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reassuring , retro uplifter . | 1pos |
throwing it all away for the fleeting joys of love's brief moment . | 1pos |
armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud . | 1pos |
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood . | 1pos |
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish . | 1pos |
one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time . | 1pos |
after an uncertain start , murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock's memorable first interrogation of gosling . | 1pos |
the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard . | 1pos |
a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism . | 1pos |
an emotionally strong and politically potent piece of cinema . | 1pos |
enticing and often funny documentary . | 1pos |
going to this movie is a little like chewing whale blubber - it's an acquired taste that takes time to enjoy , but it's worth it , even if it does take 3 hours to get through . | 1pos |
a portrait of hell so shattering it's impossible to shake . | 1pos |
almodovar is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called 'the gift of tears . ' | 1pos |
better than the tepid star trek : insurrection ; falls short of first contact because the villain couldn't pick the lint off borg queen alice krige's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of generations . | 1pos |
at times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated ( depending upon where you live ) , ignorant fairies is still quite good-natured and not a bad way to spend an hour or two . | 1pos |
tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun . | 1pos |
majidi's direction has never been smoother or more confident . | 1pos |
visually captivating . | 1pos |
what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is . | 1pos |
hard , endearing , caring , warm . bring tissues . | 1pos |
a thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it doesn't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world . | 1pos |
" me without you " is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades . | 1pos |
inherently caustic and oddly whimsical , the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss . | 1pos |
though frodo's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined new zealanders has proved its creative mettle . | 1pos |
it's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can . | 1pos |
pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and swooning elegance . | 1pos |
ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here's betting her third feature will be something to behold . | 1pos |
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon . | 1pos |
a classy , sprightly spin on film . | 1pos |
fast , frantic and fun , but also soon forgotten | 1pos |
a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth . | 1pos |
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . | 1pos |
fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation . | 1pos |
a moving , if uneven , success . | 1pos |
with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness . | 1pos |
wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . | 1pos |
there's plenty to impress about e . t . | 1pos |
a chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president , but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten , cynical journalists into what was essentially , by campaign's end , an extended publicity department . | 1pos |
until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films . | 1pos |
[woo's] most resonant film since the killer . | 1pos |
collateral damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it weren't . | 1pos |
a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . | 1pos |
maybe it is formula filmmaking , but there's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is . | 1pos |
[fincher's] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . | 1pos |
the film is insightful about kissinger's background and history . | 1pos |
an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . | 1pos |
a lot of the credit for the film's winning tone must go to grant , who hasn't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him . | 1pos |
exploits [headbanger] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . | 1pos |
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it's potentially just as rewarding . | 1pos |
ratliff's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon . | 1pos |
from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work . | 1pos |
passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone . | 1pos |
a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life . | 1pos |
at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it's so fascinating you won't be able to look away for a second . | 1pos |
if you're part of her targeted audience , you'll cheer . otherwise , maybe . | 1pos |
as animation increasingly emphasizes the computer and the cool , this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth . | 1pos |
blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew . | 1pos |
instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view . | 1pos |
k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories , but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia . | 1pos |
contrived as this may sound , mr . rose's updating works surprisingly well . | 1pos |
a glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism . | 1pos |
lavishly , exhilaratingly tasteless . | 1pos |
you don't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that's the mark of a documentary that works . | 1pos |
between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism . | 1pos |
combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end , we are undeniably touched . | 1pos |
while the story's undeniably hard to follow , iwai's gorgeous visuals seduce . | 1pos |
if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time . | 1pos |
a lovely film . . . elegant , witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic . . . hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity . | 1pos |
scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation . | 1pos |
[a] devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama . | 1pos |
a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony . | 1pos |
these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field , and i'm all for that . | 1pos |
a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire . | 1pos |
worth a look as a curiosity . | 1pos |
you watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises . | 1pos |
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting 'chops' and they take full advantage . | 1pos |
auto focus is not your standard hollywood bio-pic . schrader aims to present an unflinching look at one man's downfall , brought about by his lack of self-awareness . | 1pos |
the bourne identity shouldn't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood . | 1pos |
for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . if you're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . | 1pos |
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . | 1pos |
the whole mildly pleasant outing -- the r rating is for brief nudity and a grisly corpse -- remains aloft not on its own self-referential hot air , but on the inspired performance of tim allen . | 1pos |
a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers . | 1pos |
the emperor's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality . | 1pos |
it's truly awful and heartbreaking subject matter , but one whose lessons are well worth revisiting as many times as possible . | 1pos |
though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking . | 1pos |
there is little question that this is a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how , in the flip-flop of courtship , we often reel in when we should be playing out . | 1pos |
the message of such reflections--intentional or not--is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one . | 1pos |
gooding is the energetic frontman , and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences . | 1pos |
the otherwise good-naturedness of mr . deeds , with its embrace of sheer goofiness and cameos of less- than-likely new york celebrities . . . certainly raises the film above anything sandler's been attached to before . | 1pos |
the movie is brilliant , really . it is philosophy , illustrated through everyday events . | 1pos |
it's stylishly directed with verve . . . | 1pos |
gives an intriguing twist to the french coming-of-age genre . | 1pos |
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . | 1pos |
a solid , psychological action film from hong kong . | 1pos |
see it now , before the inevitable hollywood remake flattens out all its odd , intriguing wrinkles . | 1pos |
holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin . | 1pos |
an enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race . | 1pos |
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever . | 1pos |
it would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde's classic satire . | 1pos |
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