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Flight of Fancynew
Isolated, bedraggled and vulnerable, Sandler seems to embody the wounded spirit of the post-9/11 city.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
04-05-2007 |
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What's In a Name?new
The Namesake ponders many things -- maybe you can figure them out.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
04-05-2007 |
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Tags: Mira Nair, The Namesake
Space Cadetnew
With its uplifting tale of dreams and a soaring score to go with them, this film could easily be dismissed as sentimental pap, a Forrest Gump fantasy crowd-pleaser about a guy who wants to go orbital on us.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
03-07-2007 |
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How Neat the Soundnew
Amazing Grace certainly feels uplifting, so much so that we might forget that the Slave Trade Act neither abolished slavery in the empire nor ended the trade in the Atlantic.
Style Weekly |
thomas peyser |
03-07-2007 |
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Grandpa of Arabianew
Maurice and Ian live out a fitful shuffle from cafe to hospital to the evening's performance, with plenty of quips and morbid humor sustaining them in between.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
03-01-2007 |
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Ashford and Simpletonnew
Music and Lyrics proves that even Hugh Grant can't save every romantic comedy.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
02-22-2007 |
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The Spy Who Catechized Menew
Breach explores the inner torment of an infamous traitor.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
02-22-2007 |
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Scary Movie 12new
Some horror cliches are truly scary.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
02-15-2007 |
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Fine Young Cannibalnew
In the latest Hannibal, it isn't long before Hannibal's indoctrination into Japanese traditions, French cuisine and medical techniques arm him for a killing spree unlike any other.
Style Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
02-15-2007 |
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Lust in the Time of Choleranew
The story follows a fair middle-class girl named Kitty as she settles in with the new doctor in town, the timid Walter Fane.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
02-08-2007 |
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Women's Worknew
The opening shots of Almodovar's lyrical, emotionally lush Volver feature a band of women, young and old, vigorously scrubbing down the tombs of their provincial town's menfolk.
Style Weekly |
Thomas Peyser |
02-08-2007 |
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Muddy Watersnew
Set aside the legions of similar stories that have come before -- didn't Eastwood say all this in his last war movie?
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
02-05-2007 |
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High Heels and Hopesnew
The Devil Wears Prada has the fashion sense to be a fairly predictable melodrama.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
07-14-2006 |
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Not Intentional Dramedynew
Reeves and Bullock do a commendable job of masking some of the plot's glaring potholes with their intrinsic on-screen chemistry.
Style Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
07-06-2006 |
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Tags: Alejandro Agresti, The Lake House
For All Ages, Maybenew
A Tale of Two Kitties is an entertaining kids' movie that parents won't mind sitting through.
Style Weekly |
Cole Smithey |
07-06-2006 |
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