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Tween Hell and High Water
How many soap-operatic experiences can even a bunch of adolescent boys go through in 94 minutes?
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Michael Cuesta, Twelve and Holding
Damned Kids!
Surprisingly, the utter lack of spookiness of the contemporary Damien in John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic doesn't entirely damn this latest in the seemingly never-ending parade of redos.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Pol Vault
The movie, for all its gleeful violence, also packs a social conscience.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: District B13, Pierre Morel
All Hams on Deck
This is a lame imitation of American action movies right down to the line "You and I -- we're the same."
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Kwak Kyung-taek, Typhoon
Sit a Spell
This is squirmily funny.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jay Duplass, The Puffy Chair
His Finest Hour
The movie means to emphasize the banality of the man's fate, and it does that job a little too well.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Overlord, Stuart Cooper
Blockbuster
This is a relaxed tribute to a famous friend, but there are moments that point in the untaken direction of a more interesting film.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
Adjust the Facts
Maybe it will inspire a few people to trade in their SUVs, but the inconvenient truth is that this film is likely to do more for Gore's political profile than for the soon-to-be-submerged residents of West Bengal.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-02-2006 |
Reviews
The Lady Punishes
Is there any difference between justice and revenge?
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Lady Vengeance, Park Chan-wook
Not Subtle
The film's rhetorical excesses will make you long for the one quality that both the film and the former mayor lack: nuance.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Giuliani Time, Kevin Keating
Flense With Benefits
All of this high-concept clutter just emphasizes that Barney has yet to learn how to use cinema to create illusions (or perhaps just doesn't care to).
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
The Man With the Olden Gun
Hillcoat wavers between gripping and ponderous.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: John Hillcoat, The Proposition
Add Eh to X
And you thought V for Vendetta was heavy-handed.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-26-2006 |
Reviews
Luck Be a Lohan Tonight
Luck is brainlessly fun.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Donald Petrie, Just My Luck
The Buena Vista Socialist Club
Garcia's zeal for the project doesn't translate to passion on the screen.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
05-19-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Andy Garcia, The Lost City
