
3.5
5
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7
11
2
1,100
Surviving Christmas
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Surviving Christmas can't decide whether it wants to be naughty or nice and the end result is a sometime funny story, but with a severe multiple personality disorder .
1.5/5
5
1.5
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Veronica Guerin
Bangitout.com
Jordan Hiller
Guerin has the outward appearance of a quaint but brutal Irish gem like the works of Jim Sheridan and Neil Jordan, but looks are deceiving
1.5/5
5
1.5
5
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3
11
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Freaks
Bangkok Post
Tatat Bunnag
Freaks keeps you interested, but it never is completely coherent. Plot points are haphazardly strewn about to keep the narrative moving. The film doesn't earn many points for originality, but its low budget veneer is a draw.
6/10
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A Christmas Story
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
A classic.
5/5
5
5
5
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4
5
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Hope Floats
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
Well, no it doesn't.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
1,102
I Still Know What You Did Last Summer
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
I still don't care.
1/5
5
1
5
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0
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1,102
Johnny Guitar
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
Joan Crawford as a gunslinger. Some of the best unintentionally funny dialogue ever.
5/5
5
5
5
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4
5
1
1,102
Queen of Outer Space
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
Zsa Zsa as an alien? Perfect.
5/5
5
5
5
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4
5
1
1,102
The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
All this film really needs is one raised finger...
1/5
5
1
5
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0
5
1
1,102
Unforgettable
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
Curiously forgettable.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
1,102
Wings
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
Christopher Smith
One of the best silent films ever made.
5/5
5
5
5
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4
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Lost in Paris (Paris pieds nus)
Battle Royale With Cheese
Benjamin Gummery
This film follows in the great tradition of quirky European comedies such as Jean-Pierre Jeunet's 'Amélie' but also is strongly influenced by 'fish-out-of-water' comedies with the most obvious being 'Lost In Translation'.
4/5
5
4
5
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3
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1,103
Match
Battle Royale With Cheese
Benjamin Gummery
Stewart's performance here is Electric; an in your face and no-holes-bared tour-de-force which gives us a full frontal look into his characters psyche; however some may find it overplayed at times it is a delight to watch none the less.
5/5
5
5
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My Life as a Zucchini (Ma vie de courgette)
Battle Royale With Cheese
Benjamin Gummery
Moving, beautifully real and thought-provoking for children and adults alike. Go see this film!
5/5
5
5
5
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4
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Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Battle Royale With Cheese
Megan Williams
Charming, funny and a lot of fun.
5/5
5
5
5
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4
5
1
1,103
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz
Battle Royale With Cheese
Benjamin Gummery
An insightful look into one individual's struggle with government information policy that has much wider implications.
4/5
5
4
5
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3
5
1
1,103
Battle of the Sexes
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
Battle of the Sexes [makes] for an arresting narrative that is never undercut by that fact that its main plot is "spoiled" by history.
4/5
5
4
5
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3
5
1
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Beauty and the Beast
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
The story itself will always be fundamentally anti-feminist (...) [b]ut the efforts to update [it] to better suit a contemporary sensibility are acknowledged and appreciated.
4/5
5
4
5
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3
5
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1,104
Been So Long
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
For a musical film, [it's] not very musical at all, with a discordant soundtrack that sounds like castoff 90s R&B and vocalists not up to the task of meeting the melodies.
3/5
5
3
5
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2
5
1
1,104
CAM
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
Cam offers few answers as to the nature of the film's malevolence but it does an excellent job of demonstrating the stigmas that sex workers face even in the digital world.
4/5
5
4
5
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3
5
1
1,104
Downsizing
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
Downsizing is mostly a disappointment because it feels like a waste of a brilliant idea.
2/5
5
2
5
false
1
5
1
1,104
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
BattyMamzelle
Cate Young
J.K. Rowling is leading the charge in destroying the thing so many have loved, and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is proof.
2/5
5
2
5
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1
5
1
1,104