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Par for the Corsair
Like the first Pirates, this one is a successful combination of breezy and blackhearted.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-07-2006 |
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Remotely Entertaining
The really funny thing about this movie is, magic remote excepted, how surprisingly successful it is in reflecting the ups and downs of everyday life.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
Cape Fears
When Superman Returns is good, it's very, very good.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Paint it Black
Laugh now, feel guilty later.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jared Hess, Nacho Libre
Seasonal Unaffective Disorder
How most events and characters connect to each other is anybody's guess.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: autumn, Ra'up McGee
The Passion of the Heist
Watching a disease-riddled, restlessly curious man in action is fascinating.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Rebecca Dreyfus, Stolen
People Who Film in Glass Boxes -- Shouldn't
Slow-moving, unengaging, and ultimately unsatisfying this film has more than its director to blame.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-16-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Alejandro Agresti, The Lake House
Death Is on the Air
This film's great achievement is that it makes you face the gloomiest facts of life head-on--and then lets you walk out with a smile.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-16-2006 |
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Well Put Together
This film is realistic and honest.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Peyton Reed, The Break-Up
Tween Hell and High Water
How many soap-operatic experiences can even a bunch of adolescent boys go through in 94 minutes?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Cuesta, Twelve and Holding
Damned Kids!
Surprisingly, the utter lack of spookiness of the contemporary Damien in John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic doesn't entirely damn this latest in the seemingly never-ending parade of redos.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Sit a Spell
This is squirmily funny.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
The Man With the Olden Gun
Hillcoat wavers between gripping and ponderous.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Add Eh to X
And you thought V for Vendetta was heavy-handed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Luck Be a Lohan Tonight
Luck is brainlessly fun.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Donald Petrie, Just My Luck