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About Schmidt (2002) |
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"Nicholson as heartland conformist and nine to five serf Schmidt is the kind of character rarely seen in films, so self-effacing that he lives in the shadow of his own existence." | |
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After Midnight (2004) |
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"Reveals an immense gift for storytelling that blends sentimental quirkiness with wry satire." | |
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After Midnight (2004) |
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"Reveals an immense gift for storytelling that blends sentimental quirkiness with wry satire." | |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"The mix of thievery intrigue, humor, exotic slacking and animal attraction are a classy recipe for stealing audience affections." | |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"Law, though lacking the more rugged masculinity and raw sensuality of Caine's alluring Alfie, gets by here on sheer sexual enthusiasm and that unmistakable ready-for-duty party animal mentality." | |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"Even if these plants and animals did not exist, we may have already invented them, courtesy of those sci fi special effects magicians working overtime for the past decades." | |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"Even if these plants and animals did not exist, we may have already invented them, courtesy of those sci fi special effects magicians working overtime for the past decades." | |
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Almost Famous (2000) |
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"Check out Hoffman's upstaging turn as the prophetic rock philosopher thoroughly disgusted by the music's fatal wrong turn from poetry into profit." | |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
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"Illuminates how key transformative historical moments play out in the business of everyday life." | |
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Amen (2003) |
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"The pervasive use of staircases -- whether people are ascending or descending -- lends an interesting leitmotif of class and religious struggle." | |
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America 911 (2001) |
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"The whole notion of celebrity was suddenly shallow and irrelevant when the world was in serious trouble, and we were forced to notice." | |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"Crowe switches sides abruptly in the same season, from his fugitive bad guy in 3:10 to Yuma to a besieged New York City detective battling druglords and their cop co-conspirators, in this hard boiled crime thriller." | |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"The Russell Crowe Interview: 'Richie told me, I don't want to be portrayed as a womanizer. But lemme tell you about this Supreme Court stenographer in the second-floor broom closet." | |
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Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid (2004) |
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"Picks up pretty terrifying momentum once the jungle snakes get an urge to chow down on these humans, even if everyone on the menu is on the lean side" | |
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Anger Management (2003) |
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"Scripted like a series of bouts between goofy contenders, and teeming with narrative sucker-punches and wacky left-field cameos." | |
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Antonia (2007) |
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"Bold and brave soulful female free styling hip hop subversive invasion of jealously guarded machista musical turf, that does battle with feisty attitude and stubborn blossoming feminist pride. And the music isn't half bad either." | |
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Anything But Love (2003) |
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"All the quirky characters feel as familiar and comfortable as the supporting cast in your own life, even when it comes to the irritating ones." | |
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Anywhere But Here (1999) |
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"Portman and Sarandon have been handed an enviable opportunity with this film, and they take full advantage of the showcase." | |
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Arctic Tale (2007) |
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"The striking visuals that sweep across both the landscape and awesome natural world beneath, compete for center stage with the film's critical ecological cautionary warning pertaining to the careless harming of the planet." | |
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Are We There Yet? (2005) |
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"This somewhat schizophrenic comedy may be expressing Cube's own ambivalence about parting ways with his NWA inner bad boy and embracing fatherhood and all of its virtuous authority figure dimensions." | |
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Are We There Yet? (2005) |
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"This somewhat schizophrenic comedy may be expressing Cube's own ambivalence about parting ways with his NWA inner bad boy and embracing fatherhood and all of its virtuous authority figure dimensions." | |
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
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"The movie gets that gossip media hook into the mystique of the iconic hunted and the symbiotic hunger of the hunter just right, and doesn't let go." | |
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
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"Let's hope that Brad Pitt has more luck with his team than Jesse did." | |
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) |
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"The film manages something quite remarkable, both a compassion for Bicke's wounded sense of life's betrayals, and stark revulsion for the personal logic of his bloody remedy." | |
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) |
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"While the Carpenter 1976 cult classic feasted off the blaxploitation and horror thriller mania of the movie moment back then, French director Richet gets more into character depth, and greater moral ambiguity fueling the social contradictions now." | |
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Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) |
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"While the Carpenter 1976 cult classic feasted off the blaxploitation and horror thriller mania of the movie moment back then, French director Richet gets more into character depth, and greater moral ambiguity fueling the social contradictions now." | |
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Assisted Living (2005) |
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"Sensitively considers the potential for liberation of the mind from the shackles of the aging body, no matter how deteriorated that physical human essence might be." | |
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Assisted Living (2005) |
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"Sensitively considers the potential for liberation of the mind from the shackles of the aging body, no matter how deteriorated that physical human essence might be." | |
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Asylum (2005) |
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"A little like Jack the Ripper in outer space." | |
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Asylum (2005) |
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"A little like Jack the Ripper in outer space." | |
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Auto Focus (2002) |
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"It's like parking yourself in front of a porn palace and watching the procession of men going in and out, without really learning anything about them." | |
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Awake (2007) |
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"The Jessica Alba Interview" | |
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