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Not Up to Snuffnew
The problem Untraceable is it gives its hero little to do beyond tapping on computer keys and fretting in a maternal way about her daughter and the younger FBI agents under her care.
Charleston City Paper |
Maryann Johanson |
01-30-2008 |
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Tags: Gregory Hoblit, Untraceable
Twisted Sistersnew
Noah Baumbach casts perfect actors to play estranged family
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
12-19-2007 |
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'The Kingdom' Offers a Smackdownnew
It seems like a Hollywood blockbuster, but Peter Berg's latest induces a bit of shaming about cycles of hate and violence that we must be fully cognizant of if we're ever to break them.
Charleston City Paper |
Maryann Johanson |
09-27-2007 |
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Tags: Peter Berg, The Kingdom
'Becoming Jane': Austen Herself Would Approvenew
The film succeeds, even if it is almost entirely invented, because it captures both the aching romanticism and the cold, hard practicalities of Austen's fiction -- and in a way, it even does Austen one better.
Charleston City Paper |
MaryAnn Johanson |
08-08-2007 |
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Tags: Becoming Jane, Julian Jarrold