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It's pretty junky.

So earnest. So dorky. So interminable.

As I joked before, I'm so glad that Walter Mitty could confirm his emancipation by changing his wardrobe to a Buzzcocks shirt and skinny jeans. Not a film...

Blargh.

Also, it's news to me that, apparently, I had a horrible childhood according to a commentator. I'll have to let me wonderful, nurturing parents know that.

Me too, but I found this to be a rather half-cocked adaptation--Summer Stock with a score. Certainly has its moments, but I wrestled a bit with its actual quality.

It's Bahrani's attempt to package an issue into a soapy family drama (one he would previously present with a more sensitive sensibility), yet he can't handle the exaggerated and exposition-ridden...

I think Zhangke can't help but push a little hard on his social and political commentary (nicely disarmed with dark humor here, whereas it bugged me a bit in The World), but I actually thought the...

Ugh, this movie is the worst. Like one of the most horrible early bird special matinee "issue" melodramas you could ever experience.

Holiday kids movie.

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So unassuming, radical, and brilliant. I'm completely enamored with the film--(deliberate) glitches and all.



Yeah, pretty much. The final bit is bizarre, but I'm not sure it necessarily needs...

Yah. So handsome yet so suffocated by rigorousness. Reviewed it here.

That's essentially the emotional core (or grief allegory), and it comes through quite clearly, but I just found it fairly feeble in its exploration of grief and the reconstruction of confidence in...

I wrote my thoughts here, as I saw it during TIFF (in IMAX, no less). The fanboys are already starting with the death threats. Oy. Half of my review is praise of its technical achievement, anyway. So...

It's pretty odd that, considering I think she has a plethora of brilliantly varied performances, my first reaction upon seeing this thread was, "I suppose either To Die For or Eyes Wide Shut, for...

Good to hear you liked the Moodysson, and yet it makes me feel even more regretful for skipping it in favor of Life of Crime (simply because it's the Closing Night Gala and thought it would be more...

I've been updating my Twitter with brief reactions to films I've seen at TIFF. Stranger by the Lake and Manakamana have been the top so far.

Yeesh, you must really hate her. It's possibly her worst.

Kate, of course, has an arsenal of thoughtful, top-notch performances. I'm hoping someone will mention her bold and brazen-enough Holy...

Seconded. It's DeNiro's slyest interpretation of a guarded man obliviously suffering from outrageous self-denial (a DeNiro speciality).

I'm inclined to agree with this.

However, while I found it had the best of intentions--full of nice details and compassion--more often than not, its heart is in the right place even when its head...

*raises hand*

Twas my #3.

(Three of my Top 10 made the consensus list, though, so I suppose I'm not too disappointed.)

I would recommend attempting to secure tickets to perhaps one or two of your most highly anticipated films (or the buzziest titles on your wish list), just to be safe, and then purchasing the rest in...

I'd be curious to see some sort of passion index, or percentage of seen vs. ranked.



Bummer, although I suppose it lingered near the bottom of my top 10 nonetheless.

One of the best films of last year.

Pretty surprised by this one. Imperfect, but unique.

Scenes outside the White House >>> Scenes inside the White House

It tries to tell too many stories and there's no subtlety here, of course, but Oprah is a hoot, some scenes work like aces due to...

I'm a fan. Still a bit rigid and uber-male, but it's a nice synthesis of DGG's diverging sensibilities.

Review here.