Dude Rates Movies

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The Lunchbox
B
Dabba
Ritesh Batra — 2013
Irrfan Khan, Nimrat Kaur, Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Friday 30 May 2014

No comment

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Napoleon Dynamite
B
Jared Hess — 2004
Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, Jon Gries
Friday 30 May 2014

No comment

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What Women Want
C
Nancy Meyers — 2000
Mel Gibson, Helen Hunt, Marisa Tomei
Friday 30 May 2014

No comment

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Rear Window
A
Alfred Hitchcock — 1954
James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey
Friday 30 May 2014

I admire James Stewart's character and the stoicism and seriousness with which he ponders the implications of marriage when the woman in question is played by Grace Kelly.

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Monsieur Lazhar
B
Philippe Falardeau — 2011
Mohamed Fellag, Sophie Nélisse, Émilien Néron
Thursday 29 May 2014

No comment

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Battleship
A
Peter Berg — 2012
Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker, Liam Neeson
Thursday 29 May 2014

No comment

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The Class
C
Entre les murs
Laurent Cantet — 2008
François Bégaudeau, Agame Malembo-Emene, Angélica Sancio
Thursday 29 May 2014

No comment

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Sinister
C
Scott Derrickson — 2012
Ethan Hawke, Juliet Rylance, James Ransone
Saturday 24 May 2014

No comment

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We Need to Talk About Kevin
D
Lynne Ramsay — 2011
Tilda Swinton, John C. Reilly, Ezra Miller
Wednesday 21 May 2014

No comment

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Insidious
F
James Wan — 2010
Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins
Sunday 18 May 2014

No comment

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Side Effects
B
Steven Soderbergh — 2013
Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law
Saturday 17 May 2014

No comment

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Romancing the Stone
C
Robert Zemeckis — 1984
Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito
Thursday 8 May 2014

No comment

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Rush
B
Ron Howard — 2013
Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde
Wednesday 7 May 2014

No comment

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Noah
B
Darren Aronofsky — 2014
Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Anthony Hopkins
Wednesday 7 May 2014

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The Host
F
Andrew Niccol — 2013
Saoirse Ronan, Max Irons, Jake Abel
Wednesday 7 May 2014

This film has been written for the screen and directed by Andrew Niccol (Gattaca, The Truman Show, Lord of War). I can't believe this. What the actual fuck has happened. Had someone checked on him?

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Captain America: The First Avenger
D
Joe Johnston — 2011
Chris Evans, Hugo Weaving, Samuel L. Jackson
Wednesday 7 May 2014

No comment

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
B
Steven Spielberg — 1977
Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Teri Garr
Wednesday 7 May 2014

No comment

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Jarhead
B
Sam Mendes — 2005
Jake Gyllenhaal, Jamie Foxx, Lucas Black
Wednesday 2 April 2014

No comment

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Revolutionary Road
B
Sam Mendes — 2008
Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet, Christopher Fitzgerald
Sunday 30 March 2014

No comment

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
E
Stephen Chbosky — 2012
Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller
Thursday 20 March 2014

No comment

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Supercondriaque
C
Dany Boon — 2014
Dany Boon, Kad Merad, Alice Pol
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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The Raid: Redemption
E
Serbuan maut
Gareth Evans — 2011
Iko Uwais, Ananda George, Ray Sahetapy
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Unknown
D
Jaume Collet-Serra — 2011
Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Easy A
C
Will Gluck — 2010
Emma Stone, Amanda Bynes, Penn Badgley
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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The Ides of March
C
George Clooney — 2011
Paul Giamatti, George Clooney, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Shooter
C
Antoine Fuqua — 2007
Mark Wahlberg, Michael Peña, Rhona Mitra
Wednesday 19 March 2014

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Juno
C
Jason Reitman — 2007
Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Lucky Number Slevin
D
Paul McGuigan — 2006
Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
C
Gore Verbinski — 2003
Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
C
Alfonso Cuarón — 2004
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Life Is Beautiful
A
La vita è bella
Roberto Benigni — 1997
Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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Basic Instinct
B
Paul Verhoeven — 1992
Michael Douglas, Sharon Stone, George Dzundza
Wednesday 19 March 2014

No comment

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The Quiet Man
F
John Ford — 1952
John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald
Wednesday 19 March 2014

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Love Like Poison
C
Un poison violent
Katell Quillévéré — 2010
Clara Augarde, Lio, Michel Galabru
Thursday 6 March 2014

No comment

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Welcome to the Sticks
D
Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis
Dany Boon — 2008
Kad Merad, Dany Boon, Zoé Félix
Thursday 6 March 2014

No comment

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Superman
D
Richard Donner — 1978
Christopher Reeve, Margot Kidder, Gene Hackman
Thursday 6 March 2014

No comment

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Blue Jasmine
D
Woody Allen — 2013
Cate Blanchett, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard
Wednesday 5 March 2014

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Frozen
B
Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee — 2013
Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff
Wednesday 5 March 2014

This film should be punished for having spread its garbage song like a virus on the entire face of the Earth, but it's not actually bad so I can't use this petty argument.

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12 Years a Slave
B
Steve McQueen — 2013
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Kenneth Williams, Michael Fassbender
Wednesday 5 March 2014

The next movie from Steve McQueen will be titled Widows. This one therefore marks an exception on his one-word-titled filmography, a nice touch from the director to inform us not to worry about this casual history educative package and that it was only for the Oscar hold-up. It's actually very decent.

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Dallas Buyers Club
C
Jean-Marc Vallée — 2013
Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, Jared Leto
Wednesday 5 March 2014

No comment

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Wadjda
C
Haifaa Al-Mansour — 2012
Waad Mohammed, Reem Abdullah, Abdullrahman Al Gohani
Sunday 16 February 2014

No comment

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Mud
B
Jeff Nichols — 2012
Matthew McConaughey, Tye Sheridan, Jacob Lofland
Sunday 16 February 2014

No comment

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The Warriors
D
Walter Hill — 1979
Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright
Sunday 19 January 2014

No comment

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Like Father, Like Son
B
Soshite chichi ni naru
Hirokazu Koreeda — 2013
Masaharu Fukuyama, Machiko Ono, Yôko Maki
Saturday 18 January 2014

No comment

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Captain Phillips
A
Paul Greengrass — 2013
Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman
Saturday 18 January 2014

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Gravity
A
Alfonso Cuarón — 2013
Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris
Saturday 11 January 2014

This movie will be criticized for its scientific inaccuracies, because its action is so tangible it doesn't even play in the same ballpark than any other science-fiction movie. It measures itself not against the laws of plausibility, but directly against those of physics. Even if at times it has difficulties winning this fight, especially when it comes to the first law of Newton near parachutes, it still stands up solidly and settles the deal with a masterful depiction of what spacewalks feel like as well as an intensively suspenseful narration.

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The Wolf of Wall Street
A
Martin Scorsese — 2013
Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Saturday 11 January 2014

No comment

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Comment j'ai détesté les maths
B
Olivier Peyon — 2013
Eitan Grinspun
Tuesday 7 January 2014

No comment

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Spring Breakers
D
Harmony Korine — 2012
Vanessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson
Saturday 4 January 2014

No comment

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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
B
Ben Stiller — 2013
Ben Stiller, Kristen Wiig, Jon Daly
Saturday 4 January 2014

No comment

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Don Jon
F
Joseph Gordon-Levitt — 2013
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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The Bling Ring
C
Sofia Coppola — 2013
Katie Chang, Israel Broussard, Emma Watson
Monday 30 December 2013

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Bachelorette
D
Leslye Headland — 2012
Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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The Place Beyond the Pines
C
Derek Cianfrance — 2012
Ryan Gosling, Bradley Cooper, Eva Mendes
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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Only God Forgives
D
Nicolas Winding Refn — 2013
Ryan Gosling, Kristin Scott Thomas, Vithaya Pansringarm
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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Iron Man
B
Jon Favreau — 2008
Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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King Kong
A+
Peter Jackson — 2005
Naomi Watts, Jack Black, Adrien Brody
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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Troy
B
Wolfgang Petersen — 2004
Brad Pitt, Eric Bana, Orlando Bloom
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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Lilo & Stitch
C
Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders — 2002
Daveigh Chase, Chris Sanders, Tia Carrere
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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Eyes Wide Shut
C
Stanley Kubrick — 1999
Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Todd Field
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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One Deadly Summer
D
L'été meurtrier
Jean Becker — 1983
Isabelle Adjani, Alain Souchon, Suzanne Flon
Monday 30 December 2013

No comment

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The Spectacular Now
A
James Ponsoldt — 2013
Miles Teller, Shailene Woodley, Kyle Chandler
Thursday 26 December 2013

No comment

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Man of Steel
D
Zack Snyder — 2013
Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon
Friday 1 November 2013

No comment

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Martyrs
E
Pascal Laugier — 2008
Morjana Alaoui, Mylène Jampanoï, Catherine Bégin
Wednesday 30 October 2013

No comment

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Halloween
A
John Carpenter — 1978
Donald Pleasence, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tony Moran
Wednesday 30 October 2013

No comment

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A Little Princess
C
Alfonso Cuarón — 1995
Liesel Matthews, Eleanor Bron, Liam Cunningham
Saturday 26 October 2013

No comment

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Rise of the Planet of the Apes
D
Rupert Wyatt — 2011
James Franco, Andy Serkis, Freida Pinto
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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The Tree of Life
A
Terrence Malick — 2011
Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain
Sunday 13 October 2013

I love it until I fall asleep around the 90th minute.

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Transformers
B
Michael Bay — 2007
Shia LaBeouf, Megan Fox, Josh Duhamel
Sunday 13 October 2013

I distinctly remember the day when I went to watch this movie on the theater when I was a teenager. By mixing a spielbergian tale of a teenager meeting alien bots with the alluring presence of Megan Fox, Michael Bay blew 14-years-old me away, and put a wide smile on my face. This movie, which even under the adult eye stays a decent entertainment, holds a special place in my heart. It certainly is one of the greatest cinematographic experience of my life, when adjusted for intellectual inflation.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
D
Tim Burton — 2005
Johnny Depp, Freddie Highmore, David Kelly
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Shrek 2
D
Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon — 2004
Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Ice Age
B
Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha — 2002
Denis Leary, John Leguizamo, Ray Romano
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Meet the Parents
C
Jay Roach — 2000
Ben Stiller, Robert De Niro, Teri Polo
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Sleepy Hollow
E
Tim Burton — 1999
Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, Miranda Richardson
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Men in Black II
E
Barry Sonnenfeld — 2002
Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith, Rip Torn
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Fantastic Four
E
Tim Story — 2005
Ioan Gruffudd, Michael Chiklis, Chris Evans
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Jackie Brown
B
Quentin Tarantino — 1997
Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Platoon
D
Oliver Stone — 1986
Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
C
Stanley Kubrick — 1964
Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden
Sunday 13 October 2013

No comment

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Rust and Bone
B
De rouille et d'os
Jacques Audiard — 2012
Marion Cotillard, Matthias Schoenaerts, Armand Verdure
Friday 11 October 2013

No comment

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Django Unchained
B
Quentin Tarantino — 2012
Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio
Friday 11 October 2013

No comment

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Avatar
A
James Cameron — 2009
Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver
Saturday 7 September 2013

“It's visually outstanding, but the screenplay definitely lacks depth.” People who try to appear smart by reviewing this movie like that are so annoying. They then proceed to say, even more annoyingly so, “Well, it's mostly a plagia of Pocahontas and Dance with Wolves.” Can't you enjoy a good classic adventure instead of trying to be a smartass?

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Inception
E
Christopher Nolan — 2010
Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page
Wednesday 14 August 2013

Christopher Nolan sets the action into dreams so that he has an excuse to show us whatever the fuck he wants. Fans will come up with all sorts of explanations to fix holes in the ambiguous axiomatic so that they can keep convincing themselves that it's a form of highly intelligent art. I mildly enjoy the show from a perplexed eye.

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence
D
Artificial Intelligence: AI
Steven Spielberg — 2001
Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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Boogie Nights
A
Paul Thomas Anderson — 1997
Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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Hook
D
Steven Spielberg — 1991
Dustin Hoffman, Robin Williams, Julia Roberts
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
B
Steve Barron — 1990
Judith Hoag, Elias Koteas, Josh Pais
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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The Color Purple
D
Steven Spielberg — 1985
Danny Glover, Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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1941
D
Steven Spielberg — 1979
John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Treat Williams
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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Jaws
A
Steven Spielberg — 1975
Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss
Wednesday 14 August 2013

No comment

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The Sugarland Express
C
Steven Spielberg — 1974
Goldie Hawn, Ben Johnson, Michael Sacks
Wednesday 14 August 2013

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Breathless
D
À bout de souffle
Jean-Luc Godard — 1960
Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger
Wednesday 14 August 2013

Jean-Paul Belmondo incarne un macho vantard désagréable au possible, un kéké par excellence. Et ça parle et ça parle sans s'arrêter. La nouvelle vague qui n'a rien à raconter, et où je m'emmerde.

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The Master
D
Paul Thomas Anderson — 2012
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix, Amy Adams
Friday 9 August 2013

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The Girl Next Door
D
Luke Greenfield — 2004
Emile Hirsch, Nicholas Downs, Elisha Cuthbert
Friday 9 August 2013

No comment

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A Prophet
B
Un prophète
Jacques Audiard — 2009
Tahar Rahim, Niels Arestrup, Adel Bencherif
Monday 5 August 2013

No comment

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Blood Diamond
E
Edward Zwick — 2006
Leonardo DiCaprio, Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly
Friday 2 August 2013

No comment

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The Artist
B
Michel Hazanavicius — 2011
Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, John Goodman
Thursday 1 August 2013

No comment

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The Dark Knight Rises
D
Christopher Nolan — 2012
Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway
Thursday 1 August 2013

In this opus, the availability and reliability of Batman's gadgets are artificially reduced so that the fact that he's no better at fighting than any other random black belt from the streets (in this case, Bane) can be used as a form of dramatic tension. In the end, Bane is easily killed by a Batman's gadget and the movie must awkwardly confronts the absurdity that it all could have been settled in 5 minutes at any other time

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There Will Be Blood
B
Paul Thomas Anderson — 2007
Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Dano, Ciarán Hinds
Thursday 1 August 2013

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Punch-Drunk Love
D
Paul Thomas Anderson — 2002
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman
Thursday 1 August 2013

No comment