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Instant Karma Hindsight is 20-20
A more amusing, and probably truer, version of the story would show Nixon battling to deport a fickle rocker who'd already forgotten that he'd ever written a dumb ditty for John Sinclair.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-29-2006 |
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The Ice Storm
This film is as concerned with escape as it is with imprisonment.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-29-2006 |
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Tags: Gabrielle, Patrice Chereau
Channel Serf
A week of subsistence in TV's vast wasteland.
Washington City Paper |
Jay Dyckman |
09-26-2006 |
TV
Tags: TV
Unclear on the Concept
M. Ward's Post-War has a concept problem: The war he's singing about isn't over.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
09-22-2006 |
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Empire Strikes Out
Empire sounds as if it were composed on a pub napkin when the band was on bacchanalian auto-pilot during five spare minutes between a drunken brawl with Liam Gallagher and a failed pass at Kate Moss.
Washington City Paper |
Aaron Leitko |
09-22-2006 |
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Snooze Alarm
This film is more proof that Gael García Bernal has the worst taste in screenplays of any currently hot actor.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-22-2006 |
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Unsafe Harbor
Haven is no masterwork, but Flowers orchestrates local color and intricate melodrama with more flair than many more experienced directors.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-22-2006 |
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Tags: Frank E. Flowers, Haven
Unearthly Mess
The frenetic camerawork is a convenient ploy to keep the audience from finding out that even the filmmakers don't know what the hell is going on.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-22-2006 |
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Tags: John Gulager, Feast
Something Borrowed, Something Blew
Initially idealist politicians often turn corrupt -- it's probably safe to say that for many people in 2006, that idea is pretty much a given.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-22-2006 |
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Seven the Hard Way
Carter's death only makes his and Grammer's blues more transcendental.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
09-18-2006 |
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I Hear It in the Deep Heart's Core
Phelps kicks assonance on Tunesmith.
Washington City Paper |
Pamela Murray Winters |
09-18-2006 |
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Signal Strength
TV on the Radio's latest connects art to rock.
Washington City Paper |
Brent Burton |
09-18-2006 |
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Kiss Off
Dorky dude takes hot chick for granted in this formulaic remake.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
09-18-2006 |
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Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
The Bleak Dahlia
Besides its few good performances, the best thing about The Black Dahlia is its lushness.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-18-2006 |
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