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| THE
MAGDALENE SISTERS
(Peter Mullan, 2002, UK, Ireland)
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| THE
MAN ON THE TRAIN
(Patrice Leconte, 2002, France) |
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| THE
MAN WITHOUT A PAST
(Aki Kaurismaki, 2002, Finland) |
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If
someone would make this movie in the US, the
reviews would have been awful. Because, let's
be honest, the jokes are really old and they're
not very funny. Of course, these movies are
not made in the US and, still, it's an acceptable
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| MASTER
AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD
(Peter Weir, 2003, USA) |
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A
pleasant surprise. I thought it was going
to be just a movie about boring battles, but
I was wrong. Points extra for the excellent
art direction and for making you feel you're
actually in those ships. |
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| MATCHSTICK
MEN
(Ridley Scott, 2003, USA) |
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I
knew the ending before watching it (no, not
because I'm smart, because my friends are
dumber) so I couldn't enjoy it much. Still,
a good stylish movie. Comparing this movie
with Ridley Scott's previous works, Matchstick
Men tells you that his career is not over
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THE
MATRIX RELOADED
(The Wachovski Bros., 2003, USA)
The first installment is a
sci-fi classic. The second one is far from being
one. Even though some fight sequences are exaggeratedly
long, the movie is acceptable. |
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| THE
MATRIX REVOLUTIONS
(The Wachovski Bros., 2003, USA) |
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A
major disappointment considering that The
Matrix could have been, easily, the trilogy
of this new century. The question here is:
do we actually needed two installments where
everything could have been said and shown
in one? |
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| MONDAYS
IN THE SUN
(Fernando Leon de Aranoa, 2002, Spain)
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MONSTER
(Patty Jenkins, 2003, USA)
Wait a minute, I think I saw
this film before. Oh, yes! It was called Boys
Don't Cry and it was a million times better. |
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MY
LIFE WITHOUT ME
(Isabel Coixet, 2003, Canada, Spain)
A really sad and depressing
film that actually leaves you happy and optimist.
Go figure. |
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| MYSTIC
RIVER
(Clint Eastwood, 2003, USA) |
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What
differs Mystic River from Eastwood's
previous forgettable work Blood Work
is a tiny but very important thing: the relevance
of the characters. Because Mystic River,
as a thriller, it is completely predictable,
but it is really effective as a drama. Because
all the characters are important; they feel
real because they are no heroes and they are
interesting because the movie is a very good
study of human psychology. |
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NORTHFORK
(Michael Polish, 2003, USA)
There are two movies in here:
the one about the town is the good one, the one
about the sick kid is not. |
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NOWHERE
IN AFRICA
(Caroline Link, 2002, Germany)
Not your typical World War
II movie, and not your typical Africa movie; it's
just an excellent film that mixes both themes.
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| PETER
PAN
(PJ Hogan, 2003, USA) |
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| PHONE
BOOTH
(Joel Schumacher, 2003, USA) |
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Having
some entertaining and good TV series like
C.S.I., Alias, Law & Order
and the intriguing 24, movies like
Phone Booth are becoming obsolete.
Because why would pay a ticket to watch this
picture when you have tons of better fictions
in TV and for free? |
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| PIRATES
OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL
(Gore Venbinski, 2003, USA) |
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