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"Like a symphony where every note is exactly where it needs to be, or a painting without a brushstroke wasted, The Dark Knight is an unabashed, unashamedly great film." -- PopMatters
Posted Jul 18, 2008
 
The Dark Knight (2008)95%
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"This is big screen fantasy as a wish fulfillment free for all, a far out fairytale told in the most intricate of celluloid calligraphy." -- PopMatters
Posted Jul 11, 2008
 
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)87%
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"WALL*E announces yet another massive leap in technological talent for the fabled filmmakers, a textural, tactile quality that continues to push CG 3D into uncharted artistic arenas." -- PopMatters
Posted Jun 27, 2008
 
WALL-E (2008)96%
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"Forget all the curmudgeonly criticism that argues for this movie's optical overload capacity - Speed Racer is a modern masterpiece" -- PopMatters
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Speed Racer (2008)36%
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5/5
 
"As the perfect marriage of maker and material, this dark, disturbing splatter-etta stands as the best film of 2007." -- PopMatters
Posted Dec 21, 2007
 
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)86%
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5/5
 
"Call it dystopian or future shocking, but Children of Men is nothing more than a sensational cinematic allegory as bona fide art." -- PopMatters
Posted Jan 11, 2007
 
Children of Men (2006)92%
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"If one would simply switch on their inherent intellect, they'd see the truth behind the tricks -- that is, that The Fountain is an astonishing, evocative experience" -- DVD Verdict
Posted Dec 7, 2006
 
The Fountain (2006)51%
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5/5
 
"No Direction Home ...becomes a portal back in time, a chance to relive some of...the most exciting years in the history of politics, personality and music." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Sep 20, 2005
 
No Direction Home: Bob Dylan (2005)93%
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5/5
 
"Beginning with a...hymn to the...power of musical harmony, SMiLE is the definitive utopian view of the [US] as filtered through the...twilight of the Summer of Love." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Aug 15, 2005
 
Brian Wilson Presents - Smile (2005)n/a
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5/5
 
"[T]he Make Your Own Damn Movie DVD box set stands as a monument to the dedication and desires of [Troma's] Lloyd Kaufman." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Aug 15, 2005
 
Make Your Own Movie! (2005)n/a
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"Sparkling and thought-provoking, Hukkle is the cinematic equivalent of a puzzle box wrapped up in ethnic enigmas and rural riddles." -- PopMatters
Posted Jul 27, 2005
 
Hukkle (2002)100%
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5/5
 
"Just let it be said, in as simple a manner as possible, that Cracker is the best that television can get, and be done with it." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Aug 30, 2005
 
Cracker - Series 3 (1995)n/a
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5/5
 
"Dazed and Confused is a perfect movie. It flawlessly captures the spirit of the '70s while arguing for a clear universality in the high school experience." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted May 27, 2006
 
Dazed and Confused (1993)98%
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"Street Trash is a celebration of all that is excessive and exciting in the world of splatter films. It is a truly misguided masterwork." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Sep 3, 2005
 
Street Trash (1987)50%
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"With final words that are both exhilarating and sad, and [a]...message that maligns wars of all types...Wertmüller has crafted a political protest out of the tenets of tragedy" -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Sep 30, 2005
 
Seven Beauties (1976)90%
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5/5
 
"Land of Silence and Darkness is a tremendous testament to the strength of the human spirit...Werner Herzog is a filmmaker of substantive skill and talent." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jul 28, 2005
 
Land of Silence and Darkness (1971)83%
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5/5
 
"There is new beauty in what Truffaut is trying to show us, an exquisiteness that..forever alter[ed] the face of cinema." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jul 31, 2005
 
Jules And Jim (1962)97%
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5/5
 
"Without a doubt, Crazed Fruit is a lost masterpiece of early Japanese filmmaking." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jul 7, 2005
 
Crazed Fruit (1956)n/a
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"The River is a sumptuous visual feast, yet another example ... of Renoir's amazing ability at using his camera as a paintbrush." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jul 28, 2005
 
The River (1951)85%
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"Michael Palin's Himalaya is...as majestic as the mountains he is hiking through and as rich in culture and history as the countries he comes in contact with." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jul 29, 2005
 
Michael Palin: Himalaya ()n/a
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98/100
 
"Instead of destroying a "classic," as many people feared, Burton has completely reinvented and reinvigorated it, creating something terrific and timeless." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Oct 31, 2005
 
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)83%
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98/100
 
"This bravado brainchild...is like watching Peter Jackson's private personal video experiments, or Sam Raimi's first forays into Evil Dead-based fright." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Nov 8, 2005
 
Plaga Zombie: Mutant Zone (2002)n/a
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98/100
 
"Certainly Waters would argue that all his films end on an upbeat note. But [Hairspray] is the first time the joy seems genuine, not just perversely plastered on." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Hairspray (1988)97%
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98/100
 
"Combined with...Waters' own private peculiarities, Female Trouble stands along side Pink Flamingos as a sure sign of this director's depth and talent." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Female Trouble (1975)79%
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98/100
 
"[A] demented comedy that defecates on everything the '60s stood for, and then allows the drag queen in the lead to eat in, right on camera." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Pink Flamingos (1972)82%
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96/100
 
"This is the great calamity of The Man Who Fell to Earth. For humans, the hurt ends at death. For Thomas, it may continue on indefinitely…perhaps, forever." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Oct 19, 2005
 
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)86%
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95/100
 
"Instantly taking its place in the canon of stirring, seminal documentaries, A Certain Kind of Death is destined to be remembered..." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Jul 5, 2005
 
A Certain Kind of Death (2005)100%
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94/100
 
"Reflections of Evil is a work of stunted genius...[the] effort of a freaked-out filmmaker overdosing on '70s TV, horror anthologies, and a...lack of psychotropic drugs." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Sep 8, 2005
 
Reflections of Evil (2002)n/a
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93/100
 
"A Dirty Shame is a fabulously funny exploration of fetishism, a look at the ever-more-insane ways people find to 'get off'." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
A Dirty Shame (2004)53%
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92/100
 
"Pecker is Hairspray with Kodak film stock, or Crybaby without the juvenile delinquency angle" -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Pecker (1998)54%
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92/100
 
"Desperate Living [is] a movie that feels like three separate films fused together. The first and the second are fantastic." -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Desperate Living (1977)70%
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91/100
 
"Polyester may be one of the few times when Waters tried to expand his cinematic language at the expense of his usual verbal variety" -- DVD Verdict
Posted Aug 22, 2005
 
Polyester (1981)89%
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4.5/5
 
""...if they're not careful, those Marvel superheroes better watch out. Wanted could usurp their position as 2008's best popcorn escape." -- PopMatters
Posted Jun 26, 2008
 
Wanted (2008)72%
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4.5/5
 
"Like El Topo on even more peyote, or a spaghetti western as directed by Kenneth Anger channeling Federico Fellini, The Legend of God's Gun is an absolute masterpiece of style over surreal and slightly stereotyped" -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Legend of God's Gun (2008)n/a
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"Like El Topo on even more peyote, or a spaghetti western as directed by Kenneth Anger channeling Federico Fellini, The Legend of God's Gun is an absolute masterpiece of style over surreal and slightly stereotyped substance." -- DVDTalk.com
Posted Jun 19, 2008
 
Legend of God's Gun (2008)n/a
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4.5/5
 
"Roman Polanski deserves his badge of dishonor, no question about it. This amazing documentary argues that others need to start sporting one as well." -- PopMatters
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)88%
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4.5/5
 
"...if anyone wants to have a serious discussion about the entire supplement situation, this excellent film is a good place to start." -- PopMatters
Posted Jun 13, 2008
 
Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008)96%
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4.5/5
 
"Young@Heart is a classic. May we all live to be so youthful in spirit and soul." -- PopMatters
Posted May 8, 2008
 
Young@Heart (2008)88%
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4.5/5
 
"Iron Man is fantastic, a sure fire blockbuster that will leave audiences breathless and fanboys wanting more." -- PopMatters
Posted May 1, 2008
 
Iron Man (2008)93%
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4.5/5
 
"a brilliant little allegory" -- Filmcritic.com
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Be Kind Rewind (2008)68%
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"Cloverfield is the first great film of 2008." -- PopMatters
Posted Jan 17, 2008
 
Cloverfield (2008)77%
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4.5/5
 
"(Poultrygeist is) bloodier, ballsier, and bluerer than anything the company has ever done...the kind of crackpot genre gem that gets its kicks out of wallowing in feces,...exploiting same sexiness, and undermining standard cinematic expectations." -- PopMatters
Posted Sep 19, 2007
 
Poultrygeist (2008)68%
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4.5/5
 
"Persepolis is astonishing, a revelation realized in masterful monochrome strokes." -- PopMatters
Posted Feb 14, 2008
 
Persepolis (2007)96%
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4.5/5
 
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is...a sensational cinematic canvas created by a man who understands the inherent beauty in form, function, and now filmmaking." -- PopMatters
Posted Feb 1, 2008
 
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)94%
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4.5/5
 
"When you remove the turn of the century pretext, There Will Be Blood is really nothing more than a battle between two ancient religions - Christianity and Capitalism." -- PopMatters
Posted Jan 17, 2008
 
There Will Be Blood (2007)92%
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"Shockingly effective and incomprehensibly great, No Country for Old Men proves that the Coen Brothers are America's reigning motion picture Gods." -- PopMatters
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
No Country for Old Men (2007)95%
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4.5/5
 
" Laced with amazing visual stunts, standout performances, and a perspective of our nation that's nearly incomprehensible, we wind up tramping right along with our wide-eyed hero." -- PopMatters
Posted Oct 19, 2007
 
Into the Wild (2007)83%
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4.5/5
 
"By capturing a sense of society lost, by using both the media focus and the behind closed doors denouements that seem to follow such situations, Affleck produces tragedy on an epic Greek scale and moviemaking of classic neo-noir artistry." -- PopMatters
Posted Oct 12, 2007
 
Gone Baby Gone (2007)94%
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"With a title that suggests the start of an epic poem or perhaps a fairy tale, The Brave One is a startling achievement for stars Jodie Foster and Terrance Howard, and yet another notch in the growing artistic oeuvre of Neil Jordan." -- PopMatters
Posted Sep 14, 2007
 
The Brave One (2007)44%
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4.5/5
 
"Halloween is brilliant. It's a stroke of slice and dice genius." -- PopMatters
Posted Aug 30, 2007
 
Halloween (2007)26%

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