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05/10/12 |
Good |
 "...it's a pleasant surprise that 'Under African Skies' not only draws attention to the controversy surrounding its subject matter but digs into it a little." |
| 2. |
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05/09/12 |
Good |
"...examines the firestorm that exploded in the album's aftermath... the controversy ends up being drowned out by 'Graceland's' impossibly buoyant tunes..." |
| 3. |
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02/09/12 |
Very Good |
 "...some categories require sitting through a lot of mediocre to get to the good.... If the documentaries are touching but earnest, they still outclass the live-action field." |
| 4. |
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02/08/12 |
Very Good |
"...a little something for every viewing temperament... For sheer inventiveness, nothing holds a candle to the animated nominees." |
| 5. |
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01/19/12 |
Poor |
 "Zhang Yimou indulges in showy camerawork and melodramatic slow motion that punctuates every opulent burst of blood spurting from a bullet wound." |
| 6. |
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01/05/12 |
Poor |
 "It's not particularly scary, though it does create the rather humorous impression that Quaid has an allergic reaction to the film he's in. Can you blame him?" |
| 7. |
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01/04/12 |
Poor |
"Unfortunately for Quaid, director Martin Guigui's pathetic thriller doesn't even have the pulse-pounding excitement of a second-tier 'Scooby-Doo' mystery." |
| 8. |
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12/21/11 |
Poor |
"Zhang Yimou mostly just proves that there's no tragedy too terrible that it can't be turned into an operatic pageant -- human suffering reduced to visual showmanship." |
| 9. |
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02/10/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "If the documentary shorts veer toward weighty themes, the live-action entries are a more diverse mix." |
| 10. |
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02/09/11 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...this year's nonfiction crop largely underlines the limitations of movies with big subjects but compact running times.... the live-action entries are a more diverse mix." |
| 11. |
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12/02/10 |
Weak |
 "A playful silent comedy... features a shooting style that mimics the look of pre-talkies cinema.... So why isn't 'Louis' more fun?" |
| 12. |
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09/16/10 |
Good |
 "Warmly nostalgic... corrects the misconception that so-called 'below the line' talent is only concerned with a movie's visual aesthetics. Instead, the craftsmen assembled expound on the essential importance of serving the story..." |
| 13. |
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08/25/10 |
Weak |
"...invests too little time in too many skimpy storylines, resulting in an episodic slackness that reduces the film's faux-silent technique to little more than a visual gimmick." |
| 14. |
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08/03/10 |
Good |
 "A likeable romp... sporadically funny though star Will Ferrell and his frequent collaborator-director Adam McKay haven't fully capitalized on a fertile comedic conceit." |
| 15. |
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07/22/10 |
Very Good |
 "...anyone looking for the standard emotional cues of most topical documentaries, which tell you exactly when to boo or cheer, will be hopelessly adrift with this delicate, meditative film that offers no solutions to the planet-wide crisis." |
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04/29/10 |
Good |
 "...deftly segues between artist David Choe's personal and professional adventures, weaving together his family background, steadily ascending career, sexual addictions, criminal behavior, mental illness... a complex and open-ended portrait." |
| 17. |
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04/22/10 |
Excellent |
 "...offers invaluable insight into the titular country sensation's massive appeal.... makes superb use of that extra dimension to emphasize the sheer enormity and spectacle..." |
| 18. |
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04/15/10 |
Fair |
 "A depressingly strained comedy... a pale shadow of the very mediocre 2007 British original.... most of the cast fails to generate many laughs." |
| 19. |
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04/14/10 |
Very Good |
 "Buoyed considerably by Michael Caine's reserved, empathetic performance... less interested in revenge fantasies than it is in exploring themes of aging and urban crime." |
| 20. |
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04/07/10 |
Very Good |
 "Defiantly irreverent and gleefully violent... may rely too much on pastiche and juvenile humor, but it's also an undeniably energetic piece of genre filmmaking." |
