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10,000 B.C. (2008) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says writer-director-producer Roland Emmerich: "I think I'm just fascinated with Egypt and the origins of Egypt."" |
Pam Grady |
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10th & Wolf (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - It all started when Paul Haggis turned to Bobby Moresco and said, "I want to do your life story."" |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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The 11th Hour (2007) |
"You can tell [Dr. David] Suzuki is the only talking head in The 11th Hour besides DiCaprio with extensive broadcast experience." |
Richard Horgan |
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The 11th Hour (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says co-writer and co-producer Leonard DiCaprio: "It’s maybe the biggest movement of humankind if done right."" |
Sperling Reich |
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13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - At age 32, Julia Roberts had already made Pretty Woman and Notting Hill. Now, thanks to Alias, Jennifer Garner enters the romantic comedy fray.
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Christina Radish |
Splat C+ |
13 Going on 30 (2004) |
"Rick Springfield was a punch line by ’83; Michael Jackson was in his “Bad” phase in 1987. No wonder Jenna’s such a dork – her MTV is five years behind everyone else’s.
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Larry Carroll |
Tomato |
1408 (2007) |
"Intentionally or not, Håfström and his everyman star John Cusack have put together a contemporary re-imagining of 1991 Palme d’Or winner Barton Fink." |
Richard Horgan |
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1408 (2007) |
"As per usual, King was completely non-interfering with this latest Hollywood treatment and after seeing the finished film, he gave it the thumbs up." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
16 Blocks (2006) |
"The results on a movie set can be great when Richard Donner yells ‘Action!’ But on this one, it feels more like, ‘Lights, camera, ostentation!’" |
Brett Buckalew |
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2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says Julie Delpy: "That’s what you do on independent films; all sorts of little deals, and you have to give a bit of yourself to get money."" |
Brent Simon |
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2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"Filmmaker Interview - John Singleton's candy colored lane change was inspired by Mad Max, Japanese cartoons and video games." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003) |
"For those who were less than impressed with The Fast and the Furious, the sequel offers up some kinetics much more in keeping with the franchise title." |
Richard Horgan |
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2003 Year-in-Review (2003) |
Click here to see the review. |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
2046 (2005) |
"The camera achieves striking beauty... Each smile, each tear, each lit cigarette achieves a sort of luminescent stature unmatched by even Wong’s previous films." |
Kevin Biggers |
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2046 (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - After six movies together, Tony Leung still feels like he doesn’t really know director Wong Kar-wai. And that’s partly because they rarely talk on set." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
21 (2008) |
"Across the Universe star Jim Sturgess reaffirms himself as a sympathetic, highly likable screen presence." |
Brent Simon |
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21 Grams (2003) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Mexican director Alejandro Inarritu joins Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts and Melissa Leo to discuss his searing new drama." |
Ian Spelling |
Tomato |
21 Grams (2003) |
"Inarritu establishes himself beyond the ranks of one-hit wonders eager to make the big time in Hollywood and proves that Amores Perros was no fluke.
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Todd Gilchrist |
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24 Hour Party People (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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25th Hour (2002) |
"Spike Lee joins Norton and co-stars Barry Pepper, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Rosario Dawson to talk about why 25th Hour will please, and possibly offend, audiences." |
Ian Spelling |
Tomato |
25th Hour (2002) |
"Spike Lee’s most compelling and resonant picture in years." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
28 Days Later (2003) |
"28 Days Later is nothing short of a home run for director Danny Boyle and writer Alex Garland." |
Susan Michals |
Splat |
28 Weeks Later (2007) |
"Its putative emotional centerpiece — a sequence involving a mass escape — is a piece of cheap, empty theater, exacerbated by illogical staging." |
Brent Simon |
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28 Weeks Later (2007) |
"Author Interview - Says comic book bridge novel author Steve Niles: "I always thought it hysterical and tragic that the end of the world was triggered by PETA."" |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
Splat |
30 Days of Night (2007) |
"A somewhat shrug-inducing vessel of unfulfilled potential, consisting of solidly executed attack passages followed by great stretches of relative tedium." |
Brent Simon |
Tomato |
300 (2007) |
"You never forget that you’re watching a movie, but that’s very much part of the point." |
Brent Simon |
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300 (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Gerard Butler of 300: "It’s finding that fine line between this man’s absolute brutality and that he’s a hero who pushes the definition of hero."" |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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300 (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interviews - Few people remember the old 1962 film The 300 Spartans, but for graphic novelist Frank Miller, it was a formative experience." |
Richard Horgan |
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300 (2007) |
"If each solid YouTube spoof is taken as the equivalent of a critics’ group or guild’s approbation of a movie, then 300 is easily the Best Picture of 2007." |
Richard Horgan |
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300 (2007) |
"All that’s missing really is Gerald Butler uttering the line of dialogue, "Yippie ki yai, Spartan brothers!"" |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"Mangold is a filmmaker who doesn’t mind throwing a melancholic spotlight on the swallowed regret and pained reflection of his protagonists." |
Brent Simon |
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3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Says James Mangold: "It's a combination of both an action picture, and for about a whole act, it becomes a kind of My Dinner with Andre."" |
Pam Grady |
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3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"It all started at age 7, when Thell Reed's dad gave him a pair of Colt .45’s, some ammunition and told him to find a way to make a living with them." |
Richard Horgan |
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3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"It’s a start, even though as the son of a Great White North railroad executive who caught the 3:10 to Santa Monica at age eight, Glenn Ford is technically a Canuck himself." |
Richard Horgan |
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3:10 to Yuma (2007) |
"Crowe in Best Supporting makes about as much sense as Jake Gyllenhaal for Brokeback Mountain, Jamie Foxx for Collateral and Ethan Hawke for Training Day." |
Richard Horgan |
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4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2008) |
"Then again, what do you expect from a country that comfortably labels its baseball and basketball playoff winners "world champions?"" |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005) |
"This virgin's obsession with keeping his action figure collection in pristine condition is truly endearing, as is his notion that women’s breasts ‘feel like sand.'" |
Craig Stephens |
Splat |
50 First Dates (2004) |
"Roses are red; violets are blue. It’s been over three years; since a good movie starred Drew." |
Susan Michals |
Tomato |
500 Days of Summer (2009) |
"Fast, funny and absolutely delightful." |
Pam Grady |
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8 Mile (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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88 Minutes (2008) |
"Would the 1995 Johnny Depp thriller Nick of Time have done better at the U.S. box office if it had been called 90 Minutes?" |
Richard Horgan |
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9 Songs (2005) |
"Releasing a film about sex in an age of pornography is akin to opening a four-star restaurant down the street from a McDonald’s." |
Todd Gilchrist |