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Written by Sarah Boslaugh
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
Mamet’s characteristic style is on full display here. His characters
use language as a weapon and means of deception, speaking in stylized,
clipped patterns carefully crafted for effect, which is similar but not
quite like the way anyone really talks.
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Written by Sarah Boslaugh
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
The strain of the deception weighs heavily on young Schlomo, who
retreats into a silent ball of misery, punctuated by outbursts of
violence. His life improves after adoption by a leftist French-Jewish
couple, and gradually Schlomo comes
out of his shell and starts to take part in life.
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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Hunt does a great job in her dual role. Her portrayal of a woman
redefining her life is excellent. April is harried and downtrodden, but
never inaccessible. April is definitely the victim, of bad luck, poor
timing, and other’s self-centeredness, but she is not perfect. She has
faults and makes bad decisions. She is a real person.
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Written by Jason Green
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Friday, 09 May 2008 |
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The film accomplishes exactly what The Matrix did in 1999 in that it looks like absolutely no other movie that preceded it.
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Written by Adrienne Jones
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
In fact, the filmmakers didn’t take anything good very far. They make a
big deal of Tom and his basketball buddies deciding that he’s going to
“steal the bride” by being the best maid of honor ever. Can you guess
what Tom does then?
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Written by Amy Burger
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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The saving grace of this film is, not surprisingly, Wood’s standout
performance as young Diana, a self-aware “bad-girl” who smokes pot,
sleeps with older men and is full of attitude (a slightly more mature
version of her character in Thirteen).
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Planet B-Boy mixes liberal amounts of dance footage with
interviews with the top teams and their families, the European founders
of the event, and several B-Boy legends.
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Written by Jason Green
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Friday, 02 May 2008 |
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Marvel has a history with crowd-pleasing summer action flicks, but when it comes to crowd-pleasing, this film goes above and beyond.
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Written by Adrienne Jones
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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Fey and Poehler work well as a somewhat uptight businesswoman and her wild, white-trash surrogate.
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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If you're patient, The Duchess of Langeais is a ravishing experience.
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Written by Pete Timmermann
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Friday, 25 April 2008 |
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My Blueberry Nights tells the story of Elizabeth, who travels across America in order to get over her ex, find herself, and maybe fall in love with Jude Law along the way.
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Written by Pete Timmermann
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
Segel is as great as he always is, but the real find here is what a
great writer of music he is. Segel wrote a few songs for the movie
(that are actually performed by characters in the movie; we’re not just
talking about score here), and they are really, really great.
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
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Spurlock interviews a wide range of people from an array of
socio-economic backgrounds searching not only for Bin Laden, but what
these people really think of America, what gives rise to fanatics like
Bin Laden, and does the average person support terrorism.
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Written by Adrienne Jones
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Saturday, 19 April 2008 |
I wish I could say this was one of those films where an inspiring lead
performance lifted the material, but Pacino doesn’t add much to 88 Minutes.
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Written by Sarah Boslaugh
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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You’ve heard this story before, but what makes The Year My Parents Went on Vacation worth seeing is the unfamiliar setting: not just Brazil, but the Jewish community of Sao Paolo.
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
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Street Kings borrows so heavily in plot, tone and pace from Training Day that comparisons are inevitable, and while Street Kings is a thrill-a-minute roller coaster of action, Ayers is not Antoine Fuqua and Reeves is not Denzel Washington.
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
This
type of film hinges on the cast, and the ensemble here is tremendous.
Dennis Quaid leads with one his best performances ever as the stodgy
widowed professor and patriarch of a seriously dysfunctional family.
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
Just as Asia Argento walking around in her underwear holding a gun
wouldn’t have worked without Assayas. I know you probably beg to differ
about the latter, but Assayas keeps Argento in check, guiding her
throughout the film with mesmerizing results.
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Written by Pete Timmermann
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Thursday, 10 April 2008 |
While I liked it quite a bit more than I expected, I can’t say what
audience this movie could possibly find. People who like both family
films and Asian action films? I don’t know.
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Written by Joe Bowman
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
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Though unlike Téchiné’s laboring WWII drama Strayed (also with Béart), The Witnesses succeeds on its urgency, cleverly depicting a dark era of recent history with vigor and a surprising velocity.
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Written by Bobby Kirk
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Saturday, 05 April 2008 |
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It is fitting these artists are paired together. The world’s most
important filmmaker documents the World’s Greatest Rock and Roll Band.
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