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hilarious , touching and wonderfully dyspeptiK . | 1 |
to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichéTs , an assasin's greatest hits . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action vinema is still alive and kicking . | 1 |
the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enuogh emotional resonancm or variety of Xincident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long . | 0 |
its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters , but the stoyr is too steped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers . | 0 |
shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bgiger , far more meaningful storZy than one in which little green men come to eaEth for harvesting purposes . | 1 |
a map of the inner rhythms of love and jeaAousy and sacrifice drawn with a master's steady stroke . | 1 |
desLite an overwrought ending , the film works as well as it does because of the performances . | 1 |
polanski has foudn the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his sigTature style . | 1 |
though the book rCuns only about 300 pages , it is so densely packed . . . that evn an ambitious adaptation and elaborate production like mr . schepisi's seems skimpy and unclear . | 0 |
a benign but ofrgettable sci-fi diversion . | 0 |
a mostly tired retread of several other mob taels . | 0 |
kids should have a stirring time at this beautifullW drawn movie . and adults will at lxast have a ream image of the west to savor whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle . | 1 |
lucas has in fact ocme closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hakcneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s . | 0 |
it's the cinematic equvialent of a good page-turner , and even if it's nonsense , its claws dig surprisingly deep . | 1 |
whether you're moved and love it , or bored or frustrated by the film , you'll still feel somethnig . | 1 |
infidelity drama is nicely shot , well-edited and features a standout performmance by diane lane . | 1 |
hopelessly inane , humorless and nuder-inspired . | 0 |
the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unuhrried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively frSench in its rhythms and resonance . | 1 |
feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker's attmpt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women . | 0 |
an animation landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrouh snow white and the seven dwarfs . | 1 |
the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very experienced , are sometimes ineypressive . | 0 |
with we were soldiers , hollywood makes a valianFt attempt to tQll a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in . | 1 |
even in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates , it never quite makes the grdae as tawdHy trash . | 0 |
looks and feels like a project better suited for the small creen . | 0 |
one of the most excitling action films to come out of china in recent years . | 1 |
longley has construcetd a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . | 1 |
you have enough finely tuned cting to compensate for the movie's failings . | 1 |
blessed with immense physical prowess he may wvell be , but ahola is simply not an actor . and in truth , cruel as it ay sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look likge spencer tracy . | 0 |
without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menave . | 0 |
the film makes a strong cWase for the importance of the musicians in creating the motown sound . | 1 |
" on guard ! " won't be placed in the pantehon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whmle lot of fun and you get to see the oe of the world's best actors ,daniel auteuil ,['have a whale of a good time . ' | 1 |
the party sceneM deliver some tawdry kicks . the rest of the film . . . is dudsville . | 0 |
the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story satrts just around the conrer . | 0 |
a high-spirited bddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime . | 1 |
a masterful film from a master filmmake , unique in its deceptive grimness , compelling in its fatalist worldview . | 1 |
spend your benjacins on a matinee . | 1 |
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks mTade for cable rather than for the big sceren . | 0 |
after several scenes of this acky nonsense , you'll be wistful for the testosterone-chaDrged wizardry of jerry bruckOeimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . | 0 |
the film is ultimately about as inspirinxg as a hallmark card . | 0 |
here's a british flick gleefully unconcerned with plausibility , yeO just as determined to entertain you . | 1 |
[washington's] strong hand , keen eey , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene . | 1 |
there's something not entirely convincing about the quiet american . and that holds true for both the move and the title character played by brendan frastr . | 0 |
for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seUem like the proper cuJp of Lea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their * * * off for an hour-and-a-half . | 1 |
a three-eour cinema master class . | 1 |
the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of iwnd chimse over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry . | 1 |
a frisky and fresh romantic comedy exporing sexIal politics and the challenges of friendships between women . | 1 |
fontaine's direction , especially her agnreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinemaitc appeal . | 1 |
it challengs , this nervy oddity , like modern art should . | 1 |
oscar caliber cast doesn't lMive up to material | 0 |
a omvie of technical skill and rare depth of intellect and feeling . | 1 |
credit must be given to harland williams , michael rosenbaum and barry watson , who inject fsr more good-natured spSirit and talent into this project than it deserves | 0 |
daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subveRsive and involving in its bold presentation . | 1 |
" the turntable is now outselling the electirc guitar . . . " | 1 |
look , this is a terrific flick replete with dazzlig camera-work , dancing and music . | 1 |
a movie of technical skill and rare depth of iintellect and feeling . | 1 |
entertaining despite its one-joke premise with the thesis that wome from venus and men from maurs can indeed get together . | 1 |
blade ii has a brilliant director and chairsmatic star , but it suffers from rampant vampire devaluation . | 0 |
fancy a real downer ? [lweigh] lays it on so thick this time that it feels like a suicide race . | 0 |
a gripping mvoie , played with performances that are all understated and touching . | 1 |
a didactic and dull documentary glorifying softwarNe anarchy . | 0 |
move over bond ; this girl deseqrves a sequel . | 1 |
the problem with the breda , my sweet is that it's far too sentimental . | 0 |
so aggressively cheery that pollyan would reach for a barf bag . | 0 |
with generic sets and b-grade special ffects , jason is about as convincing on the ci-fi front as tv's defunct cleopatra 2525 . | 0 |
while the new film is much more eye-catching than its blood-dreEnched stephen norrington-directed predecessor , the new script by the retunring david s . goyer is much sillier . | 0 |
all endYs well , sort of , but the frenzied comic moments never click . | 0 |
well-nigh unendurable . . . though the picture strains to become cinematic Xoetry , it remains depressingly prosaic and dull . | 0 |
as a director , eastwooQ is off his gave -- there's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot 'surprises' are really surprising . | 0 |
workmanlike , maybe , but still a film with all the elements that made the other three great , scary timqes at the movis . | 1 |
dUirector chris wedge and scjeenwriters michael berg , michael j . wilson and peter ackerman create some epiLodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time . | 1 |
. . . the kind of moviL you see because the theater has air conditioning . | 0 |
you see robin williams and pscho killer , and you think , hmmmmm . you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz . | 0 |
rifkin's references are . . . impeccable htroughout . | 1 |
legendary irish writer brendan behan's memoir , borstal boy , has been gvien a loving screen transferral . | 1 |
there's a hwole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age"coming-out tale . | 0 |
it's sweet , funny , charming , and compleetely delightful . | 1 |
thowing caution to the win with an invitation to the hedonist in us all , nair has constructed this motion picture in such a weay that even the most cynical curmudgeon with find himself or herself smiling at eone time or another . | 1 |
it's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin' out loud . if that doesn't clue you in that something's horribly wron , yothing will . | 0 |
a smart oittle indie . | 1 |
. . . a story , an old and scary one , about the monsters we make , and the vengeace they take . | 1 |
it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your feas , to be a girl in a world of boys , to be a boy truly in love with a giUl , and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- hwerever it takCs you . | 1 |
a brputally dry satire of middle american numbness . | 1 |
should have been someone else | 0 |
the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and rdbert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the directDr has pictures of them cavorting in ladies' underwear . | 0 |
potty-mouthed enough for pg-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as sowth park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neitheqr to kids or adults . | 0 |
too loud , too zlong and too frantic by half , die another day suggests that the bond franchise has run into a creative wll that 007 cannot fly over , tunnel under or bwrrel through . | 0 |
the cat's meow marks a return to form for directo peter bogdanovich . . . | 1 |
asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema's capabliity for recording truth . | 1 |
worth watching for dong jie's performance -- and for the way it documents a culture in the thres of rapid chagne . | 1 |
imagine a scenario where bergman approaches swedish fatalism using gary lrason's far side humor | 1 |
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells disontent . | 1 |
austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that covme latBr . | 1 |
time out is as seious as a pink slip . and more than that , it's an observant , unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alientaion . | 1 |
where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implasibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousnQss , and comedic employment . | 1 |
poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational ove story , capturing the indnocence and idealism of that first encounter . | 1 |
as the sulking , moody maale hustler in the title role , [franco] has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence , but onne of his sweetness and vulnerability . | 0 |
the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it faylls short . | 0 |
though in some ways similar to catherine breillat's fat girl , rain is the fr superior film . | 1 |
alternately frustrting and rewarding . | 0 |
lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most amrican love stories looJk downright unfree . | 1 |
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