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Heavenly Hagnew
Emma Thompson's Nanny McPhee becomes a thing of beauty.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
01-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kirk Jones, Nanny McPhee
Sorry, Charlienew
It's time for America's favorite dis-fuck-tional family, the Mansons.
East Bay Express |
Kelly Vance |
01-30-2006 |
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Suspended Sentencenew
After Innocence probes life after a wrongful conviction.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
01-23-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: After Innocence, Jessica Sanders
Fluxuationnew
At least half of this action flick is brilliant and inspired; the rest lets us down, but overall it's much more interesting than your average chick-in-spandex-with-guns movie.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-12-2005 |
Reviews
Fall of Ushernew
No one seems sure what In the Mix is supposed to be, which is a shame, because the star has the charm to succeed if given a better movie.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: In the Mix, Ron Underwood
Deep-Snoring Exercisesnew
Naked in Ashes reveals the life of a yogi but doesn't attempt to explain it.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
12-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Naked in Ashes, Paula Fouce
All Yoursnew
After sitting through this witless, irritating remake of a domestic comedy, don't be surprised if you find yourself shouting out for tougher reform schools, lock-down orphanages and mandatory sterilization.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
11-29-2005 |
Reviews
Jesus Savesnew
Sarah Silverman speaks the unspeakable; offending is part of her shtick. And funny? Oh hell, yes.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-21-2005 |
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Spell It Outnew
The film reduces Myla Goldberg's novel to a series of shallow metaphors, and it overplays every single one of them.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
11-15-2005 |
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Pluck Offnew
That's not the sky falling, just Disney's Chicken Little. Disney Digital 3-D had better be good to make up for the lame and obvious gags.
East Bay Express |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-07-2005 |
Reviews
Strange Brewnew
Great performances by male leads Kevin Bacon and Colin Firth can't save this film about an obsessed celebrity journalist from a B-movie script.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
10-24-2005 |
Reviews
The Opposite of Sucknew
Mike Mills' debut film is original, electrifying, and humane, presenting complex and memorable people in whom we recognize ourselves.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
09-26-2005 |
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TV Commercials' Hired Handnew
A rival's blood blister paved the way for Bill Austin to become Silicon Valley's top hand model.
East Bay Express |
Justin Berton |
09-20-2005 |
TV
Call the Copsnew
What's truly galling about The Man is how its creators come from backgrounds that would certainly suggest they know better than to make such dreck.
East Bay Express |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-12-2005 |
Reviews
Southern Discomfortnew
A transplanted son revisits his Carolina roots in the ambitious drama Junebug.
East Bay Express |
Bill Gallo |
08-15-2005 |
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