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'Charlie Bartlett' & 'Honeydripper': Cure of Dutynew
The heroes of two new films go hunting for quick fixes.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-21-2008 |
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Vaughn & Gamesnew
Don't judge Vince Vaughn's Wild West Comedy Show by its title—the documentary isn't 100 minutes of Fred Claus running his mouth.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-08-2008 |
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Choice Lessonsnew
In 4 Months, 3 Weeks & 2 Days, a young woman is pregnant, but she can’t go searching for a solution in the Penny Saver. There are no supportive parents, cute singalongs, or OMG! banter between her and her best friend.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-01-2008 |
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'How She Move': Dancing is Overshadowed by Platitudesnew
The story never finds its groove, with underdeveloped characters and relationships and an arc that doesn't exactly surprise. Worse, the dancing, though athletic, isn't always that impressive, nearly ensuring that a better title would have been How She Tank.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-24-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: How She Move, Ian Iqbal Rashid
'Mad Money' and '27 Dresses': Ladies' Worstnew
These female leads are stuck in second-rate roles.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-17-2008 |
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Age Against the Machinenew
Time is the enemy in Youth Without Youth and The Bucket List.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-10-2008 |
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'The Orphanage': The Parent Trapnew
The Orphanage's scares aren't cheap, and with an exception or two, you probably won't even jump at its twists. Instead, its capacity to frighten lurks in its atmosphere.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
01-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Juan Antonio Bayona, The Orphanage
Big Talknew
The ever-ingratiating Denzel Washington both stars and directs this feel-bad-then-good fable, based on the mid-'30s triumphs of the debate team from all-black Wiley College. Also reviewed: The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-27-2007 |
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Crease is the Wordnew
Ken Scott's screenplay was reportedly fact-checked by Richard himself before he died in 2000 and cinematographer Pierre Gill's hockey sequences faithfully depict the game play, equipment, and atmosphere of late-'40s and early-'50s hockey. In that sense, it's more historical film than drama.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik |
12-13-2007 |
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Love in the Time of Call Centersnew
Outsourced screened at this year's DC Labor Filmfest under the guise of a globalization parable, yet no inconvenient truths about the exportation of American jobs are revealed in the film, which is actually a sweet-natured, cross-cultural romantic
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: John Jeffcoat, Outsourced
City Hellnew
I Am Legend, the third film based on Richard Matheson's 1954 science fiction novel, moves as speedily as the infected freaks who terrorize the story's apparent last man standing.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Francis Lawrence, I Am Legend
Bringing Up Maybenew
Juno's buzz will likely become tiring in the coming months, but there's no denying that the film itself is remarkably fresh.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-13-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Juno, Jason Reitman
'Atonement': Error-Borne Illnessnew
Vanessa Redgrave's appearance reawakens the film, both because of the actress' exquisite ability with subtle emotion and a plot turn that reframes much of what you've just watched. For both the character and the filmmakers, atonement is achieved.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
12-06-2007 |
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Tags: Atonement, Joe Wright
Fun and Gunnew
Charles Nelson Reilly's one-man show, The Life of Reilly, is a blast, but Hitman mostly shoots blanks.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-29-2007 |
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'Love in the Time of Cholera' Challenges Directornew
An inconsistent director, Mike Newell has succeeded with The Good Father and Donnie Brasco and flopped with Enchanted April and Mona Lisa Smile.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-15-2007 |
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