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  • Blank City (2009)
    Review preview for Blank City

    Ultimately, this is your basic talking heads documentary, interspersed with footage that redefines cinematic cool.

    Scott Macdonald · 4.5 out of 5
    Documentary on the DIY independent film movement that emerged in tandem with punk rock and No Wave in late Seventies downtown New York.
  • Glitter (2001)
    Review preview for Glitter

    The script follows such a well-trodden route, it's nothing more than backdrop for the next breathy ballad.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 1.5 out of 5
    Mariah Carey plays a backup singer who is discovered by a DJ and becomes a megastar.
  • Love And Sex (2000)
    Review preview for Love And Sex

    Equivalent to easy listening.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2.5 out of 5
    On-off relationship between an artist and a writer.
  • Panic Room (2002)
    Review preview for Panic Room

    The camera soars like a bird, zooming and floating through walls, pressing the audience into a voyeuristic role.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 4 out of 5
    A woman and her daughter are stalked by a trio of thieves on their first night in a luxury apartment, with contains a monitor-equipped safe room.
  • Small Soldiers (1998)
    Review preview for Small Soldiers

    None of the subplots follow through. Ideas hang on hooks, waiting for collection.

    Angus Wolfe Murray · 2 out of 5
    Toys installed with the wrong computer chips go to war.

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