Posts under Tag: Romantic Dramas
The Boxer (3.5)
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CONSENSUS: “Our prevailing opinion about this movie is that it is pretty darn solid. It features a great cast led by Daniel Day-Lewis and is fairly compelling. Yet, this movie does struggle with its focus and it isn’t much of a boxing movie.”

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I’m a Cyborg, But That’s OK (2.75)
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CONSENSUS: “It is hard to track the movie’s narrative, made even more difficult because it is subtitled, but if you are willing to put up with a little incoherence, I’m a Cyborg can be as fun as the title suggests.”

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Doctor Zhivago (4.17)
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CONSENSUS: “Doctor Zhivago is a beautiful epic. Don’t worry about the lengthy run-time because each frame of the film is rich and compelling. It is marvelous in every way and is a must watch.”

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Revenge (1.83)
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Tony Scott, director of Top Gun, delivers another tale of a fighter pilot and a dangerous romance here. Kevin Costner plays a former ace attracted to the sultry wife (Madeline Stowe) of his powerful Mexican host (whose name, Tiburon, means shark in Spanish). Anthony Quinn plays Tiburon, and Miguel Ferrer and Sally Kirkland are along for the ride in this sweaty saga

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Dirty Dancing (3.5)
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Expecting the usual tedium that accompanies a summer in the Catskills with her family, 17-year-old Frances “Baby” Houseman (Jennifer Grey) is surprised to find herself stepping into the shoes of a professional hoofer — and unexpectedly falling in love. The object of her affection? The resort’s free-spirited dance instructor (Patrick Swayze). This guilty pleasure became a classic and won an

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Hannah Takes the Stairs (2.88)
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After graduating from college, Hannah (Greta Gerwig) gets rid of her uninspired musician boyfriend (Mark Duplass), goes to work as an intern at a Chicago production company and develops new crushes on co-workers Matt and Paul. Director Joe Swanberg guides an inspired cast (which includes several aspiring filmmakers) that uses handheld video, improvised plot lines and episodic story structures to

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