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An Education (2009) |
"Lone Scherfig's 'An Education" starts out as a darkly affable little affair but quickly degenerates unnecesssarily when its heroine's trust is violated and the ethnicity of her lover is unnecessarily made a crucial part in her betrayal." |
Joe Baltake |
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Bruno (2009) |
"Teutonic Twins: Baron Cohen's 'Brüno' owes its life to Myers' 'Sprockets'" |
Joe Baltake |
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Extract (2009) |
"'Extract': Mike Judge's Retro Jack Lemmon Movie" |
Joe Baltake |
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He's Just Not That Into You (2009) |
"'He's Just Not That Into You' - a RomCom, yes, but also a pretty good film" |
Joe Baltake |
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Humpday (2009) |
"The addlepated 'Humpday," wherein charcters laugh and laugh and laugh. So what's the joke?" |
Joe Baltake |
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Inglourious Basterds (2009) |
"Tarantino's vigorously accomplished 'Inglourious Basterds'" |
Joe Baltake |
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Jennifer's Body (2009) |
"'Jennifer's Body': Kusama-Cody's Post-"Carrie" Horror Feminism Is Inept" |
Joe Baltake |
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Julie & Julia (2009) |
"'Julie & Julia': Facile, slapdash and terribly repetitive" |
Joe Baltake |
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Love Happens (2009) |
"Aaron Eckhart is commanding as a deeply flawed man in Brandon Camp's compelling dramedy, 'Love Happens'" |
Joe Baltake |
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My One and Only (2009) |
"Loncraine's "My One and Only': Utterly disarming, combining two irresistible genres - the road movie with the romp about a kid's outrageous mother/aunt/grandmother (take your pick)" |
Joe Baltake |
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Ponyo (2009) |
"Bliss Made Simple: Hayao Miyazaki's shimmering 'Ponyo' ('Gake no Ue no Ponyo')" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Proposal (2009) |
"Familiarity breeds contempt" |
Joe Baltake |
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Taking Woodstock (2009) |
"Ang Lee's companionable 'Taking Woodstock' is thick with sun and good cheer." |
Joe Baltake |
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Whatever Works (2009) |
"Woody's latest shrewdly upends the filmmaker's own comic pessimisms" |
Joe Baltake |
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Whip It (2009) |
"Barrymore's Irresistible 'Whip It': 'Kansas City Bomber' Crossed with 'Gidget'" |
Joe Baltake |
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Baby Mama (2008) |
"'Baby Mama' Makes Do-Do" |
Joe Baltake |
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) |
"'Forgetting Sarah Foster': Judd Apatow's Latest Dick Flick" |
Joe Baltake |
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Iron Man (2008) |
"Jon Favreau's 'Iron Man': The $100-Million Iraq War Movie" |
Joe Baltake |
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Mamma Mia! (2008) |
"Streep's 'Mamma Mia!' Is Like Taking a Tiny Vacation" |
Joe Baltake |
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Roman de Gare (2008) |
"Claude Lelouch's 'Roman de gare'('Crossed Tracks'): A seductive, compulsively watchable little cat-and-mouse game" |
Joe Baltake |
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Sex and the City - The Movie (2008) |
"SATC Redux: A Lively, Ribald Comedy Has Somehow Morphed into a Shameless, Elephantine Soap Opera" |
Joe Baltake |
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2 Days In Paris (2007) |
"'2 Days in Paris' is at once companionable and challenging, and like most worthwhile films these days, also is both derivative and original." |
Joe Baltake |
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Atonement (2007) |
"The kind of classically contoured love story that American filmmakers have become (almost willfully) incapable of making anymore." |
Joe Baltake |
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Death Proof (2007) |
"'Death Proof': Prime Tarantino" |
Joe Baltake |
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Enchanted (2007) |
"Amy Adams delivers an iconic breakthrough performance in Kevin Lima's sophisticated and subversive Disney film." |
Joe Baltake |
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Hairspray (2007) |
"'Hairspray': An unabashed, unapologetic movie musical that nearly jumps off the screen and challenges all of your silly hang-ups about movie musicals" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Host (2007) |
"'The Host': A sneaky, spellbinding celebration of what movies are supposed to be all about." |
Joe Baltake |
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I Am Legend (2007) |
"Francis Lawrence's 'I Am Legend': The First Half - Its Better Half - Plays Like An Extremely Effective 'Anti-Michael Vick Flick'" |
Joe Baltake |
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I'm Not There (2007) |
"For Better or Worse, Todd Haynes' 'I'm Not There' Reinvents the Biopic Genre" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Invasion (2007) |
"'The Invasion': Oliver Hirschbiegel's take on Jack Finney's classic story is subtly political, commenting ever so slyly on the apathy and indifference - and the lack of empathy and compassion - that have taken over since 9/11, as well as the sense of enti" |
Joe Baltake |
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Joshua (2007) |
"'Joshua': More than a 'horror film' - a staunchly unforgiving, thoroughly uncomproming look at how a child systematically ruins the lives of his parents" |
Joe Baltake |
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Lars And The Real Girl (2007) |
"Craig Gillespie's 'Lars and the Real Girl' Is an Off-Beat, '70s-Like Charmer that Could Have Been the Third Side of a Bud Cort Trilogy" |
Joe Baltake |
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Margot at the Wedding (2007) |
"Kidman's Toxic Narcissist Drives Bracing 'Margot at the Wedding'" |
Joe Baltake |
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A Mighty Heart (2007) |
"'A Mighty Heart': Where's Daniel?" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Nanny Diaries (2007) |
"'The Nanny Diaries': Huh? It's supposed to be a comedy?" |
Joe Baltake |
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Norbit (2007) |
"'Norbit': Eddie Murphy plus Brian Robbins = Frank Tashlin" |
Joe Baltake |
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Ratatouille (2007) |
"Would it be redundant - or too premature - to call 'Ratatouille' the best film of the year?" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Savages (2007) |
"Tamara Jenkins' 'The Savages': Laura Linney, The Most Overlooked Great Gctress of Her Generation, Soars with Authenticity" |
Joe Baltake |
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Southland Tales (2007) |
"Richard Kelly's 'Southland Tales' Looms as rude, Confrontational Political Black Comedy about a Very Messed-Up, Dystrophian America - a Film with the Vigor and Incorrigible Quality of a Work-In-Progress." |
Joe Baltake |
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Superbad (2007) |
"'Superbad': 'American Graffiti Redux,' only updated with the usual raunch and a major penis fixation" |
Joe Baltake |
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) |
"'Sweeney Todd': Burton has deconstructed and redefined Sondheim's masterwork, creating a film that compliments its stage predecessor. 'Todd' is at once different from the play and yet not different at all. A unique achievement" |
Joe Baltake |
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007) |
"'Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story': Sadly inert, alleged spoof of the subgenre, the crooner biopic" |
Joe Baltake |
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Year of the Dog (2007) |
"Mike White's 'Year of the Dog': Smart, witty film about the consequences of single-minded committment." |
Joe Baltake |
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The Break-Up (2006) |
""The Break-Up": A brilliantly uncompromising, often harsh but very accurate examination of a relationship unraveling" |
Joe Baltake |
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Half Nelson (2006) |
"'Half Nelson': A Magnetic Ryan Gosling" |
Joe Baltake |
Tomato |
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006) |
"'Talladega Nights': Deliciously Subversive Political Satire" |
Joe Baltake |
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Tarnation (2004) |
"'Tarnation': A Filmic Diary of a Chaotic Life, Consisting of Mosaic-Like Bits and Pieces of Memorabilia" |
Joe Baltake |
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The Apartment (1960) |
"'The Apartment': The Film That Defines Me" |
Joe Baltake |
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