akstanwyck
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| 78 53% | North Country (2005) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"I liked this movie, well written and directed, and so what if it's feminist! Everything well done except for the Frances McDormand part which was over the top studio by the numbers manipulating for an oscar nom. The movie nonetheless struck a nerve."
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| 65 25% | Milwaukee, Minnesota (2003) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"Terrific central performance by Troy Gerrity, son of Jane Fonda, who helped to get this movie financed. This is one of those labors of love that fly under the radar because distributors don't think anyone will go see it. Audiences at the Toronto Film Fest quite liked this story about a strange guy (the movie was muddy about what was wrong with him...was he autistic?) with a passion for fishing whose mother dies and leaves him prey to opportunists. He insists on enrolling in a fishing contest."
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| 88 77% | Frida (2002) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"This one's right in my sweet spot. Julie Taymor is always intelligent and sophisticated. Salma Hayek and Albert Molina are genius as Frida and Diego. Visually and musically sumptuous (Eliot Goldenthal, Taymor's husband)."
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| 93 88% | The Fast Runner (2001) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"exciting doc-style portrait of North American Indian life. Dramatic, compelling."
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| 80 57% | A Fish Called Wanda (1988) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"delightful well-written hilarious comedy with a sprawling enselble cast; Jamie Lee Curtis, often unnderrated for her considerable flair for slapstick comedy, is especially winning."
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| 45 8% | Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"I would have loved to see the home movie this was supposed to be'"it could have been pretty cool. But putting stars in it and making it into a studio-glossy action adventure was a total mistake. Acting convincingly against blue-screen is hard to do. I'm not sure Kerry Conran can work with actors or tell a story. I'd need to see more but he's in the studio system now so he may be forever spoiled."
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| 76 52% | Something New (2006) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"This movie was sexy and set up an interesting set of hurdles for the young couple. Unfortunately, for all of Sanaa Latham and Simon Baker's considerable charisma, the lead-footed direction gets in the way."
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| 60 21% | Selena (1997) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"straightforward by the numbers biopic, but interesting and compelling. helped to make JLo a star."
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| 50 11% | Godzilla (1998) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"One of those effects movies that was over-hyped and rushed into the marketplace. I would have loved to see the better-crafted version of this'"Godzilla was scaled all wrong and didn't tower over the landscape effectively."
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| 93 88% | Osama (2003) - Rated 14 Aug 2007
"brilliant doc-like reality burst of what it's like for people living inside an insanely restricted society. very moving."
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