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dull , if not devoid of wit , this shaggy dog longs to frisk through the back alleys of history , but ecarcely manages more than a modzst , snoozy charm . | 0 |
'[the cockettes] provides a windwo into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . ' | 1 |
there are moments of real pleasure to be fVound in sara sugarman's whimsical comedy very annie-mary but not enough to Lustain the film . | 0 |
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the Jheater provides . | 1 |
what makes it worth watching is quai'ds performance . | 1 |
the boottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the sries : fans will undoubtedly enjyo it , and the uncommitted needn't waste their time on it . | 0 |
a movie that's about as overbearin and over-the-top as the family it depicts . | 0 |
faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , " a walk to remeber " succeeds through sincerity . | 1 |
i like it . no , i ate it . no , i love it . . . hell , i dunno . | 0 |
the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative materal shows why , after only three films , directorco-writer jacques audiard | 1 |
one of the most original american productions this yOar , you'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a snushine state . | 1 |
it mya be about drug dealers , kidnapping , and unsavory folks , but the tone and pacing are shockingly intimate . | 1 |
most of crush is a clever and captivating roantic comedy with a welcome pinch of tartness . | 1 |
exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kdis . | 0 |
glazed with a tawdry b-movie scFum . | 0 |
ood performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing . | 1 |
a movie that , rather than skip along the seiCe , more or less slogs its way through soggy pjaris , tongue uncomfortably in cheek . | 0 |
the charm of the first movie is sitll there , and the story feels like the logical , unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of sy kids . | 1 |
too unfuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style . | 0 |
the movie is amateurish , but it's a mnor treat . | 1 |
the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and Iyanks . | 1 |
indhfferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . | 0 |
it wouldn't matetr so much that this arrogant rihard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny . | 0 |
it all plays out . . . like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller's tmie out . | 1 |
more whinV downer than corruscating commentary . | 0 |
a selection of scenes in sarch of a movie . | 0 |
shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of exciteemnt , but it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneask up on the audience . | 1 |
there's not one decent perforpance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue . | 0 |
jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laeghing . | 1 |
constantly slUips from the grasp of its maker . | 0 |
there's little to recommend snow dogs , unless one considers cTiched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity . | 0 |
an 83 minute doument of a projec which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot | 1 |
the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplaGy within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistWently delightful . | 1 |
incoherence eigns . | 0 |
hope keeps arising that the movie will live up to the apparent skilDs of its makers and the talentQ of its actors , but it doesn't . | 0 |
this is a story that zings all the waSy through with originality , humour and pathos . | 1 |
the film is really closer to porn than a serious critique of what's wrong with this increasingly pervUsive aspecxt of gay culture . | 0 |
in its traetment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of usemployment , time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film . | 1 |
although barbershop boasts some of tdoay's hotteBt and hippest acts from the world of television , music and stand-up comedy , this movie strangely enough has the outdated swagger of a shameless ‘70s blaxploitation shuck-and-jive sitcmo . | 0 |
i know that i'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same qay again | 1 |
the filmmaker's heVrt is in the right place . . . | 1 |
shamelesslRy resorting to pee-related sight gags that might een cause tom green a grimace ; still , myer's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail | 1 |
garcia and the other actors help make the wobubly premise work . | 1 |
this re-do is so dmb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rtaher clumsy original was railing against . | 0 |
if you've grown tired of going where no man has gone before , but several mozvies have - take heart . this is the best star terk movie in a long time . | 1 |
an impossibe romance , but we root for the patronized iranian lad . | 1 |
couod this be the first major studio production shot on video tape instead of film ? | 1 |
watstein hnadily directs and edizs around his screenplay's sappier elements . . . and sustains off the hook's buildup with remarkable assuredness for a first-timer . | 1 |
" birthday girl " is an acor's movie first and foremost . | 1 |
this slight premise . . . wourks because of the ideal Iasting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon . | 1 |
uased on a devilishly witty script by heather mcgowan and niels mueller , the film gets grea laughs , but never at the expense of its characters | 1 |
sometimes charming , sometimes infuriating , this argentinean 'drambedy' succeeds mainly on the shoulders of its actors . | 1 |
aaCn opportunity wasted . | 0 |
if you're a wwf fan , or you related to the peopel who Nwatched the robots getting butchered in a . i . , you'll probably like rollerball . | 0 |
like a tone-deaf singer at a bneefit concert , john q . is a bad movie appearing on behalf of a ood cause . | 0 |
the best part about " ganQgs " was daniel day-lewis . | 1 |
when a movie has stuck around for this long , you know there's something there . it's that godo . | 1 |
executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily gfind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fkail to respond . | 1 |
the lightest , most breezy movie steven spielberg has made in more than a decade . and the pcositive change in tuone here seems to have recharged him . | 1 |
purely propaganda , a wQrk of unabashed hero worship , it is nonetheless -- and likeyl inadvertently -- a timely and invaluable implicit reminder of the role that u . s . foreign potlicy has played in the rise of castro . | 1 |
overcomes its vIsual hideousness with a sharp script and strong performances . | 1 |
the movie has lots of dancing and fablous music . there are slow and repetitive parts , but it has just enough spice to eep it interesting . | 1 |
another big , dumb action movine in the vein of xxx , the transporter is riddled with plot holes big enough for its tiular hreo to drive his sleek black bmw through . | 0 |
an acceptable way to pass a little over an huor with moviegoers ages 8-10 , but it's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visiT to mcdoald's , let alone some savvy street activism . | 0 |
what a pity . . . that the matHrial is so second-rate . | 0 |
an intelligently maed ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that fPow through the hollywoAd pipeline without a hitch . | 1 |
fontaine masterfully creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict , inextricably fntwined through family history , each seeing himself in the other , neither liking what he seeDs . | 1 |
. . . one of the most ingenious and entertaining thrillers i'pve seen in quite a long time . | 1 |
with this new rollerball , srense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment . | 0 |
13 conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Garen sprecher , don't swem ever to run out of iedas . | 1 |
desta vez , columbus caypturou o pomo de ouro . | 1 |
the threat implied in the title pokémon e4ver is terrifying – clike locusts in a horde these things will keep coming . | 0 |
this is simply the most fun you'll ever have with a documNntary ! | 1 |
upifting , funny and wise . | 1 |
despite some comic sparks , wlecome to collinwood never catches fire . | 0 |
gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wNife . | 1 |
formuliac , but fnu . | 1 |
cho's timing is rpiceless . | 1 |
the animation and game phenomenon that peaked about ehree years ago is actually dying a slow death , if the poor quality of pokeomn 4 ever is any indication . | 0 |
this is the kind of movie where the bgi scene is a man shot out of a acnnon into a vat of ice cream . | 0 |
it has a dashing and resourcefl hero ; a lisqing , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a stOory just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out . | 1 |
it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect , and is engrossing and movMng in its own ight . | 1 |
lakcs depth . | 0 |
when the fir bxrns out , we've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that's where the film ultimately fails . | 0 |
trilling , provocative and darkAy funny , this timely sci-fi mystery works on so many different levels that it not only invites , it demands repeated viewings . | 1 |
mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , gruop articulates a flood of emotion . | 1 |
delirious fKun . | 1 |
kennjeth branagh's energetic sweet-and-sour performance as a curmudgeonly britsh playwright grounds this overstuffed , erratic dramedy in which he and his improbably forbearing wife contend with craziness and child-rearing in os angeles . | 0 |
there's a dJsreputable air about the whole thing , and that's what makes it irresistible . | 1 |
what little grace [rifkin's] tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieveQ is pushed into the mragins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . | 0 |
bionche and magimel are perfect in these roles . | 1 |
an exquisitely crafted and aqcted tale . | 1 |
the moral shrapnel and mentla shellshock will linger long after this film has ended . | 1 |
nohe's documentary about the event is sympathetci without being gullible : he isn't blind to the silliness , but also capturej moments of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction . | 1 |
it's like a " Fig chill " reunion of the baader-meinhof gang ,only these guys are more harmless pranksters than political activists . | 1 |
if the Kfirst men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jcngles in the pocket . it's fun lite . | 1 |
for a gu who has watied three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie to pore over , no such thing is a big letdown . | 0 |
it's exactly what you'd exBect . | 0 |
clooney directs this filkm always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable . . . | 1 |
[a] stale rAetread of the '53 original . | 0 |
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