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The Wire (p.54) - "Ladd's eclectic and downbeat montage of samples creates a rootless soundscape, seemingly geographically transient, restless, impatient and unsettling. It is the perfect backdrop for Ladd's soul-searching reflexes and rants."JazzTimes (p.69) - "Ladd combines the world-weary pathos and caustic wisdom of Gil Scott-Heron, Tricky and Tom Waits, relating tragic-mulatto tales and leftist social commentary in a memorable manner."0.2954346
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"...Warm, low-key and likeable ensemble performances..." Sight and Sound "...This rueful comedy manages to evince all the charm and depth of the Cathleen Schine novel on which it's based..." -- Rating: A- Entertainment Weekly "...A fitfully engaging confection..." USA Today "...A romantic comedy of much charm and wisdom....Luis Bacalov's score complements both the film's emotional complexity and its buoyant mood and tempo..." Los Angeles Times0.2685913
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"...A fitfully engaging confection..."USA Today "...Warm, low-key and likeable ensemble performances..."Sight and Sound "...This rueful comedy manages to evince all the charm and depth of the Cathleen Schine novel on which it's based..." -- Rating: A-Entertainment Weekly "...A romantic comedy of much charm and wisdom....Luis Bacalov's score complements both the film's emotional complexity and its buoyant mood and tempo..."Los Angeles Times0.228623
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Rolling Stone (p.71) - "DONA GOT A RAMBLIN' MIND is dazzling in its velocity and virtuosity..."Dirty Linen (p.48) - "[T]hey represent the hope for rebirth and continuation of a vibrant, exciting genre....Every note exudes excitement and vitality."Living Blues (p.33) - "The music the Chocolate Drops make is good-timey and danceable, with a rugged undercurrent of hard-bitten wisdom contained in the lyrics."No Depression (p.96) - "Their debut discs brims with exuberance. Tackling sixteen traditional songs -- some well-known, others obscure -- the group transcends any whiff of novelty while conjuring up a bygone era."0.1852259
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Rolling Stone (No. 987, p.133) - 3 out of 5 stars - "...[M]aintains a sense of childlike joy and free-flowing exploration while creating bizarro pastoral reveries out of primitive tom-tom beats, guitar screeches and all kinds of overlapping vocals...."Spin (p.60) - Ranked #36 in Spin's "40 Best Albums Of 2005" - "[With] falsetto singsong, light-hearted do-do-dos, war-play whoops. Drop your guard and it'll sound something like wisdom."Entertainment Weekly (No. 845, p.75) - "...[B]reathlessly giddy and shamelessly trippy..." - Grade: AMagnet (p.87) - "FEELS is layered as no other Collective album before it. Because of this, the instruments melt into a pure sound where melodies and bits of harmonic ideas are left to linger long after they've disappeared."The Wire (p.51) - "[I]nclusive in its busy, cluttered sound, where everything seems to be happening at once and nothing is left out....[With an] emphasis on accessibility through melody and the conveyance of an almost childlike sense of wonder."The Wire (p.43) - Included in The Wire's "2005 Rewind: 50 Records Of The Year."Mojo (Publisher) (p.60) - Ranked #4 in Mojo's "Top Ten Underground Albums Of 2005."Mojo (Publisher) (p.108) - 4 stars out of 5 - "FEELS is every bit as chaotically charming as its predecessor....By turns playful and upbeat, subdued and drifting..."0.1755849
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"[The] compelling premise is given the rueful temporal hopscotch of ANNIE HALL, adapted to two twentysomethings and new cultural references..."Film Comment 3 stars out of 5 -- "Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and director Marc Webb show a real insight into the contemporary audience by creating a movie that almost literally alternates between scenes of a relationship's glorious beginning and the details of it falling apart."Box Office 4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] delightful comedy, alive with invention....There's a little black and white, a little musical number, a little Fellini, which is always helpful in evoking a man in the act of yearning."Chicago Sun-Times "Much like ANNIE HALL did for a previous generation, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility."USA Today "[A]n original romantic comedy....It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement."Los Angeles Times "(500) DAYS OF SUMMER finds just the right scale and tone, neither trivializing nor melodramatically overstating the delicate feelings it explores."New York Times "As Gordon-Levitt matures and age begins to burrow into his boyish face, he's become a relaxed yet still cerebral performer....[Deschanel] intrigues by holding her cards close to the vest."Movieline "Marc Webb's bright bauble of a boy-meets-girl comedy is a rueful tribute to the wisdom of hindsight..."Wall Street Journal "In its brightest moments, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER delves honestly and insightfully into the mysteries of love and romantic chemistry, and how elusive a connection can be."A.V. Club "(500) DAYS is like a mood ring cued to the ups, downs, and confusions of modern love....[The film is] not just bitter or sweet but everything in between." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) DAYS OF SUMMER hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are -- a bruising business."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "The hopeless romantics are sure to fall head over heels with this one."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- DAYS offers astute, funny insight into the confusion rife in love and infatuation. Gordon-Levitt anchors the film with an emotionally candid turn...Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "[E]xciting to behold...Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel beautifully catch the mood-ring melancholia of two lovers..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2009" -- "[Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt] are star-crossed lovers to die for."Rolling Stone Ranked #6 in USA Today's "Top Ten Films Of 2009."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "A sharp spin on the usual rom-com formulae, this is funny, sensitive and challenges the genre's gender conventions."Uncut0.117496
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"[The] compelling premise is given the rueful temporal hopscotch of ANNIE HALL, adapted to two twentysomethings and new cultural references..."Film Comment 3 stars out of 5 -- "Screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael Weber and director Marc Webb show a real insight into the contemporary audience by creating a movie that almost literally alternates between scenes of a relationship's glorious beginning and the details of it falling apart."Box Office 4 stars out of 4 -- "[A] delightful comedy, alive with invention....There's a little black and white, a little musical number, a little Fellini, which is always helpful in evoking a man in the act of yearning."Chicago Sun-Times "Much like ANNIE HALL did for a previous generation, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER may be the movie that best captures a contemporary romantic sensibility."USA Today "[A]n original romantic comedy....It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement."Los Angeles Times "(500) DAYS OF SUMMER finds just the right scale and tone, neither trivializing nor melodramatically overstating the delicate feelings it explores."New York Times "As Gordon-Levitt matures and age begins to burrow into his boyish face, he's become a relaxed yet still cerebral performer....[Deschanel] intrigues by holding her cards close to the vest."Movieline "Marc Webb's bright bauble of a boy-meets-girl comedy is a rueful tribute to the wisdom of hindsight..."Wall Street Journal "In its brightest moments, (500) DAYS OF SUMMER delves honestly and insightfully into the mysteries of love and romantic chemistry, and how elusive a connection can be."A.V. Club "(500) DAYS is like a mood ring cued to the ups, downs, and confusions of modern love....[The film is] not just bitter or sweet but everything in between." -- Grade: AEntertainment Weekly 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "[T]he sublimely smart-sexy-joyful-sad (500) DAYS OF SUMMER hits you like a blast of pure romantic oxygen. It turns the genre on its empty head and sees relationships for what they are -- a bruising business."Rolling Stone 4 stars out of 4 -- "The hopeless romantics are sure to fall head over heels with this one."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- DAYS offers astute, funny insight into the confusion rife in love and infatuation. Gordon-Levitt anchors the film with an emotionally candid turn...Total Film Included in Entertainment Weekly's "The Best Films Of The Year" -- "[E]xciting to behold...Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel beautifully catch the mood-ring melancholia of two lovers..."Entertainment Weekly Ranked #9 in Rolling Stone's "The 10 Best Movies Of 2009" -- "[Deschanel and Gordon-Levitt] are star-crossed lovers to die for."Rolling Stone Ranked #6 in USA Today's "Top Ten Films Of 2009."USA Today 4 stars out of 5 -- "A sharp spin on the usual rom-com formulae, this is funny, sensitive and challenges the genre's gender conventions."Uncut0.117496
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"[A]n interesting effort from first-time feature director Michael Keaton....Directorially, the film is structured well and has a darkness that suits the material."Hollywood Reporter 3.5 stars out of 4 -- "THE MERRY GENTLEMAN is original, absorbing and curiously moving....Watch Keaton. His is a complex performance, evoking a damaged man who has, somewhere inside, ordinary emotions."Chicago Sun-Times "[A]n austere, nearly pitch-perfect character study of two mismatched yet ideally matched souls..."New York Times "[A] dark and lovely drama about the complications of human connections that is Michael Keaton's impressive directing debut. It's a haunting story..."Los Angeles Times 3 stars out of 5 -- "A promising first effort by Keaton, worth seeing for Macdonald's performance alone."Empire0.1077966
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"The film's best moments are pure expressions of feeling....Bloom is surprisingly comfortable in the role of Drew, coming off as sweet, warm and easygoing, and easily in touch with his pit of despair."Los Angeles Times "[T]hematically consistent with director Cameron Crowe's more rewarding works." Entertainment Weekly0.0898305
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"[T]hematically consistent with director Cameron Crowe's more rewarding works."Entertainment Weekly "The film's best moments are pure expressions of feeling....Bloom is surprisingly comfortable in the role of Drew, coming off as sweet, warm and easygoing, and easily in touch with his pit of despair."Los Angeles Times0.0898305
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"...It's a perfectly rounded feature topped by fine leading performances..." Variety "...[Estevez's] acting has a crackling lucidity, a blend of high energy and cool observation. And, as a director, he's able to help guide his actors to the same pitch..." Los Angeles Times21.07419
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NAPRA Review (09-10/02, p.73) - "...This CD emphasizes the wisdom of the archetypal feminine closely intertwined with reverence for the earth and spirits of nature..."14.90407
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Uncut (p.121) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "It's still a low-budge, kitchen-recorded affair, though such spontaneous transcendence is the essence of what the four-piece does."The Wire (p.55) - "Part Third Ear Band, part Sun Ra Arkestra, The Orchestra have developed their own confident and raucous voice..."14.76447
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JazzTimes (9/02, p.92) - "...A pretty good band record, and far better than much of what gets trotted out as smooth jazz."14.69906
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Down Beat (p.77) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "'Nicki's Dream,' with Sandke on straight mute, might have come from Miles Davis circa 1958; 'Little Bix' shows a similar conceptual rigor on flugelhorn."JazzTimes (p.80) - "An impossible-to-pigeonhole jazzman, Sandke covers all of his bases and more here in a lively, intimate quartet setting with guitarist Howard Alden, bassist Nicki Parrott and drummer John Riley, refreshing out of his usual big-band context."14.69906
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Dirty Linen (p.72) - "It's a solid project, showcasing both Hughes' inventive and wide-ranging writing skill and her flexible soprano."No Depression (p.121) - "[The album] seems both comforting and familiar even after a single listen. Producer Tony Rice creates a warm and intimate setting for Hughes' deeply personal narratives."14.69906
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Record Collector (magazine) (p.96) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Tom Tom Club cooked up funky grooves and quirky vocals to make their eponymous debut album....The sense of fun and the innate funk is contagious as ever."11.54426
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Rolling Stone (2/14/02, pp.62,65) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...A movingly executed pop war against cliche...Dead-serious and devastating."Entertainment Weekly (9/28/01, p.74) - "...McCrae's astringency makes his candy floss easier to swallow..." - Rating: BQ (11/03, p.136) - 4 stars out of 5 - "...Exhibiting all the versatility of a character actor, he sings devilishly intimidating lyrics about bitter betrayal and revenge with the purity of a choirboy..."11.3511
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"...[McQueen] rises to heroic stature." New York Times "McQueen's penultimate film, is one of his most moving." Sight and Sound11.31044
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