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'Southland Diaries': Re-Cut but Not Improvednew
Richard Kelly seems to think that to merely mention Fallujah or global warming -- or to name a bank after Karl Rove -- is the same as actually having an opinion about them, and his all-you-can-eat buffet of cinematic in-references operates on pretty much the same superficial level.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
11-16-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Mr. Magorium': Small Wondernew
Like most Christmas movies, Mr. Magorium's stocking comes stuffed with PSAs (albeit well-written ones, by the spiritless current standards of the genre) alerting children to what they of all people already know.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-16-2007 |
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'Mr. Magorium' is a Little Too Whimsicalnew
The film is cheesy and old-fashioned but not
entirely unsatisfying.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
11-16-2007 |
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By the Booknew
Hey, guess what? Evil is real, and random, and without reason, and relentless.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
11-15-2007 |
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Holiday Crashersnew
This cinematic bomb proves that not everything about Christmas is merry.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus
The Wasted Landnew
Lethal baby farts have been cut, the better for Richard Kelly's doomsaying Donnie Darko follow-up to emphasize more-familiar threats to our national security -- including Justin Timberlake, Mandy Moore, and Kevin Smith.
Boston Phoenix |
Rob Nelson |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
'Love in the Time of Cholera' Challenges Directornew
An inconsistent director, Mike Newell has succeeded with The Good Father and Donnie Brasco and flopped with Enchanted April and Mona Lisa Smile.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-15-2007 |
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'The Life of Reilly': Charles in Chargenew
Despite its heavy moments, The Life of Reilly never shoots for the thematic unity of the late Spalding Gray's monologues, but feels more like an evening with an irresistible gay raconteur like John Waters or Leslie Jordan.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-15-2007 |
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'About a Son' Skirts Around the Edgesnew
It's a patchwork, conceptual project that yields only moderate success.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-15-2007 |
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'No Country For Old Men': Badlandsnew
Coen Brothers return to the scene of their first crime.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-15-2007 |
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War Zones of Contentionnew
The battlefields of Iraq and Uganda don't quite get their due in Redacted and War/Dance.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-15-2007 |
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Comfortably Dumbnew
The directors of Southland Tales and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium like 'em big and stupid.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-15-2007 |
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Southland is a Non-Funny Laff Riotnew
If there was ever a director in dire need of a studio muzzle (as well as arm and leg shackles), it's Richard Kelly.
The Portland Mercury |
Wm. Steven Humphrey |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: Richard Kelly, Southland Tales
Beowulf: Cooler Than 10th Grade English!new
Director Robert Zemeckis' vision of the Old English epic is mostly notable for two things: (A) It's all CG, and (B), it features a naked Angelina Jolie.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-15-2007 |
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Tags: Beowulf, Robert Zemeckis
'Margot at the Wedding' is Imitation-Salingernew
Noah Bambauch makes it easy to dislike his films; problem is, he also makes it easy for New York's media elite to praise them. His deliberate ugliness makes him the Lars Von Trier of Brooklyn and the Hamptons.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-15-2007 |
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