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Game Theories
Mongolian Ping Pong is technically a contemporary tale, but it transpires on the border of tradition and modernity--which turns out to be the ideal location for some gentle magic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-21-2006 |
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Tags: Mongolian Ping Pong, Ning Hao
Pool Party
This release further suggests that Shyamalan's simple, finely crafted breakout film will one day mark him as a one-hit wonder.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-21-2006 |
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Over the Counter Culture
Most of Clerks II's naughty bits seem as contrived as Clerks' seemed natural.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-21-2006 |
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Tags: Clerks II, Kevin Smith
Sound the Repeat
We've seen American soldiers in Iraq up close many times before, and The War Tapes' night-vision-goggles view of the locals remains as fuzzy as ever.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
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Tags: Deborah Scranton, The War Tapes
Turban Myth
Fundamentalism assumes many forms, even documentaries.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
07-07-2006 |
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Candy is Dandy
Pretty much the whole point of Strangers With Candy is to fling as many un-PC punch lines as possible.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-07-2006 |
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Tags: Paul Dinello, Strangers With Candy
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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Nautical by Nature
All Machado's film lacks is a story that's even half as compelling as the rest of it.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
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Tags: Lower City, Sergio Machado
Hot and Bothersome
Clark still doesn't trust his charismatic young discoveries to tell their own stories, which have to be better than the trashy fables he constructs for them.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-07-2006 |
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Tags: Larry Clark, Wassup Rockers
Istanbul and Constantinople
This film is lively and meticulously constructed.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-30-2006 |
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Product Runway
Prada is pretty much your standard recombinant chick flick.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-30-2006 |
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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 |
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Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
Cape Fears
When Superman Returns is good, it's very, very good.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-30-2006 |
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Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Paint it Black
Laugh now, feel guilty later.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-26-2006 |
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Tags: Jared Hess, Nacho Libre
On Thin Icing
This ensemble piece makes the least of a decent cast of Amerindie and TV veterans and fully embraces trivialization.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-26-2006 |
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