Review
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Review: ‘The Burning Plain’
Guillermo Arriaga has a hard time with chronological structure. With screenplays like ’21 Grams,’ ‘The Three Burial of...
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Review: ‘Jennifer’s Body’
Oh, Megan Fox… What’s it like to be every boy and young man’s muse for sexual inspiration? She lives...
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Review: ‘Tetro’
In case you’ve forgotten the name of one of America’s most talented and under-appreciated auteurs, let me reintroduce you...
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Review: ‘Love Happens’
What is a romantic comedy, exactly? I’ll attempt to answer that briefly by explaining how I define a romantic...
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Review: ‘Afghan Star’
AFGHAN STAR boasts one of the most powerful, if not heart-breaking opening of any film this year. Cut from...
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Review: ‘Smash Cut’
It’s hard to criticize a film like ‘Smash Cut,’ particularly if you’re interests don’t mesh with those of the...
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Review: ‘Il Divo’
What constraints should a filmmaker put upon themselves in the act of creating a biographical film? In my opinion,...
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Review: ‘Whiteout’
White, white, and more white. Here’s hoping you like, make that love, the color white if you decide to...
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Review: ‘9’
Writer/director Shane Acker’s expansion on his ‘9’ idea is highly original, inventively dark, and a grand, stylistic achievement in...
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Review: ‘Gamer’
While the writing/directing team of Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor devised a fast-paced thrill ride with ‘Crank’ and an...
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Review: ‘All About Steve’
I am not even sure where I start with this review. Initially I just wanted to tell you all...
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Review: ‘World’s Greatest Dad’
‘World’s Greatest Dad’ is a truly sick and twisted dark comedy…and I absolutely loved it. The film is a...
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Review: ‘Lorna’s Silence’
LORNA’S SILENCE (Le silence de Lorna) is the title of this newest film from the filmmaking brothers Jean-Pierre and...
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Review: ‘Extract’
Mike Judge created one of the biggest cult classics of our generation with ‘Office Space’, then had a misstep...
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Review: ‘Halloween II’
Continuing the nightmare he began two years ago, Rob Zombie has returned for another go-around with the Haddonfield slasher,...
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Review: ‘The Final Destination’
The people behind the supernatural ‘Final Destination’ franchise seem to have their formula down pat. Take a group of...
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Review: ‘Taking Woodstock’
I would love to tell you that Ang Lee’s new film made a big impression on me as a...
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Review: ‘Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg’
Most of us adults now have some memory of watching family-oriented television sitcoms growing up. For every era, there...
