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Gabriel Shanks

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Biography:

Gabriel is a resident film critic at Modern Fabulousity (http://modernfabulousity.blogspot.com) and for That's Life Magazine. He was a founder of Cinemarati: The Web Alliance for Film Commentary and has written for Mixed Reviews, That's Life Mag, and the Village Voice. He is a member of the Online Film Critics Society.

Favorites:

Auntie Mame, Apocalypse Now, Singin' in the Rain, Lilies, Dog Day Afternoon. Recent movies: Spring Summer Fall Winter and Spring, Solaris, Raising Victor Vargas, No Country For Old Men.

Location:

New York City

Official Website:

http://www.cinemarati.org

Reviews

Movies 온라인카지노추천 Shows
What Doesn't Kill You (2008) 66% C- “Little more than a middling variation on gangster thematics, better explored in The Sopranos and elsewhere.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 10, 2008 Full Review Frost/Nixon (2008) 93% B “An indisputably superb entertainment with a dubious claim to veritas.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 9, 2008 Full Review The Reader (2008) 63% B+ “One of the most eloquent documents of personal awakening ever to be committed to celluloid.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 8, 2008 Full Review Doubt (2008) 79% C+ “Judging it against the play may be unfair; taken on its own merits as a pop entertainment, Doubt, the movie, is far from a complete waste of time.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 4, 2008 Full Review Defiance (2008) 58% B- “Undercuts its own dramatic concerns by alternating heavy-handed moralism with the style of contemporary action franchises, dulling and smoothing out the horrifying edges of murder.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 3, 2008 Full Review The Wrestler (2008) 99% B+ “The slow-burning engine at the heart of the film is Rourke, whose tender, subtle turn is a revelation.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2008 Full Review Revolutionary Road (2008) 67% B “An actors' showcase for its iconic duo...and both have grown impressively since they last swooned shipside.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2008 Full Review Australia (2008) 54% B+ “A wildly enjoyable experience, reconstituting some of the great traditions of the art form in engaging, unexpected ways.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 1, 2008 Full Review Milk (2008) 93% B+ “In Van Sant's hands, it's both a story for the ages, and a story for our age.” – Modern Fabulousity Nov 27, 2008 Full Review The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) 72% B- “The most important word in the title of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is "curious."” – Modern Fabulousity Nov 26, 2008 Full Review I've Loved You So Long (2008) 89% B “Watching this sublime actress, utilizing a minimum of text and a slow-burn intensity, is one of the more exhilarating experiences to be had in a cinema” – Modern Fabulousity Nov 17, 2008 Full Review Tell No One (2006) 93% A- “Easily one of the best films of the year.” – Modern Fabulousity Nov 17, 2008 Full Review Quantum of Solace (2008) 63% B+ “Owes more of a karmic debt, in stylistic terms, to Paul Greengrass' Bourne Supremacy than to the amused elegance of Sean Connery.” – Modern Fabulousity Nov 17, 2008 Full Review The Kite Runner (2007) 65% C “Fights a losing battle to reconcile authenticity with performances that vary widely in quality.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2007 Full Review The Savages (2007) 89% A- “Eloquently makes the case that Philip Seymour Hoffman and Laura Linney are the most dextrous actors of their generation.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2007 Full Review Juno (2007) 93% B- “A quirky comic indie with a too-too-clever screenplay, dialogue that seems tailored to the club-kid generation, and a sentimental streak a mile wide.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2007 Full Review Southland Tales (2006) 41% C- “If Mulholland Drive had a prettier, younger, and developmentally-challenged sister, it would be Southland Tales.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2007 Full Review Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) 89% B+ “The real kudos should go to screenwriter Kelly Masterson, who provocatively mixed a crime drama premise into a film exploring the legacy of damage family members impose upon one another.” – Modern Fabulousity Dec 2, 2007 Full Review No Country for Old Men (2007) 93% A “Like The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and other films that shift paradigms in mid-stream, there's more happening than meets the eye....Stark and spare, it's often a gasp-inducing, armrest-clutching experience.” – Modern Fabulousity Oct 25, 2007 Full Review Michael Clayton (2007) 90% B+ “In some scenes, Clayton is the kick in the pants the whodunit genre desperately needs” – Modern Fabulousity Oct 16, 2007 Full Review Into the Wild (2007) 83% C “Contrary to the lessons we learned in Werner Herzog's Grizzly Man, large bears will not always eat irritating hippie man-children. Damn shame.” – Modern Fabulousity Oct 7, 2007 Full Review Across the Universe (2007) 53% C- “The thin narrative wobbles like an alcoholic after last call.” – Modern Fabulousity Sep 16, 2007 Full Review Hairspray (2007) 92% B+ “A film that nearly screams its desire to please in every frame; in its very design, it demands your attention, has you tapping your toes before the opening montage is through, and frames its soft messages of tolerance so broadly that only Hitler could be” – Modern Fabulousity Jul 20, 2007 Full Review Sunshine (2007) 76% B “Like the films it grandly and unabashedly pays homage to, Sunshine is serious science fiction for those who prefer to think of space's real possibilities rather than escape into fantasy.” – Mixed Reviews Jul 8, 2007 Full Review Live Free or Die Hard (2007) 82% B “In this fourth film, John McClane becomes a retrofitted icon; unadorned and simple, brutally back-to-basic, he's an action hero for an America uncomfortable with the rapid changes of the new millennium.” – Modern Fabulousity Jun 26, 2007 Full Review
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