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A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"[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" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) |
"Does what truly great science fiction does, which is get you to think about what it means to be human." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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ABCD (2001) |
"A story to appreciate, laugh at, and cry with no matter where you or your parents came from." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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About a Boy (2002) |
"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." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Absolutely Fabulous - Series 5 (1996) |
"Saunders’s scripts are universes of bitter wit in which absolutely nothing is sacred..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Accepted (2006) |
"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" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Adam (2009) |
"[T]oo-earnest, underemotional... [but Dancy] and Byrne are what make this a movie worth seeing, for their delicacy and tentativeness in coping with one another..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Adaptation (2002) |
"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." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Adventureland (2009) |
"Eisenberg has a quirky, sensitive cool that distinguishes him from the slew of teen or almost-teen movie ranks of the moment..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - The Complete Series (1993) |
"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..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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The Adventures of Chico and Guapo - The Complete First Season (2006) |
"Frantic and frequently fierce under its laid-back facade, this is some quality funny business." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) |
"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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The Affair of the Necklace (2001) |
"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 |
Tomato 9/10 |
Affliction (1997) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Aileen: The Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003) |
"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 |
"[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) |
"[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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Alex Borstein - Drop Dead Gorgeous (2006) |
"Smartly, tartly feminist..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alfresco |
"[T]he historical context probably is the best way in which to appreciate this hit-or-miss collection of sight gags, wordplay, and middle-class angst..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alias - The Complete First Season (2001) |
"[Raises] the bar on portrayals of competent, capable women..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alien (1979) |
"The greatest science fiction horror film ever made." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alien Nation Ultimate Movie Collection (1995) |
"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) |
"Sigourney Weaver is amazing to watch." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alien: The Director's Cut (2003) |
"[A] chillingly quiet masterpiece of understatement and suggestion..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"Wow! Aliens! No, I mean really, creatures like nothing you’ve ever seen before..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
All About Eve (1950) |
"All About Eve is a film that you see completely differently once you know what's going to happen." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
All I Wanna Do (1998) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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All Over the Guy (2001) |
"This is a love story in which all of us will recognize a little bit of ourselves." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
All the King's Men (1949) |
"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) |
"A gorgeous new DVD presentation that will delight fans of great film and beautiful music..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Almost Famous (2000) |
"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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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
"Tiny furry nut-gathering mammals trying to cheer you up via song turns out to be surprisingly merry." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009) |
"It's not all quite as absurdly endearing as the first film was, but it's still pretty darn cute, and almost entirely inoffensive, certainly as kids' movies go." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
Amadeus (1984) |
"The magnificent, passionate music alone makes it worth watching. The layered story and complex, deeply wounded characters make it worth revisiting again and again." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Amandla: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (2003) |
"I was swaying in my seat and fighting down an enormous lump in my throat by the end of this tremendously moving film." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Amelia (2009) |
"[A] quiet, reflective film... Earhart is not an icon or a symbol: she's a human being... [T]he assumption of autonomy... is a luxury rarely accorded to women in our pop culture, and it is wonderful to see here." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Amelie (2001) |
"This is what The Movies are supposed to be all about, magical, transporting confections of dreams and hopes and kindness and true love." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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Amen (2003) |
"Turns an infuriating and frustrating predicament into a thriller of the conscience." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
American Beauty (1999) |
"I think Lester Burnham is destined to become an iconic American character, one with a life well beyond the film that spawned him." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
"[A] sharply incisive zinger that condemns the American people for... being perfectly willing to be manipulated by their leaders and their entertainers..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Gangster (2007) |
"[B]rings together Crowe and Washington, both of whom stalk the screen, as they always do, as if The Movies were invented for them, and how freakin' explosive can it be to smash these guys into each other?" |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
American Graffiti (1973) |
"American Graffiti has a timeless power that speaks to everyone who was ever a teenager." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
American History X (1998) |
"Norton is by turns frightening and heartbreaking, angry and serene. I don't think I've ever seen a character in film with a more believably wide range." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
An American in Paris (1951) |
"Got only the vaguest connection to plot or character, but it's a gorgeous piece of filmmaking." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
American Movie (1999) |
Click here to see the review. |
MaryAnn Johanson |
Tomato 9/10 |
American Psycho (2000) |
"A clever adaptation." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Reunion (2004) |
"[N]imble, unsentimental, surprisingly poignant..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Splendor (2003) |
"Paul Giamatti, with a stunning leading-man confidence and sincerity... turns a sad-sack depressive into the unlikeliest champion of the mundane." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Teen (2008) |
"[I]ntimate and incisive... a peek into the horrors of adolescence that most of us have tried to forget, and shouldn't..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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American Violet (2009) |
"[A]n angry, old-fashioned, and very, very welcome polemic..." |
MaryAnn Johanson |
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