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Inside Man (2006)
It looked like the perfect bank robbery. But you can’t judge a crime by its cover.
Filmmaker(s): Spike Lee
Crime
Drama
Thriller

When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.

26 Oct

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Inside Out want to like Spike, I really do. He has a natural cinematic imagination, something you can see from the very beginning. And he is flamboyant with the camera which I appreciate when the confidence is rewarded. Plus other things. He seems to have backed...


Published October 26, 2022
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Destricted (2006)
Filmmaker(s): Gaspar Noé, Larry Clark, Marco Brambilla, Matthew Barney, Marina Abramović, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Cecily Brown, Sante D'Orazio, Marilyn Minter, Tunga, Richard Prince
Drama

A compilation of erotic films intended to illuminate the points where art meets sexuality.

20 May

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Holy of the films in this collection are simply silly. One is at least artistic in the old, wan sense of visual oddity. There is one interesting one, though. Larry Clark’s “Impaled”. It is rather clever: young men seeking to get into the “business” are...


Published May 20, 2022
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Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (2006)
Kiss Your Nuts Goodbye
Filmmaker(s): Carlos Saldanha
Animation
Family
Comedy
Adventure

Diego, Manny and Sid return in this sequel to the hit animated movie Ice Age. This time around, the deep freeze is over, and the ice-covered earth is starting to melt, which will destroy the trio's cherished valley. The impending disaster prompts them to reunite and warn all the other beasts about the desperate situation.

17 May

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Two Paths feature animation has settled into two paths which will never again pass. One is the long form narrative which makes animated films no different than most other movies, real movies. The other is a collection of jokes. Now there are lots of non-animated...


Published May 17, 2022
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The Illusionist (2006)
Nothing is what it seems
Filmmaker(s): Neil Burger
Fantasy
Drama
Thriller
Romance

With his eye on a lovely aristocrat, a gifted illusionist named Eisenheim uses his powers to win her away from her betrothed, a crown prince. But Eisenheim's scheme creates tumult within the monarchy and ignites the suspicion of a dogged inspector.

13 May

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Flight Club know what's coming with this and we even know how. At least I think most viewers will. It is a con movie, but with more explicit folding. In the usual con genre, there is a mark who is fooled along with us the viewers....


Published May 13, 2022
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Blood Tea and String (2006)
Filmmaker(s): Christiane Cegavske
Animation
Fantasy
Thriller

The aristocratic White Mice and the rustic Creatures Who Dwell Under the Oak battle over the doll of their heart's desire.

21 Jan

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Alice’s Rosencrantz I saw this on Christmas Day and was rather thankful. 2006 has been a bad year for movies and at the end of each year I start to put together my additions to my short list of films everyone should watch before they die...


Published January 21, 2024
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Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox (2006)
A documentary about obsession, compassion and all-purpose soap.
Filmmaker(s): Sara Lamm
Documentary

A human story about a socially responsible company, “Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soapbox” documents the complicated family legacy behind the counterculture’s favorite cleaning product — Bronner’s son, 68-year-old Ralph, endured over 15 orphanages and foster homes as a child, but despite difficult memories, is his father’s most ardent fan.

05 Feb

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Legacy, Chemistry are hard to do. Nearly always what the filmmaker encounters is the complexity of life, from which they try to pull a narrative. Most often, that narrative is refined, abstracted from the world to match expectations. The best of these instead challenge our...


Published February 5, 2024
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Psych (2006-2014)

09 Feb

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The Adventure of the Speckled Bandwidth was assaulted by multiple episodes of this on a transatlantic flight, and got sick. It is typical TeeVee fare in the way it reduces possibly complex dynamics of all kinds to billboard simplicity. Abstraction is always the game with theatrical...


Published February 9, 2024
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For Your Consideration (2006)
Success in Hollywood is as fragile as a rumor
Filmmaker(s): Christopher Guest
Comedy

The possibility of Oscar gold holds the cast and crew of an independent film in its grip after the performance of its virtually unknown, veteran star generates awards buzz.

09 Feb

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The Posey Poses has a very narrow vision, so the game is seeing the various ways he can surround it. He and all his friends are performers with at best b-list careers, and mostly less successful. They all have some talent and commitment but find...


Published February 9, 2024
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Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)
Filmmaker(s): Guy Maddin
Drama
Mystery
Comedy

Guy and his sister grow up on an island. His domineering mother keeps watch over everything from the tip of a lighthouse, his eccentric father experiments in the basement laboratory. Then there are the orphans, on whose heads the adoptive parents later find puzzling wounds. Another brother and sister pair is sent to the island: the Lightball Kids, two detectives that are meant to bring light into the darkness. The brothers and sisters are all yanked into the emotional roller coaster of first love, while something cryptic comes to light in the parents' house.

16 Feb

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Jalapeno Water the problem: Maddin is an impressive filmmaker. He is important and has made at least two films that are important to me. But he is not a very interesting person. So when he applies his mastery to making a personal film - a...


Published February 16, 2024
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The Valet (2006)
Filmmaker(s): Francis Veber
Comedy

Caught by tabloid paparazzi with his mistress Elena, a famous and beautiful fashion model, billionaire Pierre Levasseur tries to avoid a divorce by inventing a preposterous lie. He uses the presence of a passerby in the photo to claim to his wife that it's not him Elena is seeing but the other man, one François Pignon. Pignon is a modest little man who works as a parking valet. To make the story convincing, Elena has to move in with Pignon.

23 Feb

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Seductive Word Surprises something lightly comic, Veber was my man. His ‘The Closet‘ was trivial, but few trivial things are amusing and fondly recalled. Here, with a different actor, is the same character with much the same quality. I won‘t bother you with the story. It...


Published February 23, 2024
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