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'Rachel Getting Married' Brings Out the Best in Anne Hathawaynew
Hathaway's performance as an acerbic and bitter sister is so good that it’ll surely be considered come Oscar time.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
10-08-2008 |
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First Shotnew
There are two ways to approach a right-wing broadside against all things liberal that stoops to including the ashes of the 9/11 victims as a dramatic prop.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
10-07-2008 |
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Tags: David Zucker, An American Carol
'Appaloosa' Suffers From Pacing Problemsnew
Ed Harris, who co-wrote and also directed, imbues the project with the same quiet dignity Virgil and Everett comport themselves with, but his pensive, at times lethargic pace brings the action to a screeching halt once too often.
Baltimore City Paper |
Cole Hadden |
10-07-2008 |
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'Body of Lies' Provides Espionage Thrills Without Digging Too Deep
It's a story that often seems poised to tell us more about why the War on Terror has turned into such a quagmire, then retreats to the relative safety of explosions and shouting matches.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
10-07-2008 |
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'Body of Lies' is a Cynical Cinematic Kamikaze
Based on David Ignatius's novel, Body of Lies trudges through on the strength of Leonardo DiCaprio's habitually hardy performance, but you can't help being let down by the rest of the ridiculously bombastic movie.
City Pulse |
Cole Smithey |
10-06-2008 |
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Windshield Wipers Ruin One Man's Life in 'Flash of Genuis'new
This is, without question, the most gripping film about intermittent windshield wipers ever made.
Pittsburgh City Paper |
Chris Potter |
10-06-2008 |
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Tags: Flash of Genius, Marc Abraham
'The Secret of the Grain' Shows Its Heartnew
Abdellatif Kechiche's warm and inviting portrait of a man and his restaurant is a hearty feast of gender politics, generational conflict, cultural metaphors and kettle-whistling family drama, all served with the same affection as the couscous at the film's center.
NOW Magazine |
Radheyan Simonpillai |
10-06-2008 |
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Marc Abraham Makes His Directorial Debut With 'Flash of Genius'new
The result is a plodding, thumpingly obvious gloss on the decade-long efforts of Dr. Robert Kearns, inventor of the intermittent windshield wiper, to be properly acknowledged for his efforts after Ford cheated him out of the money and the credit.
NOW Magazine |
Norman Wilner |
10-06-2008 |
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Tags: Flash of Genius, Marc Abraham
Smart Guy Bill Maher Makes a Dumb Movie About Religionnew
Maher's first film project, Religulous, is a major disappointment because here, unlike on Real Time, he aims for laughs instead of insight -- and aims low.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
10-06-2008 |
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Anne Hathaway Puts on an Oscar-worthy Performance in 'Rachel Getting Married'new
Academy Award poolies, take note: Anne Hathaway plays a junkie in Jonathan Demme’s new movie and she’s sure to draw Oscar’s attention.
NOW Magazine |
Staff |
10-06-2008 |
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'Blindness' Has Limited Visionnew
Blindness certainly has an uncommonly distinguished origin; it's adapted by Don McKellar from the novel of Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning novelist José Saramago. But what might well have been provocative and insightful on the page has been rendered portentously inflated.
Old-fashioned Western 'Appaloosa' Moves Along in Fits and Startsnew
This film from Ed Harris is not nearly as good as either Open Range or Yuma, but despite the fact that it sometimes moves at a crawl, it's more or less a solidly entertaining throwback.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
10-06-2008 |
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Bill Maher Zaps Faith in 'Religulous'new
Maher takes stands against religion and against the very notion of faith (as the word is generally used these days) some of the time; and against the intermingling of religion and public policy all of the time.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
10-03-2008 |
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Bill Maher Tackles Taboo of Faith in 'Religulous'new
About a dozen very polite protesters attempted to mar the Canadian premiere of Bill Maher's gleefully sacrilegious standup documentary, Religulous, at the Toronto International Film Festival recently.
The Georgia Straight |
Mark Leiren-Young |
10-03-2008 |
Reviews
Tags: Larry Charles, Religulous
Spike Lee Remembers Balck Braverynew
Lee has been fighting World War II long before the release of his latest film, Miracle at St. Anna. His campaign began with a salvo at Clint Eastwood for excluding black faces from Flags of Our Fathers and perpetuating the assumption that blacks contributed little to the U.S. victory.
Shepherd Express |
David Luhrssen |
10-03-2008 |
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Tags: Spike Lee, Miracle at St. Anna
