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SHERI LINDEN
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4.5/5 Caché
4/5 The Cockettes
3/4 Lipstick & Dynamite: The First Ladies of Wrestling
3.5/5 Harvard Man
2.5/4 Big Trouble
3/5 Life or Something Like It
2.5/5 Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
2/5 My Big Fat Greek Wedding
1.5/5 The Reckoning
1,5/5 Battle in Heaven
 
 
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4.5/5 The Beat That My Heart Skipped
4.5/5 Caché
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1,5/5 Battle in Heaven
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This critic agrees with the Tomatometer 71% of the time.

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"The movie doesn't take its broad, jokey premise terribly far, but it manages to sustain a goofy-sweet comic energy and offers sly observations about assimilation, sibling rivalry and the art of competitive maternal bragging." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Sep 5, 2008
 
Ping Pong Playa (2008)62%
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4/5
 
"Packed with facts, figures and the testimony of policy experts, the film is no wallow in wonkiness, but a surprisingly sprightly tough-love lesson in fiscal responsibility." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
I.O.U.S.A. (2008)88%
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4/5
 
"Alive with improvisational energy and rejecting the conventional biographical format, the film pursues ideas and feelings rather than chronology as it scats through an archival wealth of interviews with O'Day and some of her most inspired performances." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Aug 22, 2008
 
Anita O'Day - The Life Of A Jazz Singer (2008)100%
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"Every triumph registers low on the emotion meter, and most of the supporting characters are two-dimensional at best." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 20, 2008
 
The Longshots (2008)39%
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"Refreshingly sincere and full of wholesome can-do spirit." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 20, 2008
 
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)79%
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"It feels more like a small-screen distraction." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 6, 2008
 
Miss Conception (2008)10%
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"A genial, hit-and-miss return to the ridiculous for Adam Sandler." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 4, 2008
 
You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)34%
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"Period tale of real-life heroism doesn’t fully come to life." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 26, 2008
 
The Children of Huang Shi (2008)27%
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"by-the-numbers audience-pleaser." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 10, 2008
 
How About You (2007)n/a
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3.5/5
 
"With the collaboration of screenwriter Tonino Guerra, Khemir has created a fresh variation on the somewhat tired subgenre of the crisscross, in which the paths of strangers intersect and converge." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Feb 22, 2008
 
Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (2008)60%
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"Straight out of the slice-and-dice school of filmmaking, Vantage Point fractures chronology and perspective in a vain attempt to disguise its flimsiness." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 21, 2008
 
Vantage Point (2008)35%
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"A frenzied comedy promoting the family values of loud, obnoxious and mean." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 7, 2008
 
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008)24%
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"A harebrained rom-com diversion offering few laughs and little romance." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jan 31, 2008
 
Over Her Dead Body (2008)14%
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"[Director Bahman Ghobadi] sparks a deeply humanist alchemy in unsentimental tales peopled by nonprofessional actors." -- Los Angeles Times
Posted Jan 3, 2008
 
Half Moon: A Musician's Last Journey (2007)100%
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"A fresh, intelligent and thoroughly involving psychological thriller." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 4, 2007
 
First Snow (2007)56%
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"An engagingly angry black comedy from Norway." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 19, 2007
 
The Art of Negative Thinking (2007)n/a
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"For all its playful touches and neat-o nostalgia for nondigital entertainment, the whimsy feels forced." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007)36%
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"Most viewers will be left to wonder whether the message is connecting." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 16, 2007
 
What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)61%
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"Those who stick with Martian Child won't entirely avoid mush, but they will find terrific performances by John Cusack, as the parental unit, and 10-year-old Bobby Coleman, as the self-proclaimed extraterrestrial." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 29, 2007
 
Martian Child (2007)30%
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"A mildly fractured fairy tale that's often too dopey for its own good." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 20, 2007
 
Sydney White (2007)37%
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"The film makes a lasting impression as it delves into an unfashionable territory: character as fate rather than a function of pharmaceuticals." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 10, 2007
 
Protagonist (2007)84%
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"It's the killer pingpong action that ultimately keeps Balls afloat." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 23, 2007
 
Balls of Fury (2007)23%
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"Garlin's terrific comic timing is a key attribute, as is that of his strong cast." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 11, 2007
 
I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With (2007)74%
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"Writer-director Jay Jonroy is better with atmosphere and visuals than with dialogue." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Aug 3, 2007
 
David & Layla (2008)53%
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"You go, girlz. Mom and Dad will wait in the car." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 30, 2007
 
Bratz: The Movie (2007)7%
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"A flair for language both cinematic and verbal elevates an ordinary coming-of-age comedy of little substance." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jul 20, 2007
 
Cashback (2007)46%
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"It's hardly sacred literature that shouldn't be messed with, yet the source material's particular resonance remains elusive in this 21st century update." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Jun 9, 2007
 
Nancy Drew (2007)49%
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"It's not without well-observed moments, and in the title role, Carly Schroeder makes an agreeably flawed and feisty rooting interest." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted May 30, 2007
 
Gracie (2007)59%
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"Throughout, Bogumil Godfrejow's mostly hand-held camerawork is apt and affecting." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Mar 24, 2007
 
Retrieval (2006)100%
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"A shallow rom-com that's not just eager but frantic to please." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2007
 
Because I Said So (2007)5%
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"An accomplished cast that includes Billy Dee Williams, Lesley Ann Warren and Rae Dawn Chong struggles to elevate material that rarely gets deeper than a daytime soap, though it tries mightily." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Feb 1, 2007
 
Constellation (2007)0%
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"What's most refreshing about the genial and well-observed Chalk is that it describes the high school experience from the of teachers' point of view." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 30, 2006
 
Chalk (2007)79%
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"Director George Hickenlooper captures the energy and ultra-irony of Warhol's scene, but his attempts to give the film a conventional biopic arc end up wallowing in dime-store psychology." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 29, 2006
 
Factory Girl (2007)19%
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"Despite shining contributions, this composite of action-adventure and social message doesn't quite crystallize." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Dec 1, 2006
 
Blood Diamond (2006)63%
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"A frontier spirit and a strong connection to the landscape inform the piece, which aims not to wow but to immerse the viewer in a mystical, hardscrabble, bygone world." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 14, 2006
 
Disappearances (2006)52%
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"Striking, deeply felt drama." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 9, 2006
 
White Palms (2007)89%
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"Writer-director Cess Silvera delivers an empty, bullet-riddled exploitation combo of attitude and poses." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 8, 2006
 
Shottas (2006)13%
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"For those who can get past the visual absence of Cobain and the aural absence of his music on the excellent soundtrack, this is an indelible autobiographical document." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Nov 3, 2006
 
Kurt Cobain About a Son (2007)72%
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Click here to read article -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
One Last Thing (2005)13%
 No Rating  
Click here to read article -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Aurora Borealis (2006)68%
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"One of the film's joyful fascinations is the chance to see kids being imaginative kids." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 30, 2006
 
Cave of the Yellow Dog (2006)88%
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"Aiming for wacky and heartwarming, the film is, at its sporadic best, a mildly diverting coming-of-age story. At its worst, it feels forced." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 12, 2006
 
Driving Lessons (2006)49%
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"Deliver Us From Evil is a haunting portrait of a profoundly benighted man, the lives he shattered and the institution that repeatedly protected him -- and itself -- at the cost of children's safety." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Oct 11, 2006
 
Deliver Us From Evil (2006)100%
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"A mean-spirited yet mushy comedy that deserves to be left back." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 25, 2006
 
School for Scoundrels (2006)25%
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"The presence in the ensemble of Orlando Bloom, who also serves as a producer, could be an initial enticement, but his performance is one of the weakest in a mixed bag." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 23, 2006
 
Haven (2006)14%
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3/5
 
"The resourceful film will stir up a mosh pit of appreciation among aficionados while providing an intriguing, if not always compelling, overview for those less acquainted with the music." -- Boxoffice Magazine
Posted Sep 22, 2006
 
American Hardcore (2006)73%
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"A valentine to WWI's first American fighter pilots that doesn't quite reach its aimed-for heights." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 22, 2006
 
Flyboys (2006)33%
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"Filmmakers Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, who also focused on children in last year's poignant The Boys of Baraka, provide a fascinating glimpse of kids' role in the evangelical movement's political agenda." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 15, 2006
 
Jesus Camp (2006)88%
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"In his fourth feature, director Xavier Beauvois turns a classic policier into an existential musing whose emotional impact quietly accumulates." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 7, 2006
 
Le Petit Lieutenant (2006)79%
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"Often stingingly funny -- and an undeserving resident of the summer's-end movie dumping ground." -- Hollywood Reporter
Posted Sep 5, 2006
 
Idiocracy (2006)72%

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