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3/4
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Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
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Tor Thorsen
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Posted Apr 22, 2025
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2.5/4
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American Psycho
(2000)
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Rod Armstrong
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Posted Apr 04, 2025
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4/4
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Do the Right Thing
(1989)
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Rod Armstrong
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Posted Mar 20, 2025
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3/5
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Chin Up!
(1999)
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Betsy Bozdech
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Posted Sep 27, 2021
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3/5
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Nadia and the Hippos
(1999)
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Betsy Bozdech
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Posted Sep 27, 2021
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9/10
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Beauty and the Beast
(1991)
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James Plath
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This beloved 1991 film has never looked better, and seems even more magical in Blu-ray.
Posted Sep 27, 2010
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7/10
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OSS 117: Lost in Rio
(2009)
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James Plath
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Laugh-out-loud funny.
Posted Sep 10, 2010
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3/10
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Furry Vengeance
(2010)
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James Plath
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Oh, the horror! It's the writers who deserve to be sprayed by skunks for giving us this stinker.
Posted Aug 19, 2010
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7/10
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Date Night
(2010)
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James Plath
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If you don't go into this thinking you're going to be laughing constantly, Date Night is a funny film and a fun time.
Posted Aug 17, 2010
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6/10
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The Last Song
(2010)
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James Plath
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A melodrama that's aimed at teen girls, but the cinematography and performances make it palatable for others as well--if you don't mind someone toying with your emotions.
Posted Aug 04, 2010
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3/4
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Pray the Devil Back to Hell
(2008)
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Jay Antani
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Inevitably, Reticker's style falls into monotony that works against the material. Ultimately, though, the power of that material overcomes flaws in presentation.
Posted Nov 13, 2008
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2.5/4
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Hallam Foe
(2007)
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Bonnie Fazio
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Another successful and intriguing entry in Mackenzie's growing oeuvre.
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Shotgun Stories
(2007)
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Bonnie Fazio
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Writer/director Jeff Nichols is one to watch. He has fashioned a simple but powerful cautionary tale, equal parts Southern Gothic and Greek tragedy, and has given a familiar kind of material a fresh spin.
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Ballast
(2008)
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Chris Cabin
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The first film in some time that has attempted to bring Bressonian singularity and emotional depth to the American independent picture.
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
(2007)
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Sean O'Connell
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In all honesty, neither Depp nor Carter possess stage-quality voices. Instead, both muster emotional performances that sell the parts without selling the music.
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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1/4
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All the Boys Love Mandy Lane
(2006)
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Blake French
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So self-conscious that the movie feels like a feature length music video that's too busy admiring itself it the mirror to make any sense.
Posted Oct 18, 2008
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3/4
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Elegy
(2008)
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Brie Beazley
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A nicely shot, slow-moving drama that takes its time to really let the audience get to know its characters.
Posted Aug 08, 2008
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3.5/4
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army
(2008)
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Rudy Joggerst
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It's an entertaining, visually stunning romp busy with fantastic ideas and well-rounded characters...
Posted Jul 11, 2008
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3.5/4
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All in This Tea
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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It makes one long to sit down with a nice cup of tea. Theaters showing this excellent documentary might want to keep that in mind and stock up.
Posted Jun 25, 2008
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1/4
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Postal
(2007)
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Paul Brenner
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Posted May 23, 2008
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4/4
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The Visitor
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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[Director Thomas McCarthy] demonstrates a delicate, irresistible touch when it comes to lonely, eccentric characters, but he widens his canvas with a small, resonant story that could be ripped from today's headlines.
Posted Apr 11, 2008
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3/4
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Love Songs
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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It's an uneven affair, but with the delightful Garrel at the center, it's also unexpectedly charming and occasionally even moving.
Posted Mar 21, 2008
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3.5/4
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Breath
(2007)
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Rudy Joggerst
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...a tender romance between a dejected housewife and a mute death-row prisoner that is surprisingly compassionate and even offers up a few moments of comic relief.
Posted Mar 20, 2008
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3.5/4
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Doomsday
(2008)
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Rudy Joggerst
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Doomsday is an anarchic trip down memory lane.
Posted Mar 20, 2008
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3.5/4
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Snow Angels
(2007)
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Brie Beazley
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A spellbinding film for the discerning moviegoer.
Posted Mar 07, 2008
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3/4
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Paranoid Park
(2007)
|
Ken Dubois
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The real reason to see Paranoid Park is to check out how Van Sant's visual style is evolving, as he's one of the few big directors willing to try something unusual, often with tremendous results.
Posted Mar 07, 2008
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2.5/4
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Chop Shop
(2007)
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Ken Dubois
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What you get in Chop Shop is a very good 12-year-old actor who simply cannot carry a 85-minute drama in which he is the center of every single scene.
Posted Feb 15, 2008
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2.5/4
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Then She Found Me
(2007)
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Bonnie Fazio
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If it's not a completely satisfying film, it's not a completely mediocre one, either. See it if the subject matter intrigues, or you're a fan of one or more of the actors.
Posted Feb 15, 2008
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3.5/4
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The Band's Visit
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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Eran Kolirin's fish-out-of-water comedy-drama is a real treat, often funny and genuinely moving.
Posted Feb 08, 2008
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1.5/4
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27 Dresses
(2008)
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Brie Beazley
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A flick that's the equivalent of a bridesmaid dress: colorful, fluffy, and ultimately stored away, forgotten.
Posted Jan 18, 2008
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3/4
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Charlie Wilson's War
(2007)
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Brie Beazley
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It's one of the better flicks of the Christmas movie season.
Posted Dec 21, 2007
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3/4
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Gone Baby Gone
(2007)
|
Gary Goldstein
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While less successful than the similarly-themed Mystic River -- which was also adapted from a Lehane tome -- is still a cut above, thanks in large part to its many fine performances.
Posted Oct 19, 2007
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3/4
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Broken
(2006)
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Gary Goldstein
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Broken goes a bit heavy on the symbolism (naming the leads Hope and Will, for starters) and tries to stir up sympathy for characters who may not deserve it, but as cautionary tales go, it's worth a look.
Posted Oct 19, 2007
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1.5/4
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Feel the Noise
(2007)
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Timothy Knight
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Dramatic tension and narrative momentum are MIA.
Posted Oct 13, 2007
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4/4
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Lars and the Real Girl
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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Comic and moving (without being overly sentimental) and completely unique, Lars and the Real Girl is one of the best times anyone will have at the movies this year.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3.5/4
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Control - Love Will Tear Us Apart
(2007)
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Pam Grady
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Control is a haunting, evocative drama that stands as a fitting homage to the performer, his music, and his era.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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Golda's Balcony
(2007)
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Gary Goldstein
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Though, for today's movie-going audience, Golda's Balcony may have limited appeal, it's a moving and vital story with many satisfying moments.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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Canvas
(2006)
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Pam Grady
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Greco takes his biggest risk, perhaps, when he puts that boat in water with father and son manning the sails. It could be a mawkish scene that sinks everything that came before it, but like the watercraft that symbolizes so much, the movie remains afloat.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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1.5/4
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age
(2007)
|
Timothy Knight
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For a narrative that's positively overflowing with dramatic intrigue, Elizabeth: The Golden Age is only fitfully compelling.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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Terror's Advocate
(2007)
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Timothy Knight
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A brilliantly shrewd and maddeningly elusive figure, controversial lawyer Jacques Vergs alternately fascinates and repulses in Barbet Schroeder's gripping documentary.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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King Corn
(2007)
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Gary Goldstein
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Well, it's certainly one of the less blatantly compelling subjects on the non-fiction circuit, and the doc has a lower-octane approach than most, but King Corn is surprisingly absorbing and amusing viewing.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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We Own the Night
(2007)
|
Gary Goldstein
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We Own the Night may not feel any more special than watching a rerun of The Sopranos or The Wire, but as a serious adult crime yarn, you could do far worse.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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1/4
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The Final Season
(2007)
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Timothy Knight
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So relentlessly earnest and maudlin it makes Hoosiers look like a Martin Scorsese film, The Final Season is the latest and worst sports-themed underdog story to get the big screen treatment.
Posted Oct 12, 2007
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3/4
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Outsourced
(2006)
|
Timothy Knight
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A smart, low-key charmer.
Posted Oct 06, 2007
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3.5/4
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Finishing the Game
(2007)
|
Gary Goldstein
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Call it a comic documentary, a true-life comedy, or a Hollywood satire, but however you karate chop this one, it's a kicky, clever, highly amusing romp.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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3/4
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Desert Bayou
(2007)
|
Gary Goldstein
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The failure of our current administration to act openly and efficiently in a time of crisis gets another documentary close-up in Alex LeMay's humanistic and provocative Desert Bayou.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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3.5/4
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For the Bible Tells Me So
(2007)
|
Gary Goldstein
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This is an impressive, critical film that should be screened for everyone who's ever exploited the Bible to justify fear and prejudice.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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3/4
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The Girl Next Door
(2007)
|
Pam Grady
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To say the film is disconcerting is an understatement.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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2.5/4
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Kurt Cobain About a Son
(2006)
|
Gary Goldstein
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Personally, I would have preferred to just listen to a CD of Azerrad's engrossing interview in my car -- then pop in a Nirvana album for the rest of the drive home. Smells like a fine idea to me.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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3.5/4
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Lake of Fire
(2006)
|
Timothy Knight
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A monumental achievement, 17 years in the making and financed by Kaye himself, Lake of Fire reveals Kaye to be a far more thoughtful and mature filmmaker than his loose cannon public persona suggests.
Posted Oct 05, 2007
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