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"Stealing every scene in which he appears, Alan Cumming twinkles and grins as a wise, friendly cab driver besotted with Gray."New York Times29.61328

"...MARIE is a powerfully made political melodrama....Sissy Spacek adds another excellent characterization to her credits..." Variety29.61328

"...The] production values are strong....[The] locales along the Maryland coast are scenic..."Variety29.61328

"...Sissy Spacek is excellent as usual..." Variety "...A movie of sweet, low-keyed charm....Spacek is a lovely actress of unexpected grit and humor..." New York Times29.61328

"...THE RIVER offers many fine moments and several strong performances....[The] photography is a joy to watch..." Variety "...[With] extraordinary cinematography: nobody can shoot a twilight sky or a water-soaked field quite like Vilmos Zsigmond..." Sight and Sound29.61328

"...[The film] may be Brian De Palma's best....It's a definitive revenge piece..." USA Today "...The opening sequence is an uncanny tour de force..."Sight and Sound "Brian De Palma's best movie, his virtuoso technique meeting its match in Sissy Spacek's touching performance." Total Film "[A] masterful mix of horror and adolescent angst..." Premiere29.61328

"...Nolte is at his riveting, ravaged best..." Rolling Stone "...[AFFLICTION] boasts a central performance of unmatched rawness and conviction..." Sight and Sound "...The meatiest performance of [Nolte's] career....Exquisitely shaped, paced, painted, and edited..." -- Rating: A Entertainment Weekly "...[James Coburn gives] what may be the best performance of his career..." USA Today "...[Nolte acts] with fierce, anguished intensity....[He] gives the performance of his career in Paul Schrader's quietly stunning new film..." New York Times "...Engrossing....Nolte, in peak form in one of the best performances of his career, is supported by a top cast....AFFLICTION is a gripping story..." Box Office "...Beautifully shot....Schrader's deeply felt film concludes with an image that pays homage to Tarkovsky's THE SACRIFICE..." Premiere "...Intense....This is a great performance by Nolte....AFFLICTION is one of the year's strongest dramas..." Los Angeles Times "...Nolte and Coburn are magnificent in this film....It is revealing to watch them in their scenes together....[Coburn] rises to occasion with a performance of power..." Chicago Sun-Times29.61328

"...Funny, witty....[Duvall's character] is one of the most memorable characterizations [Altman] has ever given us..." New York Times "A serenely terrific Duvall plays a delusional loner, and Spacek is the mysterious waif who latches onto her....[H]ypnotic..." Entertainment Weekly "[T]his is the greatest of director Robert Altman's filmed 'experiments'..."USA Today "This is a remarkable gem from the New Hollywood '70s era; it's hard to imagine such a daringly idiosyncratic movie being made by a studio today." Premiere "[A] surprisingly sensual study of personality addiction....3 WOMEN is to Bergman's PERSONA what IMAGES is to Polanski's REPULSION." Sight and Sound "Forget about POPEYE: 3 WOMEN was the last gulp of spinach in Altman's Seventies career, and one helluva way to go." Film Comment29.61328

"...Funny, witty....[Duvall's character] is one of the most memorable characterizations [Altman] has ever given us..."New York Times "A serenely terrific Duvall plays a delusional loner, and Spacek is the mysterious waif who latches onto her....[H]ypnotic..."Entertainment Weekly "This is a remarkable gem from the New Hollywood '70s era; it's hard to imagine such a daringly idiosyncratic movie being made by a studio today."Premiere "[T]his is the greatest of director Robert Altman's filmed 'experiments'..."USA Today "[A] surprisingly sensual study of personality addiction....3 WOMEN is to Bergman's PERSONA what IMAGES is to Polanski's REPULSION."Sight and Sound "Forget about POPEYE: 3 WOMEN was the last gulp of spinach in Altman's Seventies career, and one helluva way to go."Film Comment29.61328

"...IN THE BEDROOM is an uncommonly good movie -- a thriller that transcends thrills to become a heartfelt and heart-stopping personal drama..."Rolling Stone "...When a film as profoundly quiet as IN THE BEDROOM comes along, it feels almost miraculous....[A] perfectly observed, wrenchingly acted drama..."New York Times "...One of the best dramas of 2001....An assured, powerful directing debut..."Chicago Bulletin "...An extraordinary achievement in the genre, meticulously conceived and executed..."Movieline's Hollywood Life "...Remarkable....IN THE BEDROOM is a film we desperately need right now..."Film Comment "...Tom Wilkinson is very good....Spacek is extraordinary..."Los Angeles Times "...Wilkinson underplays as admirably as Spacek does....It's also enhanced by a surprisingly earthy performance from Tomei..."Entertainment Weekly "[Wilkinson] is an avenging father in Todd Field's wonderful debut feature..."Wall Street Journal29.61328

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"...[Goldberg acts] with dignity, reserve and a lot more credibility than might be expected....A careful, dispassionate, finally moving evocation of its setting..."New York Times29.61328

3 stars out of 5 -- "[With a] so-bad-it's brilliant '80s soundtrack....Sweet-spirited at heart..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a lot to enjoy....The best moments are musical, like a Footloose-spoofing sequence....Well worth checking out."Empire29.61328

3 stars out of 5 -- "[With a] so-bad-it's brilliant '80s soundtrack....Sweet-spirited at heart..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's a lot to enjoy....The best moments are musical, like a Footloose-spoofing sequence....Well worth checking out."Empire29.61328

"[W]riter-director Courtney Solomon fashions a crafty mystery with joy-buzzer jolts cutting through its somberness."Los Angeles Times25.38281

"[W]riter-director Courtney Solomon fashions a crafty mystery with joy-buzzer jolts cutting through its somberness."Los Angeles Times25.38281

"...A thoughtful, endearing film....Both Spacek and D'Angelo deserve a special nod of credit for doing all of their own singing with style and accuracy..." Variety "...Four extraordinary performances....Spacek is luminous..." New York Times25.38281

"...A thoughtful, endearing film....Both Spacek and D'Angelo deserve a special nod of credit for doing all of their own singing with style and accuracy..."Variety "...Four extraordinary performances....Spacek is luminous..."New York Times25.38281

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"Like the first film, ELIZABETH: THE GOLDEN AGE boasts strong acting and handsome decor....Blanchett's Elizabeth remains a commanding presence..."Box Office 3 stars out of 5 -- "Blanchett is peerless throughout, perfectly combining public poise with private doubt..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t is in the intimate moments that the film finds its heart....Cate Blanchett again excels..."Empire "[With] wonderfully detailed and vivid production and some excellent performances....[Blanchett] brings depth and subtlety to the role."Sight and Sound "[With] the ever-brilliant Cate Blanchett....Gorgeous moments and a fine script..."Uncut9.653011

Rolling Stone (9/2/99, p.110) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...superstar-packed.... Mary is moving away from the...sound of her earlier albums into a sound that's...more soulful, singing over a large live band or alongside Eric Clapton's guitar or Elton's piano. But she remains the queen of hip-hop soul..."Rolling Stone (9/2/99, p.110) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...superstar-packed.... Mary is moving away from the...sound of her earlier albums into a sound that's...more soulful, singing over a large live band or alongside Eric Clapton's guitar or Elton's piano. But she remains the queen of hip-hop soul..."Spin (10/99, p.164) - 9 out of 10 - "...Emotionally gripping and stylistically diverse, this album should allow Blige to transcend the limited and somewhat apologetic 'Queen of Hip-Hop Soul' label..."Spin (10/99, p.164) - 9 out of 10 - "...Emotionally gripping and stylistically diverse, this album should allow Blige to transcend the limited and somewhat apologetic 'Queen of Hip-Hop Soul' label..."Entertainment Weekly (8/20-27/99, pp.123-4) - "...Does what Mary J. Blige does best - making a heart-to-heart connection with her female fans by channelling the everyday insults and injuries of the love wars into passionate vocal art." - Rating: B+Entertainment Weekly (8/20-27/99, pp.123-4) - "...Does what Mary J. Blige does best - making a heart-to-heart connection with her female fans by channelling the everyday insults and injuries of the love wars into passionate vocal art." - Rating: B+sQ (1/00, p.83) - Included in Q Magazine's "50 Best Albums of 1999."Q (9/99, p.101) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...Whether freestyling over skipping, Timbaland-influenced beats on 'Beautiful One' or the straightforward swing of 'Your Child', Blige can turn from sassy to agonized to vulnerable in the space of a single phrase....The Queen Of Hip Hop Soul remains classy and invincible."Q (9/99, p.101) - 4 stars (out of 5) - "...Whether freestyling over skipping, Timbaland-influenced beats on 'Beautiful One' or the straightforward swing of 'Your Child', Blige can turn from sassy to agonized to vulnerable in the space of a single phrase....The Queen Of Hip Hop Soul remains classy and invincible."The Source (10/99, p.240) - "...when you take Mary's pure emotion...and place it over its rightful medium, something incredible is bound to happen....she dares to break the hip-hop soul template she helped create, and do something different. Something our loop-weary souls need."The Source (10/99, p.240) - "...when you take Mary's pure emotion...and place it over its rightful medium, something incredible is bound to happen....she dares to break the hip-hop soul template she helped create, and do something different. Something our loop-weary souls need."Rap Pages (10/99, pp.144-5) - "...It's sweet. It's consistent. It's personable. It's mature....A field trip of energy relative to all. And of course, each track is blessed with the influence of Hip-Hop soul, jazz and blues. Hail Mary!" - Rating: BRap Pages (10/99, pp.144-5) - "...It's sweet. It's consistent. It's personable. It's mature....A field trip of energy relative to all. And of course, each track is blessed with the influence of Hip-Hop soul, jazz and blues. Hail Mary!" - Rating: B9.120012

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3 stars out of 4 -- "Masterson and her cast make these characters, and others, into specific people and not elements in a docudrama....Masterson, like many actors, is an assured director...she creates a spell and a tenderness and pushes exactly as far as this story should go."Chicago Sun-Times "In THE CAKE EATERS superior acting elevates a small, overcrowded ensemble piece set in rural upstate New York into something a little deeper and truer....[A] promising directorial debut..."New York Times8.026798

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