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'Quantum of Solace': The Evolution of Bondnew
Campy gadgets are replaced with revenge and exciting action in Quantum of Solace.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-20-2008 |
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More Lead than Gold, 'Quantum of Solace' Gets the Fingernew
Daniel Craig's second outing as Bond is as frustrating, sloppy and brusque as its predecessor was engaging, sleek and unhurried.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-17-2008 |
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'Quantum of Solace' is Determined to Strike its Own Pathnew
Anyone hoping Daniel Craig's delivery of the iconic "Bond, James Bond" introduction at the end of Casino Royale signaled the return of the classic Bond, think again.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Peter Hemminger |
11-13-2008 |
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'Quantum' Offers the In-Process Restructuring of a Pop Mythnew
Reworking the Bond imagery keeps the franchise going, but it must be meaningful. Recent action pictures like Xavier Gens' Hitman have already stolen the series' chic, just as the Indiana Jones films have usurped its fun. Daniel Craig takes Bond beyond fun.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-13-2008 |
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'Quantum of Solace' Gives Us a Neurotic Bondnew
One can adore Bond lore while also recognizing the need to conjure a new paradigm.
'Quantum of Solace' and 'My Name Is Bruce': Staid in Characternew
Bond's latest and Bruce Campbell's self-satire prove it's hard to escape old personas.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-13-2008 |
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'Quantum of Solace': Don't Bet On This 'Casino Royale' Follow-Upnew
There's no point in calling Quantum of Solace the worst James Bond film yet. It isn't. The franchise has had some serious flops throughout the years, and Daniel Craig's second outing as 007 is better than those. But it doesn't live up to the promise of its predecessor.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
11-12-2008 |
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James Bond is in Mourning ... but He Still Kills Peoplenew
From the catchy theme song by Jack White and Alicia Keys to a suitably vindictive fate for its villain, Quantum is still a very good Bond movie (if not quite a match for Casino, which was a great one).
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-12-2008 |
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Daniel Craig Tries to Keep the Bond Legacy Afloat in 'Quantum of Solace'new
If nothing else, Quantum of Solace has that mouthful of a title. It's less important that the title derives from Fleming's fiction, as the movie itself generally doesn't. Which is to say, unfortunately, that it feels like a misfire.
C-Ville Weekly |
Jonathan Kiefer |
11-12-2008 |
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'Quantum of Solace' Doesn't Deliver on the Hypenew
Overhyped screenwriter Paul Haggis plods away with execrable emotional grand narratives of revenge, love, and betrayal that have no place in a Bond film.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Ben Richardson |
11-12-2008 |
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Parallel Linesnew
The Kite Runner is a better film than the previews suggested, but it's far from perfect.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-14-2008 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
'The Kite Runner': Out of the Pastnew
Forster's take on Khaled Hosseini's beloved book feels both consistent with the director's thematic interests but also like a further diminishment of his iconoclastic style.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
12-20-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Crash Landingnew
Contrived and conventional, The Kite Runner fails to fly.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
12-18-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Staid Script and Direction Ground 'The Kite Runner'new
I'm worried. Marc Forster, the humorless auteur behind Monster's Ball and Finding Neverland, is directing the next James Bond movie.
NOW Magazine |
John Harkness |
12-14-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
'The Kite Runner' Doesn't Flynew
Kites fly high over the San Francisco Bay and Kabul (okay, China), but not much else soars in Marc Forster's flaccid adaptation of Khaled Hosseini's vivid 2002 novel, which covers three decades of Afghanistan's misery under serial totalitarian rule.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
12-14-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
