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return to never land is reliable , standard disney animated fare , with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages . | 1 |
stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating . but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan , the adventure is on red alert . | 1 |
ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory . | 1 |
el peso de un lM-mquido incoloro , el peso del lM-mquido vital , del amor como elemento de vida , y de muerte . . . | 1 |
distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register . | 0 |
the underworld urban angst is derivative of martin scorsese 's taxi driver and goodfellas , but this film speaks for itself . | 1 |
. . . has virtually no script at all . . . | 0 |
two hours of junk . | 0 |
though this saga would be terrific to read about , it is dicey screen material that only a genius should touch . | 0 |
as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora 's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice . | 1 |
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured . | 0 |
the film benefits greatly from a less manic tone than its predecessor , as cho appears to have settled comfortably into her skin . | 1 |
lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . | 1 |
a determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird . | 0 |
a smug and convoluted action-comedy that does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it 's only a movie . | 0 |
reassuring , retro uplifter . | 1 |
the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming . | 0 |
unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party . | 0 |
a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a juicy soap opera . | 1 |
yet another genre exercise , gangster no . 1 is as generic as its title . | 0 |
some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options . | 1 |
a relative letdown . | 0 |
it 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family . | 1 |
mildly amusing . | 0 |
a lot of fun , with an undeniable energy sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . | 1 |
girls gone wild and gone civil again | 1 |
filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie | 1 |
if you think that jennifer lopez has shown poor judgment in planning to marry ben affleck , wait till you see maid in manhattan . | 0 |
[ at least ] moore is a real charmer . | 0 |
the big-screen scooby makes the silly original cartoon seem smart and well-crafted in comparison . | 0 |
for a film that celebrates radical , nonconformist values , what to do in case of fire ? lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional , reserved kind of filmmaking . | 0 |
a spellbinding african film about the modern condition of rootlessness , a state experienced by millions around the globe . | 1 |
an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message . | 0 |
corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . it 's the perfect kind of film to see when you do n't want to use your brain . at all . | 1 |
the music makes a nice album , the food is enticing and italy beckons us all . | 1 |
wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse . | 1 |
the innocence of holiday cheer ai n't what it used to be . | 0 |
watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown . | 1 |
para hitler , o mundo era sua tela ; e o horror , seu pincel . e max retrata este fato com elegante abandono , numa triste constataM-gM-co da realidade histM-srica . | 1 |
i 'm not suggesting that you actually see it , unless you 're the kind of person who has seen every wim wenders film of the '70s . | 0 |
a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . | 0 |
pan nalin 's exposition is beautiful and mysterious , and the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic . | 1 |
your stomach for heaven depends largely on your appetite for canned corn . | 0 |
occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring . | 0 |
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes . | 1 |
the movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents . | 0 |
often silly and gross but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films . | 0 |
the pacing is glacial , the screenplay is stiff as a board , and things heat up only in the movie 's final scenes . | 0 |
a muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms . | 0 |
scherfig , who has had a successful career in tv , tackles more than she can handle . | 0 |
while much of the cast has charm -- especially allodi and nolden -- the performers are sunk by the film 's primitive approach to the mechanics of comedy . | 0 |
it 's just not very smart . | 0 |
plays like john le carrM-i with a couple of burnt-out cylinders . | 0 |
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself . | 1 |
the film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments . | 0 |
a violent initiation rite for the audience , as much as it is for angelique , the [ opening ] dance guarantees karmen 's enthronement among the cinema 's memorable women . | 1 |
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams writer/director/producer robert rodriguez has cobbled together a film that feels like a sugar high gone awry . | 0 |
with `` ichi the killer `` , takashi miike , japan 's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman . . . | 1 |
lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned . | 0 |
driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm . . . the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs . | 1 |
laugh-out-loud lines , adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances , and sparkling , bittersweet dialogue that cuts to the chase of the modern girl 's dilemma . | 1 |
the tug of war that ensues is as much a snapshot of modern china in microcosm as it is a crash course in movie mythology . | 1 |
a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds . | 1 |
like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake . | 1 |
high crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government/ marine/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue . | 0 |
what makes this film special is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context . | 1 |
it 's bedeviled by labored writing and slack direction . | 0 |
the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice . | 0 |
director chris wedge and screenwriters michael berg , michael j . wilson and peter ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . | 1 |
its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life . | 0 |
chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson 's dahmer . | 1 |
it 's as close as we 'll ever come to looking through a photographer 's viewfinder as he works . | 1 |
this one is certainly well-meaning , but it 's also simple-minded and contrived . | 0 |
reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish . | 0 |
this is a picture that maik , the firebrand turned savvy ad man , would be envious of : it hijacks the heat of revolution and turns it into a sales tool . | 0 |
more precious than perspicacious | 0 |
the second chapter of the harry potter series is even more magical than the first and simply the best family film of the year . | 1 |
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage . | 0 |
stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about . | 0 |
much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever . | 1 |
there are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . | 1 |
contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden . . . if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . | 0 |
the narrative is so consistently unimaginative that probably the only way to have saved the film is with the aid of those wisecracking mystery science theater 3000 guys . | 0 |
the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent , meandering , and sometimes dry plot . | 0 |
journalistically dubious , inept and often lethally dull . | 0 |
everything its title implies , a standard-issue crime drama spat out from the tinseltown assembly line . | 0 |
[ gosling 's ] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character . | 1 |
a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged . | 0 |
the universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in 'baran . ' | 1 |
despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it 's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum . | 0 |
what time is it there ? is not easy . it haunts you , you ca n't forget it , you admire its conception and are able to resolve some of the confusions you had while watching it . | 1 |
sharp , lively , funny and ultimately sobering film . | 1 |
wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of 'a nightmare on elm street ' or 'the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of 'deadly friend . ' | 0 |
confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture . | 1 |
tadpole is emblematic of the witless ageism afflicting films : young is cool , and too young is too cool . | 0 |
it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america . | 1 |
if you love reading and/or poetry , then by all means check it out . you 'll probably love it . | 1 |
to show these characters in the act and give them no feelings of remorse -- and to cut repeatedly to the flashback of the original rape -- is overkill to the highest degree . | 0 |
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left . | 0 |
with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valiant attempt to tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . | 1 |
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