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'Fish Tank' Deserves Awards it's Winningnew
In the very first few minutes Mia is on the screen in Fish Tank, a frank and powerful glimpse of a dead-end British teenage life, she's screaming on the phone to a friend, head-butts another girl because she doesn't like the way she's dancing, and gets into a tussle with her mom.
Boulder Weekly |
Cary Darling |
03-01-2010 |
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Tags: Fish Tank, Andrea Arnold
Don't Judge Film By Its Plot Linenew
It sounds corny, but How She Move proves you can’t judge a film by its plot line, even if it sounds suspiciously similar to a few other movies about stomping the yard and dreaming your dream and dancing like you mean it.
Boulder Weekly |
Michael Phillips |
02-04-2008 |
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Tags: How She Move, Ian Iqbal Rashid
Big Brother Is Listening, Too
Not only did Germany’s The Lives of Others win the Oscar last week for best foreign film, it also bagged the unofficial prize for biggest upset.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-05-2007 |
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Horror-scope
Working from two books by Robert Graysmith, Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt straightforwardly recreate the case, effacing melodramatic traces of the typical Hollywood production -- the results are intriguing, but not totally arresting.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-05-2007 |
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Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
It's Not Rocket Science
The Astronaut Farmer is a sputtering retro rocket that takes off on October Sky and crash-lands into a Field of Dreams.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-26-2007 |
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A Bridge Too Farnew
An ill wind is blowing through the children's film, and its coming straight out of Walden Media, the Hollywood production company backed by Denver billionaire Philip Anschutz.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-19-2007 |
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Tags: Bridge to Terabithia, Gabor Csupo
Making Wavesnew
Too long out of the movie mainstream, Judy Davis triumphantly surfaces in Swimming Upstream, a powerhouse Australian drama that teams her with the Oscar-winning Geoffrey Rush.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
02-14-2005 |
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Tags: Russell Mulcahy, Swimming Upstream
Nixon's the Onenew
With apologies to Arthur Miller, Niels Mueller's thoughtful drama might be advertised as Death of a Furniture Salesman.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
01-28-2005 |
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Order in the Courtnew
For those in need of an uplifting story in our dumbed-down times, Coach Carter is a slam dunk.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
01-21-2005 |
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Tags: Coach Carter, Thomas Carter
Who's Your Daddy?new
What makes a knockout movie? Astonishingly, if you ask just about every critic in America, here's the winning combination: 1) A rope-a-dope melodrama set in the boxing world; 2) a two-fisted heroine on her deathbed; 3) a punchy veteran director; 4) lots of talk about God.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
01-14-2005 |
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The Good, Bad and the Uglynew
The latest in Hollywood, art and indie films: Capsule reviews that say, "We're as mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore."
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
01-05-2005 |
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Schlock and Awe -- 2004 at the Moviesnew
Whatever your state's color, 2004 was a pale year at the movies, marked by such busts as The Alamo (forgettable) and Alexander, Oliver Stone's not-so-great epic on the Greek conqueror.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
01-05-2005 |
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Publisher Says 'Passion' Resurrects Libels Against Jewsnew
Jews historically have been most vulnerable to Christians' acts of "revenge" during the Holy Week before Easter, when passion plays were staged. Mel Gibson's film, "The Passion of the Christ," follows in that tradition. Its anti-Semitic agenda could stir up hatred and divisiveness.
Boulder Weekly |
Stewart Sallo |
08-07-2004 |
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