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Little Big Man: 'Notorious'new

Biggie Smalls' large life is reduced to a by-the-numbers biopic in Notorious.
Metroland  |  John Brodeur and Laura Leon  |  02-03-2009  |  Reviews

'Revolutionary Road' is a Titanic Successnew

DiCaprio and Winslet reunite in a fantastic film about a marriage violently falling apart.
Tucson Weekly  |  Bob Grimm  |  01-15-2009  |  Reviews

Sam Mendes Takes Aim at the Suburbs Again and Gratingly Misses the Marknew

Screenwriter Justin Haythe and director Sam Mendes are so intent on hammering home the bleak message of Richard Yates' source novel about an unhappy couple caught in the conformist suburbs that they make even Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet blank, bland, and blobby.
Baltimore City Paper  |  Geoffrey Himes  |  01-13-2009  |  Reviews

'Revolutionary Road' Needs Some Cheese for its Whinenew

Seldom has such an intelligent, impeccably mounted film seemed so far removed from the contemporary cultural mood as Revolutionary Road.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta)  |  Curt Holman  |  01-09-2009  |  Reviews

'Revolutionary Road' is an Uneasy Reunion for Winslet and DiCaprionew

Onscreen, the familiarity of their coupling only highlights Revolutionary Road's bleakness: Even if the boat hadn't gone down in Titanic, the film tells us, these lovebirds were still doomed.
Washington City Paper  |  Tricia Olszewski  |  01-08-2009  |  Reviews

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