AltWeeklies Wire
Hollywood Takes a Stab at Hollywood in 'What Just Happened?'new
I'm going to suggest one measure for judging a Hollywood satire: Does it leave you wanting to see the fictional film-within-the-film it dramatizes? If not, the L.A. story probably doesn't qualify as a success
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-29-2008 |
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'Righteous Kill' Reunites Two Aging Film Icons for Their Biggest Mystery Yetnew
There's nothing wrong with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino taking on tough-guy roles again, but there's something overly strenuous about the effort in this case.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
09-17-2008 |
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'Righteous Kill' is a Clichéd Crime Dramanew
It's hard for film buffs not to raise an eyebrow in cautious excitement upon hearing that Robert De Niro and Al Pacino will star in a New York City cop flick. But even these heavyweights can't prop up a pic by themselves.
Montreal Mirror |
Christopher Sykes |
09-12-2008 |
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A Numb Fixernew
Though illuminating as a history primer on the CIA, The Good Shepherd has the spark of an 8 am college lecture.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
The Patriotnew
One of the most delightfully paranoid films in years, The Good Shepherd bears the unofficial tagline "trust no one," an apt directive for a movie that's drenched in the theory and practice of intelligence.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
12-29-2006 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Spy vs. Engaging Spynew
The Good Shepherd is almost three hours long -- it's so good, it could have been even longer.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
12-27-2006 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Good Will Peddlingnew
Sober and assured, yet the events are so cryptic that the movie should probably come with a study guide.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
12-22-2006 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
All Along the Watchtowernew
Matt Damon abandons the cat-and-mouse theatrics of his Bourne identity to play the reserved fictional functionary whose life serves as the prism through which this film examines the early years of the CIA.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
12-22-2006 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
An All-American Sacrificenew
De Niro creates a patriotic masterpiece.
New York Press |
Armond White |
12-21-2006 |
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Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
A Bright Light on the CIA
Robert De Niro's second outing as director pinpoints the ruthless and dogmatic sense of privileged ideology and unscrupulous secrecy that enabled the creation of the CIA.
Tags: Robert De Niro, The Good Shepherd
Focking Wonderfulnew
When your movie gets riotous laughter out of endless utterances of the word "Focker," it doesn't have to try very hard. But Barbra Streisand and Dustin Hoffman light this film on fire.
Cleveland Scene |
Robert Wilonsky |
12-29-2004 |
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