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"...This has obvious stage origins, but note how polished the playing is in the duo's rooftop lunch scene..." USA Today "[T]his 1957 farce is still rollicking good fun."Los Angeles Times "[I]t's in some ways more fun to watch today than it was then."USA Today "The real reason to watch this movie is, of course, for the sexily smart, perfectly timed comic interplay that is the hallmark of all Spencer Tracy-Katherine Hepburn pairings." Premiere0.1415611
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JazzTimes (5/00, p.198) - "...Ecklund makes a rhythm section come alive....the project is eclectic: pleasant, harmless 'elevator jazz'. But when the Dixieland button is pressed...the mood can be quite uplifting."24.96918
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3.5 stars out of 4 -- "YOUNG@HEART focuses on a few engaging performers and gives us a window into their lives and philosophies on aging."USA Today "The irresistible New England chorus of senior citizens proves you're never too old to rock....It's as much of a heady tonic for these folks to take on these unlikely lyrics as it is for us to watch it all go down."Los Angeles Times "The movie offers an encouraging vision of old age in which the depression commonly associated with decrepitude is held at bay by music making, camaraderie and a sense of humor."New York Times "[They] make joyful music, communicated, both by the singers and their playful, sensitive documentarian, with an authority that quite knocks of socks." -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] fond, uplifting and unabashedly sentimental documentary....The film's fly-on-the-wall wobblycam visuals are enlivened by Sally George's weirdly witty music-video inserts..."Total Film18.85435
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4 stars out of 5 -- "It's no nostalgia trip, but a riveting political debate with good tunes."Empire "Young -- who directs here under his longstanding pseudonym Bernard Shakey -- focuses less on the gigs than on the stories...meeting veterans and bereaved families."Sight and Sound13.24398
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Rolling Stone (p.75) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'When the Night Was Young' combines Sixties idealism and voodoo grind with memories of back roads and juke-joint gigs..."Rolling Stone (p.69) - Ranked #10 in Rolling Stone's '50 Best Albums Of 2011' -- "[A] seamless marriage of innovation and tradition."Billboard (p.28) - "The set is an enveloping mix of melody, mood and texture that speaks to Robertson's triple-threat virtues as a performer, composer and producer..."Paste (magazine) - "[With] a wonderful back-handed keyboard vamp in 'When The Night Was Young'..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 - "There are telling contributions from Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Trent Reznor, but it's the subdued voice of Robertson himself that plainly gives the record its momentum..."0.3575432
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Rolling Stone (p.75) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'When the Night Was Young' combines Sixties idealism and voodoo grind with memories of back roads and juke-joint gigs..."Billboard (p.28) - "The set is an enveloping mix of melody, mood and texture that speaks to Robertson's triple-threat virtues as a performer, composer and producer..."Paste (magazine) - "[With] a wonderful back-handed keyboard vamp in 'When The Night Was Young'..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.97) - 4 stars out of 5 - "There are telling contributions from Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood and Trent Reznor, but it's the subdued voice of Robertson himself that plainly gives the record its momentum..."0.3499994
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Spin (12/92, p.69) - Ranked #18 in Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of The Year' - "...Polly Harvey is a boundless talent, and DRY one of the debuts of the year..."Entertainment Weekly (10/2/92, p.60) - "...A scorching portrait of the dark side of the female psyche....an uncomprising work of exhilarating, cauterizing beauty..." - Rating: A+Q (1/93, p.73) - Included in Q's list of the 50 Best Albums Of 1992.Alternative Press (7/01, p.96) - Included in AP's "10 Essential Women's Rock Albums" - "...Sexy, honest, smart and raw..."Option (Sept.-Oct./92, p.109) - "...PJ Harvey seems to have placed a microphone right in front of her sternum and let her heart and soul spill direct to tape...the rawness of presentation emphasizes the emotional purity of her songs...stunning songs and unexpected power..."Musician (10/92, p.106) - "...Polly Harvey pours more emotional power into her performances than any young songwriter since Throwing Muses' Kristin Hersh...[the songs] stick in your memory like glue..."Village Voice (3/2/93, p.5) - Ranked #4 in the Village Voice's list of the 40 Best Albums Of 1992.NME (Magazine) (10/2/93, p.29) - Ranked #71 in NME's list of the 'Greatest Albums Of All Time.'0.2547657
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Q (5/93, p.99) - 3 Stars - Good - "...producer Rick Rubin captures the band, the atmosphere and the real low-down electric Chicago blues as they should be....this is the real blue feeling..."Reflex (11/10/92, p.74) - "...easily one of the hardest-hitting rock records of '92....The blues is alive and well, maybe in its second coming, thanks to reckless young roustabouts like LA's Red Devils..."Stereophile (12/92, pp.267-269) - "...the loudest, dirtiest, slammingest new blues release I've heard in the past five years, maybe ever...a recorded document that comes closer to an actual blues-club gig than anything else I've ever heard..."0.2496663
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Spin (12/01, p.154) - 9 out of 10 - "...This is some of the fiercest, freest playing he ever did..."Uncut (11/01, p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...This gig is chiefly of historical interest, showing Miles' music in a hitherto undocumented moment of transition....There's much to admire, with some irresistibly exciting passages along the way..."CMJ (8/01, p.79) - "...Music this sprawlingly beautiful is its own reward..."JazzTimes (10/01, pp.92-3) - "...It shatters the myth that a primary motivation for Davis' musical decisions was that his skills were eroding..."Vibe (9/01, p.240) - 4 discs out of 5 - "...Relentless torents of molten notes..."Mojo (Publisher) (10/01, p.120) - "...It's the remarkable sound of great young musicians playing out of their skins..."0.218458
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Entertainment Weekly (3/31/00, p.70) - "...Inventive arrangements...with power-packed drumming energizing the acoustic instruments....it'll provide consolation should you find yourself alone when the dancing's done." - Rating: BQ (4/00, p.99) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...gently countrified a la Neil Young but echoing Rouse's teenage love of The Smiths and The Cure....there's something quietly evocative here with plenty of homespun charm."CMJ (4/00, p.55) - "...draws upon a rich and varied palette....with pleasant, trancelike tunes....There's no denying that Rouse is a smart pop craftsman and any of his tunes is certainly catchy, engaging, and plaintive on its own..."NME (Magazine) (3/11/00, p.33) - 6 out of 10 - "...a peculiar gig....there are swooning pedal steel guitars and occasional licks that locate the music at the country end of the spectrum, the easy definitions don't work....a fascinating rationale..."0.218458
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"...Writing, directing and acting are all pitch-perfect in a party movie that keeps spinning funny, sexy and touching surprises..." Rolling Stone "...Terrific....[Liman scores] from Favreau's exuberantly witty script....[Vaughn is] a scene-stealer..." -- Rating: A Entertainment Weekly "...Sweet and funny....SWINGERS is a winningly confident snapshot of the nightlives of a bunch of young showbiz wannabes....Engaging, refreshingly human in its humor and becomingly modest in its aspirations..."Variety "...A guy film that gives you something to latch onto....Ruefully funny and unpretentious, with an air of relaxed and confident hipness, SWINGERS is helped along by a clever script and the not surprising fondness it feels for its characters..." Los Angeles Times "...The movie is sweet, funny, observant and goofy..." Chicago Sun-Times "Favreau's script crackles with sharply amusing, endlessly quotable dialogue..." Uncut "Liman's very quotable debut offsets its outer hipness with a compassion for its characters' vulnerabilities." Sight and Sound0.1769787
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"...[Wahlberg] becomes the spirit of heavy metal....Not since BOOGIE NIGHTS has Wahlberg created so winning and personal a character..." Entertainment Weekly "...Aniston and Spall lead the supporting cast with considerable conviction..." Variety "...The film uses its easy sense of humor to convey what is sometimes lost in rock films, the sense of fun involved in playing and listening to the music..." Los Angeles Times "...The film is front-loaded with plenty of funny, authentic-feeling snapshots from the life of an earnest steel-belt metalhead..." Film Comment "...[Spall] is charming....Mr. Stockwell and Mr. Herek balance mockery with affection..." New York Times "...One-time teen-pop idol Mark Wahlberg is a good metal-mimic, and manifestly enjoys the strutting and the squealing..."Sight and Sound "...There are good performances and the period is well captured..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Mark Wahlberg gives one of his better performances..." USA Today0.09200718
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"...One-time teen-pop idol Mark Wahlberg is a good metal-mimic, and manifestly enjoys the strutting and the squealing..."Sight and Sound "...[Wahlberg] becomes the spirit of heavy metal....Not since BOOGIE NIGHTS has Wahlberg created so winning and personal a character..."Entertainment Weekly "...Mark Wahlberg gives one of his better performances..."USA Today "...Aniston and Spall lead the supporting cast with considerable conviction..."Variety "...The film uses its easy sense of humor to convey what is sometimes lost in rock films, the sense of fun involved in playing and listening to the music..."Los Angeles Times "...The film is front-loaded with plenty of funny, authentic-feeling snapshots from the life of an earnest steel-belt metalhead..."Film Comment "...[Spall] is charming....Mr. Stockwell and Mr. Herek balance mockery with affection..."New York Times "...There are good performances and the period is well captured..."Chicago Sun-Times0.09200718
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Billboard (p.60) - "[T]he eight songs are layered in sustained distortion and electronic effects and feature heavy delays on Young's recognizable tenor."Mojo (Publisher) (p.52) - Ranked #31 in Mojo's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[M]ostly electric, always raging, LE NOISE delivers ghostly resonance and cathartic thrills..."Uncut (magazine) (p.78) - 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he guitar sounds engineered here by Young and Lanois are astonishing, almost terrifying at times in their elemental beauty..."Uncut (magazine) (p.37) - Ranked #2 in Uncut's "The 50 Best Albums Of 2010" -- "[A] solo guitar album, recorded intimately but given reverberant scale by Daniel Lanois."13.51449
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Q (6/01, p.128) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Folk would never rock so ferociously again..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.83) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he band sound fuller and more powerful....The Belfast outing proved they could tighten up effectively."12.46573
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