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Fighting Gravitas: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1new
This Potter falls somewhere between ambitious and momentous in its own way, yet never quite as powerful as it wants to be.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Scott Renshaw |
11-18-2010 |
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Chaos Contained: Review of 'Green Zone'new
As long as you don't enter Paul Greengrass' Green Zone expecting Bourne 4 or a totally accurate history lesson, you should emerge sufficiently entertained and possibly even enlightened with regard to the real reasons behind America's involvement in the Iraq war.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jeff Sneider |
03-16-2010 |
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Tags: Green Zone, Paul Greengrass
'Lakeview Terrace': Suburban Nightmarenew
Oh, to live to see such a rarity: a horror movie for grown-ups!
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
09-23-2008 |
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Tags: Neil LaBute, Lakeview Terrace
'Burn After Reading': Coenfederacy of Duncesnew
In any case, Burn After Reading, the new comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen, is well-titled. It's fair to call it a grim farce about vanity in an age of constant surveillance, but that might imply more ambition than does the movie itself.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Jonathan Kiefer |
09-16-2008 |
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'American Teen' Asks 'Do We Ever Grow Up?'new
Some of the things the kids do on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever do if they thought their parents were watching. And, some of the things they say on camera are the kinds of things they'd never, ever say to a parent's face. That's why adults would get more out of this film than teenagers.
Colorado Springs Independent |
MaryAnn Johanson |
07-29-2008 |
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Pig Talenew
There are several theories floating around the Internet purporting to explain why Penelope is finally being released now. It did, after all, make its debut at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
03-04-2008 |
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Tags: Mark Palansky, Penelope
'Cloverfield' is Just a Monster Movie, Right?new
There's no way Cloverfield could possibly be worth the to-do. Could it?
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
01-22-2008 |
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Tags: Cloverfield, Matt Reeves
Carry a 'Toonnew
By limiting itself to precisely one fart joke and one poop joke, Alvin and the Chipmunks is pretty highbrow in today's kiddie-flick environment.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
12-18-2007 |
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Tags: Alvin and the Chipmunks, Tim Hill
'Beowulf': Dead Men Walkingnew
It would be unfair to call the soulless, heartless and corporate Beowulf pornographic. Pornography, at least, attempts to engage us, if only on a level of animal instinct.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
11-20-2007 |
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Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
'Martian Child' Bonds with Sci-fi Lovenew
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by science-fiction writer David Gerrold, Martian Child is a perfectly apt exploration of love and family in the early 21st century.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
11-06-2007 |
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Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
'Trade': Botched Deliverynew
The film trudges on lethargically like one of its drugged characters, crossing the finish line with cliched resolution, ultimately doing an injustice to the sex trafficking story.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Matthew Schniper |
10-16-2007 |
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Tags: trade, Marco Kreuzpaintner
