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Tarnished Ivorynew
White Countess writes an inglorious final chapter for a dynamic filmmaking duo.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
01-23-2006 |
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Tags: James Ivory, White Countess
The Nude Bombnew
Mrs. Henderson shakes up war-torn Britain with an assault of the flesh.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
01-13-2006 |
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Pure Bullnew
The Matador helps Pierce Brosnan shatter his Bond mold.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
01-09-2006 |
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Tags: Richard Shepard, The Matador
Oh, Joynew
This holiday film of dangling plot lines is hard to like, harder still to hate.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-22-2005 |
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Snow Borednew
The story about snowboarders begins with a literal cliffhanger, but you have to sit through an hour and a half of uninspiring documentary to find out what happens.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-07-2005 |
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Familiar Ringnew
Pulse rips its ghostly story line from better Japanese horror films.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
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Weighting...new
For those who dug Rob McKittrick's recent comedy Waiting..., Just Friends offers up some good news: Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are together again as a dysfunctional couple.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Common Coldnew
Director Harold Ramis says his film is about far more than two men swindling a mobster out of $2 million on Christmas Eve: It's about the fact that no one can be trusted anymore.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-28-2005 |
Reviews
Aboard Gamenew
Neither pandering nor dull, Zathura plays exactly like a no-limits replica of the kind of space adventure that imaginative kids left to their own devices might enact.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-14-2005 |
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Foiled Againnew
Maybe it's time for this tired old blade to stop swinging.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
10-31-2005 |
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Requiem for a Dreamernew
This movie about a girl and a racing horse needs to be put down as soon as possible.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
Have Gun, Will Unravelnew
The story developed by cinema auteur Lars von Trier makes no sense and depends upon people acting based on some crazed Dane's mental stereotype of Americans.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-19-2005 |
Reviews
Truth Syrupnew
The directorial debut of screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay for Gosford Park, is about how lies beget lies and how a seemingly perfect life can unravel in the blink of an eye.
Dallas Observer |
Jean Oppenheimer |
10-19-2005 |
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Say Cheesenew
If you're not among the fan base surrounding this lovable plasticine couple--the mild-mannered, hapless, bug-eyed, cheese-loving inventor and his beleaguered canine genius, you should be.
Dallas Observer |
Melissa Levine |
10-10-2005 |
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Good Shotnew
The story of a Ukrainian emigre in New York's violent Little Odessa is three-quarters of a great film, weakened by its moralizing.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-20-2005 |
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