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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 83% of the time.

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"Solid rom com finds another Judd Apatow acolyte moving into the spotlight." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 11, 2008
 
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)85%
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4/5
 
"Filmmaker Brett Morgen returns with another livelier-than-usual entry in the nonfiction field, a portrait of '60s activism that mixes vintage footage with cartoon-animated re-enactments." -- Austin American-Statesman
Posted Apr 4, 2008
 
Chicago 10 (2008)76%
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"Real-life rags-to-riches Vegas scheme makes for glossy if lightweight fun." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 28, 2008
 
21 (2008)35%
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"Stop-Loss has painted itself into a dramatic corner, which might be the most honest expression of the filmmaker's empathy for the men and women serving in Iraq." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 26, 2008
 
Stop-Loss (2008)65%
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"Excellent concert docu revisits a neglected chapter in Reed's back catalog." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 19, 2008
 
Lou Reed's Berlin (2008)83%
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"an involving film with fresh perspectives that should ensure appeal on the activist and festival circuits." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
At the Death House Door (2008)100%
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"Lacks the fresh charm that made their first such an unexpected (if guilty) pleasure." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)54%
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"An entertaining pic that will fascinate admirers but is wide-ranging and unpretentious enough to engage those intimidated by Glass' aesthetic." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 27, 2007
 
Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts (2008)71%
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"Daniel Day-Lewis stuns in Paul Thomas Anderson's saga of a soul-dead oil man." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 1, 2007
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)92%
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"Initially intriguing but ultimately saddled with more quirks than it can handle." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
With Your Permission (2007)20%
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"With subtle laughs but solid emotional thrust, it will play very well with older audiences." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
Then She Found Me (2008)54%
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"Short on sensational elements but involving, it won't set multiplexes on fire but should make a decent showing thanks to cast and plot." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
The Take (2008)92%
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"The film's final act is unbelievable, even if we ascribe hidden motivations to uncharacteristic behavior." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
The Past ()n/a
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"Director [Juan Antonio] Bayona employs the visual language of horror films...with restraint and good taste." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
The Orphanage (2007)86%
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"Lars might at first sound like a movie you wouldn't want your kids to see, but it has a heart of gold." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Lars And The Real Girl (2007)81%
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"A solid, well presented history of the band's brief career, Joy Division has appeal for music buffs but could get mileage in theaters from a smart coordination with the feature film's release." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 18, 2007
 
Joy Division - Under Review (2006)n/a
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"Warm-hearted and accessible." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 17, 2007
 
Caramel (2008)91%
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"An enjoyable enough primer that it may nurture fans to support the rockers in their old age." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 17, 2007
 
Amazing Journey: The Story of The Who (2007)80%
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"The movie's split-personality frustrates, especially since cast and crew do their jobs perfectly well" -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 12, 2007
 
The Passage (2007)n/a
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"...despite lacking marquee stars could do well with the date-night mainstream." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 11, 2007
 
Run, Fat Boy, Run (2008)48%
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"Apatow's gleefully raunchy movies are, in an odd and charming way, extremely family-friendly." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 31, 2007
 
Knocked Up (2007)91%
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"A movie about conscience that flatly refuses the catharsis and redemption a mainstream feature would demand, Great World of Sound is a dirty gem, shining despite the modesty of its production." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 2, 2007
 
Great World of Sound (2007)82%
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"A thoroughly winning feature that, despite appearing to be made with the small screen in mind, could hold its own theatrically in the feel-good docu niche." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 2, 2007
 
Twisted: A Balloonamentary (2007)83%
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"If the picture secretly hopes to supply viewers with the kind of epiphany its characters seek, it falls short, staying instead on turf tread in many other good-hearted festival films before it. Within that arena though, it holds its own." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 19, 2007
 
Everything's Gone Green (2007)69%
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"The product of restless comic imaginations that would rather bounce to the next idea than milk the previous one for every drop. Some viewers may be exhausted by the barrage, but few will complain of not getting their money's worth." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Apr 3, 2007
 
The Ten (2007)39%
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"The prisoner's journalistic tendencies served him well in jail: He chronicled details of his captivity, including names and serial numbers of fellow prisoners, in places guards wouldn't notice (like the inside of his boxer shorts)." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 21, 2007
 
The Prisoner Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2007)86%
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"Smart, fair primer on Michael Moore's divisive career offers a couple of eye-opening moments." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 17, 2007
 
Manufacturing Dissent (2007)52%
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"[A] deeply heartfelt film." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 16, 2007
 
Reign Over Me (2007)64%
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"A pure, mostly dumb comedy, it's the tale of one impossibly out-of-it girl, Anna Faris' Jane F., who spends her day stumbling from mishap to mishap in an effort to avoid her drug dealer's wrath." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 16, 2007
 
Smiley Face (2007)67%
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"Out of Sight scribes slides nicely into director's chair with darker crime tale." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 14, 2007
 
The Lookout (2007)87%
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"Rear Window meets the iTunes era in fun, slick suspense pic." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 13, 2007
 
Disturbia (2007)67%
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"Documentarians Chris Bradley and Kyle Labrache keep things moving at a nice pace while indulging Gurwitch's possibly too frequent attempts to tie the expanding film in to the event that inspired it." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 30, 2007
 
Fired! (2007)44%
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3/5
 
"It won't enter the quirktastic-voyage hall of fame, but it's a refreshing ride nonetheless." -- Austin American-Statesman
Posted Nov 13, 2006
 
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)91%
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"If American moviegoers have plenty of reasons to feel icky about government-sponsored kidnappings and hidden prisons, Chronicle of an Escape gives them another good one." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 31, 2006
 
Chronicle of an Escape (2007)60%
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"[It] isn't as fresh or weird as the short films that made Tenacious D cult heroes but does capture enough of their spirit to please fans." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Tenacious D in: The Pick of Destiny (2006)53%
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"...A likable romantic comedy that delivers enough laughs and star appeal to fare reasonably well in the date-movie department, even if it doesn't entirely live up to its ambitions." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 23, 2006
 
Catch and Release (2007)23%
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"The whole fear-of-obese-hillbillies device is starting to smell as stale as Leatherface's playroom." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 25, 2006
 
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)13%
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"No unexpected detours in road movie about three middle-age women." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 19, 2006
 
Bonneville (2006)42%
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"A highly unusual viewing experience that stimulates the senses and the conscience simultaneously." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 18, 2006
 
Manufactured Landscapes (2007)84%
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"Smart, visually appealing, and consistently engaging." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Lake of Fire (2007)94%
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"Sarah Polley's directing debut is an assured, moving look at coping with Alzheimer's." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Away From Her (2007)95%
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"The inimitable Guy Maddin outdoes himself with psyche-probing silent film." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Brand Upon The Brain! (2006)91%
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"The action isn't nearly sufficient to carry all the mumbo-jumbo, and the cast doesn't have enough charisma to keep the script afloat on their own." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Jade Warrior (2006)n/a
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"An artful experiment that's imposingly cryptic but comes from a respected filmmaker, it should appeal to its art house niche." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Syndromes and A Century (2007)87%
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"Kim brings more warmth and humor into Time than he has in some of his best-known work." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Time (2007)81%
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"Idiosyncratic horror film mixes science and the supernatural." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
 
The Last Winter (2007)78%
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"Solidly made, timely and spotlighting a fine performance by Paddy Considine." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
 
The Half Life of Timofey Berezin (2006)40%
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"Icon of bad taste John Waters plays kindly uncle to tomorrow's delinquents in funny one-man show." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
 
This Filthy World (2006)85%
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"Not every admirer of the first film will enjoy it, but it values its subjects too much to mold their rhythms to an outsider's attention span." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
 
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (2006)89%
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"Polish take on generic crime material is dull, except for a self-parodic soundtrack." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 13, 2006
 
Palimpsest (2006)n/a

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