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'Sleuth': Verbal Sadomasochismnew
Branagh's remake of the 1972 film Sleuth represents that theater/cinema crossover at its finest.
The Portland Mercury |
Scott Moore |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth
Dealing Drugs is Fun, Profitablenew
Yes, American Gangster touches on all sorts of things -- Vietnam, police corruption, urban decay, race -- but at its entertaining core, it's really just about two badasses going head to head.
The Portland Mercury |
Erik Henriksen |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'For the Bible Tells Me So,' 'Mr. Untouchable,' and 'Kurt Cobain About a Son': To Blur With Lovenew
Three new docs offer sincere but fuzzy portraits of homophobia, a fallen drug kingpin, and Kurt Cobain.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
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'Wristcutters' and 'Martian Child': Another Mean Worldnew
The heroes of Wristcutters and Martian Child navigate alien turf.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-01-2007 |
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'American Gangster' and 'Control': Bio Hazardsnew
Biopics on a drug kingpin and Ian Curtis expose the perils of outsize ambitions.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-01-2007 |
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Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe Face Off -- Sort ofnew
Is it not unavoidably frustrating in a movie when the two main antagonists almost never see each other?
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Control': Dead Soulnew
Love tears apart Joy Division's Ian Curtis -- again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: Control, Anton Corbijn
Jimmy Carter, Missionary Mannew
Jonathan Demme exalts the ex-president.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
11-01-2007 |
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'American Gangster': A Criminal Mindnew
Ridley Scott turns up the heat.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
Jonathan Demme Follows Our Busiest Ex-Presidentnew
Aside from the fact that it makes you feel like human scum, Jimmy Carter Man From Plains is an inspiring documentary.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
11-01-2007 |
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'Bee Movie': Jerry Seinfeld Gets Cutenew
In the animated film, some salt and some sting go down easy.
Metro Silicon Valley |
Richard von Busack |
11-01-2007 |
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'The Kite Runner' Makes Aghanistan's Politics Provocativenew
Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner gets the Marc Forster touch in its film adaptation.
New York Press |
Armond White |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: Marc Forster, The Kite Runner
Docs on Costume Wearers Highlight Universal Discomfortnew
Distinct patterns of psychological fragility emerge in Confessions of a Superhero and Darkon.
New York Press |
Eric Kohn |
11-01-2007 |
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Denzel vs. Russell: The Winner Gets All the Heroinnew
American Gangster is a blunt brick of a movie; neither very stylish nor terribly complex, it still takes 157 minutes to batter home its muscular tale of men who speak softly and carry big guns.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-31-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
Patrick Fugit Ends Things in 'Wristcutters'new
Wristcutters isn't the kind of suicide movie where the lead is saved, goes to therapy and support groups and eventually finds value in life again. No, Zia cuts his wrists -- and dies. But that's just the beginning.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
10-31-2007 |
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