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09/09/09 |
Good |
 "Every year the envelope of contemporary animation is pushed, stretched and tested by all sorts of adventurous talents. Shane Acker is one of them..." |
| 2. |
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06/17/11 |
Very Good |
 "...vibrant... focuses on a number of the many women who created what has been called the most significant art movement of the late 20th century." |
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12/12/08 |
Weak |
 "The connective tissue of its episodes and set pieces is not a compelling story line but the painterly physicality of the movie's stop-motion animation." |
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01/11/13 |
Very Good |
 "...nimbly conceived and constructed.... filled with involving interviews, archival clips, media industry insight, show-biz history and paparazzi-in-action footage..." |
| 5. |
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07/17/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...deftly navigates the neural tightropes of a passionate love affair in a beautiful and original way." |
| 6. |
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10/23/09 |
Very Good |
 "A clever skewering of the New York art and music scenes is bolstered by a strong cast, led by Marley Shelton and Adam Goldberg." |
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07/09/10 |
Very Good |
 "...directors Jaume Balagueró and Paco Plaza bring their finely tuned sense of what is freaky to '[Rec] 2,' that rare zombie movie with actual scares." |
| 8. |
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09/14/12 |
Good |
 "...presents a convincing version of a 10-year high school reunion, one that eschews excess and melodrama... not particularly earth-shattering, just authentic." |
| 9. |
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09/22/10 |
Outstanding |
 "It's hard to imagine a more profound expression of the healing power of music... deeply affecting... would be glorious simply as a concert film but is immeasurably more.... makes fine use of archival materials..." |
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11/12/11 |
Poor |
 "...a torturously dull waiting game of fake shocks, an incessant 'something's coming!' soundtrack of chanting and moody orchestral noodling, dreary investigating into cultishness surrounding '11' and repetitive bickering between the brothers..." |
| 11. |
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03/06/09 |
Outstanding |
 "...you are reminded of Mikhalkov's intimate feel for the landscape of his country and the joy and pain of its peoples that you find in his other work..." |
| 12. |
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08/07/09 |
Good |
 "...a nicely calibrated romp peppered with more than a few genuinely funny moments. The large cast performs with comic aplomb as writer-director John McKenzie slowly ratchets up the stakes before going for broke in the final reel. It's jolly good fun." |
| 13. |
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03/30/09 |
Very Good |
 "...has no more between its ears than absolutely necessary... keeps the wall-to-wall action hurtling along at such breakneck speed, that it's not hard to get swept up..." |
| 14. |
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11/05/10 |
Outstanding |
 "...one man's incredible, unforgettable journey; it took the extraordinary alchemy of Boyle and Franco to also make it ours." |
| 15. |
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10/28/11 |
Poor |
 "One of the more strangely entertainment-free genre films in a while... the whole claustrophobic, close-up-driven slog feels like a piece of lead-filled, exploitation runoff..." |
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04/29/11 |
Outstanding |
 "...a classic samurai movie, right up there among the finest... a heartfelt homage to the form at a time when Japanese feudal period films are an increasing rarity." |
| 17. |
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12/14/12 |
Very Good |
 "...incisive and absorbing... Richard Hankin's evenhanded film builds a concise, enlightening account from a decade of confusion." |
| 18. |
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04/17/09 |
Weak |
 "...a halfhearted fantasy that stars Efron in a role cryogenically frozen around the time of C. Thomas Howell's '80s heyday." |
| 19. |
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09/21/12 |
Moderate |
 "...atmospheric but thin... fosters a sense of mystery without bringing the drama to fruition... the narrative feels increasingly tentative, and the characters remain opaque..." |
| 20. |
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09/28/12 |
Fair |
 "...a grim yet ineffectual drama inspired by the real-life experiences of its screenwriter, Monty Fisher... the movie seems so unfocused." |
