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Review of Marronnier (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 02 Aug 2005

Here's how you know it's really bad. I find Japanese girls adorable, and this movie is chock full of them, AND IT'S STILL COMPLETELY UNWATCHABLE…

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Review of Fantastic Four (2005)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 13 Jul 2005

There were some things to like about F4 scattered throughout. The ingredients were all there, but the chefs need to be replaced…

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Review of Land of the Dead (2005)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 06 Jul 2005

While it isn't a necessary addition to the trilogy, it still entertains and delivers the goods in the gore department, and that's what we…

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Review of Primer (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 19 Jun 2005

Even at a short 77 minutes, Primer is bloated, draggy, cumbersome, confusing, and almost entirely unengaging…

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Review of The Machinist (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 19 Jun 2005

Anderson's use of lighting, editing, sound design, and score hit just the right nerve endings, creating a film that keeps turning over in…

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Review of Dead Birds (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 08 May 2005

You're not likely to lose a night's sleep over it . . . but you may find yourself double-checking under the bed before turning in…

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Review of Broken (2007)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 01 May 2005

As a short film whose primary purpose is to set up a gun fight, BROKEN is a short-but-sweet action fan's fix…

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Review of Broken (2007)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 01 May 2005

As a short film whose primary purpose is to set up a gun fight, BROKEN is a short-but-sweet action fan's fix…

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Review of Sin City (2005)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 31 Mar 2005

There's good and then there's great and then there's Sin City…

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Review of Meet the Fockers (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Mar 2005

As far as completely pointless, redundant, superfluous sequels go, it could have been a lot worse. At least it wasn't ZOOLANDER 2 - MORE ZOOLANDISH…

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Review of Constantine (2005)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Mar 2005

Keanu Reeves is a chain-smoking, tough-talking, and ***-kicking Exorcist, taking out the demonic trash like a hybrid of Father Karras and Mike Hammer…

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Review of The Door in the Floor (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Mar 2005

An alternately amusing and tragic portrait of post-traumatic eccentricity, focusing on two parents who are unable to get over the loss of…

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Review of Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 03 Mar 2005

Chow's screen persona lies somewhere between the poise of Bruce Lee and the comedic timing of pre-Hollywood Jackie Chan, with a little…

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Review of BattleGround: 21 Days on the Empire's Edge (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 24 Jan 2005

An honest to God documentary, refreshingly free of the agendas that usually give slant to so many of the propagandist films gaining…

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Review of Zatoichi on the Road (1963)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 15 Jan 2005

As much fun as your average Zatoichi flick, with plenty of humor and sword slashing and guys standing as still as statues before falling over dead…

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Review of A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 16 Dec 2004

The creepy visuals, the slow-burning tension, the meticulous pauses for effect, and the staggered trail of clues and revelations inexorably…

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Review of Sideways (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 10 Dec 2004

While containing the standard elements of the buddy road trip comedy formula, it adds layers of dramatic complexity to balance out the…

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Review of Blade: Trinity (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 10 Dec 2004

If you're willing to put your brain in neutral and keep your expectations relatively low for this third trip to the well, Blade: Trinity…

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Review of Sideways (2009)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 10 Dec 2004

While containing the standard elements of the buddy road trip comedy formula, it adds layers of dramatic complexity to balance out the…

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Review of The Incredibles (2004)

By Brian Mckay (336) for eFilmCritic.com (5,125) on 30 Nov 2004

Kids will love it and want to see it again and again. Adults . . . probably will too…

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