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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"Bland reality becomes abstract: a visual representation of the way the movie's Substance D addicts observe their surroundings and themselves." | |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"The most densely layered science fiction film in years: a visionary bedtime story for adults." | |
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Abandon (2002) |
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"Abandon’s tsunami of conflicting tones -- it’s quirky but humourless, studied but predictable -- frequently make it feel much stronger than it actually is." | |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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"About A Boy is so smart in execution and tone that its abhorrent subject matter becomes irrelevant." | |
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About Schmidt (2002) |
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"Director Alexander Payne and co-writer Jim Taylor steer through the material’s inherent trickiness by making it funny without reducing it to an insensitive freak show." | |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"Though keeping worthwhile targets - like professors who want to see their most creative students fail - director Steve Pink lets his punk inspiration slide into standard school rivalries and unrelated slapstick." | |
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
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"An earnest Scrooge story with a heart covered in excrement." | |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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"It’s an often hilarious endeavor that’s bizarre without reeking of calculated preciousness." | |
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4/5 |
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
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5/5 |
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The Adventures of Indiana Jones (1981-1989) |
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
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"Never achieving comedic, satiric, or adventure serial heights, Pluto Nash has nowhere to go, and it doesn’t even care." | |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"Rodriguez assures that even this minor film can be overflowing with invention and comedic alertness." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Aeon Flux (2005) |
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"Weird pop-art becomes routine." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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5/5 |
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Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1973) |
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2/5 |
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Airheads (1994) |
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No article available. | |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"It's the kind of assured work that should be a filmmaker's breakthrough, but is so good-natured it's at risk of going unrecognized." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Akira (1988) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Aladdin (1992) |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"When it feels like its winding to a close, [director] Hancock inserts a five minute scene of Dennis Quaid shaving, and then the movie goes on for another 20 minutes." | |
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Alexander (2004) |
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"Alexander is an Oliver Stone movie first and an historical/action epic second." | |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"Alfie talks into the camera like Ferris Bueller, hoping the viewer is petty enough to relate to his narcissism." | |
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Ali (2001) |
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"A clothesline rundown of Muhammed Ali's life...so preoccupied with realism, it neglects to have a thesis." | |
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Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
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"It’s marketing savvy that says making a movie people feel they have to see is reason to not bother making one people will want to see." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Aliens (1986) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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All of Me (1990) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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3/5 |
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All Over Me (1997) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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"Little of Alone in the Dark makes Earthly sense, but it at least knows how to be bad in original ways." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Along Came Polly (2004) |
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"By not making up for its generic redundancies with inspired lunacy, the whole thing just plays like Farrely Brothers lite." | |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"What Cassavetes gets right is how young bravado - not machismo, but extending to boys and girls - often wards off feeling by fetishizing heartlessness." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Always (1989) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Amadeus (1984) |
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Mark Palermo | |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
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"Amazing Grace's examination of men in power moved to change risks ridicule and righteousness for a smart take on history." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Amelie (2001) |
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"Amelie is both brave and wise enough to consider happiness an emotion worthy of artistic taste." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
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"Writer/director Chris Weitz almost makes a good movie about how the public's 21st century media influence means everybody believes they're entitled to die famous, but he steps short of getting anywhere." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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American Experience - The Battle Over Citizen Kane (1995) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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5/5 |
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American Graffiti (1973) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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An American in Paris (1951) |
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American Splendor (2003) |
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"The movie’s sober-minded empathy doesn’t stoop to the hipster crutch of ridiculing or revering Pekar’s everyman existence." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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The Amityville Horror (2005) |
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"Unsuccessful but watchable, it's redeemed by occasionally reaching past mediocrity." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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2/5 |
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Amongst Friends (1993) |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
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"Due to the film, one has peace of mind in learning that if a companion is swallowed by an anaconda, its digestive process takes so long that it won’t eat you too soon." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004) |
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"Generally funny, but for the first half hour it’s hilarious." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
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"If you can get on its dank and heavy wavelength, the whole project is so aesthetically rich that it manages to transcend that it’s, at heart, a lot of dressed-up goofiness." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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4/5 |
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Annie Hall (1977) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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2/5 |
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Another 48 Hrs. (1990) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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2/5 |
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Another Day in Paradise (1998) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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The Ant Bully (2006) |
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"What wants to be fast paced and exciting ends up a chaotic, screechy thing." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Antwone Fisher (2002) |
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"It doesn’t amount to a whole lot, but it's frequently moving and reasonably well made." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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Apocalypto (2006) |
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"Barely a good movie, in its visionary fury it becomes a great one." | |
Mark Palermo | |
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3/5 |
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Arachnophobia (1990) |
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No article available. | |
Mark Palermo | |
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