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'My Best Friend': Who Needs Strangers?new
In the end, the film is too gimmicky -- it climaxes with Bruno on the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire -- to ever be a great movie, but it offers plenty of small pleasures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-14-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: My Best Friend, Patrice Leconte
Checking in with the Latest Round of MuzikMafia Releasesnew
In some quarters, the MuzikMafia was hailed as country-music saviors who would change the way music was made in Nashville; in others, they were dismissed as flashes-in-the-pan who would soon vanish like most novelty acts -- neither prediction proved accurate.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-14-2007 |
Music
Shanghai Crimesnew
Ralph Fiennes doesn’t even phone in his role in this stilted 1930s period drama.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
American Beautynew
Terrence Malick's latest is defined by its combination of beauty and opacity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
The Usual Subtextsnew
The Johnny Cash biopic misinterprets the Man In Black as just another troubled artist in search of redemption.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
The Fastidious and the Furiousnew
Murder, adultery and good manners collide in an upper-crust British marriage.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Spiritual Unitynew
Wayne Shorter reconsiders the power of give and take.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
09-28-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
Determination Powers Jazz Singer Ethel Ennisnew
Ethel Ennis' fame falls far short of that earned by fellow jazz singer Billie Holiday, but Ennis has had a much longer and more contented life than her contemporary. That's a trade-off she's glad to make.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
08-24-2005 |
Profiles & Interviews
