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Brave in the New Worldnew
Unexpected uplift proves satisfying.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
01-19-2007 |
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Bittersweet Surrendernew
The latest adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1925 novel is rich, beautiful and subtly wrenching.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-19-2007 |
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Tags: The Painted Veil, John Curran
Death in the Junglenew
Jonestown's calm tone -- there isn't a hint of sensationalism -- is welcome.
Eugene Weekly |
Molly Templeton |
01-19-2007 |
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Dreams A Go-Gonew
Whether it's an instant classic is debatable, but Dreamgirls is an overwhelming success.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
01-19-2007 |
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Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
Riot Girrl Werewolf
Based on a novel by Annette Curtis Klause, with a title pulled from Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf, Von Garnier uses Bucharest as a vibrant backdrop for yet another predictable werewolf movie, albeit with a slight twist.
Penthouse Bloodbath
Carnahan makes an overreaching but inspired effort at reinventing the dumb gangsters with big guns motif that Quentin Tarantino created and continues to modify.
Tags: Joe Carnahan, Smokin' Aces
Cold, Fashionednew
An experiment without any urgency or resistance, it came too easily; Soderbergh has slackened with privilege.
Sacramento News & Review |
Jonathan Kiefer |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Steven Soderbergh, The Good German
Battle Hymnnew
In his companion film to Flags of Our Fathers, Clint Eastwood again shows the process by which young soldiers become unwitting fodder for their country's war effort.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
01-18-2007 |
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Tasteless Toonsnew
The boys are back with their hyper-filthy animation show.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
01-18-2007 |
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Ruined Dance Scenes, Decent Filmnew
The makers of Stomp the Yard clearly had Spike Lee's phenomenal School Daze in mind when they decided to make a film about life at a historically black college.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Stomp The Yard, Sylvain White
Obscenly Inspirational Positivitynew
Smartly, Rocky Balboa not only acknowledges how ridiculous and unseemly it is to resubmit the Italian Stallion into the pop-culture fray of 2006, but wraps the entire movie around that premise.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Sylvester Stallone, Rocky Balboa
Smooth Segues and Jennifer Hudsonnew
This big-screen adaptation of Dreamgirls has two things working for it that most other musicals don't.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Bill Condon, Dreamgirls
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
January Surprisenew
Justin Timberlake makes Alpha Dog decent, despite the appearance of Sharon Stone in a fat suit.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
01-18-2007 |
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Tags: Alpha Dog, Nick Cassavetes
Death and Sniffingnew
Perfume is pretty, but its need for constant narration dooms it to mediocrity.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
01-18-2007 |
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