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W. (2008) |
"This Stone-d Bush is a pampered village idiot prop, with Thandie's bubbleheaded Condi stealing the show. And while W's 'just make sure you hit no camels on the ass,' is wild, the movie begs the question, who is responsible? W: The Audacity Of Honing Up." |
Prairie Miller |
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Waitress (2007) |
"A wacky homage to the frustrated hopes of blue collar women, that seduces the audience with scrumptious pie recipes as creative expression of thwarted lives." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"The negotiation of each character's burdensome collective history as they try to figure out how to proceed into a more rational future, makes for engaging and articulate multinational storytelling." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Walk on Water (2005) |
"The negotiation of each character's burdensome collective history as they try to figure out how to proceed into a more rational future, makes for engaging and articulate multinational storytelling." |
Prairie Miller |
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Wanted (2008) |
"Wanted shrieks along at such an unrelieved high pitch homicidal pace as the pathological protagonist passively morphs from dork to demon, however righteous, that the audience may soon start craving some of those pills that McAvoy's been popping." |
Prairie Miller |
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War of the Worlds (2005) |
"Tom Cruise Interview" |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The War on the War on Drugs (2005) |
"This sly guerilla documentary takes pot shots, pun intended, at both the absurdities and victim injustices inherent in the US government's longstanding campaign against lighting up." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The War on the War on Drugs (2005) |
"This sly guerilla documentary takes pot shots, pun intended, at both the absurdities and victim injustices inherent in the US government's longstanding campaign against lighting up." |
Prairie Miller |
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War, Inc. (2008) |
"Cusack as a mercenary in bulltetproof designer suits and Hilary Duff doing a kinky Arab superstar sexpot shoving scorpions down her crotch, can't save this satire crossing the line between the chaos of war and the chaos of filmmaking." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
The Watcher (2000) |
"The scenario involving a seductive predator obsessed with female loners is not coherent enough to seduce an audience." |
Prairie Miller |
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Watchmen (2009) |
"The Zack Snyder Watchmen Interview: On Killer Fanboys, Surviving Jello Brain, And Conning A Not Too Shy About Nudity Crudup Into Donning Electric Pajamas" |
Prairie Miller |
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Water Lilies (2007) |
"Borderline kiddie porn featuring sexual girl-on-girl garbage sniffing of one's favorite female object of desire, post-feminist burying instead of burning bras as female self-hatred, and gal pal how-to tips on deflowering your best friend." |
Prairie Miller |
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We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Peter Kruase Interview" |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Summons the exposed anatomy of adultery out of its awkward secrecy, casting an intriguing light that gently and intelligently intimates why infidelity can self-destruct one marriage, and repair another." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) |
"Summons the exposed anatomy of adultery out of its awkward secrecy, casting an intriguing light that gently and intelligently intimates why infidelity can self-destruct one marriage, and repair another." |
Prairie Miller |
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We Own The Night (2007) |
"A weird dynamic emerges in We Own The Night, where the gangsters are more bonded as a brotherhood than the cops in pursuit who have real family ties that seem to fall by the wayside." |
Prairie Miller |
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We Own The Night (2007) |
"The Joaquin Phoenix Interview" |
Prairie Miller |
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We Own The Night (2007) |
"Director James Gray pulls together a new take on crime families versus those of the shared DNA kind, from his old bag of archival tricks that made The Yards and Little Odessa the right stuff on-screen." |
Prairie Miller |
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What Happens in Vegas (2008) |
"As far fetched as the idea of guy disgust as the ultimate aphrodisiac may seem, Cameron and Ashton as the designated lovebirds keep the kinky marriage shocks and surprises coming. Move over Knocked Up. A Sex And The Sin City Vegas jackpot." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
What Lies Beneath (2000) |
"Is there anybody out there seriously interested in seeing Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer doing the nasty?" |
Prairie Miller |
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What We Do Is Secret (2008) |
"The hyperactive emotional landscape begs for psychological insights and cultural revelations that were tied to that historical musical moment." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
What's Cooking? (2000) |
"A feast for the eyes along with the appetite, What's Cooking is a tragi-comic culinary surprise." |
Prairie Miller |
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Whiteout (2009) |
"Kate Beckinsale Interview: Trying To Be Cool When Just Plain Cold In Whiteout" |
Prairie Miller |
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The Willow Tree (2005) |
"Perhaps Majidi intended wry commentary and observation of the dubious influences of Western culture on Iran, where outside scientific, technological and material advances impart a knowledge that is not necessarily likewise wisdom, enlightenment or virtue." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007) |
"All sides of this debate may be unhappy with what's up on the screen as Loach goes to extremes to show the good and bad of everyone concerned, even though the British occupiers bear the brunt of his cinematic lash here." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2007) |
"Bid for a genuine sense of history unraveling as strict realism, with currents of immense human heroism and courageous suffering in wartime." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Winter Guest (1997) |
"Moving as flawlessly and gracefully across the movie screen as the snow on its mute, chilly Scottish landscape, the film inspires amazement and awe as the work of novice director, Alan Rickman." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Without A Paddle (2004) |
"Gets into the male bonding mode with a casual, instinctive flair that breathes more life into the Steven Brill comedy than it may actually merit." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
Without A Paddle (2004) |
"Gets into the male bonding mode with a casual, instinctive flair that breathes more life into the Steven Brill comedy than it may actually merit." |
Prairie Miller |
Splat |
Wonderland (2003) |
"You might actually anticipate learning something about the real JohnnyHolmes and his vocational choices. Think again." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Woodsman (2004) |
"A bold and poignantly told tale, nestling into its characters to draw out raw and candidly revealing performances." |
Prairie Miller |
Tomato |
The Woodsman (2004) |
"A bold and poignantly told tale, nestling into its characters to draw out raw and candidly revealing performances." |
Prairie Miller |