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OH Hum
Ohio pushes only a few of the right buttons.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Billy Kent, The OH in Ohio
Wonder Boy
After descending from full-on laughs to forced giggles, Ferrell and McKay successfully resuscitate the audience with never-fail outtakes that should leave you happier than a celebration dinner at Applebee's.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Droll-y Rollers
Little Miss Sunshine's script so deftly captures the emotion behind each setback that it's less like a sitcom than like a clan's real day-to-day life squashed into 101 minutes.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Hear and There
Stettner decided to "open up" the narrative, thus rendering an intriguingly elusive tale into something that's as predictable as a teen horror flick.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Twin Tone
Rather than question glam rock's adolescent self-analysis, the filmmakers simply second it, yielding a film that's less analysis than sham artifact.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-04-2006 |
Reviews
Bug Out
The Ant Bully is one insect movie too many.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John A. Davis, The Ant Bully
Housequake
Monster House is scary fun for almost the whole family.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Gil Kenan, Monster House
Homeward, Bound
Cavite doesn't have one false note.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Remembrance of Things Pastel
Mann's latest is another illustration of a disappointing TV-to-movie translation, in which studios put their faith in the formula: prime-time plot + obvious filler = big box office.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Miami Vice, Michael Mann
We Are Not a Muse'd
It no longer matters whether Allen's inspiration is Russian literature or Catskills burlesque; his real subject is the slow death of a wisecracking ladies' man.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
Menage a Blah
Director Betty Thomas has never learned that even comedy requires a certain measure of logic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Betty Thomas, John Tucker Must Die
Dating Trips
This movie is like a half-dozen episodes of a predictable teen sitcom condensed into a 90-minute movie.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
Reviews
Rest in Prius
What exactly are we mourning?
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
07-21-2006 |
Reviews
A Barrel of Gaffes
Mirren & Co. go off half-cocked.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lee Daniels, Shadowboxer
Something Wicket This Way Comes
Oblivion takes a swing at midcentury racism.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-21-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Paul Morrison, Wondrous Oblivion
