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 3.5/4 |
A Scanner Darkly (2006) |
"Richard Linklater brings a new novelty to a Dick adaptation: fidelity to the source." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
A/K/A Tommy Chong (2005) |
"Josh Gilbert's smoothly produced documentary a/k/a Tommy Chong should leave even Nancy Reagan aghast at the unfair trials of comedian Tommy Chong." |
Peter Canavese |
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 2/4 |
Accepted (2006) |
"Here's the pitch for Accepted: Animal House meets Ferris Bueller." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
Across the Universe (2007) |
"It's a dicey proposition to reverse-engineer a story, and Across the Universe shows the strain...[nonetheless] a very impressive music-video anthology. [DVD review included.]" |
Peter Canavese |
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4/4 |
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) |
"Like its hero, extraordinary in every way. [Blu-Ray review]" |
Peter Canavese |
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4/4 |
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) |
"A rousing, high-spirited family entertainment rightly regarded as one for the ages. [Blu-ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
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1.5/4 |
Adventures of Sharkboy and Lava Girl in 3-D (2005) |
"The injury of 3D eyestrain [adds] to the insult of garish production design...[looks] like a 94–minute Saturday-morning commercial for Marshmallow Toast Crunch..." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 1 (1992-1996) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones - Volume 2 (2007) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
Adventures Of Young Indiana Jones Vol. 3 - The Years of Change (1993-1995) |
"Approached with an open mind, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles offers an intriguing angle on one of the greatest characters in modern cinema." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
After Midnight (2004) |
"A beautiful and beguiling film about love, cinema, and love of cinema...has the quirky, breezy quality of a bicycle ride by night." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
After the Sunset (2004) |
"The plotting of this otherwise workmanlike comedy-adventure is as fundamentally ridiculous as it is predictable and lacking in tension." |
Peter Canavese |
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4/4 |
Airplane! (1980) |
"Unprecedented nonsense that--fashions aside--will remain timeless comedy cinema. [new DVD review]" |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
Akeelah and the Bee (2006) |
"Dramatically jerry-rigged in every possible way." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"[Rider's] squirrelly film debut amps up Horowitz's wry humor, putting silliness in unintentional competition with the film's action and dramatic elements." |
Peter Canavese |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Anthony Horowitz: 'I said to the producers that maybe it would be better to get a fresh pair of eyes and some new ideas. But...[once] I was on board as a writer, then it was harder to shift me off it again.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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Alex Rider: Operation Stormbreaker (2006) |
"Alex Pettyfer: 'He's a normal guy, you know? An average Joe who has capabilities that are just far out like a little mini--not mini-Bond, but a mini-Jason Bourne, shall we say.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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3.5/4 |
Alexander (2004) |
"Alexander is unavoidably a problematic epic, but it has integrity and deserves an audience willing to engage in Stone's dialogue." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
Alfie (2004) |
"Alfie smacks its dog with a rolled-up newspaper and then feels guilty about it. This one has star power and nothing else, y’know what I mean?" |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
Aliens of the Deep (2005) |
"[Though] he's like the Joe Garagiola of the deep...Cameron's unadvisable whims are excusable: as a coffee table book, Aliens of the Deep is a beaut." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
All The King's Men (2006) |
"Zaillian sells short the faceoff of shrewd old guard and scrappy proletariat by looking away just when the twain meet." |
Peter Canavese |
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0/4 |
Alone in the Dark (2005) |
"Dear Alone in the Dark,
...It's time for me to start seeing other movies. But I will think of you always, when I sit at the movies, alone in the dark, without you." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
Alpha Dog (2007) |
"A well-researched model of the true-crime genre...[and] close cinematic relative of Larry Clark's Bully." |
Peter Canavese |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
"Nick Cassavetes: 'I was diligent in trying not to glamorize these kids. I think that they are portrayed as pretenders...But, you know, with money comes beautiful girls and ennui.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
Amazing Grace (2007) |
"A creditable historical drama about those who choose to be in the world, not merely of it." |
Peter Canavese |
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Amazing Grace (2007) |
"Ioan Gruffudd: 'You can justify anything in times of war. And I think we see that happening today certainly.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
American Dreamz (2006) |
"Not everything works in this semi-audacious challenge to the American Dream, but Weitz consistently and amusingly hits the broad side of the barn." |
Peter Canavese |
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American Dreamz (2006) |
"Paul Weitz: 'The fact that it's a comedy allows people kind of a pressure release, and they're actually glad to be laughing at the things that they're stressing out about most of the time.'" |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
American Gangster (2007) |
"Inflated talk of American Gangster as a modern masterpiece--or even an Oscar-worthy picture--ignores the fact that there's not a single memorable setpiece in the film." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
American Hardcore (2006) |
"Though American Hardcore doesn't achieve a cogent and authoritative history, it succeeds in giving the general impression of the early-'80s hardcore punk scene." |
Peter Canavese |
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1/4 |
An American Haunting (2006) |
"On more than one occasion...a girl scrapes her fingernails across a wood floor as an invisible poltergeist attacks her. The wood floor may not be a chalkboard, but it's close enough." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
American Teen (2008) |
"More of a marketing sensation than a cinematic one...a documentary shouldn't feel this packaged." |
Peter Canavese |
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The Amityville Horror (2005) |
"Begin by blaming leads that lack charisma outside of their model bodies, move on to the cheap technique of pounding soundtrack blasts...arrive at the comically clichéd script." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
And Justice for All (1979) |
"Pacino at the top of his game...[but] the film's lack of faith in its audience is glaringly apparent. [DVD review]" |
Peter Canavese |
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Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera (2004) |
"Roars to life in its least intimate passages...If not for his blind spot for his "angel in hell" Phantom, Schumacher would do Webber's popular entertainment justice." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
The Andy Griffith Show - The Complete Sixth Season (1965-1966) |
"The sixth season proved there was still life in the now-classic sitcom...[and] Knotts shows up in an Emmy-winning return appearance." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
Angel-A (2007) |
"The [angel] turns out to be Stuart Smalley, parking André in front of a mirror so he can tell himself he's good enough, he's smart enough, and doggone it, people like him." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
Anger Management (2003) |
"Full-blown 'Jack'--his face a spectacular special effect of full-blown energy--remains an irresistible act. [Blu-Ray]" |
Peter Canavese |
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1.5/4 |
Annapolis (2006) |
"A corny, eighties throwback, with thematic mushiness, regressive sexual politics, and cheesy montages to match." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
The Ant Bully (2006) |
"Has an ace in its anthill...political allegory that separates this one from the pack." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
Apocalypto (2006) |
"As in The Passion of the Christ, Gibson's empathy extends only as far as feeling his characters' pain...It is, however, a rip-roaring, ultraviolent action picture." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
Appleseed (2004) |
"[A] warrior babe cradles [an] injured cyborg bunny in her arms and weeps for him. Take that, Hotel Rwanda!" |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
Apres Vous (2005) |
"Pierre Salvadori's consistently engaging Après vous... begins with an interesting situation and complicates it into delightfully excruciating farce." |
Peter Canavese |
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1/4 |
Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
"Ostensibly, the message...is the difference between an expensive house and a priceless home, but since the message is taught by a greedy psychopath, it rings a bit hollow." |
Peter Canavese |
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2/4 |
Are We There Yet? (2005) |
"[Alternates] rocket-fueled slapstick with soft-piano sentiment....Then again, it's not every day you see Ice Cube, on a horse, charging after a train." |
Peter Canavese |
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3/4 |
The Aristocats (1970) |
"Proves that even the studio's halfhearted larks still have life in them, thanks to golden-age animators...tunesmiths...and vocal talent. " |
Peter Canavese |
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3.5/4 |
The Aristocrats (2005) |
"Gilbert Gottfried’s version at a Friar’s Roast just after 9/11 reminds us that irony will never be dead. It’s the role of comedy to test our ...boundaries of comfort." |
Peter Canavese |
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4/4 |
Army of Shadows (1969) |
"Melville outlines the valorous and dirty deeds of heroes in taut action sequences that reach unusually existential heights." |
Peter Canavese |
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2.5/4 |
Art School Confidential (2006) |
"Zwigoff too often picks up his putty knife when he should be running with scissors...doesn't quite add up to the sum of its parts, but some of the parts are pretty amusing all the same." |
Peter Canavese |
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Ask the Dust (2005) |
"Robert Towne: 'Self-absorbed, narcissistic, manic depressive, mean-spirited because he's jealous and angry that nobody knows who he is....How can I not identify with that?'" |
Peter Canavese |
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