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"[With a] slick script, adroitly linking the mysterious seemingly random murders of a purse snatcher and a political researcher..." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly22.9765
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"[Stone] successfully revives her performance as Catherine....It's a treat to see Stone rev her evil-vixen engine again..." Entertainment Weekly "Fun, clever and hilarious, BASIC INSTINCT 2 is a ludicrously entertaining addition to the 'shrinks and shagging' genre." Sight and Sound "Thewlis manages to make you believe in his character and steals all of his scenes..." Total Film22.90967
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"[Stone] successfully revives her performance as Catherine....It's a treat to see Stone rev her evil-vixen engine again..." Entertainment Weekly "Fun, clever and hilarious, BASIC INSTINCT 2 is a ludicrously entertaining addition to the 'shrinks and shagging' genre." Sight and Sound "Thewlis manages to make you believe in his character and steals all of his scenes..." Total Film22.87625
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The motley legionnaires each get their moment in the sun, and Fassbender is dependably stoic and heroic."Empire "Writer-director Neil Marshall shoots his head-to-head combat violence in jittery Strobo-Vision....The eruptions of red serves as welcome compositional elements..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A] fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn."Los Angeles Times "[W]hen it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "A massive production with some stunning visuals....CENTURION is part heroic mission film, part curious wartime picaresque."Movieline22.70915
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The motley legionnaires each get their moment in the sun, and Fassbender is dependably stoic and heroic."Empire "Writer-director Neil Marshall shoots his head-to-head combat violence in jittery Strobo-Vision....The eruptions of red serves as welcome compositional elements..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A] fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn."Los Angeles Times "[W]hen it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "A massive production with some stunning visuals....CENTURION is part heroic mission film, part curious wartime picaresque."Movieline22.70915
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The motley legionnaires each get their moment in the sun, and Fassbender is dependably stoic and heroic."Empire "Writer-director Neil Marshall shoots his head-to-head combat violence in jittery Strobo-Vision....The eruptions of red serves as welcome compositional elements..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A] fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn."Los Angeles Times "[W]hen it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly22.70915
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The motley legionnaires each get their moment in the sun, and Fassbender is dependably stoic and heroic."Empire "Writer-director Neil Marshall shoots his head-to-head combat violence in jittery Strobo-Vision....The eruptions of red serves as welcome compositional elements..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A] fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn."Los Angeles Times "[W]hen it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "A massive production with some stunning visuals....CENTURION is part heroic mission film, part curious wartime picaresque."Movieline22.70915
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3 stars out of 5 -- "The motley legionnaires each get their moment in the sun, and Fassbender is dependably stoic and heroic."Empire "Writer-director Neil Marshall shoots his head-to-head combat violence in jittery Strobo-Vision....The eruptions of red serves as welcome compositional elements..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A] fast-moving, epic-on-a-shoestring tale of one Roman soldier's fight that is by turns heroic, fearsome, funny, fateful and, oh, so brutal, with swords hacking off heads at every turn."Los Angeles Times "[W]hen it comes to crunchy impalings and messy arterial geysers, Marshall's a maestro." -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly "A massive production with some stunning visuals....CENTURION is part heroic mission film, part curious wartime picaresque."Movieline22.70915
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"[A] memorable Michael Caine film....A finely drawn and gentle British drama propelled by another of the star's unforgettable screen portraits."Los Angeles Times "What balances the movie is Mr. Caine's exceptional portrayal of old age as the accumulation of a lifetime's experience. In his performance, the youthful rogue and the forgetful codger all live at once."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie a richly satisfying one, Caine truly is magic."Rolling Stone "Caine is magnificent....Milner is a promising actor, too, and the pairing of young and old is believable and occasionally very moving."Washington Post20.0376
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"[A] memorable Michael Caine film....A finely drawn and gentle British drama propelled by another of the star's unforgettable screen portraits."Los Angeles Times "What balances the movie is Mr. Caine's exceptional portrayal of old age as the accumulation of a lifetime's experience. In his performance, the youthful rogue and the forgetful codger all live at once."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "Blending humor and heartbreak in a performance that makes a small movie a richly satisfying one, Caine truly is magic."Rolling Stone "Caine is magnificent....Milner is a promising actor, too, and the pairing of young and old is believable and occasionally very moving."Washington Post20.0376
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4 stars out of 5 -- "NOWHERE BOY proves a joyous success. At its heart is a vibrant performance from Johnson, who captures the intensity and contradictions of the teenage Lennon..."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Johnson is wholly credible as the future rock king: handsome, smart, brash, impulsive, overconfident and angry, he makes everything we'd later learn about Lennon feel inevitable."Box Office "The director, Sam Taylor-Wood, captures how John Lennon's incredibly sordid, messed-up family life never quite let him know who he was."Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Taylor-Wood mined gold in her star trio, two superb actresses and Johnson's intense young Lennon wringing wit, vulnerability, love and hurt out of Matt Greenhalgh's script."Empire14.19322
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4 stars out of 5 -- "NOWHERE BOY proves a joyous success. At its heart is a vibrant performance from Johnson, who captures the intensity and contradictions of the teenage Lennon..."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Johnson is wholly credible as the future rock king: handsome, smart, brash, impulsive, overconfident and angry, he makes everything we'd later learn about Lennon feel inevitable."Box Office "The director, Sam Taylor-Wood, captures how John Lennon's incredibly sordid, messed-up family life never quite let him know who he was."Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Taylor-Wood mined gold in her star trio, two superb actresses and Johnson's intense young Lennon wringing wit, vulnerability, love and hurt out of Matt Greenhalgh's script."Empire14.19322
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4 stars out of 5 -- "NOWHERE BOY proves a joyous success. At its heart is a vibrant performance from Johnson, who captures the intensity and contradictions of the teenage Lennon..."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Johnson is wholly credible as the future rock king: handsome, smart, brash, impulsive, overconfident and angry, he makes everything we'd later learn about Lennon feel inevitable."Box Office "The director, Sam Taylor-Wood, captures how John Lennon's incredibly sordid, messed-up family life never quite let him know who he was."Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Taylor-Wood mined gold in her star trio, two superb actresses and Johnson's intense young Lennon wringing wit, vulnerability, love and hurt out of Matt Greenhalgh's script."Empire 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "We learn that the emotional roller coaster of his formative years probably contributed to the complexity of his lyrics."Chicago Sun-Times "[A]n emotionally raw and yet raucous, rockin' riff on John Lennon's turbulent teenage years....An entertaining piece of nostalgia."Los Angeles Times "Director Sam Taylor-Wood weaves this tale with elegance, spot-on costumes and production design, and finely tuned casting."USA Today "NOWHERE BOY is modest in scope and more rewarding for it, highlighted by particularly strong performances by Thomas and Johnson, and a keen sense of time and place."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "NOWHERE BOY is smart enough not to spell it all out. You can hear it in Lennon's music, which plays in your head as the movie works its subtle magic."Rolling Stone14.19322
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman draws the eye with a barnstorming turn....[With a] rich visual palette and dynamic camerawork..."Total Film "THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL offers the pleasures you want....The actors playing the scheming Boleyns flex their eyebrows on dastardly cue....[C]risply enjoyable..."Entertainment Weekly "What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson....In Portman's dynamic performance you can see strength and vulnerability warring for Anne's soul."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman and Johansson conjure admirable performances....The stages upon which they play are all sumptuously framed and shot..."Empire "Natalie Portman rises to the challenge of Anne Boleyn with relish, dark eyes flashing as she revels in her own wit and erotic appeal....[The film has] enough style and originality to keep it absorbing."Sight and Sound0.2005168
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3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman draws the eye with a barnstorming turn....[With a] rich visual palette and dynamic camerawork..."Total Film "THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL offers the pleasures you want....The actors playing the scheming Boleyns flex their eyebrows on dastardly cue....[C]risply enjoyable..."Entertainment Weekly "What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson....In Portman's dynamic performance you can see strength and vulnerability warring for Anne's soul."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman and Johansson conjure admirable performances....The stages upon which they play are all sumptuously framed and shot..."Empire "Natalie Portman rises to the challenge of Anne Boleyn with relish, dark eyes flashing as she revels in her own wit and erotic appeal....[The film has] enough style and originality to keep it absorbing."Sight and Sound0.2005168
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"THE OTHER BOLEYN GIRL offers the pleasures you want....The actors playing the scheming Boleyns flex their eyebrows on dastardly cue....[C]risply enjoyable..."Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman draws the eye with a barnstorming turn....[With a] rich visual palette and dynamic camerawork..."Total Film "Natalie Portman rises to the challenge of Anne Boleyn with relish, dark eyes flashing as she revels in her own wit and erotic appeal....[The film has] enough style and originality to keep it absorbing."Sight and Sound "What works is the combustible teaming of Natalie Portman and Scarlett Johansson....In Portman's dynamic performance you can see strength and vulnerability warring for Anne's soul."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "Portman and Johansson conjure admirable performances....The stages upon which they play are all sumptuously framed and shot..."Empire0.2005168
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[V]eteran glam-rock producer Tony Visconti helps Morrissey achieve the delicious sensuality of early T. Rex and David Bowie..."Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "[The album] feels more like an elegiac memoir. Harrowingly beautiful violins abound..." -- Grade: BQ (p.121) - Ranked #47 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "Unusually for the notoriously distant observer of modern life, getting physical was the main preoccupation."Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morrissey is quite consistent..."Magnet (p.105) - "Morrissey regains his knack for conversational hooks and his wry, literate sense of humor....The songs are brisk and effortless, wedding glam theatricality to the lad-mag Vespa aesthetic of Morrissey's strongest work."Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "ROTT is possibly his most ecumenical solo album, his most welcoming and loveable."0.3631891
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[V]eteran glam-rock producer Tony Visconti helps Morrissey achieve the delicious sensuality of early T. Rex and David Bowie..."Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "[The album] feels more like an elegiac memoir. Harrowingly beautiful violins abound..." -- Grade: BQ (p.121) - Ranked #47 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "Unusually for the notoriously distant observer of modern life, getting physical was the main preoccupation."Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morrissey is quite consistent..."Magnet (p.105) - "Morrissey regains his knack for conversational hooks and his wry, literate sense of humor....The songs are brisk and effortless, wedding glam theatricality to the lad-mag Vespa aesthetic of Morrissey's strongest work."Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "ROTT is possibly his most ecumenical solo album, his most welcoming and loveable."0.3631891
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Rolling Stone (p.62) - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[V]eteran glam-rock producer Tony Visconti helps Morrissey achieve the delicious sensuality of early T. Rex and David Bowie..."Entertainment Weekly (p.60) - "[The album] feels more like an elegiac memoir. Harrowingly beautiful violins abound..." -- Grade: BQ (p.121) - Ranked #47 in Q Magazine's "100 Greatest Albums of 2006" -- "Unusually for the notoriously distant observer of modern life, getting physical was the main preoccupation."Uncut (p.94) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morrissey is quite consistent..."Magnet (p.105) - "Morrissey regains his knack for conversational hooks and his wry, literate sense of humor....The songs are brisk and effortless, wedding glam theatricality to the lad-mag Vespa aesthetic of Morrissey's strongest work."Mojo (Publisher) (p.p.89) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "ROTT is possibly his most ecumenical solo album, his most welcoming and loveable."0.3631891
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"...There are many fine performances and sensitive moral issues contained in [THE VERDICT]..." Variety "...Newman delivers....A clever, suspenseful, entertaining movie..." New York Times "...One of the most gripping courtroom dramas ever made..." USA Today 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] features a typically engaging performance from Newman..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he bulk of the heavy dramatic lifting...is in the play of emotions across Newman's craggy features. Few other stars have ever had the guts to sink to this whisky-soaked low."Total Film "One of Lumet's best films, this David Mamet-scripted courtroom drama combines the liberal humanism found in the director's earlier 12 ANGRY MEN with a barbed, satirical edge."Sight and Sound0.2398503
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"...There are many fine performances and sensitive moral issues contained in [THE VERDICT]..." Variety "...Newman delivers....A clever, suspenseful, entertaining movie..." New York Times "...One of the most gripping courtroom dramas ever made..." USA Today 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] features a typically engaging performance from Newman..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he bulk of the heavy dramatic lifting...is in the play of emotions across Newman's craggy features. Few other stars have ever had the guts to sink to this whisky-soaked low."Total Film "One of Lumet's best films, this David Mamet-scripted courtroom drama combines the liberal humanism found in the director's earlier 12 ANGRY MEN with a barbed, satirical edge."Sight and Sound0.2398503
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"...There are many fine performances and sensitive moral issues contained in [THE VERDICT]..."Variety "...Newman delivers....A clever, suspenseful, entertaining movie..."New York Times "...One of the most gripping courtroom dramas ever made..."USA Today 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The film] features a typically engaging performance from Newman..."Ultimate DVD 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he bulk of the heavy dramatic lifting...is in the play of emotions across Newman's craggy features. Few other stars have ever had the guts to sink to this whisky-soaked low."Total Film "One of Lumet's best films, this David Mamet-scripted courtroom drama combines the liberal humanism found in the director's earlier 12 ANGRY MEN with a barbed, satirical edge."Sight and Sound0.2398503
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"Greg Whiteley's small, tender documentary portrait NEW YORK DOLL looks at life after rock 'n' roll as experienced by Arthur Kane, the original bassist for the legendary glam-punk band the New York Dolls." New York Times "[Kane] remains haunted by demons of failure....[A] modestly touching journey..." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "As far as rock docs go, this is top-shelf stuff, all the way to the heartfelt reunion concert..." Movieline's Hollywood Life 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[A] sad and funny doc about Kane's unlikely journey to find peace of mind and one final moment of fame." Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "With respect and sympathy, NEW YORK DOLL portrays a man who balances the incongruity of mourning his lost life in rock and thriving in his new life at church." Mojo 4 stars out of 5 -- "Don't be surprised if you leave the cinema in tears. A beautiful film about a beautiful soul." Uncut "[Whitley] offers an affectionate but unsentimental sketch of a slightly bewildered but spirited Kane." Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 5 -- "A celebratory film of the late rocker that is both touching and tragic."Ultimate DVD0.2018246
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Sing Out! (11-12/94-1/95, p.127) - "...Here you will find lots and lots of fingerpickin' guitarists with husky earnest voices..."0.1789371
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Mojo (Publisher) (p.119) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Rounder became one of the world's great labels, as this superb set illustrates....There's Gatemouth Brown's big band blues, Sleepy Le Beef's riotous rockabilly, and Flaco Jimenez's Tex-Mex.."Uncut (magazine) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[That it's] developed into one of the most important roots labels is a testament not just to their staying power but to a dogged pursuit of the indie aesthetic."0.08928705
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Rolling Stone (4/6/95, pp.60-61) - 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...Fourteen recent singles, B sides and live tracks, WORLD OF MORRISSEY unveils the lad in all his prickly glory..."14.80845
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Rolling Stone (10/5/95, p.68) - 3 Stars - Good - "...his most powerful solo outing to date...an aural landscape of raucous barreling guitars that makes Morrissey's oh-so-familiar themes sound almost fresh..."Spin (11/95, pp.122-124) - 8 - Very Good - "...Morrissey's version of classical--not classic--rock. The songs combine orchestral pieces...and pop tunes unprettied by normal contour or instrumentation....It's a vibe...but that suits Morrissey's flair for drama and soi-disant comedy..."Entertainment Weekly (9/15/95, p.108) - "...These eight doleful tracks about jealousy, abandonment, and the trials of being a cult figure are melodic and lyrically clever..." - Rating: B+Q (2/96, p.66) - Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995.Q (9/95, p.120) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Morrissey discovers the missing link between The Byrds' jingle-jangle and Young/Cobain grunge...chaos unremitting..."Uncut (magazine) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he album is frontloaded with some of Morrissey's finest three-minute pop gems."14.80269
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Rolling Stone (4/7/94, p.73) - 3.5 Stars out of 5 - "...for all the disturbing images, VAUXHALL is incredibly accessible pop...straightforward music fit to convey the complex dynamics of depression...."Spin (3/94, p.87) - "...Delicate acoustic textures weave through haunting drones and synthesized strings...Although the draggy tempos and lush settings make VAUXHALL sound unbecomingly mellow on the surface, Morrissey does his best to get on your nerves..."Entertainment Weekly (3/25/94, p.54) - "...A fantasy date with Britain's most ironic and monkish pop star..." - Rating: A-Q (12/99, p.82) - Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s."Option (8/94, p.114) - "...a collection of competent, appealing pop tunes..."Musician (4/94, p.87) - "...Don't laugh, but Morrissey is still in a funk...Morrissey comes across most effectively when he quits trying to be clever and speaks plainly...Here you get the singular Morrissey experience, those weirdly disarming ruminations by someone who seems to be both guileless and yet in a permanent snit..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.58) - Ranked #63 in Mojo's "100 Modern Classics" -- "It remains his most complete work to date."NME (Magazine) (12/24/94, p.23) - Ranked #26 in NME's list of the `Top 50 Albums Of 1994.'14.78871
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Spin (p.82) - "The mordant humor and camp sensibility never wavers, nor does the inimitable voice."Billboard (p.32) - "[The songs] show the artist's continued creative stretch, from the staggered orchestral layers of 'The Never-Played Symphonies' to the ambient 'Sweetie-Pie'..."Q (Magazine) (p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "With his trademark mix of comedy, tragedy and self-pity still a match for anyone, SWORDS is a collection of buried B-sides dating back to 2004."Record Collector (magazine) (p.88) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his, a collection of often preposterously-named B-sides from his past four albums, gets the thumps-up."Uncut (magazine) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Morrissey's compilation demonstrates yet again the man's peculiarly quixotic muse."14.73935
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