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takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer
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it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel .
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generates an enormous feeling of empathy for its characters .
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what `` empire `` lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .
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while not quite a comedy , the film tackles its relatively serious subject with an open mind and considerable good cheer , and is never less than engaging .
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i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it 'll be on video by then .
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if your senses have n't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you 're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .
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transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games .
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the ya-ya 's have many secrets and one is - the books are better . translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya .
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die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it 's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it 's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with .
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a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .
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it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well .
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the message is that even the most unlikely can link together to conquer all kinds of obstacles , whether they be of nature , of man or of one another .
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it 's amazingly perceptive in its subtle , supportive but unsentimental look at the marks family .
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a . . . cynical and serious look at teenage boys doing what they do best - being teenagers .
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there 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .
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this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .
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a `` black austin powers ? `` i prefer to think of it as `` pootie tang with a budget . `` sa da tay !
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despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .
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ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant 's experiences in new york city .
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its scenes and sensibility are all more than familiar , but it exudes a kind of nostalgic spy-movie charm and , at the same time , is so fresh and free of the usual thriller nonsense that it all seems to be happening for the first time .
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when cowering and begging at the feet a scruffy giannini , madonna gives her best performance since abel ferrara had her beaten to a pulp in his dangerous game .
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campbell scott finds the ideal outlet for his flick-knife diction in the role of roger swanson .
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here , common sense flies out the window , along with the hail of bullets , none of which ever seem to hit sascha .
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moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . better still , he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .
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so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .
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the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .
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suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .
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the spark of special anime magic here is unmistakable and hard to resist .
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this thing works on no level whatsoever for me .
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. . . very funny , very enjoyable . . .
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a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously . it is also beautifully acted .
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an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world .
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it manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .
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do we really need a 77-minute film to tell us exactly why a romantic relationship between a 15-year-old boy and a 40-year-old woman does n't work ?
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highly irritating at first , mr . koury 's passive technique eventually begins to yield some interesting results .
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making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it , though chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love 's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror .
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scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .
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it 's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .
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would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ? do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ? if you answered yes , by all means enjoy the new guy .
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. . . the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see .
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'almodM-svar logra un filme entraM-qable , lleno de compasiM-sn , comprensiM-sn , amor , amistad , esperanza y humanidad que es sencillamente inolvidable . '
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miller is playing so free with emotions , and the fact that children are hostages to fortune , that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness .
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finely crafted , finely written , exquisitely performed
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could have been crisper and punchier , but it 's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies .
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to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichM-is , an assassin 's greatest hits . to others , it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking .
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. . . the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there 's already been too many of these films . . .
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lilia 's transformation from strict mother to sensual siren is superficially preposterous , but abbas infuses the role with an unimpeachable core of emotional truth .
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love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .
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with 'bowling for columbine , ' michael moore gives us the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns , violence , and fear .
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this cheery , down-to-earth film is warm with the cozy feeling of relaxing around old friends .
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it may sound like a mere disease-of- the-week tv movie , but a song for martin is made infinitely more wrenching by the performances of real-life spouses seldahl and wollter .
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an often-deadly boring , strange reading of a classic whose witty dialogue is treated with a baffling casual approach
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light years/ several warp speeds/ levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection . which is n't to say that it 's the equal of some of its predecessors .
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even the finest chef ca n't make a hotdog into anything more than a hotdog , and robert de niro ca n't make this movie anything more than a trashy cop buddy comedy .
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loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .
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it 's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .
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the best film of the year 2002 .
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simplistic , silly and tedious .
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despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .
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good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .
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'si bien no logra desarrollarse como un gran drama , tampoco es tan superficial como muchas cintas que pecan de pretenciosas y que resultan totalmente banales . '
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none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny .
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perhaps the best sports movie i 've ever seen .
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it 's not a classic spy-action or buddy movie , but it 's entertaining enough and worth a look .
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meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the- making .
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for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .
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as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment . you 'll forget about it by monday , though , and if they 're old enough to have developed some taste , so will your kids .
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eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .
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alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .
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overall , it 's a pretty mediocre family film .
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genuinely touching because it 's realistic about all kinds of love .
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an intimate , good-humored ethnic comedy like numerous others but cuts deeper than expected .
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not a film to rival to live , but a fine little amuse-bouche to keep your appetite whetted .
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the acting in pauline and paulette is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons .
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an awful lot like one of [ spears ' ] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .
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it 's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this `` two weddings and a funeral `` fun .
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moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy .
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so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises
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eerily accurate depiction of depression .
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the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [ and ] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy .
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with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd .
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what really surprises about wisegirls is its low-key quality and genuine tenderness .
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an intelligent and deeply felt work about impossible , irrevocable choices and the price of making them .
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standing by yourself is haunting . . . [ it 's ] what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .
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the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement . and vin diesel is the man .
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it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
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writer/director joe carnahan 's grimy crime drama is a manual of precinct cliches , but it moves fast enough to cover its clunky dialogue and lapses in logic .
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you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , `` and consider a dvd rental instead .
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the impulses that produced this project . . . are commendable , but the results are uneven .
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moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . too predictably , in fact .
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like the excruciating end of days , collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .
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one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .
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pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick .
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[ woo 's ] most resonant film since the killer .
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for movie lovers as well as opera lovers , tosca is a real treat .
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i enjoyed time of favor while i was watching it , but i was surprised at how quickly it faded from my memory .
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is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ? i do n't think so . nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .
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enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .
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in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .
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