The Wire (p.61) - "[T]he writing and arrangements of Amponsah Rockson...will have instant appeal for devotees of vintage West African funk."Down Beat (p.58) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Rob serves up uncut, horn-stoked Afrobeat..."Record Collector (magazine) (p.98) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[The] LP batters its way into your consciousness with a mix of heavy funk grooves, barked vocals, punchy trumpets and wah wah guitar."13.09711
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"...There are some arresting visual touches...and a handful of loose, whimsical scenes..."New York Times "...A warm-hearted tale..." Total Film "...A beautiful and engaging film with vivid scenes which linger in the memory..." Sight and Sound "...Kitano's talent as an artist is apparent in the unique visual style of the film..." Box Office "...A heart-tugger made totally irresistible because of the combination of Kitano's wry, sly sense of humor and his rigorous detachment..." Los Angeles Times8.418093
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"...Director Rob Sitch scores bonus points for successfully interweaving social comment with humour..." Sight and Sound "...Endearing, surprsingly respectful....Heartfelt sweetness..." -- Rating: B+ Entertainment Weekly "...A feel-good comic fairy tale..."New York Times "...Beneath this film's perfectly modulated deadpan delivery beats a sincere and affectionate heart..." -- 4 out of 5 stars Box Office "...A triumph of sustained silliness....Very accessible and very funny..." USA Today "...THE CASTLE is charming and, yes, uplifting..."Los Angeles Times7.347904
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"...While Reiner succeeds in building the story around Wheaton's convincing vulnerability, he also has achieved a rare feat of getting equally empathetic and outstanding performances from everyone else in the cast..." Variety "...A compassionate, perfectly performed look at the real heart of youth. It stands, sweet and strong, ribald, outrageous and funny....It's one of those treasures absolutely not to be missed..." Los Angeles Times "...Tender..."Entertainment Weekly "Rob Reiner's evocative rites-of-passager is still memorable for the performances of its four young stars..." Total Film7.341833
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Rolling Stone (p.72) - 3 stars out of 5 - "[T]he fare here is significantly spicier, with Latin and even funk undertones."6.040718
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"...[Rob Morrow] comes through with a notable performance..." New York Times "...The heart of the story is hard to resist, not least because Linney is sweet and understanding, and Morrow has a shaggy appeal....The movie has a sweetness and care that is touching..." Chicago Sun-Times5.87061
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3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film5.809228
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3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "[E]ngaging, it features an embarrassment of raddled rock cameos -- Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper...Some delicious in-jokes too..."Total Film5.806574
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"...[The movie is] required viewing in every musician's tour bus..."USA Today "...A witty, mischievous satire, and it's obviously a labor of love....Delightful..." New York Times Included in The New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1984" New York Times "...Funny, devastatingly clever and original....As funny a film about the intersection of music and popular culture as has ever been made..."Los Angeles Times "...One of the funniest movies ever made....Reiner fills the frame with background information and subtle touches..." Chicago Sun-Times "...The movie is brilliant at telling its story....There are a lot of great visual jokes..." Chicago Sun-Times "...Stars Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer play fools as only wise men can..." Entertainment Weekly "...The greatest rock movie ever....It's not just a comedy -- it's a love story. And it goes to eleven..." Rolling Stone "Anytime a movie takes the piss out of a phenomenon, you've got England's loudest band to thank, dead drummers and all." Premiere 5 stars out of 5 -- "TAP's legend still runs....Endlessly quotable gags fly fast and a whiff of plausibility pervades..."Total Film5.80392
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Pitchfork (Website) - "HENGE BEAT is startlingly good; good enough to surpass even the top-shelf efforts from the members' other bands."5.486048
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Down Beat (p.64) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "With their contrasting horns, Dave Rempis and Vandermark bring a bounty of tonal colors to the arrangements and myriad genre vocabularies to their respective solos."5.482724
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Dirty Linen (06-07/03, p.84) - "...Brimming with character....there's an apocalyptic urgency that propels songs such as 'Ain't No Time to Bleed' and 'Before Everything Changed'..."Mojo (Publisher) (4/03, p.112) - 3 stars out of 5 - "...Disc two takes the listener on a 26-minute hallucinatory ride down Andersen's wild-and-woolly memory lane...'5.473967
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Spin (p.96) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[W]ith a jagged double-guitar pop attack echoing the Voidoids..."Uncut (p.101) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Fire Engines dealt in the hyperactive rhythms and jagged guitars that had animated Talking Heads and Television....Laced with killer riffs."5.473967
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"[T]his atmospheric mood piece casts a dreamy, ambient vibe..."Sight and Sound5.459457
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