AltWeeklies Wire
His Finest Hour
The movie means to emphasize the banality of the man's fate, and it does that job a little too well.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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Tags: Overlord, Stuart Cooper
Blockbuster
This is a relaxed tribute to a famous friend, but there are moments that point in the untaken direction of a more interesting film.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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Adjust the Facts
Maybe it will inspire a few people to trade in their SUVs, but the inconvenient truth is that this film is likely to do more for Gore's political profile than for the soon-to-be-submerged residents of West Bengal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
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The Lady Punishes
Is there any difference between justice and revenge?
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-26-2006 |
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Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
Flense With Benefits
All of this high-concept clutter just emphasizes that Barney has yet to learn how to use cinema to create illusions (or perhaps just doesn't care to).
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-26-2006 |
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The Buena Vista Socialist Club
Garcia's zeal for the project doesn't translate to passion on the screen.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
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Tags: Andy Garcia, The Lost City
War and Misremembrance
Rambo was wrong.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
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Tags: David Zeiger, Sir! No Sir!
Cracking Up the Code
Howard's film is a soft mush of the book's ideas.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
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Tags: Ron Howard, The Da Vinci Code
Resistance is Futile
This series of anecdotes gradually accumulates a devastating power.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
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Statutory Rope
Valley takes itself altogether too seriously, even when dealing in giggle-eliciting cliches.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
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Tags: David Jacobson, Down in the Valley
All the World's a Sage
Whatever the source of Art School Confidential's bile, this portrait of the young man as an artist could use less concept and more craft.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-15-2006 |
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Cry the Beloved Country
Gitai presents a cunning mix of documentary-style filmmaking and minimalist theatricality.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-04-2006 |
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Tags: Amos Gitai, Free Zone
Women's Rites
Water is too smitten with local color to render its widows' plight as universal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-04-2006 |
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Tags: water, Deepa Mehta
Empty Promise
The Promise leaves us nothing but fancy costumes.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-04-2006 |
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Tags: Chen Kaige, The Promise
Straw Man
Feuerzeig's sober and intelligent documentary doesn't exploit the schizophrenic subject.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
04-28-2006 |
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