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'Everybody Wants to be Italian': Unlikely to Be a Fave, but Pleasant Enoughnew
The plot is never terribly plausible, and you can see the road bumps in this relationship coming a mile away. But despite the shaky setup, the characters do grow on you after while.
Forest Whitaker Wants You to Bang His Wifenew
It's hard to be too indignant about Forest Whitaker's small, heartfelt contribution to this spiritual exercise-cum-vanity project by writer-director-star Philippe Caland, who once devised the story for that '90s crash-and-burn Madonna/David Lynch fiasco Boxing Helena.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
09-08-2008 |
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Tags: Philippe Caland, Ripple Effect
Czech Jiri Menzel Shows His Mastery in 'I Served the King of England'new
Like Closely Watched Trains, England was adapted from author Bohumil Hrabal, and likewise concerns the wacky and horrifying misadventures of a well-meaning innocent living (eventually) under occupation.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Matt Prigge |
09-08-2008 |
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'The Women': Shtick and the City
The Women attempts female fabulousness, only shallower and not as funny.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-08-2008 |
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Tags: Diane English, The Women
'Babylon A.D.' is True to its Literary Source Only in Being Badnew
The film is based on Babylon Babies, a 2001 cyberpunk novel by Maurice G. Dantec, a Frenchman who now lives in Montreal, having renounced France as a sinkhole of secularism and socialism too decadent to protect itself from slow-motion takeover by Islamic immigrants.
Chicago Reader |
Cliff Doerksen |
09-08-2008 |
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'Towelhead': Racist Sexploitation Movie is Unspeakable
As its openly racist title implies Towelhead is an exploitation movie that wears its shock value on its guilty sleeve.
'Surfer, Dude': Lens on Some Hard Bodiesnew
Matthew McConaughey joins with the director of Hand on a Hard Body in this ode to near-naked bodies, weed, and surf-speak. Oh, and it's also a work of fiction.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-05-2008 |
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'The Little Red Truck' Goes Round and Roundnew
The documentary chronicles the work of the Missoula Children's Theatre, which travels the country to introduce children to the joys of musical theatre.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
09-05-2008 |
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'Frozen River': Single Moms Skate on Thin Icenew
In order to make ends meet, two women in upstate New York smuggle illegal aliens across the St. Lawrence River into the U.S. in this unusually thoughtful and expertly acted movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-05-2008 |
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Tags: Courtney Hunt, Frozen River
'Outsourced': A Comedy of Job Lossnew
Outsourced is a bright comedy about greedy American corporations, low-wage Indian workers, cultural incomprehension and the bonds that can form across all barriers by people of good will-especially, but not only, if they fall in love.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
09-05-2008 |
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'Baghead' is a Sometimes Awkward Marriage of Horror and Talkinessnew
Brothers Mark and Jay Duplass made one of the foundational movies of the so-called "mumblecore" movement with 2005's The Puffy Chair, and their follow-up, Baghead, finds them struggling to break out of what's become a somewhat stifling and limiting label.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-05-2008 |
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It Seems Almost Cruel to Criticize 'The Little Red Truck'new
The Missoula Children's Theatre is undoubtedly a worthwhile organization that provides a valuable service to thousands of children, but that doesn't mean it's fun to sit through what amounts to a 90-minute advertisement for the company.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Josh Bell |
09-05-2008 |
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Writer-director Azazel Jacobs' Indie Angeleno Tries to Go Home Againnew
Momma's Man taps into those moments when all of us long to flee adulthood and sink back into being our parents' beloved baby birds, whether or not we ever were in the first place.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
09-05-2008 |
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Tags: Azazel Jacobs, Momma's Man
'A Jihad for Love' and 'Traitor': Holy Roilersnew
Two films spotlight the perils of challenging tradition.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
09-04-2008 |
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The Missing Minutes of 'Nixon'new
This new DVD release of Oliver Stone's Richard Nixon biopic benefits from the addition of 28 minutes of deleted scenes--even though it's now more than 3 1/2 hours long. Also reviewed: John Hughes' High School Flashback Collection and American Experience: The Presidents Collection.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-04-2008 |
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