Stories from Criticker Movie Blog
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DVD Report - February 7th
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Feb 7, 2012
James Marsh wowed Criticker users with his 2008 documentary Man on Wire, about tightrope walker Philippe Petit. His new documentary likewise earns solid praise, though with some complaints. Project Nim tells the story of Nim, a chimpanzee raised as a… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Chimpanzee
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DVD Report - January 31st, 2012
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 30, 2012
Far and away the best film new to DVD this week is Drive. Two of the best young talents in movies join forces to thrilling effect here, with Denmark's Nicolas Winding Refn directing and Canada's Ryan Gosling starring. This was… Full Story »
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DVD Report - January 24th
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 24, 2012
The best new DVD of the week is the comic drama 50/50, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt as a young man diagnosed with cancer. Mixing humor with the specter of death is a tricky task, but 50/50 manages to stay respectful to… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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DVD Report - January 17th
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 17, 2012
This week's slate of new DVD releases is a case of extremes. On the one side, you have films like Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star, and 2011s very worst film according to users of Criticker: Abduction. But the… Full Story »
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DVD Report - January 10th
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 10, 2012
There's one clear gem among this week's litter of new releases to DVD. Moneyball, starring Brad Pitt as the manager of the Oakland As, was a hit both with critics and at the box office. The rest of the field… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Brad Pitt
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View Filmmakers by Country
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 4, 2012
Of course, this filtering is only as good as the data. We've filled out the data for thousands of actors, directors and screenwriters, but there are many more that need the information. To further that end, as part of this… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Lou Diamond Phillips
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DVD Report - January 3rd
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Jan 3, 2012
The best film this week on DVD is the Irish comedy, The Guard, which stars Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. This is the most successful independent Irish film of all time, and won Criticker users over with its profane, violent… Full Story »
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Criticker's Best Films of 2011, #1 - #10
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Dec 30, 2011
Without a doubt, there are some surprises in the list of the top ten movies of 2011. Documentaries, foreign dramas, cancer, sex addicts all make the cut but what was the number one film of the year? Our criteria in… Full Story »
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Criticker's Best Films of 2011, #11 - #20
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Dec 29, 2011
1 Dollar DVDs Here's the first half of our annual list of the most highly ranked films at Criticker, for 2011. For this list, we only consider the 265 movies which are eligible for the 2011 Oscars, and which have… Full Story »
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Topics:
- Academy Awards
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2011s Most Ranked Films at Criticker
Criticker Movie Blog &bull Dec 28, 2011
Tomorrow, we're going to start counting down our annual list of the Best Twenty Films of the Year. Before that, though, we're sharing the list of top fifty films, in order of number of rankings. Whether or not you liked them, these were the films which most of you saw. Now, of… Full Story »
