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Ch-Ch-Check It Outnew
The Beasties Boys' live music makes for Awesome pandemonium.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
04-03-2006 |
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The Price Is Wrongnew
Freedomland turns a rich, complex book into a poor, simple movie.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Freedomland, Joe Roth
Hackednew
Harrison Ford runs smack into a Firewall.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
02-13-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Firewall, Richard Loncraine
Who's Laughing?new
Albert Brooks looks for comedy and comes up empty.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
01-23-2006 |
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Unlucky 13new
Ethan Hawke heads up a star-studded cast trapped in an unconvincing remake of John Carpenter's grungy 1976 movie of the same name.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
01-26-2005 |
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Sea of Loathenew
Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-29-2004 |
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Focking Wonderfulnew
When your movie gets riotous laughter out of endless utterances of the word "Focker," it doesn't have to try very hard. But Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman light this film on fire.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-29-2004 |
Reviews
Skip Itnew
Christmas With the Kranks offers an obnoxiously condescending portrait of Regular People who live in the red states and wouldn't think of getting blue at Christmastime.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-29-2004 |
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No Dicking Aroundnew
Bill Condon, faithful to several texts about Alfred Kinsey, brings the man to life in this affectionate, warm, and surprisingly funny movie -- at least, till the hordes of righteousness descend upon the famous sex researcher like locusts on a fertile field.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-29-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Bill Condon, Kinsey
Candy Cainenew
Writer-director Charles Shyer's Alfie is less a remake of the 1966 film that made Michael Caine a star than it is a retooling that softens the horrific blows struck by the original.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
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Heroes Welcomenew
The main influence on The Incredibles would appear to be Watchmen, which was among the first comics to wonder about the private and often troubled lives of heroes, once they shed their Spandex skins and resume their secret identities.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-08-2004 |
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Hell of a Catchnew
This familiar-feeling football movie offers glimpses of the lives of the young men who would run with the ball as far as they could from the small town that adores them to the point of abhorring them.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-12-2004 |
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Already Forgottennew
For a few minutes, The Forgotten acts as though it wants to be taken seriously, suggesting that it could have been a moving meditation on grief and longing and the devastating power of remembrance.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-27-2004 |
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McDonald's Documentary Puts Director in Perilnew
A man eats fast food for a month -- guess what happens.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
05-21-2004 |
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