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'Steal a Pencil for Me': Holocaust Loversnew
Gentle documentary tells a sweetly engaging story amid larger turmoil.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-08-2007 |
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'Lions for Lambs': Six Characters in Search of Authoritynew
In the best directing of his career, Robert Redford explores national disunity with plenty of star power for backup.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-08-2007 |
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Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
Passable Entertainmentnew
Washington and Crowe shine in the well-directed American Gangster, but the movie's merely decent.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
Quaint Chatsnew
Lions for Lambs features too many talking heads and not enough action.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'Lions for Lambs' Offers Bumper-Sticker Platitudesnew
The next time Robert Redford decides to make a film about Iraq and the Bush administration, I really wish he'd run the script by me first. Or at least show it to Joe, the bum that hangs out in front of Starbucks. Or my cat Pearl. Because any of the above could easily have told him that this well intentioned muddle of mediocrity misses the mark by a mile and half.
Dig Boston |
David Wildman |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'King Corn': The Quiet, Scary Documentarynew
King Corn feels like a tonic not only for the ills of American food production, but for the shrillness of the nation's documentaries as well.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
11-07-2007 |
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The Coen and Cormac Frontier in 'No Country for Old Men'new
The casting is superb, but the notes each of the actors are allowed to search out and discover are what make No Country For Old Men at least within a well-hurled rock's throw of a "masterpiece" as some writers have already gratefully dubbed this glory of pearlescent carborundum.
Chicago Newcity |
Ray Pride |
11-07-2007 |
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Terry George on Oscar Nods and Irish Prisonnew
The filmmaker behind Reservation Road gets chatty at the Austin Film Festival.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: Reservation Road, Terry George
'Fred Claus': Like 'The Santa Clause,' Only Less Clevernew
I'm watching Fred Claus wondering about the cast of Paul Giamatti, Rachel Weisz, Kathy Bates, Kevin Spacey: Did they actually read this script before accepting?
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: David Dobkin, Fred Claus
Robert Redford's Well-Meaning Movienew
This earnest film poses the questions that ought to be posed in this, the sixth year of the American occupation of Afghanistan -- about the responsibilities of leaders, educators, journalists, soldiers, and citizens. But this is canned theater of ideas, and the tin has made the mind grow rusty.
San Antonio Current |
Steven G. Kellman |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
'Disappearances' Sets the Western Back Eastnew
What if this Western took place in New England, where culture and tradition were firmly rooted, where characters were aware of the consequences of their actions, but were forced to pursue a dark path partly driven by human desire and folly, partly driven by fate?
Charleston City Paper |
John Stoehr |
11-07-2007 |
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Tags: disappearances, Jay Craven
Sidney Lumet's 'Devil' is in the Detailsnew
The film is strong enough, but its small-time nature doesn't make it particularly memorable. The real strengths lie in the top-shelf cast and in Kelly Masterson's script, which is terrifically intricate, allowing the characters their very human faults.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
11-07-2007 |
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Thug Love?new
American Gangster both condemns and lionizes drug kingpin Frank Lucas.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Cindy Fuchs |
11-06-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Martian Child': Real, Earnest and Phonynew
Now, I'm the first person to champion the cause of nonconformity, but Martian Child does something very dangerous with its weirdness: It commodifies it.
Weekly Alibi |
Devin D. O’Leary |
11-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
'Martian Child' Bonds with Sci-fi Lovenew
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by science-fiction writer David Gerrold, Martian Child is a perfectly apt exploration of love and family in the early 21st century.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Maryann Johanson |
11-06-2007 |
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Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
