“A better sequel to Jaws than any of the Jaws sequels; it’s like a Bond film starring Quint.”
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One-Line Review: The Deep (1977)
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One-Line Review: Hail, Caesar!
“Hail, Caesar! is like the Coen Brothers tried to make a Wes Anderson movie.”
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One-Line Review: The Gold Rush
“Chasing both scale and feature filmmaking for the first time, Chaplin finds his mark with The Gold Rush.”
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One-Line Review: The Kid
“If the Tramp were less passive in The Kid‘s climax, it would be a perfect film.”
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One-Line Review: The Presidio
“The kind of fun, mid-budget detective thriller that just doesn’t get made anymore.”
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One-Line Review: Winter’s Bone
“At once both hauntingly beautiful and unflinchingly brutal, Winter’s Bone is independent cinema at its peak.”
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One-Line Review: Primer
“With its jigsaw puzzle plot, Primer is as challenging as it is satisfying.”
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One-Line Review: The Command (Kursk)
“Only a real stinker could sour me on a submarine movie.”
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One-Line Review: Beasts of the Southern Wild
“A bold, fantastical look at how a child’s imagination interprets trauma.”
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One-Line Review: The Anderson Tapes
“An eerie mashup of heist and surveillance story, The Anderson Tapes is a fascinating ancestor to countless thrillers from the nineties and the aughts.”
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