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Fantasy Island This Isn’tnew
With great swipes of heavy cello music, the brooding, frightening Shutter Island opens aboard a ferry sluicing through the fog. Aboard the vessel are Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio), a federal marshal, and his new partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo). Their destination is Shutter Island in the Boston harbor.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-04-2010 |
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Tags: Shutter Island, Martin Scorsese
'Inglourious Basterds': Dogs on the Runnew
Inglourious Basterds is vintage Tarantino, and quite possibly the director's masterpiece.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'District 9': Alienatednew
District 9 works as a pure sci-fi thriller as well an allegory for large-scale human rights violations.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Visioneers': All George Wants is an Explosion-Free Lifenew
Zach Galifianakis' natural zaniness is muted in Visioneers, a bleak view of a dystopian future.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Chéri': Power Outagenew
When Michelle Pfeiffer is offscreen, Chéri feels like it might capsize at any moment.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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'Funny People' Shows a Kinder, Gentler Judd Apatownew
Poignant without ever being manipulative, densely referential with numerous classic lines, Funny People is a once-in-a-decade comedy.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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Source Material: 'Food, Inc.'new
Food, Inc. is a synthesis of Fast Food Nation and The Omnivore's Dilemma, two landmark inquiries into the way we eat now.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
09-11-2009 |
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The Surprising Disappointment of 'Bruno'new
Borat offended us with an ignorance so profound the ignorant found it sympathetic, inspiring them to reveal their prejudice. Bruno, on the other hand, is an archly superior fashionista nearly equal in stupidity to Borat but nowhere near as sweet.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Public Enemies': Dodging Bulletsnew
Public Enemies resembles cable television in its hit-and-miss screenplay, uneven performances and overall lack of dramatic power.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Lemon Tree': Uprootednew
Lemon Tree is many-sided thing, including an astute political drama, but the film ultimately is about two women forced by circumstance into a rivalry.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Tyson' is a Knockoutnew
Tyson won't find a broad audience, but it deserves one.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'The Hangover': What Happens in Vegasnew
The first third of The Hangover is so chokingly funny that I actually heard people wheezing to catch their breath.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Anvil!': Rock of Agesnew
This documentary celebrates the unknown legends of heavy metal.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
07-16-2009 |
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'Gomorrah': 'Goodfellas' These Are Notnew
Gomorrah is a bleak, unrepentant crime drama that never stylizes the violence it depicts. It is at once tender and vicious.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
04-09-2009 |
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'Last Chance Harvey': Romance takes flight in Londonnew
The humor and the setbacks are small in Last Chance Harvey, accumulating — like life itself — slowly, then all at once.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-22-2009 |
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