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Shanghai Crimesnew
Ralph Fiennes doesn’t even phone in his role in this stilted 1930s period drama.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-25-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: James Ivory, The White Countess
American Beautynew
Terrence Malick's latest is defined by its combination of beauty and opacity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
01-18-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Terrence Malick, The New World
The Sting of Comedynew
Albert Brooks talks about finding the funny, apartment hunting in Bahrain and how shitty the movie business is.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
01-18-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
Comedy Is Not Funnynew
Comedienne Sarah Silverman rubs our noses in it.
Baltimore City Paper |
Joe MacLeod |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Clash of the Titansnew
New Zealand's biggest director meets American cinema's biggest metaphor.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gary Dowell |
12-14-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: King Kong, Peter Jackson
The Usual Subtextsnew
The Johnny Cash biopic misinterprets the Man In Black as just another troubled artist in search of redemption.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
11-16-2005 |
Reviews
God at the Box Officenew
This new Israeli movie has a clear understanding that religious movies sell not only tickets, but also ideas.
Baltimore City Paper |
Eric Allen Hatch |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
She's a Flat Characternew
And the story in this threadbare Jane Austen adaptation is pretty dull, too.
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride and Prejudice
F is for . . .new
The return of 1980s screenwriting hotshot Shane Black isn't just bad--it's really f$#!ing bad.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
11-09-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Shane Black
Singing Povertynew
Ben Schyan and Robert Matthews’ debut doesn’t try to hide that it’s a no-budget production.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Monsters Inknew
Bennett Miller’s movie plumbs the personal toll that Truman Capote’s book In Cold Blood took on its subjects and its author.
Baltimore City Paper |
Violet Glaze |
10-26-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Capote, Bennett Miller
Enemy Minesnew
Good filmmaking and bad conspire in the ultimately affecting sexual-harassment saga North Country.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Niki Caro, North Country
The Fastidious and the Furiousnew
Murder, adultery and good manners collide in an upper-crust British marriage.
Baltimore City Paper |
Geoffrey Himes |
10-20-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Julian Fellowes, Separate Lies
Manufacturing Dissentnew
George Clooney's sophomore directorial effort subtly attacks a press corps controlled by conglomerates.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Blown Jobnew
Tony Scott turns another fascinating story into yet another big-things-go-boom movie.
Baltimore City Paper |
Gary Dowell |
10-13-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Tony Scott, Domino
