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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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Charm Shitty
In an undistinguished reality-TV style, Ewing and Grady never rise above condescension.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-10-2006 |
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The Dream Is Over
There aren't many winners in the American economic game.
Washington City Paper |
Ian Martinez |
02-03-2006 |
Nonfiction
Dollars to Doughnuts
Apparently there's an identity crisis in corporate America -- and it involves doughnuts.
Washington City Paper |
Ian Martinez |
02-03-2006 |
Fiction
The Molar Express
It's true: Motorcycles make you look cool, even if you're an old man who can't hear too well, goes on and on with his stories and statistics and ends every other sentence with "And Bob's your uncle."
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Girl Gone Wilde
For this unnecessary cinematic update, director Mike Barker made a few unwise choices.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
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Scents and Sensibility
I hate the digital camera -- I never use a digital camera!
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
02-03-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
A History of Violins
A humane and humanizing look at the guts of the symphonic orchestra, this film is also a feast of sound.
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-03-2006 |
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Life Isn't Beautiful
Does Fateless clear the bar already set by previous Holocaust accounts? Yes, but in a paradoxical way -- by pretending that the bar isn't there
Washington City Paper |
Louis Bayard |
02-03-2006 |
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Race to the Finish
It's weird that this story of love appears to be threaded with an undercurrent of hate.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Feeble Attraction
Imagine this: that an all-consuming, 'til-death-do-us-part love affair gets under way in even less time than it takes the Brokeback boys to get it on.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
02-03-2006 |
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Think Globally, Act Yokelly
Dog Days positions BR549 as a group of new traditionalists well versed in, but not mesmerized by, country form.
Washington City Paper |
Shannon Zimmerman |
01-20-2006 |
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