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"...Dizzying thrills..." Rolling Stone "...Balletic splatter and camp sentimentality have rarely if ever been stretched to [these] extremes....Outrageous..." New York Times "...Woo pushes the already gonzo conventions of Hong Kong action-melodrama into the stratosphere....It's a hellzapoppin' gunfight festival..." Film Comment "...An example of the highly addictive, supercharged, go-for-broke Hong Kong cinema at its most deliberately outrageous..." Los Angeles Times "Cult action director John Woo's U.S. rep was established when this bullet-ridden Hong Kong import rode a healthy art house run onto some year-end 'best' lists..." USA Today "[T]he scenes of balletic gunplay are often genuinely beautiful -- even spiritual -- as well as disturbing..." Premiere21.13019
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"[T]he film is still clearly the work of a master, and the temperance of the storytelling is more than classical -- it's novelistic, favouring ambience and character over what-happens-next."Sight and Sound21.13019
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"Keaton's gags always appear both effortless and accidental, preserving his unassuming protagonist's status as the eternal underdog, always waiting for the other shoe to drop."Film Comment21.13019
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"...Visually spectacular..." Los Angeles Times21.13019
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"...Nicely bittersweet....A drive and a pulse that give the film real excitement..." New York Times "...Some nice dance sequences and a likable performance by Jennifer Grey make the film more than watchable..." Variety "...Smart and funny, touching and unabashedly sexual....Grey and Swayze are tough, thoughtful, lovely actors..." Los Angeles Times "[A] slumber-party classic..." Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 5 -- "[T]his '80s classic transcends cynicism to give warm-fuzzies the world over."Total Film 5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]hanks to a fabulous soundtrack and enthusiastic performances, it's still as much fun as ever."Ultimate DVD [Swayzes] sweaty, smoldering, swivel-hipped rebel Johnny Castle still comes across as James Dean in snug slacks. -- Grade: BEntertainment Weekly21.13019
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"...FIRST BLOOD is a cracking film..." Total Film "As John Rambo, Sylvester Stallone was a one-man army." Entertainment Weekly21.13019
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"...For kids, there are relentless special effects....For adults, there is a smartly designed parallel universe....Plenty of enticing moments..." New York Times "...Impressive-looking..." USA Today "...Panache....[A] spectacle which crosses LAWRENCE OF ARABIA with STAR WARS..." -- Rating: B Entertainment Weekly "...Spader is surprisingly funny and resilient..." Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "This remains an uncharacteristically thoughtful sci-fi adventure..."Empire21.13019
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"...For kids, there are relentless special effects....For adults, there is a smartly designed parallel universe....Plenty of enticing moments..."New York Times "...Impressive-looking..." USA Today "...Panache....[A] spectacle which crosses LAWRENCE OF ARABIA with STAR WARS..." -- Rating: BEntertainment Weekly "...Spader is surprisingly funny and resilient..."Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "This remains an uncharacteristically thoughtful sci-fi adventure..."Empire21.13019
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"...FIRST BLOOD is a cracking film..." Total Film "As John Rambo, Sylvester Stallone was a one-man army." Entertainment Weekly21.13019
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"...One of the most buoyant Bond films of all....Almost everyone connected with the movie is in top form..." New York Times18.48892
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"...A Japanese zombies-vs.-gangsters action-horror comedy that plays like Quentin Tarantino remaking THE EVIL DEAD while on a speed binge..." Rolling Stone "...With Kurosawa-style swordplay, martial arts and elaborately choreographed gun battles..." Sight and Sound18.48892
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3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he film pulses with the writer/director's signature blood-black humour..."Total Film 3 stars out of 5 -- "Romero is using better actors than in the past....The menu includes new and creative ways to make heads detonate..."Los Angeles Times "Romero and his effects team have lost none of their relish for dark grotesquerie..."Sight and Sound18.48892
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Q (5/02 SE, p.134) - 3 stars out of 5 - Included in Q's "100 Best Punk Albums" - "By the time the album hit, critics were ready to stick the knife into anything penned by the punk-poet TV smith, and his auteur attempt gave them plenty of entry points..."Mojo (Publisher) (p.111) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "Vocalist TV Smith sounds as angry and erudite as ever on the song 'The Adverts'..."Mojo (Publisher) (3/01/04, p.55) - Included in Mojo's The 67 Lost Albums You Must Own! - "[W]idescreen, anthemic, post-proggy rage that spat bitterly in the eye of prevalent trends."Mojo (Publisher) (p.128) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[I]t's a ragged bedroom-pop masterpiece..."Uncut (magazine) (p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "The blend of ornate arrangements and bitter rage sounds like a sneak preview of The Auteurs..."18.48892
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"Jaa has a reckless, bone-cracking grace that transcends the [film]..."Entertainment Weekly "The effect is scrappier than the traditional kung-fu movie moves, with their balletic flurry of the extremeties, but the proletarian righteousness is pure classicism."New York Times "The last 25 minutes are nonstop action, with Jaa fighting with a triple-staff, a sword, and at one point, a live elephant..."A.V. Club 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he chaotic fight and stunt sequences are worth it."Premiere15.84764
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"...[Woo is] a very brisk, talented director with a gift for the flashy effect and the bizarre confrontation..." New York Times "...From Hong Kong with a bullet, an action classic..." Premiere "...Three of the greatest shootouts ever punctuate John Woo's instant cop classic from Hong Kong..." USA Today "...All the Woo trademarks are present and correct..." Total Film "...The climactic attack on the hospital is as eye-popping as any Busby Berkeley production number..." Entertainment Weekly "John Woo's 1992 cop thriller was his last Hong Kong movie, and it's a self-conscious career peak." Uncut15.84764
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"[T]he film is still clearly the work of a master, and the temperance of the storytelling is more than classical -- it's novelistic, favouring ambience and character over what-happens-next."Sight and Sound15.84764
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"...Connery's Bond was never better than this..."Total Film15.84764
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"Keaton's gags always appear both effortless and accidental, preserving his unassuming protagonist's status as the eternal underdog, always waiting for the other shoe to drop."Film Comment15.84764
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"...Nickson makes a creditable film debut....The [picture's] technical achievement is impressive..." Variety15.84764
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"...For kids, there are relentless special effects....For adults, there is a smartly designed parallel universe....Plenty of enticing moments..." New York Times "...Impressive-looking..." USA Today "...Panache....[A] spectacle which crosses LAWRENCE OF ARABIA with STAR WARS..." -- Rating: B Entertainment Weekly "...Spader is surprisingly funny and resilient..." Los Angeles Times 4 stars out of 5 -- "This remains an uncharacteristically thoughtful sci-fi adventure..."Empire15.84764
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3 stars out of 4 -- "In IRON MAN, Downey's likably snide playboy character is cut from the same anti-hero cloth as Johnny Depp's Jack Sparrow..."USA Today "[I]t's got an energetic, engaging performance by Robert Downey Jr....This part has been nicely tailored to Downey's talents and is a great deal of fun as a result."Los Angeles Times "The well-crafted IRON MAN is one of the smartest superhero films to come down the pike in some time....Robert Downey Jr. again reveal why he is one of the best actors of his generation..."Chicago Sun-Times "[A]n unusually good superhero picture....The film benefits from a script that generally chooses clever dialogue over manufactured catchphrases...and also from a crackerjack cast that accepts the filmmakers's invitation to do some real acting..."New York Times "[Favreau] draws on his humanistic gifts to make IRON MAN a compellingly down-to-earth superhero fantasy..." -- Grade: B+Entertainment Weekly "There's winning comedy in Stark's suit-making misadventures, involving a dash of Wile E. Coyote slapstick and some terrific deadpanning from Downey Jr.. And the acting-powerhouse cast doesn't disappoint."Empire "It has Downey's spirited turn going for it, as well as rousing sequences of various models of Iron Man armour in action....It makes a lot of clever decisions..."Sight and Sound 3 stars out of 4 -- "Seeing Downey and Bridges duel is one of the film's primary delights..."Premiere 4 stars out of 5 -- "A cad-to-crusader origin story, it's funny, smart, charming -- all the attributes of its star."Total Film13.20637
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"Newell has a gift for light comedy, and he knows just how to release the sour-ball charms of his fellow Brits..." Entertainment Weekly 3 stars out of 4 -- "With the cast getting looser and the mind games kinkier, it's hard to resist." Rolling Stone "[T]he director Mike Newell embraces the saga's dark side with flair....[T]he combination of British eccentricity, fatalism and steady-on pluck remains intact."New York Times "As Harry's life becomes more complex, so this film takes on a darker hue....Brit director Mike Newell enlivens the brooding atmosphere with stunning action sequences..." Uncut "Harry's climactic duel with Lord Voldemort packs an emotional wallop. And it's fun to watch the kids grow."USA Today "[I]n granting THE GOBLET OF FIRE an earthier real-world tone, Newell has crafted a parable about the pains and pangs of adolescence. In doing so, he has made the most grown-up Potter yet." Sight and Sound 4 stars out of 5 -- "GOBLET OF FIRE is crisp, vibrant, and absolutely magical."Ultimate DVD13.20637
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"[T]he first movie in the series with fear and wonder in its bones, and genuine fun, too....The whole movie zips along with a matter-of-fact cleverness that stays a step ahead of you."Entertainment Weekly "Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date, it's a film that can stand on its own..." Rolling Stone "This is surely the most interesting of the three Potter movies....It feels at once more dangerous, more thoroughly enchanted and more real."New York Times "The magic here works not just on the level of weird and wonderful ghosts and monsters but through a series of haunting images that draw attention to key themes and a breadth of imagination..." Sight and Sound "Alfonso Cuaron directs for mood, and the result is the most satisfying HARRY to date."USA Today "[Cuaron] brought a new style and intelligence to Hogwarts."Los Angeles Times13.20637
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"[T]he first movie in the series with fear and wonder in its bones, and genuine fun, too....The whole movie zips along with a matter-of-fact cleverness that stays a step ahead of you."Entertainment Weekly "Not only is this dazzler by far the best and most thrilling of the three Harry Potter movies to date, it's a film that can stand on its own..." Rolling Stone "This is surely the most interesting of the three Potter movies....It feels at once more dangerous, more thoroughly enchanted and more real."New York Times "The magic here works not just on the level of weird and wonderful ghosts and monsters but through a series of haunting images that draw attention to key themes and a breadth of imagination..." Sight and Sound "Alfonso Cuaron directs for mood, and the result is the most satisfying HARRY to date."USA Today "[Cuaron] brought a new style and intelligence to Hogwarts."Los Angeles Times13.20637
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"...The best -- the most elaborate -- 1950's[-style] science fiction movie ever made..."New York Times Included in the New York Times "10 BEST FILMS OF 1977"New York Times "...The only feature to date for which Spielberg has taken sole writing credit, CLOSE ENCOUNTERS is one of his most personal works....The story's primal appeal endures..."Entertainment Weekly "...An undisputed classic....It's Richard Dreyfuss's finest hour..."Total Film "Where the film scores is in its portrayal of an ordinary man, whose brush with the unknown changes his life..."Uncut 5 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t remains awe-inspiring stuff that has held up better than the other big science-fiction film of 1977."Empire "Steven Spielberg's shining, glowing masterpiece will never wear out its welcome."Wall Street Journal13.20637
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"...Raimi maintains suspense and a nightmarish mood..." Variety "...[A] tongue-in-cheek cult favourite..."Sight and Sound "[H]ighly effective as a tense horror -- its scares balanced by plenty of tongue-in-cheek humour." Sight and Sound13.20637
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"...Besson's comic irreverence is welcome..." Sight and Sound "...Mr. Besson directs with ceaseless flamboyance and with an obvious enthusiasm for his film's comic book conceits..." New York Times "...Luc Besson's kick-ass sci-fi jamboree works as hard as any movie can to ensure that we're completely, maximally entertained..."Entertainment Weekly "There's no doubt about it, when it comes to saving the world, Bruce Willis is your man. He does it with smarts and style, humor and courage..." Los Angeles Times "...Besson's future world is stuffed silly with visual pizzazz..."Total Film "Bruce Willis' taciturn hero and Milla Jovovich's super-femme still hold firm at the heart." Uncut13.20637
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"...HARRY POTTER, the film, looks just as dazzling as readers of Rowling's captivating book might hope..." USA Today "...[Mr. Radcliffe] possesses a watchful gravity....Ms. Watson has the sass and smarts to suggest she might cast a spell of her own..." New York Times "...A stunning achievement in set design, costumes, make-up, special effects and a well-chosen cast rendering perfectly and vividly an iconic and universally renowned fantasy world..." Box Office "...Rupert Grint is very good....HARRY POTTER will captivate younger children..." Sight and Sound "...The script is faithful, the actors are just right, the sets, costumes, makeup and effects match and sometimes exceed anything one could imagine..."Variety "...A red-blooded adventure movie, dripping with atmosphere, filled with the gruesome and the sublime and surprisingly faithful to the novel....Director Chris Columbus seems to have created a classic..." Chicago Sun-Times13.20637
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"...Many of the sequences are thrilling....The visual environment is beautifully conceived and skillfully rendered..." New York Times "...CHAMBER OF SECRETS, the movie weaves a powerful spell over its audience..." USA Today "...[The film has] new characters, marvelously played by fresh king-and-queen hams who conjure the old-fashioned art of well-placed acting..." Entertainment Weekly "...The young actors -- Daniel Radcliffe as Harry, Rupert Grint as Ron, and Emma Watson as Hermione -- exude a new ease..." Rolling Stone "...It affords an opportunity for such character actors as Kenneth Branagh and Shirley Henderson to let rip....[The] monsters from the first film are smoother and more nuanced here..." Sight and Sound "...CHAMBER OF SECRETS, like its predecessor, is intelligently cast and makes good use of behind-the-camera talent..." Los Angeles Times "...Enchanting....We see even more of the exquisitely realized Harry Potter universe in this outing..." Box Office "...It possesses a confidence and intermittent flair that begin to give it a life of its own....[The] film features a commanding turn by Christian Coulson..." Variety13.20637
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"The picture wears its ambitions on its whirring, rumbling, clanking, heavily CGI'd sleeve, and it pretends to be nothing more than it is: a honking, 40-karat piece of entertainment..."Movieline 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he clever hook provides a secure foundation for Bay's customary bombast..."Total Film "[H]ere Bay makes his best, most flexible use yet of all the flamboyant bigness at his command: Computer-drawn characters and human actors seem to occupy the same narrative for once."Entertainment Weekly "Bay has delivered a leaner, meaner, cleaner 3-D rage against the machines."Los Angeles Times13.20637
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