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Nine Lives
Elpidia Carrillo, Aomawa Baker
Sony Pictures, 2006
I'll give it five stars..
+ Excellent
+ Nine of the Best Movies You've Never Seen
Definitely ! It's about nine women, nine important moments, glimpses...This movie is very clever in a way that you don't especially see the end of every story, why ? Because it's about life, relationships or family...don't expect finals,it could be 12 minutes of your life, and it looks so ...
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Babel
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett
Paramount, 2007
THE MOST BRILLIANT FILM OF THE CENTURY SO FAR...!
As powerful and brilliant Inarritu's first two films were ("Amores Perros" and "21 Grams"), they seem to have naturally led to this quintessential masterpiece, "Babel", a tour-de-force of cinematic poetry and complexity of emotion.
Placing what seems disconnected stories in four locations of the ...
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Brokeback Mountain (Widescreen Edition)
Jake Gyllenhaal, Heath Ledger
Universal, 2006
one of my favorites
+ I fell for it, too
this is by far one of my favorite movies of all time. truly one of the most beautifully haunting love stories ever brought to the screen. usually i hate cheesy romances and love stories, but this is nothing of the sort- the actors do a superb job of capturing the conflicting emotions of being in ...
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Grizzly Man
Franc G. Fallico, Amie Huguenard
Lions Gate, 2005
Watch those foxes and you'll see what's really in the subject's heart
+ Okay, I'll Admit it...
+ Grizzly Man is great!
+ Amazing Film
+ Into the Wild
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The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Sean Penn, Naomi Watts
No place in the sun, just where toadstools grow
+ Underrated
+ "I was here, Maestro.."
+ A Sean Penn master class
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Enduring Love (Widescreen Edition)
Daniel Craig, Samantha Morton
Paramount, 2005
A fascinating exploration of the psychological nature of love
+ slow moving movie that tears at the emotions
To truly appreciate this movie, I think, is to see it as largely metaphorical. Those critics who dismissed it as typical--and not very interesting--stalker fare have completely missed the boat, and I daresay are not observant or imaginitive enough to be good at their jobs. For the central ...
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Stranger Than Fiction
Will Ferrell, Queen Latifah
Sony Pictures, 2007
Same basic story, clever new revision
+ A metaphor for modern life-thumbs up!
Okay, I'm a sucker for the classic story of someone-finding-out-they-are-about-to-die-and-review-their-life-for-the-good. It's been done many a time, but I guess every once in a while there is a new way to look at this tried-and-true concept. This odd little gem is one of them.
The movie does ...
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The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Rodger Boyce, Sonny Carl Davis
Sony Pictures, 2006
2 thumbs up
+ Riding righting wrongs
+ three buriels of some mexican
+ Got A Jones For January
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The Squid and the Whale (Special Edition)
Owen Kline, Jeff Daniels
Sony Pictures, 2006
Modern Classic!
+ Another American dramedy
+ At the Forefront of New American Cinema
I don't know how Laura Lindley does it but I can always count on her being in a great independent film. This one is wonderful though I still can't make sense of the ending. A couple divorce and the poor relationship between the couple and the boys disintegrate even further. This family wasn't ...
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Hard Candy
Patrick Wilson, Ellen Page
Lions Gate, 2006
The Last Girlscout...
+ Pretty good movie
Who is this 14yo girl? She calls herself Hayley, but who is she really? I do not know. Once you see HARD CANDY you'll understand what I mean. I have some theories ranging from the simple to the downright supernatural. Hayley (played by the remarkable Ellen Page) is a true enigma. As the story ...
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Syriana (Widescreen Edition)
Kayvan Novak, George Clooney
Warner Home Video, 2006
Under rated film Nails it.
+ Asks serious questions, but not for the faint of heart
+ Confusing but Enlightening
They nailed it here. Behind the facade of polite manners, crisply ironed suits, dark restaurants, and spotless white robes, those in power know the real story. This is about the ruthless pursuit of power, the people who know the score, how they manipulate almost everyone else, and the consequences. ...
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United 93 (Widescreen Edition)
J.J. Johnson, Gary Commock
Universal Studios, 2006
United 93
+ A Truely Moving Film
+ Remembrance
+ Not entirely factual, but very truthful
+ feels real?
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Good Night, and Good Luck (Widescreen Edition)
Robert John Burke, Patricia Clarkson
Warner Home Video, 2006
A GREAT movie. Thank you George Clooney for making this
+ Clooney has chops
+ More Hollywood Rewriting of History
+ Good product
+ A DISTILLATION OF PURE McCARTHYISM and ITS ENEMIES
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Junebug
Embeth Davidtz, David Kuhn
Sony Pictures, 2006
It's rare to find a film this honest...
+ Indispensable Viewing
+ Amy Adams was robbed of an Oscar
I wasn't expecting to adore `Junebug' as much as I did, but in all honesty I was, and still am, in love with this film. It is one of those tender and compassionate films that grow on you the more you embrace it, and I've seen this film a good ten times now and it continues to swell my heart.
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Bubble
Debbie Doebereiner, Omar Cowan
Magnolia, 2006
A MINIMALISTIC DARK PORTRAIT OF SMALLTOWN AMERICA
+ "I don't know, Martha."
+ dark, slow, moody, amazing film
+ A Triumph
+ The Setting As Character
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