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"...Mr. Mangold handles the revelations and reversals of Michael Cooney's script with nerve-racking aplomb. There are horror-film conventions -- eerie sounds, slow camera movements, half-open doors and carefully arranged shadows -- that retain their effectiveness..."New York Times "...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness..."USA Today "...Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro..." Entertainment Weekly "...A snappily executed little thriller..." Variety "...With a third act that causes us to rethink everything that has gone before. Ingenious, how simple and yet how devious the solution is..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Sleek and clever....IDENTITY is fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor..." Los Angeles Times "...Stylish....A clever twist on the old strangers-stranded-in-scary motel plot..." Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Mangold's noir thriller plays like Agatha Christie meets Alfred Hitchcock....A thriller that satisfies the grey matter, IDENTITY deserves to be seen."Ultimate DVD10.38663

"...Mr. Mangold handles the revelations and reversals of Michael Cooney's script with nerve-racking aplomb. There are horror-film conventions -- eerie sounds, slow camera movements, half-open doors and carefully arranged shadows -- that retain their effectiveness..."New York Times "...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness..."USA Today "...Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro..." Entertainment Weekly "...A snappily executed little thriller..." Variety "...With a third act that causes us to rethink everything that has gone before. Ingenious, how simple and yet how devious the solution is..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Sleek and clever....IDENTITY is fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor..." Los Angeles Times "...Stylish....A clever twist on the old strangers-stranded-in-scary motel plot..." Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Mangold's noir thriller plays like Agatha Christie meets Alfred Hitchcock....A thriller that satisfies the grey matter, IDENTITY deserves to be seen."Ultimate DVD5.820849

"...Mr. Mangold handles the revelations and reversals of Michael Cooney's script with nerve-racking aplomb. There are horror-film conventions -- eerie sounds, slow camera movements, half-open doors and carefully arranged shadows -- that retain their effectiveness..."New York Times "...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness..."USA Today "...Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro..." Entertainment Weekly "...A snappily executed little thriller..." Variety "...With a third act that causes us to rethink everything that has gone before. Ingenious, how simple and yet how devious the solution is..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Sleek and clever....IDENTITY is fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor..." Los Angeles Times "...Stylish....A clever twist on the old strangers-stranded-in-scary motel plot..." Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Mangold's noir thriller plays like Agatha Christie meets Alfred Hitchcock....A thriller that satisfies the grey matter, IDENTITY deserves to be seen."Ultimate DVD5.820849

"...Mr. Mangold handles the revelations and reversals of Michael Cooney's script with nerve-racking aplomb. There are horror-film conventions -- eerie sounds, slow camera movements, half-open doors and carefully arranged shadows -- that retain their effectiveness..."New York Times "...Delighting in his own considerable cleverness and cineast's knowledge of movie history, Mangold shuffles the elements like a three-card-monte pro..."Entertainment Weekly "...Sleek and clever....IDENTITY is fine escapist fare with a saving sense of humor..."Los Angeles Times "...John Cusack is convincing....With moments of mind-bending creepiness..."USA Today "...A snappily executed little thriller..."Variety "...Stylish....A clever twist on the old strangers-stranded-in-scary motel plot..."Total Film "...With a third act that causes us to rethink everything that has gone before. Ingenious, how simple and yet how devious the solution is..."Chicago Sun-Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "Mangold's noir thriller plays like Agatha Christie meets Alfred Hitchcock....A thriller that satisfies the grey matter, IDENTITY deserves to be seen."Ultimate DVD5.820849

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"John Wayne dukes it out with Randolph Scott in the genre's most folkloric fight scene."USA Today10.63835

3 stars out of 5 -- "Caine is solid as the working-class gent with an agenda....As a caper with a great cast and clever premise, FLAWLESS works..."Empire10.54538

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4 stars out of 5 -- "In Haneke's hands we feel the same sense of hopelessness as the family....Haneke smashes down the fourth wall and makes it chillingly clear that we are playing by his rules and his rules alone."Uncut "It's been made with brutal fascination and skill....Haneke works in cleanly organized shots, with a nagging real-time pace reminiscent of Kubrick." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[A] horrifying, brilliantly assured experiment in human cruelty....Naomi Watts is exceptional as the suffering wife, as is Michael Pitt as Paul."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "Key to its success is the fantastic Michael Pitt....Watt, especially gives her all..." Empire10.25809

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"[H]is dancing is uttery assured....[THIS IS IT is] edited like a real concert film, and the sound is almost too good to believe."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 4 -- "Jackson shows signs of the physical and vocal fluidity and sheer charisma that he retaied....Jackson's creative team and crew emerge as engaging personalities in rehearsal and interview segments that are surprisingly funny or moving."USA Today 5 stars out of 5 -- "Here, we see the master close to the top of his game....The tour Jackson called his 'final curtain call' might be his last bow, but his inspiration lives on."Box Office "The rehearsals draw heavily from Mr. Jackson's older hits, notably from the 1982 album THRILLER, beginning with 'Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'' and moving through 'Human Nature,' 'Thriller,' 'Beat It' and 'Billie Jean.'"New York Times "[Jackson] lives vividly in THIS IS IT, a spectacular record of rehearsals for a show that wasn't to be."Wall Street Journal "[S]till capable of generating chills, the focus is more powerfully on the dancing, with Jackson moving his dancers through marks, tweaking their steps and coming up with on-the-spot cues."Movieline "[The film] captures one of pop culture's great entertainers in the feverish grips of pure creativity. The screen is filled with performers, musicians, choreographers, crew members and craftsmen, but the movie's laserlike focus is on Michael Jackson."Hollywood Reporter "[H]is intense perfectionism is breathtaking to see here....THIS IS IT is a classy film that only affirms the man's talent."Variety 4 stars out of 4 -- "[The film] benefits from the limited number of cameras by allowing us to experience his work in something closer to realistic time....[It] provides both a good idea of what the final concert would have looked like, and a portrait of the artist at work."Chicago Sun-Times THIS IS IT offers a raw and endearing sketch of a genius at work. -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly10.01598

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"...[Travolta is] as winning as before in this characterization, and it's a pleasure to watch the actor work..."Variety9.503601

"[A] shockingly and sometimes discomfortingly funny comedy....[Rogen gives] a nervy lead performance that's in perfect sync with the pic itself."Variety [A] risky, riotous, moody-blue comedy written and directed by Jody Hill....The cast, led by Rogen, chomps into all this anarchy as if liberated from the Hollywood salt mines, with a commitment to the material worthy of a tribute from James Lipton. -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly Its biggest asset is the way it sidesteps predictability and focuses its tale on unlikely and unhinged characters.USA Today Ms. Faris is as game as they come. Mr. Rogen, whos often cast as a likable schlump, gives an edgy, brave performance...Wall Street Journal "[T]he film breaks all the rules....Not since Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE has a studio comedy so willfully punctuated fantasy with shocking violence."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "If you are a fan of dark and quirky comedy, then you will be in heaven with this film....The random and unpredictable nature makes it an extremely interesting film to watch."Premiere 3 stars out of 5 -- "Funny as hell, that's how demonic it is. Imagine Scorsese directing POLICE ACADEMY..."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's Rogen's THE CABLE GUY, and a possible future cult classic."Total Film9.501043

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"[A] shockingly and sometimes discomfortingly funny comedy....[Rogen gives] a nervy lead performance that's in perfect sync with the pic itself."Variety [A] risky, riotous, moody-blue comedy written and directed by Jody Hill....The cast, led by Rogen, chomps into all this anarchy as if liberated from the Hollywood salt mines, with a commitment to the material worthy of a tribute from James Lipton. -- Grade: A-Entertainment Weekly Its biggest asset is the way it sidesteps predictability and focuses its tale on unlikely and unhinged characters.USA Today Ms. Faris is as game as they come. Mr. Rogen, whos often cast as a likable schlump, gives an edgy, brave performance...Wall Street Journal "[T]he film breaks all the rules....Not since Paul Thomas Anderson's PUNCH-DRUNK LOVE has a studio comedy so willfully punctuated fantasy with shocking violence."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 4 -- "If you are a fan of dark and quirky comedy, then you will be in heaven with this film....The random and unpredictable nature makes it an extremely interesting film to watch."Premiere 3 stars out of 5 -- "Funny as hell, that's how demonic it is. Imagine Scorsese directing POLICE ACADEMY..."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 5 -- "It's Rogen's THE CABLE GUY, and a possible future cult classic."Total Film9.147747

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"...The most entertaining inside-journalism movie since ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN..."Premiere "...As an inside look into the hothouse of journalism, it's dynamite..." Rolling Stone "...A contemporary cautionary tale....Christensen's Glass is unnervingly persuasive..." Los Angeles Times "...The movie is a serious, well-observed examination of the practice of journalism....SHATTERED GLASS is good enough to be true..." New York Times "...Engrossing..." USA Today "...More than being a smart and accurate look at magazine journalism -- no small matter -- SHATTERED GLASS is also a compelling portrait of a psychosis at work..." Los Angeles Times "...Right from the start, Hayden Christensen is a revelation..." Entertainment Weekly "SHATTERED GLASS deserves comparison with ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN among movies about journalism."Chicago Sun-Times "[The] film, based on a true story, juxtaposes two fine performances..." Uncut "The film is based, solidly and persuasively, on fact....Billy Ray directed this terrific debut feature..."Wall Street Journal8.627285

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"...Gripping and packed with director Michael Mann's visual stylistics..."Total Film "...[Noonan] burns up the frame...[as] one of the freakiest madmen Hollywood has ever given us....You'll never listen to IN-A-GADDA-DA-VIDA without locking the doors again..." -- Rating: B+Entertainment Weekly "...Brian Cox has some delicious moments as a brilliant, depraved criminal....Stephen Lang is outrageously despicable..."Variety "...[Mann] mounts his film with the speed of a bullet train and virtually defies us to get off while it's in motion..."Los Angeles Times8.492952

"...Gobs of talent are amassed..." Premiere "...This spellbinder vibrates with style, substance and humor, plus voluptuous camera work..." Rolling Stone "...[HEAT] serves to bolster the case for Michael Mann as the key American auteur of the last ten years..." Sight and Sound "...A film that deserves Oscars for photography, editing, sound and arguably scoring....Heat is packed with unforgettable subcharacters..." -- 4 out of 4 stars USA Today "...[Mann's] .357 Magnum opus....Macho-intellectual chutzpah..." Entertainment Weekly "...Stunningly made and incisively acted by a large and terrific cast....[HEAT] stands apart from other films of its type by virtue of its extraordinary rich characterizations..." Variety "...A sleek, accomplished piece of work, meticulously controlled and completely involving. The dark end of the street doesn't get much more inviting than this..." Los Angeles Times "...There is absolute precision of effect here, the feeling of roles assumed instinctively..." Chicago Sun-Times "[With] stunning cinematography, capturing an off-kilter LA, all metallic grey and widescreen sheen." Total Film8.492418

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"...Enjoyable..." Box Office "...Move over, DEEP IMPACT -- here comes something meteor..." Premiere8.459801

"[A] fabulously upsetting, doesn't-leave-your-head thriller....The picture moves with stealth, enjoying its own thriller-ness as hints are laid and mislaid." -- Grade: A Entertainment Weekly "[U]nsettling and tense, even shocking. And its story of enduring tensions between an Algerian immigrant and a well-off French family is particularly timely."USA Today "[T]aut, terse, brisk and immediately engaging....This is provocative filmmaking at its finest, boasting portrayals that are impeccable because they are so completely natural."Los Angeles Times "[A] tense, politically tinged psychological thriller about vengeance and injustice." New York Times "[T]his beautifully controlled, gripping film benefits from the pitch-perfect performances of Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche." Movieline's Hollywood Life "Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche are masterful....It's brilliantly tense, original and hypnotic." Uncut "HIDDEN is really the latest of Haneke's portraits of the bourgeois European family and its discontents....Haneke's most rigorous yet." Sight and Sound 5 stars out of 5 -- "HIDDEN's story is tight, its characters compulsive....[Haneke] has a point, and it's chilling and beautifully made." Total Film 4 stars out of 4 -- "It's a moral and political allegory wrapped in the husk of a suspense thriller, and Haneke makes their nightmares ours by hiding a few puzzle pieces." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A] masterpiece....[With an] intentionally cryptic narrative. It's not called HIDDEN for nothing."Empire8.456354

"[A] new yet insistently old-fashioned spin on the kid-lit classic MY FRIEND FLICKA....Bighearted and beautifully shot..."Entertainment Weekly "[The film is] set on a horse ranch in a spectacularly pristine, mountainous swath of Wyoming..."New York Times8.456354

"[A] tensely funny and alive Los Angeles night-world thriller....Cruise and Foxx are so good together because they allow the two characters to get under each other's skin." Entertainment Weekly "[A] feast for the eyes....[Mann] really uses the electronic sheen that comes with the format." Premiere "Mann hits a new peak, orchestrating action, atmosphere and bruising humor with a poet's eye for urban darkness." Rolling Stone "[T]he wrap-up is staged with craft and confidence..."USA Today "COLLATERAL has the texture and gravity of an old-school classic." Uncut "[With] complex, intriguing characters..."Chicago Sun-Times "Mann's crisp, pulp thriller sees TC as a bad cat in after-hours LA..." Total Film "[An] elegantly crafted and genuinely thrilling thriller....The crackling-smart script was written by Stuart Beattie..."Wall Street Journal8.452908

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"...Easy charm....An enjoyable paperback of a film..." New York Times "...FLETCH is smart, dead-pan dry and funny..."Los Angeles Times "Enjoyable..." Total Film 4 stars out of 4 -- "One of the most quotable comedies ever made where Chase is at the top of his game."Premiere8.435677

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3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]njoyable and lively viewing, and a fitting tribute to a lost girl."Empire8.435677

"...Michael Winner directs with customary tongue-in-cheek panache....The musical score by Jimmy Page is pleasing..."Variety8.225569

"...An extremely entertaining suspense drama....[The] entire cast, down through minor supporting roles, contributes to the impact..."Variety "...[COMA] combines dry humour and documentary realism....A pleasingly old-fashioned movie..."Sight and Sound8.200323

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"...The film remains intense, powerful and fascinating for more than three hours....The acting, throughout, is outstanding. Walken's performance is a marvel..." Variety "...A big, awkward, crazily ambitious, sometimes breathtaking motion picture that comes as close to being a popular epic as any movie about this country since THE GODFATHER....[Streep] gives a smashing film performance..." New York Times Included in the New York Times's "10 BEST FILMS OF 1978" New York Times "Hell is war in Michael Cimino's decade-defining classic..."Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "[A]n unforgettable study of friendship, pre-, during and post Vietnam."Ultimate DVD 5 stars out of 5 -- "Cimino's is a political film that makes its points through the trials of its characters..."Uncut "Cimino's sprawling Vietnam drama is an intimate epic, favouring the personal over the political....This is an ensemble cast par excellence."Sight and Sound8.155183

3.5 stars out of 4 -- "Depp and the vibrantly touching Cotillard give the relationship a potent intimacy....It's movie dynamite."Rolling Stone 3 stars out of 4 -- "Director Michael Mann mounts a technically proficient, visually enthralling crime drama anchored by the low-key but captivating performance of Johnny Depp..."USA Today "[A]n impressive film of great formal skill, one that inescapably has a brooding dark-night-of-the-soul quality about it....The beauty and skill of the filmmaking keep you tightly in its grasp."Los Angeles Times 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "This Johnny Depp performance is something else....This is a very good film, with Depp and Bale performances of brutal clarity."Chicago Sun-Times "Michael Mann's PUBLIC ENEMIES is a grave and beautiful work of art....It revisits with meticulous detail and convulsions of violence a short, frantic period in the life and bank-robbing times of John Dillinger..."New York Times "[M]arvelously detailed and meticulously crafted, an elegant evocation of Depression-era America and its fascination with crime."Wall Street Journal 3 stars out of 4 -- "Johnny Depp continues to make great choices and plays Dillinger as both charming and sinister."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "[O]rdinary scenes become electrifying experiences as Mann takes an old story and makes it feel new and unexpected....Packed with fresh tension and atmosphere..."Total Film 4 stars out of 5 -- "[Mann] has a strong eye for forensic detail that ramps up the vividness of the film."Uncut8.150237