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12/13/06 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...recently won awards for its director and actor Trevor Morgan at the Fort Lauderdale International Film Fest.... Familiar and predictable, it nonetheless works to a degree." |
| 2. |
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04/28/08 |
Fair |
 "...war-horror movie basically plays like 'Blair Witch' in Afghanistan.... doesn't rise above its overly familiar setup. The screenplay, featuring portentous voice-over narration by its lead character, is filled with stock characters and cliched dialogue..." |
| 3. |
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10/16/08 |
Moderate |
 "...an occasionally fascinating, occasionally tedious exercise that never quite achieves the thematic or emotional resonance for which it's aiming." |
| 4. |
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01/18/09 |
Excellent |
 "A treat for those horror fans who need their blood and guts in more than two dimensions." |
| 5. |
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02/20/09 |
Moderate |
 "Frank Langella underplays with his customary smooth authority, while Elliott Gould's shambling turn amusingly recalls his similarly scruffy Philip Marlowe in 'The Long Goodbye.' " |
| 6. |
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02/28/09 |
Poor |
 "Yet another video game crashes and burns upon its translation to the big screen... the proceedings are dull and visually uninspired." |
| 7. |
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03/10/09 |
Moderate |
 "...manages not to leave a cliched stone unturned... despite the handsome cinematography of the extremely picturesque California locations, it never really finds its way." |
| 8. |
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03/27/09 |
Moderate |
 "...the film is quite literally preaching to the choir, badly missing the opportunity to provide the sort of depth or resonance that say, 'Man on Wire' did so skillfully..." |
| 9. |
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03/27/09 |
Weak |
 "What seemed sharp and pointed onstage comes across pedantically in the film, which treats its subject with a clumsy heavy-handedness." |
| 10. |
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04/03/09 |
Poor |
 "By the time the tedious proceedings reach their conclusion, one has long begun wishing for a little Mel Brooks-style comic anarchy." |
| 11. |
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04/13/09 |
Poor |
 "Completely lacking in visual, narrative or stylistic coherence... also suffers from cheap-looking visual effects and poorly staged and edited action sequences..." |
| 12. |
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04/17/09 |
Weak |
 "The actors are unable to breathe life into their cardboard characters... David Carradine, as the most sensible of the trio, at least emerges with his dignity intact." |
| 13. |
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04/17/09 |
Fair |
 "...undeniably imaginative but ultimately overstuffed mixture of fiction and documentary mainly will induce head-scratching.... in the end, the frustratingly oblique film proves more wearisome than enlightening." |
| 14. |
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04/18/09 |
Poor |
 "...the graphic sex sequence features the sort of pixilated body parts seen on late-night commercials for 'Girls Gone Wild'.... subtlety is not part of the equation." |
| 15. |
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04/23/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...its tired handling of so many overly familiar themes eventually proves enervating. As does the utter artificiality not only of the stereotypical characterizations..." |
| 16. |
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04/27/09 |
Moderate |
 "...its overly familiar ideas and lugubrious pacing, as well as the fact that chess is not exactly the most cinematic of subjects, make it a tough sit..." |
| 17. |
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05/04/09 |
Excellent |
 "...justifies its controversial mission with the thesis that the private lives of political figures are open for public scrutiny if they demonstrate an essential hypocrisy..." |
| 18. |
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05/04/09 |
Good |
 "De Felitta piles on the absurdities a bit thick, but his obvious affection for the characters and the genuinely amusing situations and dialogue easily compensate..." |
| 19. |
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05/07/09 |
Good |
 "While the film easily might have gone in an overly treacly direction, Goldin manages to avoid it, thanks to some unpredictable plot twists that subvert our expectations..." |
| 20. |
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05/13/09 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...grunt's-eye perspective of the Iraq War is occasionally moving but ultimately has the feel of a vanity project." |
