Reviews - DVD

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 04 June 2013 20:02

There’s not much that’s realistic about K-11, but it’s not imaginative enough to be interesting, either.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 24 April 2013 20:40

Maigret is pure bourgeois, but he can read any situation and talk convincingly with anyone.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 11 April 2013 20:40

They’re all still pretty matter-of-fact about life choices that would be shocking to most people.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 11 April 2013 20:31

The film’s purpose, it seems, is to give a lot of happy, successful gay people a chance to appear on camera, talk about being gay, and act as inspiration to those in need of some positive vibes.

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Written by Jim Dunn Tuesday, 09 April 2013 22:43

The plots on the show are somewhat thin, but its characters are often complex.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:30

I think there should be a rule—for every time you ring someone’s doorbell to try to convert them to your religion, you should get 10 such visits once you’ve started your real life.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:23

If this is the sort of thing you like, then you will enjoy these movies—and if not, then this particular collection won’t change your mind.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:19

It’s sometimes hard not to roll your eyes at the obviousness of the plot, but the film is so sweet and unpretentious that you really feel inclined to give it a pass.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Tuesday, 26 March 2013 20:14

Jackie Robinson fails to make use of most of the creative and dramatic possibilities available in the medium of film.

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Written by Matthew Newlin Thursday, 21 March 2013 08:47

This is a crime procedural through and through, with most episodes being self-contained and neatly tied up before 60 minutes is up.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 06 March 2013 21:06

It captures everything from the sweeping vistas of the Sahara to extreme close-ups of individual grains of sand, and, of course, animals at every scale.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Wednesday, 06 March 2013 20:49

The crowd is a bit low-energy also, perhaps due to the festival having been plagued with heavy rainstorms (it’s hard to cut a rug in the mud).

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:46

There’s a lot of humor salted throughout Roberts’ script, particularly from the drug dealer Buzz, who speaks like the hitmen from Pulp Fiction.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Thursday, 28 February 2013 13:34

Dolly Parton liked the film enough to give the twins permission to use many of her songs.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Thursday, 21 February 2013 14:49

What is it about? I guess you'll have to buy the disc, watch it a dozen times, and decide for yourself.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:49

If you’ve already drunk the Kool-Aid, this film will confirm that you made the right decision, but if you haven’t, it quickly gets tedious.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:39

The film creates the impression that you are observing the lives of these young women more or less as they happen.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:32

The film is similar to Thomas Balmès’ documentary Babies, which some people found fascinating and others found incredibly tedious.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Friday, 08 February 2013 08:24

The constant reminder that you’re watching actors act makes it difficult to care for the characters, thus making a lengthy film seem even longer than it is.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Sunday, 27 January 2013 20:35

The battle scenes are spectacular, and in general anything large-scale, scary, or bloody comes off well.

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Written by Pete Timmermann Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:59

Wayne White is about as consistently funny in his everyday speech as your more reliable stand-up comedians, and as such, this is the funniest movie to have been released in 2012.

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Written by Sarah Boslaugh Saturday, 26 January 2013 11:44

Harvey Keitel never came close to convincing me that he was a 19th-century French soldier, although he was quite convincing on the “driven by mad obsession” front.