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Measly 'Munksnew

Dear Santa, I've been a good girl. How could you let this movie happen?

NOW Magazine | Deidre Swain | 12-14-2007 | Reviews

Staid Script and Direction Ground 'The Kite Runner'new

I'm worried. Marc Forster, the humorless auteur behind Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, is directing the next James Bond movie.

NOW Magazine | John Harkness | 12-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner

Le Cirque was the place to see and be seen for more than two decades, a New York landmark that served kings and kingmakers. Director Andrew Rossi captures the run-up to Le Cirque 3.0 in this bittersweet documentary.

NOW Magazine | Deidre Swain | 11-30-2007 | Reviews

Tags: A Table in Heaven, Andrew Rossi

Saint Charlesnew

Decades before Queer As Folk and Will & Grace, there was Charles Nelson Reilly , best known as the fey 70s game show contestant who wore sailor hats, toupées and, along with frequent TV co-star Paul Lynde, perfected the art of campy innuendo for generations of North American viewers.

NOW Magazine | Glenn Sumi | 11-30-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Frank L. Anderson and Barry Poltermann, The Life of Reilly

The Missable Mistnew

Frank Darabont's third feature adaptation of a King novella is a lot less classy than The Shawshank Redemption or The Green Mile.

NOW Magazine | John Harkness | 11-26-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Frank Darabont, Stephen King's The Mist

'Elizabeth: The Golden Age': Thin Lizzienew

When a director starts marshalling wordless heavenly choirs in the third act, you know his picture's in trouble.

NOW Magazine | John Harkness | 10-12-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Shekhar Kapur

'We Own the Night' Works if You Ignore the Finalenew

The first 90 minutes are very good, though, and they mark a leap forward for a director whose thrillers previously wavered between dour and depressing.

NOW Magazine | John Harkness | 10-12-2007 | Reviews

Tags: James Gray, We Own the Night

'Sunflower' is Both Universal and Specifically Chinesenew

The settings in a traditional Chinese home, institutional work, party meetings and modern apartments give us fascinating background and incidents that enhance the drama and highlight the interplay of traditional values in an increasingly Westernized world.

NOW Magazine | Andrew Dowler | 09-21-2007 | Reviews

Tags: sunflower, Zhang Yang

'The Hunting Party' Feels Like Two Different Moviesnew

One is a smart comedy about TV reporters, and the other is a fact-based story about those reporters hunting a war criminal in postwar Bosnia -- but the two never blend, and only a few of the scenes generate either laughs or tension.

NOW Magazine | Andrew Dowler | 09-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Richard Shepard, The Hunting Party

'Mr. Woodcock' Risesnew

Don't underestimate this light comedy because of its gratuitously juvenile title or its weak premise of a self-help writer who can't cope -- the plot might be predictable, but the dialogue is surprisingly witty and the performances strong.

NOW Magazine | Jeff Rutherford | 09-14-2007 | Reviews

Tags: Craig Gillespie, Mr. Woodcock