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it 's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate . | 0 |
puts to rest any thought that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food . | 1 |
smith 's point is simple and obvious -- people 's homes are extensions of themselves , and particularly eccentric people have particularly eccentric living spaces -- but his subjects are charmers . | 1 |
blessed with a searing lead performance by ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) , the movie is powerful and provocative . it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness . | 0 |
the plan to make enough into M-^Qan inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflM-i gone wrong . | 0 |
succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen . | 1 |
an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band . | 1 |
there has been a string of ensemble cast romances recently . . . but peter mattei 's love in the time of money sets itself apart by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note . | 1 |
sinks into the usual cafeteria goulash of fart jokes , masturbation jokes , and racist japanese jokes . | 0 |
despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless . | 0 |
the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating ; others may find it baffling . | 0 |
starts out strongly before quickly losing its focus , point and purpose in a mess of mixed messages , over-blown drama and bruce willis with a scar . | 0 |
a metaphor for a modern-day urban china searching for its identity . | 1 |
one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you 're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you did n't know was being taken . | 1 |
the movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time . | 0 |
steers turns in a snappy screenplay that curls at the edges ; it 's so clever you want to hate it . but he somehow pulls it off . | 1 |
how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $ 100 million on this ? | 0 |
it 's jagger 's bone-dry , mournfully brittle delivery that gives the film its bittersweet bite . | 1 |
no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand . | 1 |
what little grace [ rifkin 's ] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . | 0 |
a tone poem of transgression . | 1 |
a benign but forgettable sci-fi diversion . | 0 |
in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . | 1 |
call me a wimp , but i cried , not once , but three times in this animated sweet film . | 1 |
this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy . | 0 |
there are problems with this film that even 3 oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling . | 1 |
while some of the camera work is interesting , the film 's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work . | 0 |
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen . | 1 |
both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others . | 1 |
muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious . | 0 |
this bond film goes off the beaten path , not necessarily for the better . | 0 |
tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ? , is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly . | 1 |
[ carvey 's ] characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark . | 0 |
hashiguchi covers this territory with wit and originality , suggesting that with his fourth feature -- the first to be released in the u . s . -- a major director is emerging in world cinema . | 1 |
a surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy . | 1 |
a better title , for all concerned , might be swept under the rug . | 0 |
all the necessary exposition prevents the picture from rising above your generic sand 'n ' sandal adventure . | 0 |
this extremely unfunny film clocks in at 80 minutes , but feels twice as long . | 0 |
it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter . | 1 |
but buying into sham truths and routine `` indie `` filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . it 's not horrible , just horribly mediocre . | 0 |
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . | 0 |
the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities . | 1 |
'christian bale 's quinn [ is ] a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . ' | 0 |
to portray modern women the way director davis has done is just unthinkable . | 0 |
originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller . | 1 |
this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness . | 0 |
long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame . | 0 |
if you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with jason x . | 1 |
almost gags on its own gore . | 0 |
the film flat lines when it should peak and is more missed opportunity and trifle than dark , decadent truffle . | 0 |
ca n't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns ' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde . | 0 |
there 's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action . | 1 |
just like the deli sandwich : lots of ham , lots of cheese , with a sickly sweet coating to disguise its excrescence until just after ( or during ) consumption of its second half . | 0 |
all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . | 0 |
the cast is so low-wattage that none of the characters comes off as big . . . and the setting remains indistinct . | 0 |
if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this imposter . | 0 |
an amalgam of the fugitive , blade runner , and total recall , only without much energy or tension . | 0 |
elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . | 0 |
a gentle , compassionate drama about grief and healing . | 1 |
might have been better off as a documentary , with less of mr . eyre 's uninspired dramatics and more of his sense of observation and outrage . | 0 |
the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases | 1 |
the first hour is tedious though ford and neeson capably hold our interest , but its just not a thrilling movie . | 0 |
not even steven spielberg has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie . | 0 |
nachtwey clears the cynicism right out of you . he makes you realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty . | 1 |
another in a long line of ultra-violent war movies , this one is not quite what it could have been as a film , but the story and theme make up for it . | 1 |
gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive . | 1 |
the film 's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it 's propelled by the acting . | 1 |
a fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichM-is and showcases a group of dedicated artists . | 1 |
human nature initially succeeds by allowing itself to go crazy , but ultimately fails by spinning out of control . | 0 |
a quiet , disquieting triumph . | 1 |
at just over an hour , home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face . | 1 |
the stripped-down approach does give the film a certain timeless quality , but the measured pace and lack of dramatic inflection can also seem tedious . | 0 |
the two leads are almost good enough to camouflage the dopey plot , but so much naturalistic small talk , delivered in almost muffled exchanges , eventually has a lulling effect . | 0 |
this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time . | 0 |
fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense . | 1 |
a fascinating and fun film . | 1 |
it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots . | 0 |
nothing more than a stifling morality tale dressed up in peekaboo clothing . | 0 |
somehow ms . griffiths and mr . pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy . | 1 |
each scene drags , underscoring the obvious , and sentiment is slathered on top . | 0 |
grant gets to display his cadness to perfection , but also to show acting range that may surprise some who thought light-hearted comedy was his forte . | 1 |
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic . | 0 |
the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots . | 1 |
[ moore 's ] better at fingering problems than finding solutions . but though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more . | 1 |
ah , the travails of metropolitan life ! alas , another breathless movie about same ! | 0 |
in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry . | 0 |
tsai ming-liang 's ghosts are painfully aware of their not-being . | 1 |
a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member . | 1 |
a sexy , surprising romance . . . idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair . . . their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . | 1 |
like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz . | 0 |
did the film inform and educate me ? yes . did it move me to care about what happened in 1915 armenia ? no . and that is where ararat went astray . | 0 |
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful . | 1 |
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge . | 1 |
i felt trapped and with no obvious escape for the entire 100 minutes . | 0 |
we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . unfortunately , we 'd prefer a simple misfire . | 0 |
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker . | 1 |
the plot has a number of holes , and at times it 's simply baffling . | 0 |
apuestas fuertes para el futuro del director , y apuestas bien fundadas , pues la suerte ya la tiene , y la cinta lo comprueba . . . . | 1 |
the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste . | 0 |
together [ time out and human resources ] establish mr . cantet as france 's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace . | 1 |
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