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Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interviews - They were roommates and stand-up comedy partners. Now, Taika Waititi and Jermaine Clement are hoping to become modest box office stars.
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Pam Grady |
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Eagle Vs. Shark (2007) |
"Even the film’s debuting writer-director Taika Waititi, whose short Two Cars, One Night was nominated for an Oscar, is quietly resigned to the inevitable comparisons." |
Richard Horgan |
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Eastern Promises (2007) |
"Filmmaker Interviews - Says David Cronenberg: "I managed to convince Viggo to do the film by the use of drugs and other means and electric shock and waterboarding."" |
Pam Grady |
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Eastern Promises (2007) |
"The combination of Viggo Mortensen's brooding intensity with David Cronenberg's subversive slickness has produced two of the most eminently re-watchable films of the decade." |
Richard Horgan |
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Eastern Promises (2007) |
"It’s fascinating to watch Cronenberg cement what seems to be the beginning of a third, sharply truncated thematic phase." |
Richard Horgan |
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Eastern Promises (2007) |
"But that’s the first element of brilliance... The clothes are ON for the smack down love scene and OFF for the steamy fight scene." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Ed Wood (1994) |
"Pauline Kael was referring specifically to Cage’s work in Vampire’s Kiss, but she just as easily could have been referring to Johnny Depp in Ed Wood." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Edge of Darkness (1986) |
"How strange that after tampering with the beloved 1986 BBC-TV series The Singing Detective, Mel Gibson is back for more of the same." |
Richard Horgan |
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Edmond (2006) |
"Filmmaker Interview - For director-producer Stuart Gordon, the travails of a zombie-like human character have become as fascinating as those of revived cats and corpses." |
Daniel Robert Epstein |
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Eight Legged Freaks (2002) |
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Tomato |
Elegy (2008) |
"In the early scenes of the two lovers discovering each other's bodies and personal quirks, Coixet coaxes work from Kingsley and Cruz that is remarkably intimate." |
Brett Buckalew |
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Elektra (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - There will be only one reason to rent this on DVD. His name is Stamp, his character is Stick, and his M.O. is stupendous." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Elektra (2005) |
"No matter how many times I hear about the actress’ arresting good looks, I just can’t get past the fact that she always comes across as slightly mannish." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Elektra (2005) |
"Celebrity Interview - There will be only one reason to rent this on DVD. His name is Stamp, his character is Stick, and his M.O. is stupendous." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Elephant (2003) |
"Celebrity Interviews - The unlikely duo of executive producer Diane Keaton and director Gus Van Sant revisit their award-winning and entirely ad-libbed take on teen violence." |
Annlee Ellingson |
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Elephant (2003) |
"Van Sant has created a must-see event for anyone who cares about film’s power to create vital discussion within society." |
Brett Buckalew |
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Elf (2003) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Will Ferrell, Ed Asner, Bob Newhart, Mary Steenburgen and director Jon Favreau reveal how they concocted good old-fashioned holiday cheer." |
Ian Spelling |
Tomato |
Elf (2003) |
"Going up against the critically pelted The Matrix Revolutions, Elf may score mightily at the box office with its relative simplicity." |
Susan Michals |
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Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007) |
"When you think about it, it’s no more ridiculous than a 2007 Best Actress favorite being anointed at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival." |
Richard Horgan |
Splat |
Elizabethtown (2005) |
"The blandest, most emotionally inexpressive performance yet from the least distinguished member of The Lord of the Rings’ ensemble cast." |
Brett Buckalew |
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Elizabethtown (2005) |
"Actor Interview - Even though Orlando Bloom is closer in spirit to the Elizabethan era than Elizabethtown, he says he worked mighty hard on that there American accent of his." |
Christina Radish |
Tomato |
Ella Enchanted (2004) |
"Like The Phantom Tollbooth and the cult TV series H.R. Puffnstuff, this film appears to have convalesced into head-trip allegories for older, pharmaceutically-savvy viewers.
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Brett Buckalew |
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Ellie Parker (2005) |
"Filmmaker Interview - After toiling unhappily as an actor for two decades, Scott Coffey is thrilled to have finally exorcised his demons about the experience." |
Pam Grady |
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The Emperor's Club (2002) |
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Empire (2002) |
". . .this movie has a glossy coat of action movie excess while remaining heartless at its core." |
Charlie Brown |
Splat |
Employee of the Month (2006) |
"Head down, eye contact to a minimum, I repeated over and over to myself whenever Simpson was on screen: “Breasts, breasts, breasts, breasts…"" |
Brent Simon |
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Employee of the Month (2006) |
"Turns out Maxim Magazine reviewer Pete Hammond's oft ridiculed movie ad blurbs tell only part of the journalistic story." |
Richard Horgan |
Tomato |
Encounters At the End of the World (2007) |
"Had Werner Herzog lived 500 years ago, he probably would have become a celebrated conquistador, mapping out brave new worlds." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato B+ |
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones (2004) |
"Very much the movie Metallica: Some Kind of Monster should have been. It captures a band at its peak, rather than just wallowing in the desperation that sets in years later." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat |
Enduring Love (2004) |
"The role of Claire is so thinly conceived that it’s hard to imagine what attracted one of the most consistently intriguing actresses working today to the part." |
Brett Buckalew |
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Enough (2002) |
Click here to see the review. |
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Envy (2004) |
"Barry Levinson, Jack Black and Ben Stiller owe us all a major a-poo-logy for this stinking pile of celluloid." |
Annlee Ellingson |
Tomato |
Eros (2005) |
"Ironically, in the case of Antonioni's contribution, never has nudity been so gratuitous nor sex so boring." |
Annlee Ellingson |
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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"Celebrity Interviews - Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman partners with director Michel Gondry to once again upend narrative convention in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.
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Todd Gilchrist |
Tomato |
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) |
"Jim Carrey finds a muse who combines the subversiveness of Andy Kaufman, the imagination of Dr. Seuss and the fearlessness of the Farrelly Brothers." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Eulogy (2004) |
"Celebrity Interview - Although Zooey Deschanel enjoyed success with Elf, it will be nothing compared to what happens when her next film hits theaters." |
Todd Gilchrist |
Splat |
Eulogy (2004) |
"Buries more characters and plot lines than it has screen time for, and fails to put to rest many of the questions it raises." |
Todd Gilchrist |
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Eurotrip (2004) |
"Interview with stars Michelle Trachtenberg, Lucy Lawless, Scott Mechlowicz, Jacob Pitts and directors Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer." |
Larry Carroll |
Splat F |
Eurotrip (2004) |
"If Eurotrip were a comedian saying, 'Stop me if you’ve heard this one,' he’d get little more than half a syllable into his act.
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Larry Carroll |
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Eurotrip (2004) |
"Red Carpet Report - Canadian-born mogul Ivan Reitman celebrates the Hollywood opening of his latest cash cow alongside a good-looking (and cheap) young cast." |
Richard Horgan |
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Evan Almighty (2007) |
"Actor Interview - Says Steve Carell somewhat ominously: "I’m willing to take pretty much any job offered to me."" |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Evan Almighty (2007) |
"When Evan Almighty dips into its obligatory music montage of arc-building mishaps, Carell hits his thumb with a hammer not once, not twice… but three times." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Evelyn (2002) |
"After The Tailor of Panama made it clear that Brosnan can slide into character-based comedy with ease, Evelyn proves that his more challenging, dramatic work is in desperate need of being vigorously shaken and stirred." |
Brett Buckalew |
Splat |
Even Money (2007) |
"Basinger screws up her face in angsty constipation, playing the slots… Like. She. Really. Means. It." |
Brent Simon |
Splat |
Evening (2007) |
"Vanessa Redgrave pursuing a poorly CGI-ed butterfly, with this incredibly idiotic look on her face, reminded me of a time I saw a retarded dog chasing a tree." |
Kevin Biggers |
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The Event (2003) |
"Celebrity Interviews -- Director Thom Fitzgerald and Canadian actor Don McKellar revisit the powerful dynamics of their AIDS drama The Event at the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival." |
Pam Grady |
Tomato |
The Event (2003) |
"Fifteen years after winning an Oscar for Moonstruck, Olympia Dukakis strikes gold once again as the matriarch of a New York family devastated by AIDS." |
Richard Horgan |
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Evergreen (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Thanks to AMC Theaters, Seattle-based filmmaker Enid Zentelis is being downloaded to a theater near you." |
Addie Morfoot |
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Everyday People (2004) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Writer-director Jim McKay recalls the month of improvisation and voluminous anecdotes about race that led to his new HBO drama." |
Pam Grady |
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Everything is Illuminated (2005) |
"Filmmaker Interview - Fortuitous blooming sunflowers and an even more fortuitous punk rock music poster sighting were at the heart of Liev Schreiber's directorial debut." |
Pam Grady |
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