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The Germ of Corruptionnew
Hilary Swank's Maggie is a heroine easy to root for, but Million Dollar Baby is Frankie’s (Clint Eastwood's) tragedy: the story of a man who against his better judgment and inclination gets involved with another human being and ends up paying for it. Three and a half stars.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
01-06-2005 |
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From the Bamboo Grove to W(h)ine Countrynew
The best of 2004 came from all over the cinematic map: foreign films, American independents, and, yes, some big-budget mainstream efforts.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-29-2004 |
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Making Wavesnew
Soderbergh sails on the mainstream appeal of his campy sequel to Ocean's Eleven.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
12-10-2004 |
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The SpongeBob SquarePants Movienew
The perfect timing and the self-aware absurdity translate to the big screen.
Boston Phoenix |
Nina MacLaughlin |
11-22-2004 |
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Ghosts in the Machinenew
With Goodbye Dragon Inn, Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang has made his great film about film.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
10-28-2004 |
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Forward: Alexander Payne Takes a Step in the Right Directionnew
The alternately rollicking and mournful road comedy about the terrors of settling into middle age takes place during a vacation taken by two men, pals since college, in California wine country. Accompanying the review is an interview with director Alexander Payne.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-28-2004 |
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Sex Change: Stage Beauty Isn't Just Skin Deepnew
Richard Eyre's Stage Beauty lives up to its terrific subject: the moment in theatrical history where women were finally permitted to act on the professional stage.
Boston Phoenix |
Steve Vineberg |
10-22-2004 |
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Strung Outnew
Team America gets tangled in its own lines.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-18-2004 |
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After the Think Mannew
Russell is a filmmaker drawn more to chaos than to unity. His Heart is a head case.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
10-08-2004 |
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Tags: FOX, David, Mark, law, Naomi, Watts, Jason, Pictures, David O. Russell, I Heart Huckabees, Dustin, Hoffman, Jude, O., Russell, Schwartzman, Searchlight, Wahlberg
Waters Sportsnew
It’s a dirty shame that John Waters hasn’t made a truly offensive movie in more than 20 years. One can only hope that the NC-17 rated A Dirty Shame will change that.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-24-2004 |
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Silver Citynew
Silver City looks as if it might be another Lone Star, one of Sayles’s best movies, and instead turns out more like City of Hope, one of his worst.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
09-22-2004 |
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Tags: John Sayles, Silver City
Echoing Disasternew
Never at any time in The Brown Bunny does Vincent Gallo give the impression of being outside the world of the film: in The Brown Bunny, artist and world are one.
Boston Phoenix |
Chris Fujiwara |
09-02-2004 |
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Fair to Middlingnew
Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair is no bonfire.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Krough |
09-02-2004 |
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Open Water is Jaws Droppingnew
Funny how slowly the recognition of disaster dawns on those with faith in normality and common sense. That’s one of the many chilling glimpses into the human survival mechanism that Open Water's ingenious and limpidly simple premise offers.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-16-2004 |
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Tarantino Finds Resolution for His Bloody Mamanew
Beyond gore and self-gratification, Tarantino here gives context to Vol. 1's excesses and even makes reference to "The Searchers."
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-07-2004 |
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