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'Body of War' is Agitprop and Proud of Itnew
But it's so up-close-and-personal that it winds up transcending its political mission.
'American Gangster' Wastes Two Brilliant Actorsnew
Director Ridley Scott keeps everything dark and moody, the better to court Oscar's favor. But this is no Godfather or The Departed; it's too inert.
Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
Everybody Will Love This Doc on a Little-Seen Bandnew
An entertaining and informative overview of one of Baltimore's more beguiling musical treasures.
Baltimore City Paper |
Bret McCabe |
11-06-2007 |
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Jilted Jillnew
Tyler Perry's new flick shows a different side of soul singer Jill Scott.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Craig D. Lindsey |
11-05-2007 |
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Great Scottnew
Ridley's latest is rote and derivative -- and one of his best films in years.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Sean Burns |
11-05-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
The Actual Definitive Ultimate Director's Cutnew
Blade Runner is back again -- the way it was meant to be seen.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
11-05-2007 |
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'Lions for Lambs' is Years Behind the Times
Overtly pedantic and overstrained, Tom Cruise's first undertaking as co-head of United Artists is a politically top-heavy triptych of simultaneous political conversations made all the more cumbersome due to its extravagant cast.
Tags: Lions for Lambs, Robert Redford
The Coen Brothers Go West
After a string of disappointing projects, Joel and Ethan Coen have hit cinematic paydirt with Cormac McCarthy's 2003 western crime novel No Country for Old Men.
A Sticky Wicketnew
A Jamaican teaches a young Jew what's cricket -- in every sense -- in Wondrous Oblivion.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
11-02-2007 |
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Tags: Paul Morrison, Wondrous Oblivion
Bad Things Happen to Bad People in 'Before the Devil Knows You're Dead'new
That sly old elf Sidney Lumet opens his new movie with a sexual encounter you might associate with a man spending his frustration on a compliant hooker.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
11-02-2007 |
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'American Venus' is Just Weirdnew
With his latest film, it is as though Vancouver-based filmmaker Bruce Sweeney has taken Rebecca De Mornay's persona and given her children of her own.
Montreal Mirror |
Matthew Hays |
11-02-2007 |
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Tags: American Venus, Bruce Sweeney
'American Gangster' is a Heroin-Dealing Disappointmentnew
There's a lot that this movie promises and never delivers.
Montreal Mirror |
Mark Slutsky |
11-02-2007 |
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Tags: American Gangster, Ridley Scott
'Martian Child' Rises Above Average Family-Positive Sweetnessnew
Director Menno Meyjes pulls an engaging film out of the potential claptrap, while also putting across a message about the beauty of nonconformism.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
11-02-2007 |
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Tags: Martian Child, Menno Meyjes
Cinematic Torturenew
Another Halloween, another crappy Saw movie.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: Darren Lynn Bousman, Saw IV
Schmaltz Stewnew
King of California has its heart in the right place, but this movie has already been made numerous times.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-01-2007 |
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Tags: King of California, Mike Cahill
