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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
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"[O]h, yes, the evil cleverness, the deep and seriously profound wit of casting... Keanu Reeves... with his melancholy insolence that everyone mistakes for lethargy, with his irony so deadpan it goes all the way back around to something like calculated sel" | |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
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"Does what truly great science fiction does, which is get you to think about what it means to be human." | |
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Abandon (2002) |
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"Gaghan gives in to Hollywood slickness, smoothing over what should be pleasingly rough edges with a glossy, pinup cast." | |
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ABCD (2001) |
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"A story to appreciate, laugh at, and cry with no matter where you or your parents came from." | |
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About a Boy (2002) |
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"It turns out that Grant, once he finally shucked his irritating and not at all adorable nervous mannerisms, is quite a fine and ingratiating actor." | |
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Absolute Power (1997) |
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Absolutely Fabulous - Series 5 (1996) |
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"Saunders’s scripts are universes of bitter wit in which absolutely nothing is sacred..." | |
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Accepted (2006) |
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"This is almost like a lost movie from my teenhood, a forgotten relic of the late 70s, early 80s, when even summer comedies came with a touch of social commentary and a bit of class consciousness -- when they ate the rich instead of aspiring to be one of t" | |
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Adam & Steve (2006) |
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"Cheap-looking, amateurishly written, and badly acted..." | |
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Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights (2002) |
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"[T]he movie is like a snotty little kid who thinks he can shock you with all the naughty words he knows..." | |
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Adaptation (2002) |
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"Kaufman lets is all out here, painful and raw, the battle creative people who’d actually like to make a living off their creative efforts fight between originality and commercialism." | |
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Adrenaline Drive (1999) |
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Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - The Complete Series (1993-1994) |
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"If Cary Grant met Harrison Ford on the set of a John Wayne movie directed by Roger Corman, they might spontaneously combust into Campbell's titlular bounty hunter..." | |
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The Adventures of Chico and Guapo - The Complete First Season (2006) |
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"Frantic and frequently fierce under its laid-back facade, this is some quality funny business." | |
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9/10 |
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The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
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"By making us conspirators in the humor, by constantly breaking the fourth wall ... to remind us that this is a movie about a movie about a kids' cartoon TV series, Rocky and Bullwinkle surprises and delights." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
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"[L]ooks and sounds and feels as if it were... made by kids who’d broken into Dad’s toolshed and borrowed his filmmaking toys." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - The Collection Vol. 1 (1986-1989) |
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"Anime fans seem to think this 1908s TV series is a classic, and they're welcome to it. Newcomers not wearing the rose-colored glasses of nostalgia will find it as tedious as, well, most cartoons shows not first approached in childhood." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Aeon Flux (2005) |
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"This could have been, maybe, a rich and fascinating invented place to explore and hang out in, but instead it feels like exactly what it is: a bulls**t Hollywood excuse for science fiction." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
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"The Affair of the Necklace has costume-drama snob appeal in spades, 'tis true, but this is pure bodice-ripper romance, done up right." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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9/10 |
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Affliction (1997) |
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After the Sunset (2004) |
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"[I]f Brosnan is still turning heads, Harrelson is still turning stomachs..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Against the Ropes (2003) |
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"[F]eels like a halfhearted attempt to remake a proto-feminist B flick Roger Corman tossed off in 1968..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Agent Cody Banks (2003) |
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"Uninspired and unabashed rip-off of Spy Kids." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Ai Yori Aoshi: Enishi - Vol. 1: Fate (2004) |
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"[F]or creepy middle-aged guys who get turned on by nubile animated Japanese schoolgirls.... Ewww." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
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"As much a pointed and wise exploration of a documentarian’s involvement in his subject matter as it is an angry indictment of the American judicial system." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Airline - The Complete Season One |
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"[A]n illuminating cavalcade of human behavior at its worst... and once in a rare while, at its best..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
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"[P]retty darn wonderful: uplifting without being sappy, inspiring without being unrealistic. I confess I got a bit sniffly at the end, even though I saw the ending coming..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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The Alamo (2004) |
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"[T]he whole film would be a cartoon if only it had the energy to be ridiculous." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alex and Emma (2003) |
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"A harrowing experience, part watching paint dry, part having your eyes poked out with a sharpened pencil." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alex Borstein - Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006) |
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"Smartly, tartly feminist..." | |
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Alexander (2004) |
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"[A] disaster of a film, three hours of butt-numbing tedium punctuated by moments of hilarious high camp." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alfie (2004) |
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"Law’s Alfie just doesn’t have the sharky heart that Michael Caine’s did 40 years ago..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alias - The Complete First Season (2001) |
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"[Raises] the bar on portrayals of competent, capable women..." | |
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Alice in Wonderland (1985) |
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"It's like being at the world's (unintentionally) scariest ever tea party... or maybe the funniest." | |
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Alice Through the Looking Glass (1985) |
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Alien (1979) |
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"The greatest science fiction horror film ever made." | |
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Alien Apocalypse (2005) |
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MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alien Nation Ultimate Movie Collection (1995-1997) |
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"I haven't seen these movies since they first aired, and it was a delight to catch up with the Franciscos -- the alien Tenctonese immigrants to Los Angeles -- and human Detective Matt Sikes..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alien Resurrection (1997) |
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"Sigourney Weaver is amazing to watch." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alien vs. Predator (2004) |
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"How many awful, monotonous, stupid movies does Anderson have to make before they take away his scissors and crayons?" | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
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"[A] chillingly quiet masterpiece of understatement and suggestion..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
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"Wow! Aliens! No, I mean really, creatures like nothing you’ve ever seen before..." | |
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9/10 |
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All About Eve (1950) |
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"All About Eve is a film that you see completely differently once you know what's going to happen." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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9/10 |
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All I Wanna Do (1998) |
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All I Want (2003) |
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"[P]allid teen comedy [that] tries... hard to be cutesy and precious and adorably wacky..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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All Over the Guy (2001) |
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"This is a love story in which all of us will recognize a little bit of ourselves." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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6/10 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) |
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"With no focus on one or even a handful of characters, Quiet is strangely uninvolving until it begins to concentrate on young Paul Baumer." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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9/10 |
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All the King's Men (1949) |
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"Goodness me, this movie could not have been more prophetic had Nostradamus himself written it." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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All the Mornings of the World (1993) |
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"A gorgeous new DVD presentation that will delight fans of great film and beautiful music..." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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9/10 |
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Almost Famous (2000) |
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"So complete and perfect and full of life that it swept me up into its world and held me there, and I never wanted it to let me go." | |
MaryAnn Johanson | |
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