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"[I]t features strong performances from Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal and begins with a powerful and disorienting sense of foreboding."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "Shooting in bleached-out tones, Meirelles creates a nightmarish quality for this saga....[A] disturbing and disquieting journey..."Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t brings on a range of vividly sketched characters in its opening scenes, and deftly establishes their connections..."Empire24.10037

"[I]t features strong performances from Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Danny Glover and Gael Garcia Bernal and begins with a powerful and disorienting sense of foreboding."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "Shooting in bleached-out tones, Meirelles creates a nightmarish quality for this saga....[A] disturbing and disquieting journey..."Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t brings on a range of vividly sketched characters in its opening scenes, and deftly establishes their connections..."Empire24.10037

"...FAR FROM HEAVEN is nothing short of a masterpiece....It seems, in a single visionary stroke, to have taken the spirit of American independent cinema and brought it full circle back to the soul of vintage Hollywood..." Entertainment Weekly "...It's a bold experiment....[With a] terrific look and perfectly pitched performances..." Hollywood Reporter "...A gorgeously overheated imitation of life..." Rolling Stone "...An accomplished marriage of elaborate style and content....The film is a jewel on every technical level. Its visual sumptuousness seduces from the opening frame to the last..."Variety "...[Moore gives an] extraordinarily nuanced performance..." Box Office "...Ardent and intelligent....Mr. Haynes is fiercely devoted to his actors....It discover the aching, desiring humanity in a genre -- and a period....In a word, it's divine..." New York Times "...Haynes gets the look and feel right...FAR FROM HEAVEN also has emotional force..." USA Today "Julianne Moore is excellent." Total Film "Quaid won numerous awards....Arguably his richest performance." Uncut24.01422

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3 stars out of 5 -- "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is a crowd-pleasing, feel-good comedy for an era in which the very definition of 'family' is fluid and in flux."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Cholodenko keeps it raw and touching humane....It's irresistible."Rolling Stone "Guided by an outstanding script, everyone is able to go deep into her or his character. Particular huzzahs are due Bening for the precision she brings to the brusque yet emotionally expressive Nic." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Moore and Bening are superb actors here, evoking a marriage of more than 20 years, and all of its shadings and secrets, idealism and compromise....The film gives them convincing, intelligent dialogue..."Chicago Sun-Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is an ode to the virtues of family....[W]ith peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script..."Los Angeles Times "[A] thrillingly funny and casually profound film....The film plays fair with love in its myriad forms..."Wall Street Journal "Cholodenko's casually observant style perfectly matches the cast's thoughtful work..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film] captures the drama of growth and separation in all its exhilaration and heartache....Just about everyone who has a parent, child or partner will find resonance in its bittersweet depiction of the joys and trials of lifelong intimacy."Washington Post "A rare instance of a comedy that's both intelligent and sexy....The film has a loose-limbed naturalism."Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] funny, moving and insightful study of bittersweet family dynamics, which shines with a truthfulness that transcends the demographic or sexual orientation of the audience."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's a keenly observed portrait of a marriage put to the test, and of human behavior in the face of change or threat....A witty, warm exploration of family life..."Empire 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "A smart and thoughtful movie....Director Lisa Cholodenko does a masterful job ramming headfirst into uncomfortable issues and zeroing in on humanity."Premiere Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "10 Best Movies Of 2010" -- "[A] raw, funny and humane family drama."Rolling Stone Included in Roger Ebert's "The Best Films of 2010" -- "In a comedy with some deeper colors, the film is an affirmation of family values."Chicago Sun-Times23.71818

3 stars out of 5 -- "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is a crowd-pleasing, feel-good comedy for an era in which the very definition of 'family' is fluid and in flux."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Cholodenko keeps it raw and touching humane....It's irresistible."Rolling Stone "Guided by an outstanding script, everyone is able to go deep into her or his character. Particular huzzahs are due Bening for the precision she brings to the brusque yet emotionally expressive Nic." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Moore and Bening are superb actors here, evoking a marriage of more than 20 years, and all of its shadings and secrets, idealism and compromise....The film gives them convincing, intelligent dialogue..."Chicago Sun-Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is an ode to the virtues of family....[W]ith peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script..."Los Angeles Times "[A] thrillingly funny and casually profound film....The film plays fair with love in its myriad forms..."Wall Street Journal "Cholodenko's casually observant style perfectly matches the cast's thoughtful work..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film] captures the drama of growth and separation in all its exhilaration and heartache....Just about everyone who has a parent, child or partner will find resonance in its bittersweet depiction of the joys and trials of lifelong intimacy."Washington Post23.71818

"...Carried along by the personalities of its stars -- in particular, by Grant....[Moore is] supremely vibrant..." Entertainment Weekly "...[A] funny, audience-pleasing comedy....Moore is winsome..." Variety23.68062

"...Carried along by the personalities of its stars -- in particular, by Grant....[Moore is] supremely vibrant..." Entertainment Weekly "...[A] funny, audience-pleasing comedy....Moore is winsome..." Variety23.68062

3 stars out of 5 -- "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is a crowd-pleasing, feel-good comedy for an era in which the very definition of 'family' is fluid and in flux."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Cholodenko keeps it raw and touching humane....It's irresistible."Rolling Stone "Guided by an outstanding script, everyone is able to go deep into her or his character. Particular huzzahs are due Bening for the precision she brings to the brusque yet emotionally expressive Nic." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Moore and Bening are superb actors here, evoking a marriage of more than 20 years, and all of its shadings and secrets, idealism and compromise....The film gives them convincing, intelligent dialogue..."Chicago Sun-Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is an ode to the virtues of family....[W]ith peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script..."Los Angeles Times "[A] thrillingly funny and casually profound film....The film plays fair with love in its myriad forms..."Wall Street Journal "Cholodenko's casually observant style perfectly matches the cast's thoughtful work..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film] captures the drama of growth and separation in all its exhilaration and heartache....Just about everyone who has a parent, child or partner will find resonance in its bittersweet depiction of the joys and trials of lifelong intimacy."Washington Post23.68062

3 stars out of 5 -- "THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is a crowd-pleasing, feel-good comedy for an era in which the very definition of 'family' is fluid and in flux."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Cholodenko keeps it raw and touching humane....It's irresistible."Rolling Stone "Guided by an outstanding script, everyone is able to go deep into her or his character. Particular huzzahs are due Bening for the precision she brings to the brusque yet emotionally expressive Nic." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Moore and Bening are superb actors here, evoking a marriage of more than 20 years, and all of its shadings and secrets, idealism and compromise....The film gives them convincing, intelligent dialogue..."Chicago Sun-Times 4.5 stars out of 5 -- "Witty, urbane and thoroughly entertaining, THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT is an ode to the virtues of family....[W]ith peerless performances, lyrical direction and an adventurous script..."Los Angeles Times "[A] thrillingly funny and casually profound film....The film plays fair with love in its myriad forms..."Wall Street Journal "Cholodenko's casually observant style perfectly matches the cast's thoughtful work..." -- Grade: A-A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "[The film] captures the drama of growth and separation in all its exhilaration and heartache....Just about everyone who has a parent, child or partner will find resonance in its bittersweet depiction of the joys and trials of lifelong intimacy."Washington Post23.68062

"...Carried along by the personalities of its stars -- in particular, by Grant....[Moore is] supremely vibrant..."Entertainment Weekly "...[A] funny, audience-pleasing comedy....Moore is winsome..."Variety23.68062

"...Carried along by the personalities of its stars -- in particular, by Grant....[Moore is] supremely vibrant..."Entertainment Weekly "...[A] funny, audience-pleasing comedy....Moore is winsome..."Variety23.68062

"...Markedly well-cast....Moore's natural warmth gives the movie a real pulse and the qualities of resiliency that inform the novel..."Variety "...Pictorially sumptuous....A seamlessly woven, handsomely illustrated digest of the novel's characters and incidents..."New York Times "...The film is beautifully shot....[Moore] allows the film to breathe and gives it much needed poignancy..."Sight and Sound "...Enjoyable, funny and engaging....You'll never be anything less than entertained..."Total Film23.64306

"...Terrifically entertaining..."New York Times "...Dino-mighty effects. These are inconceivably great..." USA Today "...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..."Entertainment Weekly23.64306

"...Terrifically entertaining..."New York Times "...Dino-mighty effects. These are inconceivably great..." USA Today "...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..."Entertainment Weekly23.64306

"...Terrifically entertaining..."New York Times "...Dino-mighty effects. These are inconceivably great..." USA Today "...Spielberg lets his visual wit fly....Enjoyable..."Chicago Sun-Times "...Spielberg gives us many, many dinosaurs...and he choreographs their movements with a magician's sense of play....Good fun: deft, scary, engrossing..."Entertainment Weekly23.64306

3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a very finely made film, with Owen hinting at a humanity beneath the character's grubby cynicism and delivering one of his most consistent, impressive performances."Total Film "[T]he main pyrotechnics are saved for the semi-impressionist action climax....CHILDREN OF MEN's unrestrained energy is electrifying."Sight and Sound Ranked #19 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "CHILDREN OF MEN does what the best dystopic drama should do: it makes you look at the world around you and shudder."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "In the spellbinding CHILDREN OF MEN, his best film to date, Cuaron, 45, fills every frame with his passion and intellect. Here's a movie that grabs you hard, pops your eyes, provokes your mind and ultimately lifts your spirits."Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "This is gut-pummelling and tense stuff, as Cuaron creates a world only a few steps removed from our own....CHILDREN OF MEN is guaranteed classic status."Ultimate DVD "Cuaron's long takes and snaking tracking shots are constantly intensifying the real-world nature of Owen's sci-fi odyssey." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Cuaron turns the screws like an expert torturer -- CHILDREN OF MEN sets a new high bar for all-in-one tracking shot wonderment..."Movieline's Hollywood Life 5 stars out of 5 -- "Searingly committed to celluloid by Cuaron, CHILDREN OF MEN is a film that gets into your head....Stunning."Ultimate DVD23.6055

3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a very finely made film, with Owen hinting at a humanity beneath the character's grubby cynicism and delivering one of his most consistent, impressive performances."Total Film "[T]he main pyrotechnics are saved for the semi-impressionist action climax....CHILDREN OF MEN's unrestrained energy is electrifying."Sight and Sound Ranked #19 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "CHILDREN OF MEN does what the best dystopic drama should do: it makes you look at the world around you and shudder."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "In the spellbinding CHILDREN OF MEN, his best film to date, Cuaron, 45, fills every frame with his passion and intellect. Here's a movie that grabs you hard, pops your eyes, provokes your mind and ultimately lifts your spirits."Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "This is gut-pummelling and tense stuff, as Cuaron creates a world only a few steps removed from our own....CHILDREN OF MEN is guaranteed classic status."Ultimate DVD "Cuaron's long takes and snaking tracking shots are constantly intensifying the real-world nature of Owen's sci-fi odyssey." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Cuaron turns the screws like an expert torturer -- CHILDREN OF MEN sets a new high bar for all-in-one tracking shot wonderment..."Movieline's Hollywood Life 5 stars out of 5 -- "Searingly committed to celluloid by Cuaron, CHILDREN OF MEN is a film that gets into your head....Stunning."Ultimate DVD23.6055

3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a very finely made film, with Owen hinting at a humanity beneath the character's grubby cynicism and delivering one of his most consistent, impressive performances."Total Film "[T]he main pyrotechnics are saved for the semi-impressionist action climax....CHILDREN OF MEN's unrestrained energy is electrifying."Sight and Sound Ranked #19 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "CHILDREN OF MEN does what the best dystopic drama should do: it makes you look at the world around you and shudder."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "In the spellbinding CHILDREN OF MEN, his best film to date, Cuaron, 45, fills every frame with his passion and intellect. Here's a movie that grabs you hard, pops your eyes, provokes your mind and ultimately lifts your spirits."Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "This is gut-pummelling and tense stuff, as Cuaron creates a world only a few steps removed from our own....CHILDREN OF MEN is guaranteed classic status."Ultimate DVD "Cuaron's long takes and snaking tracking shots are constantly intensifying the real-world nature of Owen's sci-fi odyssey." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Cuaron turns the screws like an expert torturer -- CHILDREN OF MEN sets a new high bar for all-in-one tracking shot wonderment..."Movieline's Hollywood Life 5 stars out of 5 -- "Searingly committed to celluloid by Cuaron, CHILDREN OF MEN is a film that gets into your head....Stunning."Ultimate DVD23.6055

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"The special effect, when it comes, is a stunner." Uncut23.6055

"[T]he main pyrotechnics are saved for the semi-impressionist action climax....CHILDREN OF MEN's unrestrained energy is electrifying."Sight and Sound Ranked #19 in Film Comment's "20 Best Films Of 2006."Film Comment 4 stars out of 5 -- "CHILDREN OF MEN does what the best dystopic drama should do: it makes you look at the world around you and shudder."Uncut 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "In the spellbinding CHILDREN OF MEN, his best film to date, Cuaron, 45, fills every frame with his passion and intellect. Here's a movie that grabs you hard, pops your eyes, provokes your mind and ultimately lifts your spirits."Rolling Stone "Cuaron's long takes and snaking tracking shots are constantly intensifying the real-world nature of Owen's sci-fi odyssey." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly "Cuaron turns the screws like an expert torturer -- CHILDREN OF MEN sets a new high bar for all-in-one tracking shot wonderment..."Movieline's Hollywood Life 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's a very finely made film, with Owen hinting at a humanity beneath the character's grubby cynicism and delivering one of his most consistent, impressive performances."Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "This is gut-pummelling and tense stuff, as Cuaron creates a world only a few steps removed from our own....CHILDREN OF MEN is guaranteed classic status."Ultimate DVD 5 stars out of 5 -- "Searingly committed to celluloid by Cuaron, CHILDREN OF MEN is a film that gets into your head....Stunning."Ultimate DVD23.6055

"...At once funny and romantic, heart-breaking and gloriously nerve-wracking....First-rate..." -- 5 out of 5 starsBox Office "...Vibrant acting....Driver is flighty fun in her scenes with Everett..."Rolling Stone "...Everett does indeed cut quite a figure in his well-appointed costumes. He's perfectly at ease..."USA Today "...Smooth-flowing direction, a shrewdly pruned script and a top flight ensemble cast..."Variety "...The actors are superbly accoutered.....Rupert Everett performs an immaculate turn..."Sight and Sound "...Everett effortlessly steals the show....As fresh as Wilde's delicious epigrams..." -- Rating: A-Entertainment Weekly "...Likable, handsome....Life at the top has rarely looked or sounded more fabulously elegant..."New York Times ...Exhilarating and elegant....Vital and buoyant, AN IDEAL HUSBAND continues in an impressive manner the resurgence of interest in Wilde..."Los Angeles Times23.41771

"....Visual elegance that seems to isolate and purify its characters and their troubles....[Moore gives a] sly, delicately shaded performance..."New York Times "...To watch this VANYA is to marvel, as always with Chekhov, at his insights, at how rigorously and effortlessly non-judgmental he is, at how much empathy he has for all his characters..."Los Angeles Times "...This live wire VANYA, freshly observed for the '90s, is fiercely funny, touching and vital..."Rolling Stone "...[Malle] is the master of a visual style suited to tightly-encompassed material. There is not a shot that calls attention to itself, and yet not a shot that is without thought..."Chicago Sun-Times "Malle's last film was a brilliantly filmed reading of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya'..."USA Today "...You may feel that you're seeing Chekhov's masterpiece -- really SEEING it -- for the first time..." -- Rating: AEntertainment Weekly "[T]he process on screen is an actors' workshop, but literalness can't describe the hypnotic ease with which the actors assume, then shed, then reinhabit their roles."Wall Street Journal23.41771

"....Visual elegance that seems to isolate and purify its characters and their troubles....[Moore gives a] sly, delicately shaded performance..."New York Times "...To watch this VANYA is to marvel, as always with Chekhov, at his insights, at how rigorously and effortlessly non-judgmental he is, at how much empathy he has for all his characters..."Los Angeles Times "...This live wire VANYA, freshly observed for the '90s, is fiercely funny, touching and vital..."Rolling Stone "...[Malle] is the master of a visual style suited to tightly-encompassed material. There is not a shot that calls attention to itself, and yet not a shot that is without thought..."Chicago Sun-Times "Malle's last film was a brilliantly filmed reading of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya'..."USA Today "...You may feel that you're seeing Chekhov's masterpiece -- really SEEING it -- for the first time..." -- Rating: AEntertainment Weekly "[T]he process on screen is an actors' workshop, but literalness can't describe the hypnotic ease with which the actors assume, then shed, then reinhabit their roles."Wall Street Journal23.41771

"...A faithful adaptation that captures the haunting spirit and religious nature of the 1951 novel..." Variety "...Beautifully evocative..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Total Film "...The movie stands with Jordan's most polished work....The acting harmonizes perfectly with his ripely romantic tone..." Film Comment "...Plenty to admire, especially Moore..." -- 3 out of 5 stars Premiere "...THE END OF THE AFFAIR may be the perfect Valentine's film for everyone -- an anguished period love story with spiritual undercurrents..." Los Angeles Times "...Handsomely mounted, literate, emotionally sophisticated, THE END OF THE AFFAIR has everything a period romance should have, including a Michael Nyman score and passionate performances by stars Ralph Fiennes and Julianne Moore..." Los Angeles Times20.92351

"...A fitfully funny sci-fi comedy..."USA Today "...Plenty entertaining....The movie is visually witty and even marvelous when it comes to depicting the spectacular creatures..."Entertainment Weekly "...A consistently amusing action romp....[With] exceedingly vivid and credible visual effects that blend seamlessly with the action..."Variety "...Mr. Duchovny and Mr. Jones make an amusing pair..."New York Times "...A good-natured spirit....Duchovny and Jones play off each other nicely..."Hollywood Reporter "...Amiable and entertaining....It's quite an achievement to create not only a one-off monster but an entire ecosystem..."Sight and Sound "[There are] many laughs to be had."Uncut20.80919

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"...Big, tumultuous, very fine....Most of the performances are astonishing..." New York Times "...An arch tapestry..." - Recommended Premiere "...SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration....Comic touches...biting irony and delight in observation..." Sight and Sound "...Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since NASHVILLE in SHORT CUTS..." Variety "...SHORT CUTS splices together a world of gummed-up connections, of lives overlapping in an awesome plaid of chance encounters and terrible accidents..." Film Comment "...Altman is fascinated by the accidental nature of life....He likes the messiness and coincidence of real life, where you can do your best, and some days it's just not good enough..." Chicago Sun-Times 5 stars out of 5 -- "SHORT CUTS paints a lonely picture of modern Los Angeles, capturing the idiosyncrasies of human behavior amid the uncertainty of everyday existence."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "An A-grade cast offer some of their best work ever: Jack Lemmon gives one of his most affecting late performances..."Uncut20.71585

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Seyfried who gives CHLOE its beguiling contours."Total Film "Egoyan's direction and some fine performances ensure that CHLOE is a slick package."Sight and Sound "[T]here is no doubting Mr. Egoyan's exquisite taste: his frames are elegantly composed; his camera movements as smooth as practiced pick-up lines."New York Times "The film is Moore's story, and she acts the hell out of one sexy scene..."Entertainment Weekly "[F]or a good stretch, CHLOE neatly fixes Egoyan's career-long obsessions with identity and communication to the familiar framework of the erotic thriller"A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Egoyan never makes a story with one level....It is a tangled web he weaves."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he strong start, across-the-board good performances and Egoyan's intelligence keep it interesting."Empire20.71585

"[Firth] gives a tender and memorable performance....A pre-liberation romantic reverie that insists that love is love, period."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fashion designer Tom Ford establishes himself as a filmmaker to celebrate from the very first sequence of his artfully constructed, heartfelt adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel A SINGLE MAN."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Ford is a true visionary, but it's his humanity that gives the love story a ravishing, bruised grandeur."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "Designer Tom Ford's directorial debut is an aesthetic wonder....The visuals are gorgeous, and the melancholy mood is exquisitely evoked."USA Today "Moore is absolutely buoyant. A luscious lush, she oozes mod sophistication..."Los Angeles Times "[Mr. Firth delivers a] delicately shaded performance....Certainly, the director knows how to exploit his actor's reserve to terrific effect..."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "Firth plays George superbly, as a man who prepares a face to meet the faces that he meets. He betrays very little emotion..."Chicago Sun-Times Included in Los Angeles Times's "Best Films Of 2009" -- "[A] movie of mesmerizing beauty..."Los Angeles Times "[A] movie of quiet but potent emotional power....The movie takes on the momentum and narrative tension of a thriller..."Washington Post "[T]his impeccably glamorous period piece is just about the most dazzling visual experience of the year."Movieline 4 stars out of 5 -- "On the strength of this debut, Ford has impressive potential as a filmmaker....He's managed to guide Colin Firth to his finest onscreen performance yet."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is impeccably composed, astonishingly self-assured debut filmmaking. A SINGLE MAN is patently a labour of love, and you can feel Ford's commitment to the content in every frame."Empire "It lets Colin Firth, who is superb as the numb, grieving hero, transmit a subtle range of experiences..."Sight and Sound 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "A smart, stylish, and intimate film....Firth excels as the understated grieving protagonist..."Premiere20.71585

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3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Seyfried who gives CHLOE its beguiling contours."Total Film "Egoyan's direction and some fine performances ensure that CHLOE is a slick package."Sight and Sound "[T]here is no doubting Mr. Egoyan's exquisite taste: his frames are elegantly composed; his camera movements as smooth as practiced pick-up lines."New York Times "The film is Moore's story, and she acts the hell out of one sexy scene..."Entertainment Weekly "[F]or a good stretch, CHLOE neatly fixes Egoyan's career-long obsessions with identity and communication to the familiar framework of the erotic thriller"A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Egoyan never makes a story with one level....It is a tangled web he weaves."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he strong start, across-the-board good performances and Egoyan's intelligence keep it interesting."Empire20.71585

"...Big, tumultuous, very fine....Most of the performances are astonishing..." New York Times "...An arch tapestry..." - Recommended Premiere "...SHORT CUTS is a logical triumph, certainly; a masterpiece of orchestration....Comic touches...biting irony and delight in observation..." Sight and Sound "...Robert Altman has made his most complex and full-bodied human comedy since NASHVILLE in SHORT CUTS..." Variety "...SHORT CUTS splices together a world of gummed-up connections, of lives overlapping in an awesome plaid of chance encounters and terrible accidents..." Film Comment "...Altman is fascinated by the accidental nature of life....He likes the messiness and coincidence of real life, where you can do your best, and some days it's just not good enough..." Chicago Sun-Times 5 stars out of 5 -- "SHORT CUTS paints a lonely picture of modern Los Angeles, capturing the idiosyncrasies of human behavior amid the uncertainty of everyday existence."Empire 4 stars out of 5 -- "An A-grade cast offer some of their best work ever: Jack Lemmon gives one of his most affecting late performances..."Uncut20.71585

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Seyfried who gives CHLOE its beguiling contours."Total Film "Egoyan's direction and some fine performances ensure that CHLOE is a slick package."Sight and Sound "[T]here is no doubting Mr. Egoyan's exquisite taste: his frames are elegantly composed; his camera movements as smooth as practiced pick-up lines."New York Times "The film is Moore's story, and she acts the hell out of one sexy scene..."Entertainment Weekly "[F]or a good stretch, CHLOE neatly fixes Egoyan's career-long obsessions with identity and communication to the familiar framework of the erotic thriller"A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Egoyan never makes a story with one level....It is a tangled web he weaves."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he strong start, across-the-board good performances and Egoyan's intelligence keep it interesting."Empire20.71585

3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t's Seyfried who gives CHLOE its beguiling contours."Total Film "Egoyan's direction and some fine performances ensure that CHLOE is a slick package."Sight and Sound "[T]here is no doubting Mr. Egoyan's exquisite taste: his frames are elegantly composed; his camera movements as smooth as practiced pick-up lines."New York Times "The film is Moore's story, and she acts the hell out of one sexy scene..."Entertainment Weekly "[F]or a good stretch, CHLOE neatly fixes Egoyan's career-long obsessions with identity and communication to the familiar framework of the erotic thriller"A.V. Club 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Egoyan never makes a story with one level....It is a tangled web he weaves."Chicago Sun-Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he strong start, across-the-board good performances and Egoyan's intelligence keep it interesting."Empire20.71585

"[Firth] gives a tender and memorable performance....A pre-liberation romantic reverie that insists that love is love, period."Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "Fashion designer Tom Ford establishes himself as a filmmaker to celebrate from the very first sequence of his artfully constructed, heartfelt adaptation of Christopher Isherwood's 1964 novel A SINGLE MAN."Box Office 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Ford is a true visionary, but it's his humanity that gives the love story a ravishing, bruised grandeur."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "Designer Tom Ford's directorial debut is an aesthetic wonder....The visuals are gorgeous, and the melancholy mood is exquisitely evoked."USA Today "Moore is absolutely buoyant. A luscious lush, she oozes mod sophistication..."Los Angeles Times "[Mr. Firth delivers a] delicately shaded performance....Certainly, the director knows how to exploit his actor's reserve to terrific effect..."New York Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "Firth plays George superbly, as a man who prepares a face to meet the faces that he meets. He betrays very little emotion..."Chicago Sun-Times Included in Los Angeles Times's "Best Films Of 2009" -- "[A] movie of mesmerizing beauty..."Los Angeles Times "[A] movie of quiet but potent emotional power....The movie takes on the momentum and narrative tension of a thriller..."Washington Post "[T]his impeccably glamorous period piece is just about the most dazzling visual experience of the year."Movieline 4 stars out of 5 -- "On the strength of this debut, Ford has impressive potential as a filmmaker....He's managed to guide Colin Firth to his finest onscreen performance yet."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his is impeccably composed, astonishingly self-assured debut filmmaking. A SINGLE MAN is patently a labour of love, and you can feel Ford's commitment to the content in every frame."Empire "It lets Colin Firth, who is superb as the numb, grieving hero, transmit a subtle range of experiences..."Sight and Sound 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "A smart, stylish, and intimate film....Firth excels as the understated grieving protagonist..."Premiere20.71585

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"[Moore] does a scrupulous job of playing a forlorn broken-down mother....Jackson makes Council a torn and tortured soul, with a dicey legacy of his own." -- Grade: B- Entertainment Weekly20.67829

"...[The director] knows how to make offbeat characters engaging..." USA Today20.49049

"...The range of acting turns is rich....Best of all, in a memorably unctuous cameo, is Philip Seymour Hoffman...the best character-actor find in years..." Sight and Sound "...The Coen brothers, those far-out FARGO guys, cover everything with eye-popping panache..." 3 1/2 out of 4 Stars USA Today "...Mr. Bridges finds a role so fit for him that he seems never to have been anywhere else. Watch this performance to see shambling executed with nonchalant grace and a seemingly out-to-lunch character played with fine comic flair..." New York Times "...Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted another shrewdly ironic valentine to Americana with this hilarious tale..." Premiere "...The Coens are able to create wickedly funny eccentrics and possess the ability to energize certain actors to inhabit them completely..." Los Angeles Times "...Genial....It's weirdly engaging, like its hero..." Chicago Sun-Times "...A masterpiece of anti-storytelling..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he prize in this Coen Brothers 1998 goodie is still Jeff Bridges..."Rolling Stone 5 stars out of 5 -- "LEBOWSKI sees the Coens embark on a delirious joyride through the great Sin City itself, executing some audacious hair-pin turns through the conventions of noir along the way." Uncut 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat makes the Coens' seventh film so inexhaustibly re-watchable is its oddball range of characters so gonzo, so heroically grotesque as to be the stuff of the greatest stoner-comic book never written." Total Film20.49049

5 stars out of 5 -- "LEBOWSKI sees the Coens embark on a delirious joyride through the great Sin City itself, executing some audacious hair-pin turns through the conventions of noir along the way."Uncut "...The Coen brothers, those far-out FARGO guys, cover everything with eye-popping panache..." 3 1/2 out of 4 StarsUSA Today "...Joel and Ethan Coen have crafted another shrewdly ironic valentine to Americana with this hilarious tale..."Premiere "...Genial....It's weirdly engaging, like its hero..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "[W]hat makes the Coens' seventh film so inexhaustibly re-watchable is its oddball range of characters so gonzo, so heroically grotesque as to be the stuff of the greatest stoner-comic book never written."Total Film "...The range of acting turns is rich....Best of all, in a memorably unctuous cameo, is Philip Seymour Hoffman...the best character-actor find in years..."Sight and Sound "...Mr. Bridges finds a role so fit for him that he seems never to have been anywhere else. Watch this performance to see shambling executed with nonchalant grace and a seemingly out-to-lunch character played with fine comic flair..."New York Times "...The Coens are able to create wickedly funny eccentrics and possess the ability to energize certain actors to inhabit them completely..."Los Angeles Times "...A masterpiece of anti-storytelling..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #7 in Rolling Stone's "Top 25 DVDs Of 2005' -- "[T]he prize in this Coen Brothers 1998 goodie is still Jeff Bridges..."Rolling Stone "Joel and Ethan Coen's now-classic comedy is an absurdist neonoir film about mistaken identity....[A] big sweet teddy bear of an entertainment..."Wall Street Journal20.49049

"...A major work highly in tune with the zeitgeist..." Variety Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...[An] emotional powerhouse..." Rolling Stone "...A showy flower of a movie....The big emotions bring out the best in a stellar cast..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...Jaw-dropping audacity....MAGNOLIA's a source of astonishment..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Premiere "...All performances are flawless....Artful...[With a] heartbreakingly dead-on insight into the human condition..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office "...It's an impressive piece of work with some fine acting..." Los Angeles Times "...MAGNOLIA is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence....As its themes unfold, its characters strive against the dying of the light, and the great wheel of chance rolls on toward them..." Chicago Sun-Times "Cruise isn't just self-mocking: his Mackey is fully realised." Total Film20.49049

"...A major work highly in tune with the zeitgeist..." Variety Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...[An] emotional powerhouse..." Rolling Stone "...A showy flower of a movie....The big emotions bring out the best in a stellar cast..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...Jaw-dropping audacity....MAGNOLIA's a source of astonishment..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Premiere "...All performances are flawless....Artful...[With a] heartbreakingly dead-on insight into the human condition..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office "...It's an impressive piece of work with some fine acting..." Los Angeles Times "...MAGNOLIA is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence....As its themes unfold, its characters strive against the dying of the light, and the great wheel of chance rolls on toward them..." Chicago Sun-Times "Cruise isn't just self-mocking: his Mackey is fully realised." Total Film20.49049

"...A major work highly in tune with the zeitgeist..." Variety Ranked #5 in Rolling Stone's "Ten Best Movies of 1999" -- "...[An] emotional powerhouse..." Rolling Stone "...A showy flower of a movie....The big emotions bring out the best in a stellar cast..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...Jaw-dropping audacity....MAGNOLIA's a source of astonishment..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Premiere "...All performances are flawless....Artful...[With a] heartbreakingly dead-on insight into the human condition..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office "...It's an impressive piece of work with some fine acting..." Los Angeles Times "...MAGNOLIA is operatic in its ambition, a great, joyous leap into melodrama and coincidence....As its themes unfold, its characters strive against the dying of the light, and the great wheel of chance rolls on toward them..." Chicago Sun-Times "Cruise isn't just self-mocking: his Mackey is fully realised." Total Film20.49049