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it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since . . . well . . . since last week 's reign of fire . | 0 |
aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom . com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea , the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand . | 0 |
using his audience as a figurative port-of-call , dong pulls his even-handed ideological ship to their dock for unloading , before he continues his longer journey still ahead . | 1 |
outrageousness is all plympton seemed to be going for this time . we miss the quirky amazement that used to come along for an integral part of the ride . | 0 |
by the miserable standards to which the slasher genre has sunk , . . . actually pretty good . of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad . | 0 |
its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers . | 0 |
the plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back . | 0 |
chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america . | 1 |
it desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time . | 0 |
just a bloody mess . | 0 |
even if you 've seen `` stomp `` ( the stage show ) , you still have to see this ! | 1 |
nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises . | 0 |
until ( the ) superfluous . . . epilogue that leaks suspension of disbelief like a sieve , die another day is as stimulating & heart-rate-raising as any james bond thriller . | 1 |
a comedy-drama of nearly epic proportions rooted in a sincere performance by the title character undergoing midlife crisis . | 1 |
a romantic comedy , yes , but one with characters who think and talk about their goals , and are working on hard decisions . | 1 |
on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion . | 1 |
usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . | 0 |
a movie i loved on first sight and , even more important , love in remembrance . | 1 |
solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike . | 1 |
it 's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions . | 0 |
like kissing jessica stein , amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor . | 1 |
a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i saw the film . | 1 |
now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism . | 1 |
jeong-hyang lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying . | 1 |
directed with purpose and finesse by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing , relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft . | 1 |
the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast . | 1 |
after the first 10 minutes , which is worth seeing , the movie sinks into an abyss of clichM-is , depression and bad alternative music . | 0 |
greengrass ( working from don mullan 's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation . | 1 |
vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop . | 1 |
[ a ] stuporously solemn film . | 0 |
what happened with pluto nash ? how did it ever get made ? | 0 |
twohy knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying , and gets full mileage out of the rolling of a stray barrel or the unexpected blast of a phonograph record . | 1 |
when one hears harry shearer is going to make his debut as a film director , one would hope for the best | 0 |
sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean 'dramedy ' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors . | 1 |
grant is n't cary and bullock is n't katherine . | 0 |
combines sharp comedy , old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics , and genuine heart to create a film that 's not merely about kicking undead * * * , but also about dealing with regret and , ultimately , finding redemption . | 1 |
whether you like rap music or loathe it , you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie . | 1 |
it 's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman . | 1 |
the smartest bonehead comedy of the summer . | 1 |
both heartbreaking and heartwarming . . . just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving . | 1 |
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking . | 0 |
. . . planos fijos , tomas largas , un ritmo pausado y una sutil observaciM-sn de sus personajes , sin estridencias ni grandes revelaciones . | 1 |
the only question . . . is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering . average , at best , i 'm afraid . | 0 |
director barry skolnick and his screenwriters glibly tick off every point of `` the longest yard `` playbook like a checklist . | 0 |
featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock . | 1 |
the only element of suspense is whether the movie will change titles or distributors again before the closing credits roll . | 0 |
a quiet family drama with a little bit of romance and a dose of darkness . | 1 |
although barbershop boasts some of today 's hottest and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless M-^Q70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcom . | 0 |
all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit . | 1 |
it 's the kind of movie you ca n't quite recommend because it is all windup and not much of a pitch , yet you ca n't bring yourself to dislike it . | 0 |
with generic sets and b-grade special effects , jason is about as convincing on the sci-fi front as tv 's defunct cleopatra 2525 . | 0 |
no amount of nostalgia for carvey 's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it . | 0 |
the paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) thirdM-^Eemotionally belittle a cinema classic . sometimes shorter is better . | 1 |
reinforces the talents of screenwriter charlie kaufman , creator of adaptation and being john malkovich . | 1 |
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 . | 1 |
noyce 's film is contemplative and mournfully reflective . | 1 |
a haunting tale of murder and mayhem . | 1 |
. . . a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job . . . | 1 |
a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film . | 1 |
a tour de force drama about the astonishingly pivotal role of imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers . | 1 |
. . . a haunting vision , with images that seem more like disturbing hallucinations . | 1 |
'a ' for creativity but comes across more as a sketch for a full-length comedy . | 0 |
a bad movie that happened to good actors . | 0 |
it 's all about anakin . . . and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect . | 1 |
there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here . | 0 |
by the end , i was looking for something hard with which to bludgeon myself unconscious . | 0 |
the fourth `` pokemon `` is a diverting -- if predictable -- adventure suitable for a matinee , with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world 's delicate ecological balance . | 1 |
perhaps no picture ever made has more literally showed that the road to hell is paved with good intentions . | 1 |
even if you ca n't pronounce `` gyro `` correctly , you 'll appreciate much of vardalos ' humor , which transcends ethnic boundaries . | 1 |
'you 'll laugh for not quite and hour and a half , but come out feeling strangely unsatisfied . you 'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter . . . ' | 0 |
i can take infantile humor . . . but this is the sort of infantile that makes you wonder about changing the director and writer 's diapers . | 0 |
a film with a great premise but only a great premise . | 0 |
the only thing `` swept away `` is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time . | 0 |
the screenplay by james eric , james horton and director peter o'fallon . . . is so pat it makes your teeth hurt . | 0 |
like rudy yellow lodge , eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider . | 1 |
one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart . | 0 |
a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum . | 0 |
an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary . | 1 |
the picture , scored by a perversely cheerful marcus miller accordion/harmonica/banjo abomination , is a monument to bad in all its florid variety . | 0 |
if s & m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's ( and its makers ' ) credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves . | 1 |
a seriocomic debut of extravagant promise by georgian-israeli director dover kosashvili . | 1 |
the delicious trimmingsM-^Earrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minuteM-^Ewith a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two . | 1 |
as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . | 1 |
a recent favourite at sundance , this white-trash satire will inspire the affection of even those unlucky people who never owned a cassette of def leppard 's pyromania . | 1 |
the film has a childlike quality about it . but the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . | 0 |
instead of using george and lucy 's most obvious differences to ignite sparks , lawrence desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics . | 0 |
what will , most likely , turn out to be the most repellent movie of 2002 . | 0 |
is not so much a work of entertainment as it is a unique , well-crafted psychological study of grief . | 1 |
enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . | 1 |
a cinematic sleeping pill of impressive potency . | 0 |
to enjoy this movie 's sharp dialogue and delightful performance by jolie and burns , you have to gloss over the no sense ending . | 0 |
. . . another example of how sandler is losing his touch . | 0 |
a masterful film from a master filmmaker , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . | 1 |
while hoffman 's performance is great , the subject matter goes nowhere . | 0 |
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 . | 1 |
one sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot . | 0 |
the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffM-i and demi moore 's the scarlet letter . | 0 |
the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor . | 0 |
admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . | 1 |
hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious , but scathingly witty nonetheless . | 1 |
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