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Golf Championsnew
The improbable but true triumph of 19-year-old amateur American golfer Francis Ouimet at the 1913 U.S. Open is given the David-and Goliath-treatment.
Austin Chronicle |
Kimberley Jones |
09-29-2005 |
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When Families Collidenew
This new Bollywood film is a cross-cultural love story set in Mauritius.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
09-29-2005 |
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Tags: Dil Jo Bhi Kahey, Romesh Sharma
Poor Planningnew
Jodie Foster's return to the big screen doesn't get off the ground.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
09-29-2005 |
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Tags: Flightplan, Robert Schwentke
Timeless Classicnew
A History of Violence deserves all the praise it can get.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
09-29-2005 |
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Escapist Velocity
Buffy creator Joss Whedon graduates from the small screen to the silver screen with Sci-Fi/western Serenity, and proves there's no such thing as bad genres, just bad genre films.
Columbus Alive |
J. Caleb Mozzocco |
09-29-2005 |
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Tags: Joss Whedon, Serenity
American History Icks
David Cronenberg takes the "graphic" part of this graphic novel adaptation deadly serious, creating an incredible challenge of our acceptance of violence and sex as entertaining spectacle.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
09-29-2005 |
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Who is That Masked Woman?new
MirrorMask's dream world looks like the last place you'd want to visit and never conveys a sense of its rules or makes a firm connection to the real world.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
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Tags: Dave McKean, MirrorMask
Sci-Fi Nail-Biternew
Serenity remains a four-star experience for anyone familiar with "Firefly," and the sheer novelty of seeing a space opera with smart dialogue and credible characters will leave audiences floating on air.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
09-29-2005 |
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The Plight of Childrennew
Roman Polanski offers a flawed but harrowing, empathetic view of the world seen through the eyes of its most powerless and invisible citizens. Oliver Twist's salvation comes at a great cost.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
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Tags: Oliver Twist, Roman Polanski
Viggo Mortensen is Compromised Hero in Cronenberg Thrillernew
A History of Violence, as its title implies, is a profound examination of a world divided into "good" and "bad," where we reflexively cheer on the "right" kind of violence and recoil at the "wrong" kind.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
09-29-2005 |
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Adapted Sisters
In Her Shoes winds up both better and worse than its chick-lit source.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
09-28-2005 |
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Tags: Curtis Hanson, In Her Shoes
Empire of the Funnew
Family and faith form the core of Joss Whedon's relentlessly entertaining space opera Serenity.
Baltimore City Paper |
Ian Grey |
09-28-2005 |
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Something Missingnew
This film about a young man's search for the woman who saved his grandfather from the Nazis certainly has strengths, including gorgeous art direction and clever humor, but its essence is empty.
Crash Landingnew
A film starring Jodie Foster as a mother who's either lost her daughter or her mind during a flight from Berlin to New York soars for an hour, then ends with a tailspin.
The Opposite of Sucknew
Mike Mills' debut film is original, electrifying, and humane, presenting complex and memorable people in whom we recognize ourselves.
East Bay Express |
Melissa Levine |
09-26-2005 |
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