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Grindhouse
(2007)
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D.K. Holm
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Tarantino has conceived a plot just as odd as the better, experimental '70s drive in films.
Posted Apr 07, 2007
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The Notorious Bettie Page
(2006)
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D.K. Holm
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Gretchen Moll is brilliant.
Posted Feb 16, 2006
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Fantastic Four
(2005)
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D.K. Holm
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There are four different movies in The Fantastic Four struggling to get out.
Posted Jul 14, 2005
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War of the Worlds
(2005)
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D.K. Holm
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WotW is a great film and entertainment that can be taken seriously; Shyamalan and Emmerich must be quietly shaking their fists, realizing he still does it better.
Posted Jul 14, 2005
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2/4
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Speakeasy
(2002)
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Michael Dequina
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Fails to give us a compelling reason to care about these rather sketchily characters or their equally hazy epiphanies.
Posted May 10, 2005
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Mindhunters
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Iit is Renny Harlin's hand that compels a sneaking admiration for Mindhunters.
Posted May 08, 2005
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2005)
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D.K. Holm
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As the film unfurls you keep thinking, Boy, what would Terry Gilliam have made of this?
Posted May 01, 2005
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3/4
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The Cutting Edge
(1992)
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Michael Dequina
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Grafts one screen formula on top of another--but that doesn't mean the film isn't a blast to watch.
Posted Mar 05, 2005
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3/4
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Going All the Way
(1997)
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Michael Dequina
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This funny, oddly moving little film is distinguished by some fine acting.
Posted Feb 08, 2005
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0/4
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A Guy Thing
(2003)
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Michael Dequina
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I can't imagine this painfully unfunny and often boring movie being a 'thing' for guys or gals.
Posted Feb 08, 2005
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3/4
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Daredevil
(2003)
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Michael Dequina
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A faithful translation of the character and one of his more memorable tales on the page; it satisfies as an adventure and as a more intimate story.
Posted Jan 15, 2005
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0/4
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Phantoms
(1998)
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Michael Dequina
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Quickly degenerates from X-Files to Baywatch Nights once the culprit is ultimately revealed.
Posted Jan 08, 2005
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2/4
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Bounce
(2000)
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Michael Dequina
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What should have been graceful understatement instead reads as lifeless detachment.
Posted Dec 28, 2004
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Flight of the Phoenix
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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All that happened in the original, but with the temperature down several thousand degrees.
Posted Dec 26, 2004
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The Aviator
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Not much of The Aviator seems like a Martin Scorsese film.
Posted Dec 26, 2004
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M
(1931)
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D.K. Holm
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A rather cold masterpiece.
Posted Dec 13, 2004
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Closer
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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As Closer unspooled I found myself wishing that Nichols had done something a little more unsparing.Then I remembered that he already has: Carnal Knowlege.
Posted Dec 13, 2004
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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"An unnecessary sequel."
Posted Nov 24, 2004
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Birth
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Mesmerizing.
Posted Nov 13, 2004
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Secret Honor
(1984)
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D.K. Holm
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Nixon is a fascinating figure of Shakespearean proportions.
Posted Nov 05, 2004
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Animal Farm
(1954)
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D.K. Holm
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Comes in an excellent full frame transfer, with an authoritative commentary track by Brian Sibley.
Posted Nov 05, 2004
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Sideways
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Madsen is also great in a well written role that she makes even better through a sort of earnest stillness.
Posted Nov 05, 2004
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Garden State
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Peter Saarsgard's role in Garden State is one of the main reasons to see the film.
Posted Oct 29, 2004
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DIG!
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Like the equally excellent Crumb, DiG! covers some seven years, and so it really gets into the characters.
Posted Oct 29, 2004
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The Day After Tomorrow
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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The Day After Tomorrow is enjoyable in its junky way.
Posted May 30, 2004
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The Saddest Music in the World
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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If I were to recommend one work to someone who had never seen a Maddin movie it would be Saddest Music.
Posted May 15, 2004
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Van Helsing
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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A blend of Raiders of the Lost Ark and Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, only without the Abbott and Costello.
Posted May 07, 2004
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Mean Girls
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Lohan does what all great stars have to do, blend animal sex appeal with quantifiable acting skills.
Posted May 03, 2004
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Man on Fire
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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When Man on Fire is good, it's really good.
Posted Apr 25, 2004
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13 Going on 30
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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The film is mildly diverting, with Garner doing a good pass at being a 13-year-old in an adult's body.
Posted Apr 25, 2004
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Kill Bill: Vol. 2
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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If Vol. 1 is more Pulp Fiction than Vol. 2 is more Jackie Brown.
Posted Apr 15, 2004
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Dogville
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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Breathtaking for its technical artistry.
Posted Mar 28, 2004
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Dawn of the Dead
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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A brilliant, riveting, action-packed remake.
Posted Mar 19, 2004
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Secret Window
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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The film's twist is probably something that most viewers are going to be able to guess.
Posted Mar 12, 2004
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Twisted
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Twisted's tale could have done with a little bit of Joe Eszterhas flamboyance.
Posted Mar 05, 2004
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Hidalgo
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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Hidalgo is like the desert itself — long stretches of boredom occasionally interrupted by brief oases of frenzied activity.
Posted Mar 05, 2004
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The Passion of the Christ
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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It's a crucifiction.
Posted Feb 27, 2004
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50 First Dates
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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A blend of Groundhog Day,Memento, Clean Slate and Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
Posted Feb 19, 2004
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Against the Ropes
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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The horror of Against the Ropes is that a screenwriter had a real person in front of her with an interesting, complicated story yet deemed her not "cinematic" enough.
Posted Feb 19, 2004
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Eurotrip
(2004)
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D.K. Holm
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You come out of Eurotrip feeling Euro trashed, wandering aimlessly in a haze that is a blend of awe and incredulity and profound depression
Posted Feb 19, 2004
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Monster
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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Monster takes the viewer into the white trash world of truck stops and biker bars and makes those people real.
Posted Feb 09, 2004
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1/4
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Mallrats
(1995)
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Michael Dequina
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Sophomoric silliness.
Posted Jan 13, 2004
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3.5/4
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Clerks
(1994)
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Michael Dequina
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Fresh, funny.
Posted Jan 11, 2004
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The Barbarian Invasions
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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It may seem counter intuitive to insist that a film about illness, death, and aging is delightful, but that is the effect of The Barbarian Invasions.
Posted Dec 17, 2003
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Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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At first Weir's approach to the harsh task of adapting O'Brien's unwieldy series of novels seems to be a clever idea.
Posted Nov 14, 2003
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Elephant
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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Elephant is an arty but not artistic variation on an internet theory about the events that culminated in the Columbine High School shootings in April of 1999
Posted Nov 05, 2003
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Demonlover
(2002)
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D.K. Holm
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demonlover wasn't made to be "liked" in the conventional sense.
Posted Oct 24, 2003
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Kill Bill: Vol. 1
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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Kill Bill Vol. 1 is a great film
Posted Oct 10, 2003
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The Rundown
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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The Rundown is cleverly written and thoroughly entertaining.
Posted Oct 02, 2003
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Cold Creek Manor
(2003)
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D.K. Holm
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This is the kind of movie where when you see a stain glass window at the start you know that in about 80 minutes someone is going to fall through it.
Posted Sep 25, 2003
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