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A Bridge Too Farnew
In a high-concept collision of two cultures,Bride and Prejudice takes the form of a Bollywood musical and also represents the umpteenth filmed remake of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-17-2005 |
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Got Shortednew
Making a hash of a "Get Shorty" rehash.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
03-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Be Cool, F. Gary Gray
Extra Creditnew
Almodovar makes good with Bad Education.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
02-18-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Pedro Almodóvar, Bad Education
Water for the Wavesnew
Wes Anderson sets Bill Murray adrift.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
12-30-2004 |
Reviews
The Crap Pack is Backnew
Megaton charisma can't save sequel.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
12-16-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Steven Soderbergh, Ocean's Twelve
Castrating Alfienew
The original is a classic, and for good reason. Michael Caine’s seduction artist was a heel and a creep -- one who finds no redemption in the end. Conversely, there is no darkness in this version that a few sessions with a decent therapist and the right woman couldn't fix.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
11-18-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Alfie, Charles Shyer
Nair's Fairnew
Reese Witherspoon gets her period piece.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Mira Nair, Vanity Fair
Maculate Conceptionnew
Saved! falls short of its mark. It's not bad, but uses its intermittent satire as a Trojan horse to deliver a message about intolerance.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
09-30-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Brian Dannelly, Saved!
Computer Bluenew
Kerry Conran and his blue screen clone the classics.
Missoula Independent |
Nicole Panter |
09-23-2004 |
Reviews
Doors of Perceptionnew
This Korean film about a monk and his young disciple has a beguiling simplicity and a meditative visual style that prove fascinating.
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
09-23-2004 |
Reviews
Ended Summernew
Robb Moss had a 16-millimeter movie camera in 1978, and he took it with him when he and a group of his closest friends went to the Grand Canyon for a summer on the river, a summer of floats and kayaks, heart-stoppingly gorgeous scenery, open-fire meals and the politics of fading adolescence.
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
09-09-2004 |
Reviews
In Space, No One Can Hear You Laughnew
For a synopsis, read a different review. It’s enough to know that a bunch of walking lunchboxes in a confined space (OK, a giant subterranean pyramid) in the middle of nowhere (all right already, half a mile under Antarctica) find out the hard way that they’re not alone.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
08-20-2004 |
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Two Brothers delivers anthropomorphized poo, and Tigger, too!new
I am a big believer in being forewarned and forearmed, especially when it comes to movies for kids. So I have only myself to blame (and blame I do!) for the traumas witnessed by my 3-year-old, who had to be carried sobbing from the theater only 15 minutes into Two Brothers. My son’s palpable distress for the rest of the movie distracted me, almost, from how god-awful boring a movie it was: a slow, ponderous, heavy-handed and gooey tale of Family! and Love! and Tigers!
Missoula Independent |
Susanna Sonnenberg |
07-01-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Two Brothers
