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04/27/12 |
Good |
 "...an important piece of not only the company's history but also of dance history, explained by interviews with former company members and others there at the time." |
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04/20/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a little dry. The 3-D adds little of impact, and the environment as rendered here isn't as visually rich as it is in 'Everest' or 'The Living Sea.' " |
| 3. |
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04/13/12 |
Fair |
 "...well-acted if mild and silly... swamped in Movie People who have Movie Finances, Movie Homes, Movie Emotions and a Movie Ending." |
| 4. |
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03/09/12 |
Good |
 "...a character study mixed with outlandish crime procedural.... 'Sound of Noise' is a dry treat -- a solid, self-aware cult pleasure." |
| 5. |
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03/02/12 |
Excellent |
 "...comic tale of a youngster's growing relationship with a long-absent father has a surprising rhythmic genius: joy juxtaposed with humiliation, silliness with sadness, fantasy with reality, and none of it formulaic." |
| 6. |
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03/01/12 |
Very Good |
 "Not quite a travelogue, not quite an art show... a cinematic trip to Uganda that explores both the viewed and the viewer.... Some scenes appear as artfully composed as a painting..." |
| 7. |
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02/25/12 |
Moderate |
 "...honors goodness, which isn't at all a bad thing, and it's not without moments of genuine feeling. But by the film's end, I felt bludgeoned by thesis-driven dialogue and noble intentions." |
| 8. |
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01/27/12 |
Good |
 "...puts the happy in 'the happy idea'... No one is winning points for creativity here, but nice reflections on class and culture are in the mix, and the strong, playful acting knows this genre, even when flirting with broadness." |
| 9. |
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01/13/12 |
Fair |
 "...plain, old tepid; it's as if Vincent D'Onofrio created the movie for teenagers wanting safe scares while they were making out." |
| 10. |
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01/13/12 |
Weak |
 "...filthy, horrific torture porn.... It's bravura filmmaking by the director, Xavier Gens.... But for what end? In this realm 'The Divide' fails miserably." |
| 11. |
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12/23/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If 'Mission: Impossible' and 'Ocean's Eleven' had a bombastic, funny and slick cousin, it might be 'Don 2'.... The director, Farhan Akhtar, seems out to create a spectacular, international entertainment.... thanks to the unpretentious humor, he is mostly successful, though audiences will have to forgive the bland performances." |
| 12. |
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12/02/11 |
Good |
 "...dry but thoughtful... the imprimatur of place ensures an authenticity that the uneven acting doesn't always support.... Less compelling is the central plot..." |
| 13. |
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11/18/11 |
Very Good |
 "...captures the aura of the Weissensee [Jewish cemetery] in its many layers. The sense of place may be expected, but it's also poetic and exquisite." |
| 14. |
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10/21/11 |
Moderate |
 "...has no pretensions of originality, and maybe that's just fine. It's relaxing to watch formula roll in front of you if that formula is engaged with affection, and that's the case here, much to the credit of the writer and director, Mike Pavone." |
| 15. |
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10/18/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...audacious.... I can't say I enjoyed it, but I acknowledge that 'You All Are Captains' has something to express that can't be said except the way it's said, and that way there be art." |
| 16. |
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10/07/11 |
Good |
 "...involving... isn't focused on sorting out the ethical rights and wrongs... It centers instead on whether we understand or respect evolving standards of scientific evidence." |
| 17. |
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09/30/11 |
Weak |
 "The direction, by Dave Boyle, sometimes catches an insightful moment in the offstage lives of gigging musicians, and shots of San Francisco have photo-realist charm. But the story never asserts itself in any dramatic or comedic or even home-movie fashion." |
| 18. |
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09/30/11 |
Excellent |
 "...brutally real, a document of willpower that shows not only the magic of transcendence -- which may be fleeting -- but also the transformation of aspiring to it, every struggling step of the way." |
| 19. |
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09/23/11 |
Good |
 "...a bit of visual scholarship that delves into Kalocsa, Hungary, and the loss of its once-thriving Jewish population.... it has integrity, recording one specific town's slice of living history. Simple as that, it's a worthy document." |
