After winning the Grand Prix in Cannes, and the best foreign film prize at the BAFTAs, this Academy Award–nominated foreign language picture's global reputation precedes it.
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Credible 20-something movie romances are hard to come by, but "The Good Guy," uneven as it is, works as a perceptive look at contemporary relationships in the big city and that elusive search for true love.
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"Shutter Island" is, like any Martin Scorsese film, ambitious—perhaps even more so than the director's last feature, "The Departed," a solid picture that garnered an "It's your turn" Oscar for its maker.
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If ever there was a more manufactured film than "Valentine's Day," it would take an expedition on the scale of Lewis and Clark's to find one.
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Joe Johnston, directing from a screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker and David Self, is serious about gore. Sadly, that appears to be all he's serious about.
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Temple Grandin was diagnosed with autism back when doctors offered such news with a cigarette and the name of a nearby institution. But Grandin's mother was not the institutionalizing type.
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"Ajami" is broken up into five nonlinear chapters, which forces the audience to pay close attention to get invested into the story. But the payoff is huge and, ultimately, quite moving.
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Folks in Denmark liked "Terribly Happy" enough to make it their selection for the Academy Awards' best foreign language film category, and there's little reason to argue with the Danes over their choice.
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"Edge of Darkness," a stylishly made political suspense thriller, is the onscreen return of Mel Gibson, playing a Boston police detective out to avenge the death of his daughter.
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Acting is tough enough. Acting on the side of a mountain in subzero temperatures can separate weak thespians from the strong.
