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03/08/13 |
Moderate |
 "Do your tastes delve into the sick, ultra-violent, and disturbing? Then you may find this anthology of about two dozen short films inventive and funny." |
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03/04/13 |
Moderate |
 "...abandons its half-intelligent, tender exploration of Nell's vulnerability and desirability. We end in flames, flies, and rock 'n' roll." |
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02/25/13 |
Very Good |
 "...smart... the sound design, distorting wind chimes with radio static, keeps the tone destabilizing.... The director has the courage not to end on a happy note." |
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10/27/12 |
Weak |
 "...quickly devolves into a smorgasbord of sutured faces and blades poking the viewer in the eye. The effects drip and drown the action..." |
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10/05/12 |
Moderate |
 "Each of the shorts must ramp up its own suspense machine in a mere 20 minutes... en masse, it can't generate the necessary suspense to truly get under your skin." |
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06/15/12 |
Weak |
 "We've seen this sweet doofus before, in everything from 'Billy Madison' to 'Happy Gilmore'.... relies on caricatures, rather than characters, to make you laugh." |
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03/30/12 |
Moderate |
 "The film's point of view - and, the screenwriters' point - meanders.... its muddled, overambitious story leaves us unsatisfied - you might even say hollow." |
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03/16/12 |
Poor |
 "...neither obliviously dreadful enough to be 'so bad it's good,' nor intentionally tongue-in-cheek enough to be funny." |
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03/02/12 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...a celebration of bad taste.... See it in the right sick frame of mind, and this can be shockingly and terribly hilarious. Or not." |
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10/24/11 |
Moderate |
 "...a story of how corporate interests collude against the common good.... you might ask if the facts of the case might have made a better documentary, not a drama." |
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10/03/11 |
Poor |
 "...newcomer Brendan Moriarty is fairly clueless as a director.... micro-budgeted 'The Killing Fields' disappoints on almost every level, failing to win our hearts or our minds. But it does win some giggles." |
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09/10/11 |
Poor |
 "All this would be gator-jerky-chomping, tongue-in-cheek fun, if the writers had any clue where their cheeks were located." |
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08/26/11 |
Moderate |
 "...it's really a rom-com, and thus depends on sparks flying between the two lovers.... But the touches of magical realism begin to feel gimmicky." |
| 14. |
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06/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...one of the genre's smartest entries in years. As in 'The Road,' our hope hinges on the survival of this makeshift family." |
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06/10/11 |
Moderate |
 "Writer-directors Jesse Holland and Andy Mitton should be applauded for their restraint. But their subtle touch is nearly obliterated by an M. Night Shyamalan-a-ding-dong twist at the end that would elicit groans at a student-film screening." |
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04/22/11 |
Moderate |
 "The moment Spurlock decided to make 'The Greatest Movie Ever Sold,' he checked any artistic integrity at the door and began his tumble from any moral high ground." |
| 17. |
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04/01/11 |
Weak |
 "...runs fully off the rails when the filmmakers go logical and some of the strange gets explained away as a double shot of demonic possession and astral projection." |
| 18. |
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03/04/11 |
Moderate |
 "...will probably please those who ate up the hugely profitable TV series... But the uninitiated probably can't advance beyond plot gobbledygook..." |
| 19. |
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12/17/10 |
Very Good |
 "...footage of her fiery speeches keeps her passion and promise alive.... At one point, Bhutto says she wants to avenge her father's death. 'Bhutto'' proves she did." |
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12/10/10 |
Very Good |
 "...blending various grades of footage -- archival, fresh, and staged interviews -- the filmmakers inject a likable and genuine guerilla rawness.... delivers a surprising payoff, pleasing not only Kinks fans, but all rock fans." |
