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Hell Waits at Homenew
An abusive marriage crumbles in the riveting, intelligent Take My Eyes.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-15-2006 |
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Tags: Iciar Bollain, Take My Eyes
Here's Your Insight, Palnew
James Redfield's Prophecy is one divine mess.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-24-2006 |
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All Gave Somenew
Sir! No Sir! recounts the GIs who refused to ride the killing machine.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-10-2006 |
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Cold Serialnew
The infamous Zodiac killer inspires another dead-end film.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
03-20-2006 |
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Tags: Alexander Bulkley, The Zodiac
Heavenly Hagnew
Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
01-30-2006 |
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Tags: Kirk Jones, Nanny McPhee
All Yoursnew
After sitting through this witless, irritating remake of a domestic comedy, don't be surprised if you find yourself shouting out for tougher reform schools, lock-down orphanages and mandatory sterilization.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
11-29-2005 |
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Southern Discomfortnew
A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
08-15-2005 |
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Free At Lastnew
Generous in spirit and fearlessly observant, The Beautiful Country deserves a place of honor among the great movies portraying emigrant tenacity.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
07-18-2005 |
Reviews
It Could Be Versenew
A solemn political parable calculated for post-9/11 sensibilities is written and performed almost entirely in rhyming iambic pentameter -- Shakespeare's measure -- and it means to tell us everything we need to know about love, war, God and cross-cultural antagonism.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
07-06-2005 |
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Thick and Richnew
The new British crime drama from first-time director Matthew Vaughn is a block of granite struggling to liberate the statue inside it.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-24-2005 |
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Home Fires Burningnew
In this gripping drama, a dutiful Danish army officer returns from the war in Afghanistan a changed man.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-24-2005 |
Reviews
Cold Casenew
In the telling of this tortured tale of a 13-year-old boy facing tough choices, David Duchovny commits almost every crime the coming-of-age genre is prone to.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
05-02-2005 |
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Ball Bustersnew
A documentary chronicles the absurd legal battle over the ownership of the baseball that Barry Bonds slammed deep to the cheap seats for a record-setting home run.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-25-2005 |
Movies
Head in the Sandnew
This documentary honors the desert race the Baja 1000 with overheated prose.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-11-2005 |
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Love in Gloomnew
A dour resolve undermines attempts at humor in this account of three young Muscovites' quest to adjust to post-Soviet life.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
04-06-2005 |
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