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director: alejandro gonzález iñárritu
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| Fate's tangled skein weaves three characters darkly into a chaotic struggle of faith, love, and death until the mettle of each is broken irrepairably. Hand held photography, out of focus and poorly lit scenes, and clever use of flash-forward editing add measurably to the bleakness of this painfully tragic tale. |
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reviewed by: nate |
December 2003 [link] |
recommend 1 thumbs up
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25th hour
director: spike lee
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| A series of powerful, well-acted but disjointed vignettes that never seem to add up to a complete or coherent story, 25th Hour did a good job of making me feel for the characters. But the heavy-handed 9/11 references, the overbearing score and the lack of cohesion in the story left me not knowing what to make of this offering. |
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reviewed by: liz |
December 2002 [link] |
recommend
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28 days later
director: danny boyle
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| Scary good fun though plagued with more than a couple of "dumb white guy goes into the spot where the monsters are hiding" moments (according to Eddie Murphy, black people would leave the house). Marrying a spunky young British cast, this is easily one of the better horror movies I've seen in a while. |
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reviewed by: liz |
July 2003 [link] |
recommend 6 thumbs up
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