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Review of Nuts (2013)

By Familiar S (393) on 05 Feb 2011

Wounded from the start by the oddball casting of Streisand…

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Review of In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

By Familiar S (393) on 02 Feb 2011

A fascinating fantasy movie with some great special effects, but, at times, it gets a bit too imaginary to hold your interest…

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Review of Basic (2003)

By Familiar S (393) on 01 Feb 2011

For those like myself, who take the time to note what a movie is supposedly about (e.g.: such as this movie; basically a who-done-it-and-why),…

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Review of Far North (2008)

By Familiar S (393) on 01 Feb 2011

Having seen The Warrior by the same director it wasn't difficult to persuade me to rent this when I saw it on somebody's recommendation list…

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Review of The Negotiator (1998)

By Familiar S (393) on 24 Jan 2011

When a successful police negotiator is falsely accused of corruption and killing his colleague, he takes four people, including an inspector…

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Review of Secrets & Lies (1996)

By Familiar S (393) on 23 Jan 2011

Mike Leigh is NOT a genius. His movies are dull…

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Review of Stander (2003)

By Familiar S (393) on 23 Jan 2011

Well-directed, but the story kind of loses its way toward the end…

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Review of Shaapit (2010)

By Familiar S (393) on 22 Jan 2011

Frankly speaking there was nothing new in this movie…

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Review of The Countess (2009)

By Familiar S (393) on 20 Jan 2011

When we go through history, we sometimes come across legends that we find impossible to exist in real life…

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Review of An Unfinished Life (2005)

By Familiar S (393) on 20 Jan 2011

A good drama that indicates the significance of forgiveness, and how it can be tough than vengeance sometimes…

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Review of Invictus (2009)

By Familiar S (393) on 19 Jan 2011

Clint Eastwood tries to give an inspiring account of the triumph of South Africa (Springboks) in 1995 Rugby World Cup, and how Nelson Mandela…

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Review of Papillon (1973)

By Familiar S (393) on 19 Jan 2011

I was drawn towards it because of its high IMDb rating and all the more because it's based on real life events…

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Review of 2046 (2004)

By Familiar S (393) on 18 Jan 2011

Like the performance of Tony Leung as I always do... the mood is powerful…

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Review of She's Out of My League (2010)

By Familiar S (393) on 18 Jan 2011

Not bad at all. Basic romantic comedy with predictable happy ending…

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Review of Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)

By Familiar S (393) on 13 Jan 2011

A one sided accounting of a potential injustice most valuable for the conclusions that viewer may draw about society rather than the tale itself,…

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Review of Michael Clayton (2007)

By Familiar S (393) on 03 Jan 2011

Slow but a really good ending. Not a thriller as it claims to be but a lawyer movie in the vein of Erin Brockovich…

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Review of The Laramie Project (2002)

By Familiar S (393) on 02 Jan 2011

The story is sad & tragic since it happened for real, but it doesn't work too well as a docudrama. I mean, it's just about okay…

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Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By Familiar S (393) on 31 Dec 2010

Prior to watching this movie, I didn't know anything about who George Reeves was. The name was totally new for me…

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Review of Alexandra's Project (2003)

By Familiar S (393) on 23 Dec 2010

Pure caacaa. It was described to me as a mind-fuck. Hard Candy was a mind-fuck. This was 2 hours of crap…

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Review of Citizen X (1995)

By Familiar S (393) on 22 Dec 2010

An intelligent and suspenseful serial killer movie without the sensationalism of others in the genre, Citizen X is a compelling and grisly…

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