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Review of I've Loved You So Long (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 20 May 2009

ILYSL is a 'dramatic mystery' that drops us into the lives of the a family and doles out sparse clues as to why they behave the way they do…

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Review of Zelig (1983)

By Jacob R (438) on 10 May 2009

More humorous in concept than in execution, Zelig was able to garner only a few chuckles from me…

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Review of Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

By Jacob R (438) on 25 Apr 2009

A shoehorned modern sensibility (namely the soundtrack and montages) and an excess of underdeveloped characters distract from what is otherwise…

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Review of Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 16 Mar 2009

A very well made doc about a slightly obscure but worthy subject…

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Review of Sleuth (2007)

By Jacob R (438) on 09 Mar 2009

Sleuth starts out as a fun-enough film that becomes more ridiculous with each act…

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Review of Sleuth (1972)

By Jacob R (438) on 09 Mar 2009

Sleuth starts out as a fun-enough film that becomes more ridiculous with each act…

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Review of Wonder Woman (2009)

By Jacob R (438) on 03 Mar 2009

A surprisingly good direct-to-DVD animated film that would make a great blueprint for any potential live-action WW movie to follow…

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Review of Frozen River (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 02 Mar 2009

A fine performance by Melissa Leo makes Frozen River stand-out from other films in the 'desperate poor people commit crimes' indie-film sub-genre…

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Review of Frozen River (1929)

By Jacob R (438) on 02 Mar 2009

A fine performance by Melissa Leo makes Frozen River stand-out from other films in the 'desperate poor people commit crimes' indie-film sub-genre…

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Review of American Teen (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 17 Feb 2009

As someone who has professionally --- cough tried to makecough---documentaries, I find a lot of the production aspects of this film dubious…

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Review of Doctor Detroit (1983)

By Jacob R (438) on 08 Feb 2009

Signature 80s laughs! It's so freaking funny...I'm still waiting for the sequel they promised me…

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Review of Escape to Witch Mountain (1975)

By Jacob R (438) on 02 Feb 2009

A fairly decent children's movie…

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Review of Escape to Witch Mountain (1995)

By Jacob R (438) on 02 Feb 2009

A fairly decent children's movie…

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Review of Homeworld (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 24 Jan 2009

Look there is nothing special about this movie, very B grade but it did have a good twist to it…

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Review of Lost Highway (1997)

By Jacob R (438) on 16 Jan 2009

Excellent cast, mind bending but if you know a little about mr. lynch's way of making movies you will be blown away by this masterpiece…

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Review of TransSiberian (2008)

By Jacob R (438) on 13 Jan 2009

A solid thriller that's clever enough to let you think you know where it's going...and then still manage to surprise you…

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Review of Silent Night, Deadly Night (1984)

By Jacob R (438) on 24 Dec 2008

Theory I'm working on: Tastelessness + 20 Years = Midnight Movie Good Time. At least this movie fits that bill…

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Review of Un Chien Andalou (1929)

By Jacob R (438) on 23 Dec 2008

Surrealism for an entirety of a film just isn't my thing…

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Review of Family Plot (1976)

By Jacob R (438) on 11 Dec 2008

A fun, if not very memorable light thriller that is only notable for a handful of distinctive Hitch touches and a sleazy William Devane…

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Review of Snow Angels (2007)

By Jacob R (438) on 18 Nov 2008

Yuck- didn't care for this one at all. Needlessly depressing and never got better. A big time-waster…

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