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	" It's hard to resist the movie's mixture of soap opera, humor and heart-filled homilies." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 15, 2008	Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys (2008)	53%
	" Despite a few sentimental flourishes, this programmer delivers for action fans." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 8, 2008	Bangkok Dangerous (2008)	10%
	" Although the film teeters on the brink of sentimentality, it never topples into the slush, and this is a tribute to the rigorous direction as well as the astringent performances." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 4, 2008	The Wrestler (2009)	100%
	" Although the subject might sound specialized, the picture is engineered with such skill that it transcends the ethnic details to become a universal story of a boy trying to find his place in an inhospitable world." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 30, 2008	Sixty Six (2008)	64%
	" Directed with pounding energy by Ric Roman Waugh and acted to the hilt by a cast comprising several of yesterday�s stars proving their mettle, the movie delivers the thrills and emotion that prison movies require." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 17, 2008	Felon (2008)	61%
	" Ellen Burstyn deserves another Oscar nomination for this compelling drama." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jul 8, 2008	The Stone Angel (2008)	47%
	" Sean Astin is utterly winning..." -- Movieline Posted May 29, 2008	Rudy (1993)	81%
	" This charming, pointed comedy is a genuine discovery." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted May 12, 2008	Kabluey (2008)	88%
	" Bart has enough laughs to snare a distributor and decent-sized audiences." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Apr 30, 2008	Bart Got a Room (2008)	71%
	" It's not exactly entertainment, but it casts a poisonous spell." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 14, 2008	Funny Games (2008)	51%
	" *At its core Never Back Down* is just another teen exploitation movie, but middle-age viewers who wander into the theater might get the same giddy rush as the kids.*" -- Hollywood Reporter* Posted Mar 14, 2008	Never Back Down (2008)	24%
	" The movie benefits from unpretentiousness; it never takes itself too seriously." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Mar 10, 2008	The Hammer (2008)	70%
	" There are many telling details in the film, even if it ultimately raises more questions than it can possibly answer." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 30, 2008	Recycle (2008)	n/a
	" Rocky for wine aficionados." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 28, 2008	Bottle Shock (2008)	45%
	" Wind and the Water is not an earth-shattering film, but it replays a familiar story in a novel setting and achieves a lyrical intensity." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 25, 2008	The Wind and the Water (2008)	n/a
	" Despite all the crises brewing in this family, we never feel there's anything at stake." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 24, 2008	Alice's House (2008)	90%
	" Marks the debut of a promising, truly independent film artist." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 24, 2008	Half-Life (2008)	n/a
	" A most entertaining ride with audience appeal well beyond the festival circuit." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 22, 2008	The Drummer (2008)	n/a
	" Belies the inexperience of its makers, for it's a substantial, deeply moving film that has the potential to captivate audiences everywhere." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 22, 2008	Captain Abu Raed (2008)	n/a
	" This is a breakthrough performance [for AnnaSophia Robb] that should do wonders for her career." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jan 22, 2008	Sleepwalking (2008)	19%
	" *Even though Liberty Kid* is a small film, much of it is deeply poignant; it enhances our compassion for all the ghosts of Sept. 11.*" -- Hollywood Reporter* Posted Jan 10, 2008	Liberty Kid (2007)	86%
	" Helicopters take us astonishingly close to the skiers as they climb up dizzying peaks, then race down 90-degree cliffs and sometimes jump off precipices with parachutes to bring them back to Earth." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Dec 17, 2007	Steep (2007)	51%
	" *Family films that won't make adults gag are always in short supply, so a pleasing British fantasy, The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, is a welcome addition to the holiday season." -- Hollywood Reporter* Posted Dec 13, 2007	The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (2007)	73%
	" This is a lively piece of history, put together with a good deal of technical skill as well as unmistakable passion." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Nov 28, 2007	Torn from the Flag (2008)	n/a
	" An unsparing look at child prostitution is a hard sell for audiences, but this movie is a memorable achievement." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Nov 9, 2007	Holly (2007)	62%
	" Even with its flaws, the film finds many moving moments as it surveys the ravages of a perpetually divided country." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Oct 24, 2007	O Jerusalem (2007)	30%
	" Sharp performances enliven this formulaic comedy." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 14, 2007	Mr. Woodcock (2007)	13%
	" The movie doesn't have much visual style or atmosphere, but it does have a kinder, gentler spirit than many gross-out comedies, and that makes it a likable time killer." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 7, 2007	The Brothers Solomon (2007)	16%
	" The film's humanism gives it an overwhelming impact." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Sep 6, 2007	The Bubble (2007)	56%
	" Cusack manages to summon deep wellsprings of personal grief along with breezy humor and naked animal terror. It's a tour de force performance that confirms the talents of this remarkably versatile, sometimes underrated actor." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted Jun 19, 2007	1408 (2007)	78%
	" Gibney pulls it all together with impressive clarity and command. In the end, this passionate indictment of present U.S. policies stirs both sadness and outrage." -- Hollywood Reporter Posted May 11, 2007	Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)	100%
	" A slyly macabre fantasia that works on its own demented terms." -- Movieline Posted Dec 2, 2002	Scotland, PA (2002)	59%
	" It turns out to be a cut above the norm, thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting." -- Movieline Posted Dec 2, 2002	Slackers (2002)	9%
	" *Recalls Tender Mercies, another astutely acted character study that remained resolutely small-scale and was all the more affecting because it didn't overreach." -- Movieline* Posted Dec 2, 2002	Monster's Ball (2001)	86%
	" The French may imbue romantic and sexual turmoil with a bit too much sturm and drang, but at least they examine intimate emotions that Americans nervously avoid." -- Movieline Posted Mar 6, 2002	After Sex (1997)	78%
	" Takes a familiar French story of a May-December romance and renders it with unexpected nuance and uncommon wisdom." -- Movieline Posted Mar 4, 2002	Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)	95%
	" Gray's Anatomy is a triumphant reminder of the power of words to summon our deepest fears." -- Movieline Posted Mar 4, 2002	Gray's Anatomy (1996)	59%
	" The film offers many tasty tidbits, but it feels distended and a bit too delighted with its own modest charms." -- Movieline Posted Mar 4, 2002	Big Night (1996)	96%
	" Price has a good sense of story structure, and this remake of the 1947 thriller is taut and engrossing." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Kiss of Death (1995)	66%
	" The unlikely pairing of John Grisham and Robert Altman proves rewarding for both partners." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	The Gingerbread Man (1998)	59%
	" This is an astonishingly rich and provocative movie that finds one of our few authentically visionary directors still testing himself and daring his audiences to keep up." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	The Truman Show (1998)	95%
	" A number of the actors surprise and beguile." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Love's Labour's Lost (2000)	48%
	" Reminds us what it's like to see an actress go to work when she has a juicy role to play." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Under the Skin (1997)	86%
	" Although it's wildly uneven, this satire on the movie business, which was written by Joe Eszterhas, is peppered with uproarious touches." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)	6%
4/5	" Wild Things is a cut above most of the other recent film noir knockoffs, mainly because director John McNaughton has an unmistakable talent for the tawdry." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Wild Things (1998)	64%
	" Director Robert Benton and cowriter Richard Russo have embellished the script with witty repartee that bears comparison with the best of Chandler and Hammett." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Twilight (1998)	62%
	" This is an unusually sensual and nonpuritanical American movie perhaps because it was made by a Brazilian director." -- Movieline Posted Jan 28, 2002	Carried Away (1996)	67%
	" This powerful film is often harrowing to watch, but it can also be shockingly entertaining as it deftly mixes macabre humor, pathos, and horror." -- Movieline Posted Jan 15, 2002	No Man's Land (2001)	93%
	" That rare movie that can be called adult -- not because it incorporates a few frank sex scenes, but because it respects the complexity of grown-up relationships." -- Movieline Posted Jan 15, 2002	Lantana (2001)	91%
	" *Because of its superior craftsmanship, In the Bedroom* conjures a searing vision of a well-scrubbed American family that lives perilously close to catastrophe.*" -- Movieline* Posted Jan 15, 2002	In the Bedroom (2001)	94%

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