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Primal Furnew
Disney parades its pooches.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
02-21-2006 |
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Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall
Last Laughnew
A Palestinian filmmaker finds the humor in suicide bombing.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-09-2005 |
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Tags: Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now
Senior Momentnew
This Flemish film about a hit man with a conscience and the cop who's always a step or two behind him as they pursue the same villains is full of familiar Hollywood reference points.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-08-2005 |
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Played for Foolsnew
The film offers such a pretty story of the 1913 United States Open, and one that's completely bogus.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
10-04-2005 |
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Mind Gameynew
A tricked-up mental exercise that may intrigue the most impressionable film school students and a philosophy major here and there, Dot the I is more a pretentious load of crap.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
08-22-2005 |
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Swamp Thingnew
Though probably not intended, The Skeleton Key is one of 2005's funniest films, bested only by the first two-thirds of Wedding Crashers, all of The Aristocrats, and that part in Stealth where the airplane starts sassing Josh Lucas.
Phoenix New Times |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
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Overkillnew
Critics are wetting themselves in praise of this documentary depicting the world of quadripilegic rugby. But it's easy to recognize the ways in which the film is manipulative and predictable.
Phoenix New Times |
Robrt L. Pela |
07-26-2005 |
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Shock Treatmentnew
Adrien Brody tries to uncover the mystery of his impending death in this high-concept film.
Phoenix New Times |
Luke Y. Thompson |
03-08-2005 |
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Same Old Songnew
A kindly teacher wins over his wayward students in this syrupy, hackneyed French film.
Phoenix New Times |
Melissa Levine |
02-01-2005 |
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Peter Panachenew
In adapting Allan Knee's play The Man Who Was Peter Pan, Forster indulges in broad, maudlin melodrama via his favorite topics (lost children, family wreckage), but gradually, to his credit, he rises from the plentiful syrup to deliver touching poetry.
Phoenix New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
11-24-2004 |
Reviews
Tags: Marc Forster, Finding Neverland
Mother Couragenew
Hanif Kureishi's new drama is an excellent film -- one that feels like life, sharpened to its finest points.
Phoenix New Times |
Melissa Levine |
10-19-2004 |
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Wet Kisses: Surf Yarn Shows Social Changesnew
Not since Bruce Brown's The Endless Summer, released in 1966, has surfing been shown in such a worshipful light.
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
09-13-2004 |
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Italian Film Explores Growing Up In Fearnew
Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in "I'm Not Scared."
Phoenix New Times |
Bill Gallo |
05-27-2004 |
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SNL Team Shine For Teen Spleennew
Consider: a rush-job comedy (hastily lensed a few months ago), constructed around a high-concept title with built-in ka-ching and endless potential as talk-show fodder. It's actually pretty fabulous.
Phoenix New Times |
Gregory Weinkauf |
05-03-2004 |
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