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'Charlie Wilson's War': Mr. Wilson's World Ordernew

Well, finally the American film industry has done it. At last, there's a movie about American foreign policies and programs in the Middle East and West Asia, in Iraq and Afghanistan, that Americans can feel good about.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  12-28-2007  |  Reviews

'Lions for Lambs': From a Lofty Liberal Lecternnew

Dramatic is a quality that Lions never comes close to achieving. It's a ponderous creation of sentimental high-mindedness and stilted evasiveness.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  11-09-2007  |  Reviews

'The Darjeeling Limited': The Disorienting Expressnew

This is probably the most striking, and perhaps the most memorable, of Wes Anderson's five films. This doesn't mean that it's the best, or even that it's good.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  10-26-2007  |  Reviews

'Gone Baby Gone': Right and Wrongnew

Some of the music in the film is a bit on the maudlin side -- and that's the only bad thing I have to say about it.
Artvoice  |  M. Faust  |  10-19-2007  |  Reviews

Tony Gilroy's Power of Attorneynew

Gilroy is a veteran screenwriter (the Bourne movies) making his directorial debut, and there may be an interesting irony in the results: He seems to have been more successful in his new role than in his scripting job.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  10-12-2007  |  Reviews

Craig Ferguson, the Unlikely Hero of Late Nightnew

The Late Late Show host on Nico, Betty White, and his novel.
Artvoice  |  Brad Deck  |  10-05-2007  |  TV

Paul Haggis Over-reaches with 'In the Valley of Elah'new

While he hasn’t resorted to the thumping didacticism and patronizing ironies he employed in his Oscar-winning Crash, but In the Valley of Elah isn’t free of too easy point-making.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  09-21-2007  |  Reviews

Report from the Toronto International Film Festivalnew

For a film fanatic like myself, TIFF has become a victim of its own success; I've watched as the number of media in attendance rose every year, and so has Hollywood.
Artvoice  |  M. Faust  |  09-14-2007  |  Movies

'Resurrecting the Champ': Fathers, Sons, & Palookasnew

The film slathers a thick, shiny varnish coat of sententiousness and sentiment over its narrative.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  08-24-2007  |  Reviews

'The Invasion': Spore Warsnew

Whether or not any new interpretation of this old story could capture anxieties and unconscious fears in our era the way at least two of the previous versions did, this movie isn't up to that challenge.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  08-17-2007  |  Reviews

'The Simpsons Movie': Underachieving Overachieversnew

It plays like a padded single episode, with a few mild profanities to ensure a PG-13 rating -- I haven't been so disappointed since John Kerry's concession speech.
Artvoice  |  M. Faust  |  07-27-2007  |  Reviews

'Captivity': Bait and Switchnew

A good movie should have something for everyone: this one has nothing for anyone.
Artvoice  |  M. Faust  |  07-20-2007  |  Reviews

Mad About the Boynew

Notes is a very clever film, but in a curious way, smaller than the novel.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  01-29-2007  |  Reviews

Very Loco Parentsnew

Running With Scissors is an unusual action showcase -- what it isn't is a subtle, insightful relation of a coming-of-age experience.
Artvoice  |  George Sax  |  10-27-2006  |  Reviews

The Path to Re-electionnew

Predictably, the all-9/11, all-the-time presidency is shamelessly playing the only card it ever had in its deck -- just witness the Disney/ABC propaganda film, The Path to 9/11.
Artvoice  |  Michael I. Niman  |  09-14-2006  |  TV

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