Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
61%
3.5/4
“It's leagues above "The Phantom Menace," with better defined characters, less stodginess and less Jar Jar Binks.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Apr 22, 2025
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Scream 3 (2000)
43%
3/4
“There is plenty of bloodletting, but it's in service of a solid story. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Feb 20, 2025
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Tarzan (1999)
90%
3/4
“Some movies gain nothing from being animated. Tarzan isn't one of them.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Dec 20, 2024
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Mulan (1998)
92%
3.5/4
“Intelligent and respectful, with a solid storyline, Mulan also boasts the magnificent animation we've come to expect from Disney.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Dec 20, 2024
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Scream (1996)
78%
“Scream wants to be a satire and a thriller, but Craven doesn't go far enough in either direction to really pull it off. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Oct 15, 2024
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I Think I Do (1997)
42%
“The ensemble cast sparkles (Arquette is particularly good), the dialogue is natural and the characters believable. We care about what's going to happen to these people. This is director Sloan's first feature and he paces it perfectly.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Apr 17, 2024
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Almost Famous (2000)
91%
3.5/4
“A movie bursting with affection, good-natured humor and adolescent yearning. It's easily the best film of the year so far.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Mar 26, 2024
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Atanarjuat the Fast Runner (2001)
93%
4/4
“The Fast Runner is primal, earthy, funny, startling and endlessly mysterious. And despite its length, I was thoroughly engrossed from first frame to last. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 8, 2023
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Y tu mamá también (2001)
90%
3.5/4
“Directed with pizazz by Cuarón, based on an agreeably unpredictable script he wrote with his brother Carlos, Y tu mamá también is a blast of energetic filmmaking, an exuberant romp that breathes new life into the sex comedy. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Sep 9, 2023
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Lone Star (1996)
91%
3.5/4
“Cooper is appropriately restrained and subdued as Sam. Kristofferson burrows into the role of the of a sinister Charlie Wade... Elizabeth Pena brings grace and intelligence to her role as Pilar. Ron Canada is natural and relaxed as Otis.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Sep 6, 2023
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Spirited Away (2001)
96%
3.5/5
“It's the rare movie that completely creates its own world, envelops you in it, and leaves you dazed and amazed. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jul 17, 2023
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In the Mood for Love (2000)
92%
3.5/4
“Virtually plotless, this exquisite chamber piece of repressed emotion is sure to frustrate impatient viewers, but its sensuality is intoxicating.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jul 15, 2023
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Magnolia (1999)
82%
3/4
“One feverish, crazy quilt of a movie.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jul 14, 2023
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Mulholland Dr. (2001)
84%
“It's a multilayered, surprisingly resonant mind-boggler about illusions, delusions, greed, jealousy, guilt, power, rotting aspirations, the mutability of identity, the act of acting and Hollywood's seamy underbelly. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jul 11, 2023
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The Big Lebowski (1998)
80%
3/4
“It's nearly impossible to convey the unadulterated fun to be had watching this movie. Its pleasures may be evanescent, but sometimes those are the best kind.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jan 20, 2023
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Eve's Bayou (1997)
84%
2.5/4
“It's obvious that Lemmons feels this story deeply, and her film is not without merit. It's like a stew that tastes good except for one rogue ingredient, and in this case, that ingredient is Lemmons' inexperience. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jan 10, 2023
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Down in the Delta (1998)
76%
2/4
“The lessons "Delta" teaches are good, if obvious, lessons. The way in which it teaches them is, to put it charitably, simplistic. This isn't so much a movie as an after-school special for grownups. ” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jan 5, 2023
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The Watermelon Woman (1996)
92%
“It's a fresh, deceptively breezy movie, more meticulously constructed than it appears on the surface.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Jan 22, 2022
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Spy Game (2001)
64%
“Spy Game is a glossy, high-tech entertainment that ultimately rings a bit hollow.” –
Scripps Howard News Service
Feb 22, 2019
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Zoolander (2001)
64%
“There are cameos galore and you get the feeling that everyone had a ball making the movie. And while this puff of pop culture parody evaporated from my brain immediately, I sure had a ball watching it.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 20, 2003
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Hearts in Atlantis (2001)
49%
“Hearts feels more like a puzzle whose pieces don't fit together and whose picture, were it to be properly assembled, signifies nothing.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 20, 2003
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The Recruit (2003)
44%
“By the end, the movie, which started so promisingly, has devolved into one of those empty, formulaic mysteries we've seen too many times, complete with glaring implausibilities and telegraphed twists.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 20, 2003
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Spy Kids 3: Game Over (2003)
45%
“That's just what it feels like -- a video game, not a movie, and a noisy, frenetic game at that.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 20, 2003
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Stigmata (1999)
22%
“Unless you have an unquenchable desire to see blood streaming down Patricia Arquette's face over and over, there's no reason to see Stigmata.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Nov 20, 2003
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Thirteen Days (2000)
83%
“The fact that Thirteen Days is gripping, suspenseful drama comes as a welcome surprise.” –
News & Observer (Raleigh, NC)
Feb 7, 2001
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