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Courting Rituals
No one in front of or behind the camera in this film seems able to imagine a better outcome for a young black man from the projects than realizing those dreams of a Bentley and a Rolex and a shoe with his own name on it.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
03-03-2006 |
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Thieve La France
Seen now, this movie looks much fresher than it probably did in 1960.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-24-2006 |
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Sucker Punch
In addition to being MTV-fast and CGI-savvy, the film offers a blend of cynicism and moralism that American viewers should find entirely familiar.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-24-2006 |
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2 Slow 2 Unfurious
When writing the story of a dumb but sort of sweet boy who has a thing for anonymous sex, it's probably a bad idea to give the boy a job in a chocolate factory.
Washington City Paper |
Trey Graham |
02-17-2006 |
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Tags: Garcon Stupide, Lionel Baier
Death Cab for Cuties
Credit director James Wong for knowing what his audience has come to see -- unfortunately, that's all you can give him credit for.
Washington City Paper |
Matthew Borlik |
02-17-2006 |
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Tags: Final Destination 3, James Wong
The Young and the Restful
Demme does as well by Young as he did by Talking Heads (Stop Making Sense) and Robyn Hitchcock (Storefront Hitchcock), rendering the performances with elegance, intimacy, and a splendid lack of gimmickry.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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The Moore Things Stay the Same
Freedomland is a most amazing story of sorts, but in the end, its much and often absurd ado goes nowhere and amounts to nothing.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
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Man's Best Co-Star
This film is quick-moving and riveting, but you may as well tune out when the movie starts cutting back and forth between the humans, safely back in America, and the dogs, left to fend for themselves in increasingly perilous conditions.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-17-2006 |
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Tags: Eight Below, Frank Marshall
What In Carnation?
By shaking the hornet's nest of American race relations, von Trier has guaranteed that at least some viewers will find Manderlay injurious.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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Fables of the Deconstruction
The point of the original novel is never to get to the point, which this movie respects as best it can.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-17-2006 |
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Banana Fritter
Despite a couple of good jokes, George's plot line is too blah for bigger kids and too complicated for the pre-K acolytes.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-10-2006 |
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Pardon Our French
The Pink Panther is a parlor game that should've stayed in Steve Martin's parlor.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-10-2006 |
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God Bless Americash
Jarecki ineffectively seeks a recurring pattern in a war that, thanks to arrogance, incompetence, and other still-hidden reasons, breaks many of the long-standing rules of American military engagement.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-10-2006 |
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Bushy Tales
With a beguilingly relaxed rhythm and elegant cinematography, Three Burials is a pleasure to watch, yet the film lacks a critical dramatic element -- growth.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-10-2006 |
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Type-A Personality
Directed with maximum cliche, this is an old-school, over-the-top thriller updated for the 21st century.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
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