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it is also , at times , curiously moving . | -1no label
| 1,500 |
an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world . | -1no label
| 1,501 |
is n't it great ? | -1no label
| 1,502 |
think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind . | -1no label
| 1,503 |
a worthy entry into a very difficult genre . | -1no label
| 1,504 |
subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius . | -1no label
| 1,505 |
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey . | -1no label
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and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy . | -1no label
| 1,507 |
i 'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes . | -1no label
| 1,508 |
a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history . | -1no label
| 1,509 |
truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before . | -1no label
| 1,510 |
branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . | -1no label
| 1,511 |
all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull . | -1no label
| 1,512 |
splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings . | -1no label
| 1,513 |
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash . | -1no label
| 1,514 |
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today . | -1no label
| 1,515 |
this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is . | -1no label
| 1,516 |
this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie . | -1no label
| 1,517 |
an original gem about an obsession with time . | -1no label
| 1,518 |
obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script . | -1no label
| 1,519 |
suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video . | -1no label
| 1,520 |
we are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . | -1no label
| 1,521 |
katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself | -1no label
| 1,522 |
much monkeyfun for all . | -1no label
| 1,523 |
there 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter . | -1no label
| 1,524 |
all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi . | -1no label
| 1,525 |
in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale . | -1no label
| 1,526 |
if you 're not the target demographic ... this movie is one long chick-flick slog . | -1no label
| 1,527 |
this is a very fine movie -- go see it . | -1no label
| 1,528 |
half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial . | -1no label
| 1,529 |
filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low . | -1no label
| 1,530 |
like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated . | -1no label
| 1,531 |
i loved looking at this movie . | -1no label
| 1,532 |
the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama . | -1no label
| 1,533 |
as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` lovely ! | -1no label
| 1,534 |
a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages . | -1no label
| 1,535 |
the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy . | -1no label
| 1,536 |
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wan na have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment . | -1no label
| 1,537 |
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense . | -1no label
| 1,538 |
it 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech . | -1no label
| 1,539 |
this film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay . | -1no label
| 1,540 |
nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about . | -1no label
| 1,541 |
the problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball . | -1no label
| 1,542 |
it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too . | -1no label
| 1,543 |
writer/director john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable . | -1no label
| 1,544 |
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next . | -1no label
| 1,545 |
newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg . | -1no label
| 1,546 |
i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone . | -1no label
| 1,547 |
but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance . | -1no label
| 1,548 |
birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) is n't so much bad as it is bland . | -1no label
| 1,549 |
this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics . | -1no label
| 1,550 |
in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . | -1no label
| 1,551 |
despite the premise of a good story ... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles . | -1no label
| 1,552 |
boring we did n't . | -1no label
| 1,553 |
children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted . | -1no label
| 1,554 |
a captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners . | -1no label
| 1,555 |
director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a french poodle . | -1no label
| 1,556 |
the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs . | -1no label
| 1,557 |
the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive . | -1no label
| 1,558 |
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way . | -1no label
| 1,559 |
sorry , charlie | -1no label
| 1,560 |
the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt . | -1no label
| 1,561 |
while super troopers is above academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling . | -1no label
| 1,562 |
cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone . | -1no label
| 1,563 |
with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives . | -1no label
| 1,564 |
a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities . | -1no label
| 1,565 |
feel bad for king , who 's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot . | -1no label
| 1,566 |
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences . | -1no label
| 1,567 |
a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble . | -1no label
| 1,568 |
quite funny for the type of movie it is ... | -1no label
| 1,569 |
despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions . | -1no label
| 1,570 |
before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon . | -1no label
| 1,571 |
münch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable . | -1no label
| 1,572 |
this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade . | -1no label
| 1,573 |
undercover brother does n't go far enough . | -1no label
| 1,574 |
maudlin and melodramatic we expected . | -1no label
| 1,575 |
everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse . | -1no label
| 1,576 |
lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel . | -1no label
| 1,577 |
this time out , ( sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested . | -1no label
| 1,578 |
too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century . | -1no label
| 1,579 |
a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness . | -1no label
| 1,580 |
the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting . | -1no label
| 1,581 |
the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day . | -1no label
| 1,582 |
the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days . | -1no label
| 1,583 |
do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor . | -1no label
| 1,584 |
human nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal . | -1no label
| 1,585 |
you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting . | -1no label
| 1,586 |
what 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class . | -1no label
| 1,587 |
anchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides . | -1no label
| 1,588 |
awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over . | -1no label
| 1,589 |
though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter . | -1no label
| 1,590 |
a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars . ' | -1no label
| 1,591 |
a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through . | -1no label
| 1,592 |
just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination . | -1no label
| 1,593 |
lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist . | -1no label
| 1,594 |
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear . | -1no label
| 1,595 |
sucking all the ` classic ' out of robert louis stevenson 's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent angst ... | -1no label
| 1,596 |
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment . | -1no label
| 1,597 |
it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . | -1no label
| 1,598 |
an imaginative comedy/thriller . | -1no label
| 1,599 |