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A Throw of Dice (1929) |
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"An Indian cast, a German director, and a mix of European and Indian financing came together to create this delicious 1929 silent romantic adventure..." | |
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Ace in the Hole (1951) |
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"Billy Wilder is the American cinema's most famous cynic, but nothing in his career is as scathing as his indictment of the American media circus..." | |
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
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"The celebration of storytelling and the magic of fantasy is not really a kids film... but the whimsical treat does capture the spirit of innocent wonder, even with the nightmare ripples." | |
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The American Gangster (1992) |
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"[Tony] Scott's epic treatment is well crafted but lacks the drama of the modern crime classics his film evokes." | |
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Angelique, Marquise des Anges (1964) |
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"It's overripe melodrama with an overtone of camp, a comically lush score, and plenty of heaving décolletage from (Michele) Mercier." | |
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The Apartment (1960) |
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"... behind the sharp satire of corporate and personal ethics is a genuinely sweet and affecting romantic comedy." | |
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Apocalypto (2006) |
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"... a gripping, adrenaline-pounding, old-fashioned adventure epic with modern tools and a craftsman's eye for image, drama and primal emotion." | |
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Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007) |
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"... you can feel [John Woo's] presence in the two-handed gun battles, slow-motion acrobatics, and spent shell casings waterfalling to the ground." | |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
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"It's either utterly brilliant, dementedly puerile, or a crassly commercial knockoff ... or possibly all three." | |
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Arrested Development - Season 1 (2003) |
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"An early obituary for Arrested Development, and some of the other great shows from the television graveyard." | |
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Atonement (2007) |
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"... bristles with life, lust, jealousy, betrayal and tragedy with a small t, the kind reserved for us mere mortals." | |
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August Rush (2007) |
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"... the "Oliver Twist" knockoff forgoes the social commentary of Dickens to play up the gooey romantic fantasy of music as the language of love." | |
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Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
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"[Director Daniele] Thompson has a light touch and an upbeat style that keeps the film flowing through the stories..." | |
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