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"[With a] sly, wised-up feminist outlook. Writer-director Lynn Shelton sweetly, mischievously tracks Ben and Andrew..." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly "With X-ray vision, this serious indie comedy, written and directed by Lynn Shelton, sees through its male characters' macho pretensions to contemplate the underlying forces hard-wired into men's psyches..."New York Times "[I]n scene after scene, HUMPDAY carefully raises the stakes until it hits a finale loaded with humor, tenderness, and delicious ambiguity. It's like OLD JOY by way of Judd Apatow." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club 3 stars out of 5 -- "The actors, principally Mark Duplass, Joshua Leonard and Alycia Delmore, are terrific and natural, playing their scenes in something resembling the semi-improvised style of Judd Apatow's recent work."Box Office "[I]t's funny....That director Lynn Shelton can steer her film down all these thematic roads and yet still include some giddy laughs is a mumblecore marvel indeed."Movieline 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "HUMPDAY is funny, yes, but also observant and thought-provoking..."Chicago Sun-Times "[S]harply observed....[The film] exists in a realm somewhere between mumblecore wispiness and shock-jocular Apatowian romp."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "[B]oth ridiculous and surprisingly real, mining a very rich seam of comedy while also making some very sharp points about male friendships..."Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] sweetly handled buddy flick, asking compelling questions about sexuality and friendship."Empire5.385694

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"[T]hough the movie bears some of the Farrellys' trademark outrageous humor, it has a sweet demeanor and makes a noble statement."Los Angeles Times "[A] film that does for the mentally challenged what REVENGE OF THE NERDS did for the pocket-protector set, finding a hidden coolness in their ability to be themselves." -- Grade: B Entertainment Weekly "[T]here is a sweet and rather sentimental story arc." Sight and Sound4.277176

"...An emotional and evocative document of the professional wrestling scene....A gently and genuinely observed film..." Variety "...There is something moving, challenging and surprising about these men's lives..." Sight and Sound "...Spirited....[Wrestling] nonfans will be simultaneously appalled and fascinated..." -- 3 out of 5 stars -- A Satisfying Rental Premiere "...BEYOND THE MAT is fun for the fans who scour the Internet for the latest gossip and rumors, and perhaps even a little enlightening for non-fans..." Box Office "...BEYOND THE MAT connects the antics of professional wrestlers with their lives out of the ring with such compassion, humor and perception that the result is utterly captivating..." Los Angeles Times "...Roberts opens up in an extraordinary way to the camera....It has a hypnotic quality..." Chicago Sun-Times4.277176

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"[A]n irreverent classic that still draws belly laughs." Entertainment Weekly4.087235

"...[A] witty, information-packed documentary..."New York Times4.033191

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"His shaggy-dog stories have a way of escaping their boundaries and engaging the real world in unexpected ways." New York Times3.925024

Rolling Stone (1/4/01, p.118) - Included in Rolling Stone's "Top 50 Albums of 2000".Rolling Stone (12/21/00, pp.169-70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A sonic gestalt that exists somewhere between the Queensbridge projects and OutKast's STANKONIA....reaffirming Wu-world order...as the best rap group ever..."Spin (2/01, pp.105-6) - 8 out of 10 - "...Call this music what it is: Blue Urban Dread Improvised Boo Hoo Limp. Nobody Wu's it better."Entertainment Weekly (11/24/00, p.82) - "...Utterly mellow...forgoeing innovation and simply revels in [the group's] stregths....Shifting easily from stark struts...to loose R&B...they're old pros, and they know it..." - Rating: B+Q (1/01, p.113) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...Largely a return to murky idiosyncratic form....it plays to the group's main strengths: brutal hooks and scary ambience..."The Wire (1/01, p.34) - Included in Wire's "50 Records Of The Year" [2000].The Wire (12/00, p.65) - "...THE W feels like some unbathed, 'grit the blade in your teeth, grim and bare arms' type s***..."CMJ (11/27/00, p.4) - "...Revisits the loose grimy methods that first propelled them to stardom..."Vibe (1/01, pp.137-8) - 4.5 discs out of 5 - "...A dense, demented, 15-song opus....going against the grain of everything that's going on in rap right now. If originality, innovation, and a mastery of the fundamentals of beats and rhymes still mean something to people, then THE W stands for 'winner'."The Source (1/01, pp.193-4) - 3.5 mics out of 5 - "...A sharp effort....it will make you dust off your copy of ENTER THE WU-TANG..."Melody Maker (11/28/00, p.50) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...They still rock....if you're genuinely interested in the myriad, spiralling noises that hip-hop can make...then get down to the record shop iommediately..."NME (Magazine) (12/30/00, p.78) - Ranked #21 in NME's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year".NME (Magazine) (11/18/00, p.41) - 8 out of 10 - "...With RZA in blinding form as Maestro Of Tension, THE W wades out impressively into a Fear Zone of guns, slums, cops and the kind of paranoid anxiety you get from smoking vast quantities of hydro and walking down Crackhead St. on your own at 4am..."3.89504

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Rolling Stone (p.194) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Cassidy shows off impressive command on cuts like 'I Get My Paper' and the John Legend-assisted 'Celebrate,' both head-noddable tracks whose R&B hooks and smooth rhymes make them big, passive pleasures."Entertainment Weekly (p.104) - "[T]here's something to be said for an emcee who's at home both on bangers and a soulful reverie..." -- Grade: B+Vibe (p.94) - "This is emo-rap with a gospel shellac..."3.773131

"...Tomei is a sexy, comic find..." Rolling Stone "...MY COUSIN VINNY is easily the most inventive and enjoyable American film farce in a long time....[Tomei] gives every indication of being a fine comedian..." New York Times "...Marisa Tomei has the mischievous sparkle of a born star....Pesci and Tomei make a first-rate team..." Entertainment Weekly "...PESCI's performance in MY COUSIN VINNY is something of a triumph....Tomei is so good at playing this svelte sharpie that she commandeers the screen whenever she's around..." Los Angeles Times "...[Pesci and Tomei] create a quirky relationship..." Chicago Sun-Times3.644946

"...Tomei is a sexy, comic find..." Rolling Stone "...MY COUSIN VINNY is easily the most inventive and enjoyable American film farce in a long time....[Tomei] gives every indication of being a fine comedian..." New York Times "...Marisa Tomei has the mischievous sparkle of a born star....Pesci and Tomei make a first-rate team..." Entertainment Weekly "...PESCI's performance in MY COUSIN VINNY is something of a triumph....Tomei is so good at playing this svelte sharpie that she commandeers the screen whenever she's around..." Los Angeles Times "...[Pesci and Tomei] create a quirky relationship..." Chicago Sun-Times3.644946

"Dennis Miller proves that when you go ALL IN with humor and brains, you get one very entertaining hour of comedy."Widescreen Review3.608993

"...Fierce, rollicking....Nothing about COLORS is ordinary..." New York Times "..This terse, violent LA cop story reek[s] of street cred..." -- Rating; B Entertainment Weekly "...COLORS is a solidly crafted depiction of some current big-city horrors....Excellent work from director Dennis Hopper..." Variety "...A surprisingly intelligent take on the LA badlands..." Total Film3.591875

"...STEEL MAGNOLIAS is marvelously cast..." USA Today "...Parton has a sweet, lilting presence..." Los Angeles Times3.573291

"...The new-millennium S.W.A.T. provides entertainment quite apart from the diversion of flashy action sequences..." Entertainment Weekly "[The] cast -- including Farrell, Jackson, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez and Michelle Rodriguez -- seems to be enjoying itself."Los Angeles Times "[T]his one has a plot and characters, dialogue and plausibility, and physical feats that an actual cop might really almost be able to perform."Chicago Sun-Times "[A]ction-packed." Total Film "Johnson has an impeccable cop show pedigree..." Uncut3.554846

"...The new-millennium S.W.A.T. provides entertainment quite apart from the diversion of flashy action sequences..."Entertainment Weekly "[The] cast -- including Farrell, Jackson, LL Cool J, Olivier Martinez and Michelle Rodriguez -- seems to be enjoying itself."Los Angeles Times "[T]his one has a plot and characters, dialogue and plausibility, and physical feats that an actual cop might really almost be able to perform."Chicago Sun-Times "[A]ction-packed."Total Film "Johnson has an impeccable cop show pedigree..."Uncut3.554846

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