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Familiar Ringnew
Pulse rips its ghostly story line from better Japanese horror films.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
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Weighting...new
For those who dug Rob McKittrick's recent comedy Waiting..., Just Friends offers up some good news: Ryan Reynolds and Anna Faris are together again as a dysfunctional couple.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-28-2005 |
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Common Coldnew
Director Harold Ramis says his film is about far more than two men swindling a mobster out of $2 million on Christmas Eve: It's about the fact that no one can be trusted anymore.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
11-28-2005 |
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Aboard Gamenew
Neither pandering nor dull, Zathura plays exactly like a no-limits replica of the kind of space adventure that imaginative kids left to their own devices might enact.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
11-14-2005 |
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Foiled Againnew
Maybe it's time for this tired old blade to stop swinging.
Dallas Observer |
Bill Gallo |
10-31-2005 |
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Requiem for a Dreamernew
This movie about a girl and a racing horse needs to be put down as soon as possible.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-24-2005 |
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Have Gun, Will Unravelnew
The story developed by cinema auteur Lars von Trier makes no sense and depends upon people acting based on some crazed Dane's mental stereotype of Americans.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
10-19-2005 |
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Truth Syrupnew
The directorial debut of screenwriter Julian Fellowes, who won an Oscar for his work on the screenplay for Gosford Park, is about how lies beget lies and how a seemingly perfect life can unravel in the blink of an eye.
Dallas Observer |
Jean Oppenheimer |
10-19-2005 |
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Say Cheesenew
If you're not among the fan base surrounding this lovable plasticine couple--the mild-mannered, hapless, bug-eyed, cheese-loving inventor and his beleaguered canine genius, you should be.
Dallas Observer |
Melissa Levine |
10-10-2005 |
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No DeLaynew
The indictment of U.S. House Majority Leader Tom DeLay is good news for two men who made a documentary investigating the Texans for a Republican Majority political action committee.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
10-10-2005 |
Movies
Good Shotnew
The story of a Ukrainian emigre in New York's violent Little Odessa is three-quarters of a great film, weakened by its moralizing.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
09-20-2005 |
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Flight Risknew
Wes Craven takes a suspense cue from Alfred Hitchcock in Red Eye.
Dallas Observer |
Luke Y. Thompson |
08-22-2005 |
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Cherry on Topnew
The 40-Year-Old Virgin gets a heart-on while telling wonderfully dirty jokes.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-22-2005 |
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Working Bluenew
The Aristocrats goes inside the dirtiest joke ever told and reveals a nugget of unadulterated joy.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
08-15-2005 |
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Bad News Is Just Thatnew
You will still recognize a little of what remains onscreen, but the plastic surgeons have botched the job, rendering Bad News Bears hideously deformed.
Dallas Observer |
Robert Wilonsky |
07-25-2005 |
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