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Review of The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 02 Jan 2015

The lingering impact of the movie is slighter than it hopes to be, a pastiche full of sound and whimsy, signifying nothing…

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Review of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 14 Dec 2014

It's the year's most go-for-broke movie -- weird, silly, sad, and the hardest I've laughed at anything that wasn't The Aristocrats…

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Review of Kiss Kiss... Bang Bang (1966)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 14 Dec 2014

It's the year's most go-for-broke movie -- weird, silly, sad, and the hardest I've laughed at anything that wasn't The Aristocrats…

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Review of Arthur Christmas (2011)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 14 Dec 2014

What results has its moments of wily inspiration…

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Review of The Bang Bang Gang (1970)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 14 Dec 2014

It's the year's most go-for-broke movie -- weird, silly, sad, and the hardest I've laughed at anything that wasn't The Aristocrats…

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Review of Kiss Kiss (Bang Bang) (2001)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 14 Dec 2014

It's the year's most go-for-broke movie -- weird, silly, sad, and the hardest I've laughed at anything that wasn't The Aristocrats…

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Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 08 Dec 2014

Hellboy II is all visuals…

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Review of Tangled (2010)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 08 Dec 2014

The action that follows her escape is more frenetic than inventive, but the character of Rapunzel is a Disney masterpiece unto herself…

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Review of Frozen (2013)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 08 Dec 2014

Amid exciting moments and gorgeous landscapes, Frozen is, at times, an uncertain whole. But hey, did you see that ice…

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Review of Tangled (2001)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 08 Dec 2014

The action that follows her escape is more frenetic than inventive, but the character of Rapunzel is a Disney masterpiece unto herself…

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Review of The Princess and the Frog (2009)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 07 Dec 2014

The Princess and the Frog is never boring, and that's a bad thing…

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Review of Coraline (2009)

By Matt Prigge (853) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 17 Nov 2014

It would be difficult for any filmmaker to mimic Gaiman's seductively amusing and imaginative writing, and Selick, who also wrote the script,…

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Review of Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

By Angelina Conti (1) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 12 Nov 2014

With strong performances by much of the cast, particularly the young Baquero, and almost-seamless special effects, the praise is well earned…

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Review of The Drop (1965)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 15 Sep 2014

A parable of the wages of sin that trades handily on the long history of the genre's sentimentality about honor among thieves, The Drop is…

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Review of The Drop (2006)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 15 Sep 2014

A parable of the wages of sin that trades handily on the long history of the genre's sentimentality about honor among thieves, The Drop is…

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Review of The Drop (2014)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 15 Sep 2014

A parable of the wages of sin that trades handily on the long history of the genre's sentimentality about honor among thieves, The Drop is…

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Review of Borgman (2013)

By Genevieve Valentine (37) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 19 Jun 2014

It's a sidelong coming-of-age that feels as though it skims the bittersweetness of its ending, but Lucky Them cares more about the trip than…

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Review of Starlet (2012)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 05 Dec 2012

Sean Baker's Starlet almost miraculously transcends this story's cornball trappings, with a minor-key muted humanism and bruised emotions roiling…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 23 Sep 2012

Cabin is perfectly enjoyable without ever quite feeling like there's anything at stake…

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Review of Cosmopolis (2012)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for Philadelphia Weekly (778) on 21 Aug 2012

Like all the best Cronenberg pictures, Cosmopolis is a pitch-black comedy about man's foolhardy attempt to impose systems of order on nature's chaos…

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