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STEPHEN SCHAEFER
(Boston Herald)
(2007 – 12 Quotes)
(2008 - 3 Quotes)
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The Bank Job - Exhilarating! First-rate!
Frozen River - Not since Thelma and Louise have two female outlaws been so emotionally compelling. Frozen River has all the attributes that once defined American independent cinema. Just as Marion Cotillard and Julie Christie blossomed last spring for Oscar certainties, Melissa Leo’s towering performance won’t be forgotten.
Blindness - Powerful and provocative.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject: RUTHE STEIN |
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RUTHE STEIN
(San Francisco Chronicle)
(2007 - 6 Quotes)
(2008 - 4 Quotes)
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Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - The best romantic comedy so far this year! Exuberantly entertaining! *****!
Nim’s Island - A combination of Robinson Crusoe and Home Alone…It’s the best I’ve seen this year.
Expired - Emotionally gripping performances. This movie gets to you.
Elegy - ****!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:48 pm Post subject: BOB STRAUSS |
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BOB STRAUSS
(Los Angeles Daily News)
(2005 - 3 Quotes)
(2007 - 6 Quotes)
(2008 - 8 Quotes)
QUOTES
The Bank Job - Fascinating! A very well-done job of its kind, and that’s a rare thing these days.
Paranoid Park - The best kind of mystery: one that explores a soul as it unravels a crime.
Leatherheads - Leatherheads is arguably Clooney’s most ambitious film. It’s certainly his biggest.
The Dark Knight - The best movie of 2008 by a mile.
Pineapple Express - The most hilarious comedy of 2008.
The Longshots - No-holds-barred, funny.
Hamlet 2 - What a great month for smart R-rated movie satires.
What Just Happened? - Robert DeNiro gives his more natural performance in a decade.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 6:56 pm Post subject: JASON LYNCH |
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JASON LYNCH
(People)
(2008 - 5 Quotes)
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Get Smart - Get Smart is that rare action-comedy that delivers both thrills and chuckles.
The Dark Knight - **** The Dark Knight redefines what a summer popcorn movie can be.
American Teen - Stellar.
Pineapple Express - A treat.
Tropic Thunder - Uproarious.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 11:30 pm Post subject: JOHN HARTL |
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JOHN HARTL
(The Seattle Times)
(2008 - 3 Quotes)
QUOTES
Shelter - A perfect date movie! Handled with passion and complexity. Trevor Wright delivers a breakthrough performance.
Garden Party - Refuses to go where you expect it to go.
Elegy - A tour de force!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:21 pm Post subject: BRUCE HANDY |
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BRUCE HANDY
(Vanity Fair)
(2007 – 5 Quotes)
(2008 - 4 Quotes)
QUOTES
Cassandra’s Dream - Gripping!
Chicago 10 - Remarkable. If you want to know what it felt like to live through 1968, this is the place to start.
American Teen - American Teen is the great Hughes movie that Hughes never made. This one has it all.
Hamlet 2 - Scathingly funny!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 7:48 pm Post subject: CARRIE RICKEY |
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CARRIE RICKEY
(The Philadelphia Inquirer)
(2007 - 8 Quotes)
(2008 - 7 Quotes)
QUOTES
Vantage Point - A pulse-pounding thriller.
Stop-Loss - A generation-defining film. Deeply, deeply affecting.
Iron Man - Fast, funny and furiously entertaining!
Sex and the City - The four women couldn’t be better – or better matched.
Man On Wire - Incomparably moving. Heart-stopping, knee-buckling and transcendant, Man On Wire is nirvana at 1350 feet.
Brideshead Revisited - Passionate.
Tropic Thunder - Riotously funny.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject: TY BURR |
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TY BURR
(The Boston Globe)
(2007 – 11 Quotes)
(2008 – 10 Quotes)
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Cloverfield - Cloverfield lives up to the hype.
Funny Games - Fasten your seatbelts – this director doesn’t play nice, fair or easy.
Young@Heart - A very special experience. The movie works like a charm. Immensely moving.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Steven Spielberg’s Indiana Jones will take your breath away.
WALL-E - A major visionary work. Simply the best.
Man On Wire - ****.
Vicky Christina Barcelona - Ridiculous fun.
Rachel Getting Married - I love this movie.
Ashes of Time Redux - A vision to behold! Exhilaratingly surreal!
A Christmas Tale - A joy of a movie…Very engrossing…Very funny.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 11:11 pm Post subject: PETER HARTLAUB |
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PETER HARTLAUB
(San Francisco Chronicle)
(2008 – 3 Quotes)
QUOTES
Cloverfield - A terrific movie, filled with spectacle and a surprising amount of humor.
Pineapple Express - Memorably hilarious.
Tropic Thunder - - Laugh until your stomach hurts.
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 2:47 pm Post subject: AVI OFFER |
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AVI OFFER
(The NYC Movie Guru)
(2007 – 8 Quotes)
(2008 - 6 Quotes)
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10,000 B.C. - Exhilarating. Magnificent.
Towards Darkness - Provocative and unforgettable. A powerful, intense and gripping thriller. – Avi Offer
The Longshots - It’ll make you stand up and cheer.
Beautiful Truth - Vital…Enlightening!
What Doesn’t Kill You - Mark Ruffalo delivers an Oscar-worthy performance.
The Spirit - Exhilarating!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:38 pm Post subject: KYLE SMITH |
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KYLE SMITH
(New York Post)
(2006 - 10 Quotes)
(2007 - 8 Quotes)
(2008 - 6 Quotes)
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Cassandra’s Dream - A chiller! A pulp story pinned to the screen with an ice pick of conscience.
Snow Angels - …Funny, beautifully written.
Step Brothers - The funniest film I’ve seen this year.
Death Race - Death Race works fast and hits hard. The car chases are thrillingly executed.
Ghost Town - Hilariously funny! A big-hearted comedy.
Role Models - Excellent!
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| Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: NATHAN LEE |
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NATHAN LEE
(2006 – 4 Quotes)
(2007 – 6 Quotes)
(2008 - 8 Quotes)
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Boarding Gate - Asia Argento has become not only the most fearless actor of her generation, but also one of the most intelligent and commanding.
Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead - Directed with finger-licking gusto by Lloyd Kaufman…it is just about as perfect as a film predicated on the joys of projective vomiting and explosive diarrhea can be.
The Foot Fist Way - The best thing of its kind since Napoleon Dynamite.
The Mother of Tears - An instant cult classic!
The Last Mistress - A monumental performance. Asia Argento has become not only the most fearless actor of her generation, but also one of the most intelligent and commanding.
Before I Forget - Amazing!
Death Race - (1) A supercharged junkyard apocalypse powered by deliriously vehicular mayhem. (2) Sick and satisfying.
Ping Pong Playa - Comedy gold…A quick-witted picture that’s fast on its feet…A lot of fresh and funny insights.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:06 pm Post subject: JEANNETTE CATSOULIS |
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JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
(New York Times)
(2007 – 12 Quotes)
(2008 - 10 Quotes)
QUOTES
Alice’s House - Delicate and earthy…
CJ7 - A devilishly entertaining curveball! It’s E.T. as reimagined by the premier clown of Chinese cinema, Stephen Chow.
Blindsight - Astonishing…The power to make you re-examine your entire life.
Girls Rock! - Jubilant.
Elsa & Fred - A movie about love and a love letter to movies.
The Strangers - Suspenseful and brilliantly invested in silence. Tingling creepiness. Highly effective chiller.
I.O.U.S.A. - Equal parts enlightening and alarming. It’s a film everyone should see.
Year of the Fish - An adult fable with imagination, charm and just the right amount of sweetness!
Morning Light - Sweepingly beautiful.
Saving Marriage - Defiantly partisan and exuberantly big-hearted…It’s in the small personal moments that Saving Marriage breaks through.
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 3:12 pm Post subject: ANN HORNADAY |
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ANN HORNADAY
(The Washington Post)
(2008 - 11 Quotes)
QUOTES
Chicago 10 - Genius! The first great film of 2008 has arrived.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day - A jolly romp! Fun, sweetness and romance! Amy Adams is one of the best reasons to go to the movies.
The Visitor - The year’s first genuine must-see film.
The Edge of Heaven - Comes close to perfection
Journey to the Center of the Earth - Terrific family entertainment
Mamma Mia - This is a movie guaranteed to please crowds.
Tropic Thunder - Side-splitting.
Ghost Town - A hilarious and affecting comedy.
The Express - You’ll love The Express. Entertaining and very moving.
What Just Happened? - Outright hilarious, scathingly funny. A winning mix of toughness and heart. The biggest pleasure is watching DeNiro deliver one of his most understated and genuinely affecting perforamcnes in recent years.
Australia - Wildly ambitious. Insanely entertaining. A shamefully enjoyable ride.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:52 am Post subject: JOE NEUMAIER |
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JOE NEUMAIER
(New York Daily News)
(2008 - 9 Quotes)
QUOTES
Horton Hears a Who - Who-Ray for Horton!
Street Kings - ****. Street Kings is an arresting ride.
Noise - Every New Yorker can relate to Noise!
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Crystal Skull earns its event status. Like any good myth, Indiana Jones shows up when he’s needed. ****
Traitor - Gripping.
A Secret - Superb!
Righteous Kill - The matchup is undeniably cool.
The Lucky Ones - ****
Flash of Genius - Flash shines. Alan Alda has two sterling scenes.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:56 am Post subject: ELLA TAYLOR |
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ELLA TAYLOR
(LA Weekly)
(2007 – 7 Quotes)
(2008 - 4 Quotes)
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David & Layla - It’s hard not to be infected by the good humor and sheerr joie de vivre of David & Layla.
Finding Amanda - An incisive, jaunty comedy, written and directed with brio and rueful firsthand knowledge by Peter Tolan. It’s Leaving Las Vegas done right.
Frozen River - Finally, the terrific actress Melissa Leo gets her place in the sun.
Moving Midway - Enthralling!
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| Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 2:29 pm Post subject: JIM RIDLEY |
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JIM RIDLEY
(The Village Voice)
(2007 – 6 Quotes)
(2008 - 7 Quotes)
QUOTES
The Signal - Impressive! A fanboy word-of-mouth sensation. It’s interlocking narrative is more convincing than anything Inarritu has done since Amores Perros.
The Unforeseen - Extraordinary!
Never Back Down - The bone-jarring fight scenes rock as hard as they’re shot and cut.
Constantine’s Sword - Provocative!
Mongol - Clanging swords, storybook romance and bloody vengeance. A brawny, old-school epic…Great fun.
Kabluey - Kudrow’s stunning!
Elite Squad - Packs the same cinematic firepower as City of God!
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| Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2008 10:46 am Post subject: MANNY "THE MOVIE GUY" DELA ROSA |
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MANNY "THE MOVIE GUY" DELA ROSA
(NBC-TV / CW/San Francisco)
(2008 - 3 Quotes)
QUOTES
Death Race - A thrill-a-minute action adventure. Jason Statham is Hollywood’s new action hero.
Nights in Rodanthe - A timeless triumph of love.
Beverly Hills Chihuahua - You’ll howl with laughter!
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| Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 2:43 pm Post subject: ROSS KING |
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ROSS KING
(KTLA)
(2008 – 2 Quotes)
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Untraceable - Clever movie with a superb performance from Diane Lane.
Body of Lies - Explosive
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| Posted: Mon Oct 13, 2008 5:10 pm Post subject: MICHAEL SRAGOW |
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MICHAEL SRAGOW
(The Baltimore Sun)
(2008 - 4 Quotes)
QUOTES
The Bank Job - Has everything adult action fans could want. It makes the Ocean’s films look like child’s play.
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson - **** You don’t need to be a Thompson fan to love Gonzo.
Flash of Genius - Exhilarating. Uplifting and hilarious. Visually sure-footed and expressive, director Marc Abraham has made one of the most original and memorable movies of the year.
What Just Happened? - I loved it. Robert DeNiro is at his most subtle and expansive in Barry Levinson’s comedy.
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| Posted: Sun Oct 19, 2008 4:51 pm Post subject: FILM COMMENT |
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FILM COMMENT
(Website)
(2008 - 5 Quotes)
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Summer Palace - A sprawling, deeply moving epic that spans the period from just prior to the Tiananmen Square massacere to a little before the present. (Chris Chang) (Actual Spelling NY Times 1/18/08)
Caramel - Utterly entrancing and completely brilliant! Caramel is, to borrow the title from the American film it resembles in its humor, subtlety and celebration of sisterhood, lovely and amazing. (Amy Taubin)
Heartbeat Detector - Amalric does a superb job. (Irina Lelmbacher)
The Pool - Wondrous.
Let the Right One In - Vampire lore rarely comes across as inspired and alive as it does in this exquisitely crafted film. As far as a Hollywood remake – there’s simply no room for improvement with this one. (Laura Kern)
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| Posted: Sun Nov 02, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject: SANDY KENYON |
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SANDY KENYON
(WABC-TV)
(2008 - 6 Quotes)
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Bloodline - Intriguing…Fascinating.
Sex and the City - You will love this movie!
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa - Great family fun. Hilarious!
Soul Men - Hilarious! The one comedy you must see this fall.
Doubt - A masterpiece in every sense of the word. Great acting combines with great writing and great directing to create a triumph.
The Reader - One of the best pictures of the year!
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