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11/04/10 |
Very Good |
 "...hypnotic... with two irritably virtuoso performances and gorgeous mise-en-scène elevated way above tourist porn." |
| 2. |
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11/04/10 |
Good |
 "...hypnotic rather than cloyingly twee.... this is Weerasethakul's most linear, incident-filled work yet, making a perfect introduction for beginners." |
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09/16/10 |
Poor |
 "...crap auteur Paul W.S. Anderson returns behind the camera to put series hero (now his wife) Milla Jovovich through the 3-D paces." |
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09/16/10 |
Weak |
 "The cut-rate 3-D doesn't help. The only quasi-original particulars: gyrating lions who coo generic R&B and comic relief in the form of a golfing bird..." |
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09/15/10 |
Weak |
"...a shameless mélange of plot elements from already plenty generic Disney knockoffs.... hey, they stole the bobsled from 'Cool Runnings!' Is nothing sacred?" |
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09/08/10 |
Good |
 "...takes an unflinching look at a small-town guy who thinks of himself as an inspirational speaker, but whose overwhelming rage and weirdness (used as an aggressive weapon) are deeply frightening." |
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09/02/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
 "...car and foot chases, long 'Entourage'-esque stretches fetishizing expensive clothing, and a generous dose of explosions. That's more than enough to entertain..." |
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08/29/10 |
Good (Not Great) |
"...a cheerfully derivative attempt to merge the epically ponderous L.A.-scapes of Michael Mann's 'Heat' with the digital blur of Michael Mann's 'Collateral'..." |
| 9. |
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07/29/10 |
Weak |
 "Trying to touch, however briefly, on everything related to The Bomb means that, inevitably, much of it gets short shrift..." |
| 10. |
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07/22/10 |
Poor |
 "Frequently dull and stupidly obvious, you nonetheless have to applaud the misguided ambition of Refn's career turn." |
| 11. |
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07/20/10 |
Weak |
"...the same old archival test footage we've seen before and interviews the big names... another well-intentioned but preaching-to-the-choir doc, and boring as well." |
| 12. |
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07/14/10 |
Poor |
"Director Nicolas Winding Refn is inexplicably fixated on the conflict between virtuous pagans and hypocritical, self-respect-destroying Christians during the Viking era..." |
| 13. |
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06/24/10 |
Good |
 "Cinematographer Alex Schneppat frames the film gorgeously, and director Haim Tabakman knows where the occasional showy effect can be inserted for emphasis." |
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06/01/10 |
Weak |
 "...something close to a sex scene, no musical numbers, and a final shoot-out in a warehouse; par for the Bollywood course this isn't, but it doesn't succeed on its own terms, either." |
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05/13/10 |
Fair |
 "...a whole lot of history gets way too compressed..." |
| 16. |
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05/11/10 |
Fair |
"Marc Forby's directorial debut doesn't try to avoid comparisons with Terrence Malick... But Forby is much schlockier... the film looks decent and moves fast." |
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05/04/10 |
Weak |
 "...the third film to receive the European Parliament's Lux Prize... Previous winners were the superior 'The Edge of Heaven' and 'Lorna's Silence'; unfortunately, Philippe Lioret's film... brings down the relatively high standard." |
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04/27/10 |
Poor |
 "...there are so few characters, it's immediately clear what's going on; there's simply no one to suspect besides the obvious. A slightly bigger problem is that the movie's risible." |
| 19. |
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04/22/10 |
Poor |
"...there's a Freudian subplot about the origins of Marcus's sleep disorder, with a repressed memory flashback that makes Hitchcock's 'Spellbound' look like a paragon of convincing psychology..." |
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02/10/10 |
Moderate |
 "...combines footage from the '80s with interviews and archival footage of Ernst Aebi's artist days, his first trip to the desert, and his return... There's some mildly interesting ethnographic footage here, and Aebi is an engagingly blustery presence." |
