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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"Wondrously attractive, all the more so for the avoidance (with one or two exceptions) of extrovert Waking Life-style set-pieces." | |
Ben Walters | |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"At heart it's a terribly anguished expression of rejection, loneliness and love. If only it knew when to stop." | |
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Ace in the Hole (1951) |
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"As a diatribe against all that is worst in human nature, it has moments dipped in pure vitriol." | |
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1/6 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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Melissa Anderson | |
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2/6 |
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Adam's Apples (2007) |
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"Adam’s Apples strives for black comedy, but winds up being neither funny nor spiritually enlightening." | |
Tom Beer | |
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The Addams Family (1991) |
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"Ooky the Addamses may be, subversive they ain't; it plays like a paean to the nuclear family." | |
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Addams Family Values (1993) |
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"As sequels go, this is passable: no more coherent than the episodic first instalment, but with enough sick humour to satisfy the mildly depraved." | |
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The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984) |
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"Richter's comic genre hybrid comes complete with its own mythology, and team of established superheroes, and is curiously appealing." | |
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The Adventures of Pluto Nash (2002) |
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"Some diverting cameos, but Murphy struggles to keep this one grounded." | |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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Dave Calhoun | |
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After Innocence (2005) |
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Geoff Andrew | |
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After Midnight (2004) |
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Wally Hammond | |
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After the Apocalypse (2004) |
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Trevor Johnston | |
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3/6 |
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After The Wedding (2007) |
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"Bier’s insistence on adding even more melodramatics into the mix feels like a mistake." | |
David Fear | |
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4/6 |
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Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
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"Air Guitar Nation does a fine job of bottling prelapsarian exuberance." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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Alexander Nevsky (1938) |
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"It's main interest now is that it cleared the way for the infinitely richer and more complex achievement of Ivan the Terrible." | |
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5/6 |
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Alexandra (2008) |
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"To laud [Alexander] Sokurov’s latest film for being accessible is faint praise, as if the fact that you don’t need a Ph.D. in Russian history to watch it constitutes its worthiness." | |
David Fear | |
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4/6 |
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Alice Neel (2007) |
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"The effect is spirited rather than incriminating and, bolstered by Jonah Rapino’s contemplative score, as piercingly detailed as one of Alice’s mesmerizing portraits." | |
Mark Holcomb | |
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4/6 |
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Alice's House (2008) |
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"The capable cast, director’s documentarian past and ambient soundtrack heighten the film’s real-life sensibility, perfectly capturing the working-class life of a São Paulo family." | |
Monika Fabian | |
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Alien (1979) |
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"The limited strengths of its staple sci-fi horrors always derived from either the offhand organic/ Freudian resonances of its design or the purely (brilliantly) manipulative editing and pacing of its above-average shock quota." | |
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Aliens (1986) |
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"This sequel dares to build slowly, allowing Weaver to develop a multi-dimensional character even as it ups the ante by fetishising the Marines' hi-tech hardware and spawning legions of aliens." | |
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All About Eve (1950) |
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"Her display as Margo Channing shows Davis at the top of her game, not only for the acid-tongued egotism and bristling paranoia about the effects of the passing years, but for the moving realisation of the emotional toll exacted by her glittering career." | |
Trevor Johnston | |
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47/100 |
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All About Lily Chou-Chou (2002) |
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"For all its impressive craftsmanship, and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos, Lily Chou-Chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam." | |
Mike D'Angelo | |
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4/6 |
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All In This Tea (2008) |
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"Despite its omissions, the movie is as quietly gaga as its human protagonist and as gently stimulating as its agricultural one." | |
Mark Holcomb | |
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62/100 |
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All or Nothing (2002) |
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"If every artist's misfires were this strong, life would be almost too wonderful to bear." | |
Mike D'Angelo | |
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4/6 |
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Allegro (2005) |
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"Although the film, much like its protagonist and his piano playing, lacks a certain passion, its stylistic structure and execution are coolly flawless." | |
Raven Snook | |
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Alone in the Dark (2005) |
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Nigel Floyd | |
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4/6 |
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Alone With Her (2007) |
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"Even a conventional, albeit cynical, ending can’t ruin such effective mood-making." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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0/6 |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"The worst movie of the year." | |
Melissa Anderson | |
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1/6 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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"This curdled live action–computer animation combo seems phoned-in in every respect..." | |
Ben Kenigsberg | |
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2/6 |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
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"It’s neither amazing nor graceful." | |
David Fear | |
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2/6 |
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America The Beautiful (2008) |
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"There’s nothing new in Roberts’s film about skinny models, eating disorders, plastic surgery and toxic cosmetics." | |
Anna King | |
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4/6 |
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American Cannibal - The Documentary (2006) |
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"To the film’s credit, it’s finally a whistle-blower on unsafe shooting practices, not unsafe dining habits." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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80/100 |
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American Experience - Daughter from Danang (2002) |
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"Slowly but surely devolves into a fascinating, cringe-inducing portrait of cultural solipsism, climaxing in an emotional meltdown that wouldn't look out of place in mid-period Cassavetes." | |
Mike D'Angelo | |
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3/6 |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"Ridley Scott is the weak link; he’s never made a film this for-hire. Even Scott’s signature misted atmosphere is absent." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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5/6 |
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American Teen (2008) |
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"Take American Teen for the moving snapshot it is: a picture of an uncertain generation finding its roots." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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AmnesiA (2004) |
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3/6 |
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Amu (2005) |
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"The movie has its share of wobbly moments, and the resolution feels a bit like a cop-out." | |
Joshua Land | |
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3/6 |
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Anamorph (2008) |
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"Compelling as it often is, Anamorph feels positively cloddish next to David Fincher’s Seven or Zodiac, with which it shares a fondness for shadowy rooms and dimly lit obsessions." | |
Joshua Land | |
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1/6 |
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And Then Came Love (2007) |
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"An earnest cast of talented actors can’t save this well-meaning but torturously banal message movie about parental responsibility from poor writing, elementary plotting and pedestrian direction." | |
Stephen Garrett | |
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2/6 |
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Angel-A (2007) |
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"Shot in chilly b&w to no real dramatic effect except to unintentionally remind you of the far-superior Wings of Desire." | |
Joshua Rothkopf | |
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4/6 |
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The Animation Show 4 (2008) |
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"The fourth collection of animated shorts compiled by the indispensable Mike Judge is typically funny and violent -- usually both at once." | |
Joshua Land | |
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Another Road Home (2005) |
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Trevor Johnston | |
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2/6 |
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Antibodies (2005) |
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3/6 |
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Apocalypto (2006) |
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Erin Clements | |
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Appleseed (2004) |
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Nigel Floyd | |
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Apres Vous (2005) |
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Dave Calhoun | |
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3/6 |
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film For Theatres (2007) |
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"Its running time painfully accentuates the premise’s thinness." | |
Mark Holcomb | |
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Arakimentari (2005) |
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Nigel Floyd | |
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54/100 |
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Ararat (2002) |
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"Like all of Egoyan's work, Ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious." | |
Mike D'Angelo | |
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