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the filmmaker journeys from her birthplace , brooklyn 's hasidic community , to its origins in hungary and back .
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the material could n't possibly be more engaging , the implications of a `` by marlowe `` verdict positively earth-shattering .
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it deals with fascistic pseudo-darwinism and artificial corruptability , with the makers of kulturfilm who put their avant-garde narrative , filmic and editing techniques to the service of fascism .
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writer/director burr steers knows how to show irony , the trouble with kids , and new yorkers taking casual sex for granted .
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almost as offensive as `` freddy got fingered . ``
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this may be dover kosashvili 's feature directing debut , but it looks an awful lot like life -- gritty , awkward and ironic .
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director chris eyre is going through the paces again with his usual high melodramatic style of filmmaking .
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exposing the ways we fool ourselves is one hour photo 's real strength .
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a charming , quirky and leisurely paced scottish comedy -- except with an outrageous central gimmick that could have been a reject from monty python 's meaning of life .
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if it takes too many familiar steps , it is still never less than compelling as it walks the well-trod line .
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an excellent chance to learn more about one of rock and roll 's most significant bands and the struggle for freedom in the communist world .
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it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .
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unable to resist the sexual lure of the maenads ' holy eroticism , pentheus attempts to join in only to be torn , literally limb from limb , by the frenzied bacchae .
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labute 's careful handling makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering .
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a documentary of the true story of two american adventurers who follow mysterious clues to find the true mt .
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but jesse & # 180 ; isn & # 180 ; s alone , because he & # 180 ; s accompanied by tulip , his assassin girldfriend and cassidy a drunk irish vampire .
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embarrassed myself about laughing out loud multiple times , i found myself enjoying the movie much more than i ever enjoyed the tv show . . . and these pseudo-homo-erotic stunts .
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seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .
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all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .
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pero alargando la mano ya no consiguen dinero suficiente y salva decide aprovechar el ambiente general y hacerse pasar por un nuevo mes & # 237 ; as .
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forging a connection with the creature is easier for mac than getting his father 's attention until both man and beast need all the help they can get .
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as the man descends in to the afterworld , he slowly discovers the answer to the ultimate question of mankind .
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the humor is forced and heavy-handed , and occasionally simply unpleasant .
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director alex halpern 's feature-length documentary , nine good teeth , unfolds through the stories and recollections of his 102-year-old grandmother mary mirabito , an outspoken and fiercely independent woman .
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no matter how you slice it , mark wahlberg and thandie newton are not hepburn and grant , two cinematic icons with chemistry galore .
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M-I uma pena que , mais tarde , o prM-sprio filme abandone o tom de parM-sdia e passe a utilizar os mesmos clichM-js que havia satirizado .
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straight into the hands of a man they call the lord of the wolves .
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seagal , who looks more like danny aiello these days , mumbles his way through the movie .
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sixteen years later , germany , in the ruhrpott , to be exact : orphan t & # 252 ; rlich and his friend josch are working their civil service , yet cause so much chaos that they decide to flee instead of being forced into the army .
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several of steven soderbergh 's earlier films were hailed as the works of an artist . sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante .
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matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives .
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a once powerful , but now ailing and remorseful father desperately seeks out his estranged son .
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the council reluctantly admits that they are in a dire situation and they require blade 's assistance .
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none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere .
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the filmmaker 's heart is in the right place . . .
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trailer park magnolia : too long , too cutesy , too sure of its own importance , and possessed of that peculiar tension of being too dense & about nothing at all .
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the action switches between past and present , but the material link is too tenuous to anchor the emotional connections that purport to span a 125-year divide .
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along the way to finding out how she ended up like that ( and how to get back into her own body ) , she discovers how shallow and cruel she 's always been . . .
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an aging yakuza returns to the park where he used to meet his long-lost girlfriend .
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a sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration .
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leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .
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other strange events soon start happening as well , such as the appearance of old acquaintances of the crew , including some who are dead .
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it 's a square , sentimental drama that satisfies , as comfort food often can .
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reminiscent of david mamet 's elaborate screen bluffs -- only livelier , more playful .
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this in-depth study of important developments of the computer industry should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come .
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they go through three days of hell , friendship , madness and hope .
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luster is a refreshingly funny and sexy look at unrequited love .
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she ultimately decides to pursue her lifelong dream of opening her own dance studio for inner-city youths .
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uplifting as only a document of the worst possibilities of mankind can be , and among the best films of the year .
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. . . surprisingly inert for a movie in which the main character travels back and forth between epochs .
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now the lives of these alberta everymen are brought to the big screen by documentarian ferral mitchener in an exploration of the depths of friendship , the fragility of life , growing up gracefully and the art and science of drinking beer like a man .
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although occasionally static to the point of resembling a stage play , the film delivers a solid mixture of sweetness and laughs .
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you would n't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it 's good , it 's good and horrid .
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is this challenge too much for even the amazing spider-man to handle ?
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human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem .
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after steve 's job opportunity in san francisco falls through , he comes up with a plan .
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extremes of intimacy and spectacle , tragedy and hope fuse in a tidal wave of visuals and music , giving rise to a unique , artistic experience that reflects the vision of a brave new globalized world .
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not a long time ago she was a successful popstar whose life consisted in hosting tv shows and signing autographs .
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because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before .
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downright transparent is the script 's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes that reek of a script rewrite designed to garner the film a `` cooler `` pg-13 rating .
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your night horrors start to bleed into your day job .
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alice must also come to terms with her slowly-returning memories .
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boasting the best sword-fighting sequences to hit the screen in many years , it is so enjoyably old-fashioned it even looks as if it were made in the '70s .
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murbah swamp beer is a documentary about an event that could only happen in australia .
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ronnie must then deal with his new life , while having to deal with missing his ex-wife that he left back home .
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photographed with melancholy richness and eloquently performed yet also decidedly uncinematic .
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it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
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a charming , vibrant , if under-edited adaptation of v . s . naipaul 's genially cynical novel .
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and what better place for romance than coney island ?
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inspector mo eventually discovers through a tabloid magazine that a self-proclaimed psychic named shana had phoned a radio program on the day of the kidnapping to warn of the incident .
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stuffy , full of itself , morally ambiguous and nothing to shout about .
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sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth .
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not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this 'we 're -doing-it-for -the-cash ' sequel were .
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she knows that kanna is back but now she does not want to go back to him .
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the mystery guests soon unleash a stiff sentence of their own , without parole , teaching the judge the consequence of doing unto others as you would have done unto you .
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with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .
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hoffman is understandably concerned about typecasting , but he is indeed the man for the job , recalling the intensity that nicholas cage brought to an oscar-winning performance in leaving las vegas .
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a young novelist , tormented by his family 's history and haunted by the specter of his long-dead , more famous ancestor , falls in love with a woman , a distant relative of his ancestor , whose friends and family begin to disappear mysteriously .
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montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters .
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kudos to this first-time feature director for braiding his insider experience into something quite singular .
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she files for divorce , and marco makes a decision that will change all their lives .
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what can one say about a balding 50-year-old actor playing an innocent boy carved from a log ?
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because of being deeply moved from the sunflowers ' beautiness , he takes one of them as a sign for his love back to the city .
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bret packard is rich , famous , good-looking , and set to win his fourth championship ring .
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the movie has no respect for laws , political correctness or common decency , but it displays something more important : respect for its flawed , crazy people .
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it does what good films do best ; that is to provoke us , push our buttons , make us think and maybe even entertain us in the process .
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it 's hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread .
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he led a bleak life , stuck in a boring routinity created by his ambition to become a sucessfull producer in one jakarta 's leading tv station .
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a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .
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the group of best friends from their days back at east great falls high reunite for the next great sexual adventure in their lives . . .
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earnest , unsubtle and hollywood-predictable , green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese .
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20 , 000 years before , our planet is entering an ice age .
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a poignant lyricism runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .
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soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .
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kamel , a young man from the french ghetto , near paris , is coming back to france .
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becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .
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a publication that documents their culture and demonstrates how the real world can both destroy and enhance their idealistic one .
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the film narrates in a richly detailed , associative montage the boundless possibilities of manipulating images and using images to seduce .
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`` what 's more important your experiences or your memories of them ? ``
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a group of hard core female inmates are trained by the military .
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