Jimmy O
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The Others (2001)
84%
“Films like this survive on atmosphere and tone, like du Maurier stories, and the filming is so skillfully done that I found myself wishing that Amenábar wouldn't take the story where I knew he was going to.” –
Film Snobs
Oct 30, 2018
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The Hangover Part II (2011)
34%
2.5/5
“Director Todd Phillips Should be Given Credit for Making a Darker, Edgier Film But A Lot of the Shock is Lost with Predictable Material.” –
Film Snobs
May 30, 2011
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Super (2010)
50%
3.5/5
“An Interesting, Shocking Look at the Religiosity of the Superhero Myth.” –
Film Snobs
May 11, 2011
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Rabbit Hole (2010)
86%
3.5/5
“Not as Depressing as You Fear...and that's no Faint Praise.” –
Film Snobs
Feb 8, 2011
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Blue Valentine (2010)
87%
3/5
“An Endless Barrage of Misery and Depression Punctuated by Great Acting. Being Breathless Doesn't Make Quality Cinema.” –
Film Snobs
Feb 7, 2011
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The Dilemma (2011)
24%
2.5/5
“Howard Tries to Have Fun with a Touchy Subject But the Good Drama Gets in the Way of his Lame Jokes.” –
Film Snobs
Jan 25, 2011
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Somewhere (2010)
71%
2/5
“Coppola Gets Too Close by Making a Vapid Picture of Fatherhood That's Too Shallow for any Deep Moments.” –
Film Snobs
Jan 13, 2011
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Fair Game (2010)
78%
4/5
“Liman Digs Into the Personal Life of Those On the Edge and Finds Something Nicely Human. A Great Political Flick” –
Film Snobs
Jan 8, 2011
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The King's Speech (2010)
94%
2/5
“A stuffy melodrama tailored for the therapist acting-a-thon. A tragic combo.” –
Film Snobs
Jan 4, 2011
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True Grit (2010)
95%
4/5
“The Coens Return the Western from the post-Modern to the Classic in this Fun, Briskly Poetic Flick.” –
Film Snobs
Dec 25, 2010
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The Fighter (2010)
91%
3.5
“David O. Russell Gives Us a Good Boxing Film But Nothing Groundbreaking. Christian Bale's Eating Disorder Really Shines.” –
Film Snobs
Dec 24, 2010
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Black Swan (2010)
85%
4/5
“Ballet can be Hell, and Aronofsky Never Lets You Forget It.” –
Film Snobs
Dec 6, 2010
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127 Hours (2010)
93%
4/5
“More Intense than Any of Franco's Work in "General Hospital".” –
Film Snobs
Nov 30, 2010
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Due Date (2010)
39%
2.5/5
“I Think the Movie Lost me When Robert Downey Jr punched out a ten-year old.” –
Film Snobs
Nov 27, 2010
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Unstoppable (2010)
87%
3/5
“A Great Blue-Collar Thrill Ride.” –
Film Snobs
Nov 27, 2010
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010)
45%
3/5
“Woody Allen Makes One of His "Couple" Films Particularly Enhanced by Hopkins' Realistic View or Mortality.” –
Film Snobs
Oct 20, 2010
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My Soul to Take (2010)
11%
1.5/5
“While there's much to like about the ideas and atmosphere, Craven can't muster much out of his characters or script to form an interesting message.” –
Film Snobs
Oct 18, 2010
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The Social Network (2010)
96%
4/5
“Fincher and Sorkin Have Created a Film Whose Truth is as Subject as it's Presented on Facebook Itself. A Dark, Entertaining Parable.” –
Film Snobs
Oct 9, 2010
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Devil (2010)
51%
3/5
“"Devil" is Effectively Creepy but Still has M. Night's Shaky Take on Faith and Religion.” –
Film Snobs
Sep 26, 2010
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Machete (2010)
70%
3/5
“"Machete" Makes For Interesting Politics if Not For a Fully Satisfying Flick Due to Problematic Casting.” –
Film Snobs
Sep 9, 2010
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The American (2010)
64%
3.5/5
“An Effective Thriller or a Chance for Clooney to Hang in Lake Como? Go with the Former.” –
Film Snobs
Sep 7, 2010
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The Last Exorcism (2010)
71%
3/5
“"The Last Exorcism" Starts Out as a Sharp Religious Satire But Kind of Forgets That When Angling for "Paranormal Activity" Scares.” –
Film Snobs
Sep 6, 2010
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The Expendables (2010)
42%
2/5
“Stallone Can't Choose Between Thoughtful Meditation of Age and Violence or Just a Cheesy Throwback to the mid-80's. A Pity.” –
Film Snobs
Aug 28, 2010
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Piranha (2010)
75%
3.5/5
“Aja rejects the victim mentality of horror for the past ten years and crafts a legit throwback to the classic slasher doubling as Morality Play. Well done.” –
Film Snobs
Aug 26, 2010
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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (2010)
83%
3/5
“Edgar Wright Experiments with Video Game as Artistic Flourish and Succeeds Despite the Weakness in Structure and Cast.” –
Film Snobs
Aug 17, 2010
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