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Misfirenew
Clint Eastwood's companion to Flags of Our Fathers essentially grafts a spare, ashen look to a very bleeding heart.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-25-2007 |
Reviews
Dreams A Go-Gonew
Whether it's an instant classic is debatable, but Dreamgirls is an overwhelming success.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-19-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Barrennew
Children of Men is the type of important film -- dare I say vision? -- we used to expect from Terry Gilliam.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-11-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfonso Cuarón, Children of Men
The Patriotnew
One of the most delightfully paranoid films in years, The Good Shepherd bears the unofficial tagline "trust no one," an apt directive for a movie that's drenched in the theory and practice of intelligence.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Matter Over Mindnew
Blood Diamond plays like Pearl Harbor set against the backdrop of an industry awash in blood.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-22-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Blood Diamond, Edward Zwick
Food for Thoughtnew
Linklater's new film is a dull compromise between a soap opera and Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-15-2006 |
Reviews
The Way We Werenew
Bobby succeeds as a tone poem, as a mood piece in service to the memory of a great man.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-08-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bobby, Emilio Estevez
An Excess of Good Sensenew
Despite Mirren's sensational performance, The Queen is sometimes as conservative in execution as the people it attempts to dramatize.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-01-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Stephen Frears, The Queen
Flimsynew
Hollywood gets the better of Guest in easily the most Hollywood of his movies.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-22-2006 |
Reviews
Inner Voicesnew
Stranger than Fiction is a lightly sweetened romantic comedy with a philosophical itch to scratch.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-17-2006 |
Reviews
Sheer Lunacynew
A fearless film with a commando spirit, Borat is a necessary movie.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-09-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Borat, Larry Charles
Freudulentnew
Running With Scissors is alive with great performances that can't redeem the wandering, hesitant creature that is this bizarre black comedy.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
11-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Running With Scissors, Ryan Murphy
Girl, Interruptednew
Sofia Coppola offers a lush but flawed history of Marie Antoinette.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Marie Antoinette, Sofia Coppola
Real Quietnew
A subtle, graceful and haunting film, Old Joy is the story of two old friends finding themselves in the mountains.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-27-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kelly Reichardt, Old Joy
The Disappearing Artistnew
Aa powerful, moving and bittersweet film about the unlikely friendships we form during adversity.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
10-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Half Nelson, Ryan Fleck
