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The Intricate Puzzles of 'Michael Clayton'new
Tony Gilroy's film may turn out to be the earliest major Oscar candidate out of the gate, but it's also a commendable rarity: a film of genuine artistic ambition that is also extravagantly entertaining.
Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
'Michael Clayton': Mr. Bagmannew
The flawed legal thriller still wins favorable judgment.
Fort Worth Weekly |
Kristian Lin |
10-11-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Somehow 'Ira & Abby' is a Multifaceted Movienew
Ira & Abby is the story arc for the entire five seasons of Dharma & Greg compressed into movie-length form.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
10-11-2007 |
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Tags: Ira & Abby, Robert Cary
'Spider Lilies': Tattoo Younew
Sensuality spins out at Out on Film.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-11-2007 |
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Tags: Spider Lilies, Zero Chou
'Michael Clayton': Uncivil Actionnew
George Clooney vehicle thrives on moral ambiguity.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
10-11-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Spread 'Em!new
Lust, Caution and We Own the Night grapple with their sense of place.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Felicia Feaster |
10-11-2007 |
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The Honeymoonersnew
Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers re-team for the uneven but enjoyable Heartbreak Kid.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
10-10-2007 |
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Legal Thrillernew
George Clooney's Michael Clayton offers movie-goers a nice time at the movies.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
10-10-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Wes Anderson's Man-Boysnew
The thing that elevates The Darjeeling Limited, what makes it a movie well worth seeing, is how aware the director is of limitations -- in his characters and himself.
Willamette Week |
Aaron Mesh |
10-10-2007 |
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Tilda Swinton, Gangstanew
Director Tony Gilroy pulled in George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Sydney Pollack, and Swinton -- not exactly the chopped liver of the film world -- to bring the required tension to a somewhat dull script for Michael Clayton.
San Antonio Current |
Ashley Lindstrom |
10-10-2007 |
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Tags: Michael Clayton, Tony Gilroy
Wes Anderson Gets Back on Tracknew
Anderson, the director-guru of hipsters everywhere, has returned with his best film since Rushmore.
San Diego CityBeat |
Anders Wright |
10-10-2007 |
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The Edward Scissorhands for South Carolinanew
Pearl Fryar's cavernous voice is a major reason this big-screen profile of the Bishopville, S.C., topiary artist is appealing.
Charleston City Paper |
Chris Haire |
10-10-2007 |
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Cynthia Hill Examines the Plight of Low-paid Field Handsnew
In The Guestworker, the closest Hill gets to editorializing is juxtaposing images of a farmer eating a family meal in his house with those of the guestworkers' shoddier living conditions.
Charleston City Paper |
Nick Smith |
10-10-2007 |
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Tags: Cyntha Hill, The Guestworker
Laboring with Childhood in 'My Kid Could Paint That'new
Amir Bar-Lev's excellent documentary starts out as a straight-up chronicle of a way-underage artistic phenomenon, until unforeseen developments suggest some sort of mass-media con job based on dreams of squeaky-clean white suburbia.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Dennis Harvey |
10-10-2007 |
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'The Jane Austen Book Club': The Slight Fluffnew
Underdeveloped, unbelievable women, borderline gross romances, and talky bits -- shh, it's not over yet!
Baltimore City Paper |
Anna Ditkoff |
10-09-2007 |
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