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100% |
Verdict on Auschwitz: The Frankfurt Auschwitz Trial 1963-1965
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Using audiotapes from the Auschwitz Trail, intermixed with archival footage and photographs, Verdict on Auschwitz is an ... more...
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98% |
The Queen
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Full of wit, humor, and pathos, Stephen Frears’ moving portrait of the British royals during the period ... more...
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96% |
Pan's Labyrinth
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Pan's Labyrinth is Alice in Wonderland for grown-ups, with the horrors of both reality and fantasy blended ... more...
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95% |
Mafioso
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Mafioso begins as an amusing farce and skillfully transforms into a portentous social drama. ... more...
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94% |
Casino Royale
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Casino Royale disposes of the silliness and gadgetry that plagued recent James Bond outings, and Daniel Craig ... more...
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94% |
The Lives of Others
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An emotional political drama with an intelligent script that doesn't prey on the audience's emotions. ... more...
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93% |
The Departed
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The Departed is a thoroughly engrossing gangster drama with the gritty authenticity and soupy morality that has ... more...
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91% |
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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Jagshemash! Borat gets high-fives almost all-around for being offensive in the funniest possible way. Part satire, part ... more...
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91% |
Children of Men
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Children of Men works on every level: as a violent chase thriller, a fantastical cautionary tale, and ... more...
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91% |
Letters From Iwo Jima
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An achingly humanistic war film, Letters from Iwo Jima is an emotional and artistic triumph. ... more...
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91% |
An Unreasonable Man
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A compelling documentary that humanizes the controversial, polarizing politician. ... more...
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91% |
Volver
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Volver catches director Pedro Almodovar and star Penelope Cruz at the peak of their respective powers, in ... more...
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90% |
Deep Sea (IMAX)
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Viewers will welcome being whisked away to this magical world of exotic sea life. ... more...
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90% |
God Grew Tired of Us
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Not just a powerful telling of the journey of exiled Sudanese boys, God Grew Tired of Us ... more...
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90% |
Operation Homecoming: Writing The Wartime Experience
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An exploration of the firsthand accounts of American troops through their own words, the film is built ... more...
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89% |
The Last King of Scotland
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Forest Whitaker's performance as real-life megalomaniac dictator Idi Amin powers this fictionalized political thriller, a blunt and ... more...
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88% |
Starter For 10
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A spirited coming-of-age tale that remains charming and witty even as it veers into darker subjects. ... more...
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88% |
Venus
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Audiences may attend to witness Peter O'Toole's Oscar-worthy performance, but they'll also be treated to a humane, ... more...
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87% |
The Italian
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The Italian stands out from other European tearjerkers with its gritty cinematography and amazing, poised performance from ... more...
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87% |
Notes on a Scandal
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In this sharp psychological thriller, Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give fierce, memorable performances as two schoolteachers ... more...
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86% |
Black Friday
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Black Friday is a film about the investigations following the March 12, 1993 serial Bombay bomb blasts, ... more...
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84% |
Bridge to Terabithia
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Bridge to Terabithia is a faithful adaptation of a beloved children's novel and a powerful portrayal of ... more...
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83% |
Bamako
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IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 14, 2007 (LIMITED)
The life of a troubled couple from a town in Mali is ... more...
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82% |
Breach
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Powered by Chris Cooper's masterful performance, Breach is a tense and engaging portrayal of the FBI's infamous ... more...
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82% |
Guru
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IN THEATERS JANUARY 12, 2007
Mani Ratnam (BOMBAY) directs GURU, a film based around the wealthy Indian ... more...
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82% |
Little Children
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Little Children takes a penetrating look at suburbia and its flawed individuals with an unflinching yet humane ... more...
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79% |
Dreamgirls
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Dreamgirls' simple characters and plot hardly detract from the movie’s real feats: the electrifying performances and the ... more...
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78% |
Charlotte's Web
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Kids will be entertained by the straightforward plot and cute animals, and adults will be charmed by ... more...
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77% |
East of Havana
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An unflinching close-up on the lives and friendship of three young rappers compelled to address their generation’s ... more...
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77% |
Glastonbury
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Glastonbury is now the best known, longest running and most pre-eminent music festival in the world. Fuelled ... more...
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77% |
In The Pit
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According to Mexican legend, the devil demands one soul be offered up for every bridge built, as ... more...
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76% |
Rocky Balboa
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Implausible but entertaining and poignant, Rocky Balboa finds the champ in fighting form for the first time ... more...
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75% |
Flushed Away
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Clever and appealing for both children and adults, Flushed Away marks a successful entry into digital animated ... more...
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75% |
Happy Feet
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Visually dazzling, with a thoughtful storyline and catchy musical numbers, Happy Feet marks a successful animated debut ... more...
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75% |
Tears of the Black Tiger
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With a vibrant pastel color scheme and stylized action sequences, Tears of the Black Tiger is a ... more...
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74% |
The Painted Veil
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Visually, The Painted Veil has all the trappings of a stuffy period drama, but Norton's and Watts's ... more...
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73% |
The Decomposition of the Soul
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IN THEATERS FEBRUARY 7, 2007 (LIMITED)
The Stasi were an East German secret police force who had to ... more...
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70% |
Amazing Grace
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Amazing Grace is your quintessential historical biopic: stately, noble, and with plenty of electrifying performances. ... more...
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68% |
Babel
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In Babel, there are no villains, only victims of fate and circumstance. Director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu ... more...
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67% |
Freedom Writers
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Freedom Writers is a frank, formulaic entry in the inspirational inner-city teacher genre, with an energetic Hilary ... more...
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66% |
The Pursuit of Happyness
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Will Smith’s heartfelt performance elevates The Pursuit of Happyness above mere melodrama. ... more...
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65% |
Apocalypto
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Apocalypto is a brilliantly filmed, if mercilessly bloody, examination of a once great civilization. ... more...
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65% |
Curse of the Golden Flower
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Melodrama, swordplay, and CG armies -- fans of martial arts epic will get what they bargain for, ... more...
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64% |
Music and Lyrics
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Music & Lyrics is a light and pleasant romantic comedy that succeeds because of the considerable charm ... more...
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63% |
Blood Diamond
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Blood Diamond overcomes poor storytelling with its biting commentary and fine performances. ... more...
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63% |
Close to Home
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Close to Home places the Israel-Palestine conflict into the background and the social lives of young Israeli ... more...
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62% |
The Astronaut Farmer
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The Astronaut Farmer is a charming, inspirational drama that successfully avoids modern cinematic cliches while appealing to ... more...
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60% |
Cocaine Angel
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COCAINE ANGEL captures a grinding and tragic week in the life of a weary young drug addict ... more...
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60% |
The GoodTimesKid
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A story about stolen love and stolen identities, shot on stolen film. ... more...
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59% |
Alone With Her
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Alone With Her is a tense psychological thriller that overcomes its contrivances with fine performances and a ... more...
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59% |
Deja Vu
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Tony Scott tries to combine action, science fiction, romance, and explosions into one movie, but the time ... more...
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56% |
The Good Shepherd
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This fictitious CIA origin film is an overlong, tedious effort that leaves viewers with more questions than ... more...
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56% |
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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Perfume is what you'd expect from a Tom Twyker-directed movie glamorizing a serial killer: a kinetic visual ... more...
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53% |
Alpha Dog
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A glossy yet unflinching portrait of violent, hedonistic teenagers. Bruce Willis and Sharon Stone chew the ... more...
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53% |
Fired!
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If you spend any time at all in the workplace you’re going to get laid off, down-sized, ... more...
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50% |
Puccini for Beginners
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A Woody Allen-ish film that needs more of the caustic wit expected from the best New York ... more...
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48% |
We Are Marshall
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Matthew McConaughey almost runs We Are Marshall to the end zone, but can't stop it from taking ... more...
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47% |
Seraphim Falls
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A brutal, slow-moving drama that unfolds among some great-looking scenery. ... more...
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45% |
Night at the Museum
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Parents might call this either a spectacle-filled adventure or a shallow and vapid CG-fest, depending on whether ... more...
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39% |
Reno 911!: Miami
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Reno 911!'s anarchic brand of comedy loses much in translation to the big screen where it feels ... more...
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36% |
Breaking and Entering
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This class warfare drama feels contrived and superficial: characters don’t act logically as the movie manipulates them ... more...
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29% |
Burning Annie
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"It's the beginning of a new semester," Max says at the start, "full of potential that will ... more...
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29% |
The Situation
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An ambitious but preachy drama that fails to convincingly parcel its thriller and romance elements. ... more...
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28% |
Ghost Rider
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Ghost Rider is a sour mix of morose, glum histrionics amidst jokey puns and hammy dialogue. ... more...
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28% |
Unaccompanied Minors
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Unaccompanied Minors, while featuring credible performances by its mostly young cast, is simply a rehash of other, ... more...
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27% |
The Abandoned
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An American woman searching for her birth parents learns she has inherited a house in the middle ... more...
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27% |
Smokin' Aces
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A violent mess of a movie, Smokin' Aces has some Quentin Tarantino's style but not much of ... more...
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26% |
Stomp the Yard
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While Stomp the Yard contains impressive musical and dance numbers, it loses its momentum during the intervening ... more...
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23% |
Daddy's Little Girls
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Daddy's Little Girls boasts fine performances and a poignant message, but is ultimately let down by amateurish ... more...
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22% |
Catch and Release
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A romantic dramedy with boring, stock characters and contrived situations. ... more...
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21% |
The Hitcher
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Sean Bean tries giving motive and emotion to the hitcher, but director Dave Meyers is more interested ... more...
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19% |
Arthur and the Invisibles
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Arthur wastes its big-name voice talent on a predictable script and substandard CG animation. ... more...
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18% |
The Last Sin Eater
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This earnest Christian parable is undone by its pompous dialogue and cheap FX. ... more...
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16% |
Hannibal Rising
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Hannibal Rising reduces the horror icon to a collection of dime-store psychological traits. ... more...
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16% |
Primeval
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Primeval is a low-quality horror film, which due to the inane political messages does not even qualify ... more...
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15% |
Eragon
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Written by a teenager (and it shows), Eragon presents nothing new to the "hero’s journey" story archetype. ... more...
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15% |
Factory Girl
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Despite a dedicated performance by Sienna Miller, Factory Girl delves only superficially into her character, and ultimately ... more...
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12% |
The Messengers
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The Messengers is an atmospheric but derivative rip-off of countless other horror movies. ... more...
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10% |
Gray Matters
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They finish each other's sentences, dance like Fred and Ginger, and share the same downtown loft--the perfect ... more...
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9% |
Blood and Chocolate
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Cheap CG effects and laughable dialogue make Blood and Chocolate worse than the usual werewolf flick. ... more...
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9% |
Norbit
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Though Eddie Murphy gives it his all, Norbit's material is crass and largely unfunny. ... more...
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8% |
The Number 23
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Clumsy, unengaging, and mostly confusing, The Number 23 fails as both a psychological thriller and a Jim ... more...
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6% |
Because I Said So
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Because I Said So is an unfunny, cliche-ridden mess that manages to make Diane Keaton temporarily unlikable. ... more...
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4% |
Happily N'Ever After
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Happily N'Ever After has none of the moxy, edge, or postmodern wit of the other fairy-tales-gone-haywire CG ... more...
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2% |
Epic Movie
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A crude comedy with nothing new or insightful to say about the subjects it satirizes. ... more...
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0% |
Constellation
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Though earnestly directed, Constellation lacks dramatic fireworks and eventually falls into TV-movie sentimentality. ... more...
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