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The Nader Strategynew
A new documentary suggests that the only way to make Democrats listen is to vote for someone like Ralph Nader.
Chicago Reader |
J.R. Jones |
03-06-2007 |
Reviews
Strike a Pose
300 burdens its exercise in style with too many righteous speeches.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
03-06-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: 300, Zack Snyder
Big Brother Is Listening, Too
Not only did Germany’s The Lives of Others win the Oscar last week for best foreign film, it also bagged the unofficial prize for biggest upset.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-05-2007 |
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Horror-scope
Working from two books by Robert Graysmith, Fincher and screenwriter James Vanderbilt straightforwardly recreate the case, effacing melodramatic traces of the typical Hollywood production -- the results are intriguing, but not totally arresting.
Boulder Weekly |
Thomas Delapa |
03-05-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
Going for Broke: Jude Law in 'Breaking and Entering'new
Anthony Minghella looks at big-city dynamics through small-time crime.
The Coast, Halifax's Weekly |
Tara Thorne |
03-02-2007 |
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Neighborhood Watchnew
Avenue Montaigne doesn't argue that all the world's a stage, just that a few blocks of Paris can be a setting that fully contains one charmed little world.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Avenue Montaigne, Daniele Thompson
Hot and Bothersomenew
Writer-director Craig Brewer hasn't exactly made a traditional grindhouse film, though -- you see, this one's a grindhouse film with heart.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Numb and Numbernew
One expects more from Carrey, a comedian who until now has painstakingly chosen his forays into pathos.
Washington City Paper |
Justin Moyer |
03-02-2007 |
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Tags: Joel Schumacher, The Number 23
Not-So-Jolly Ranchernew
If the movie were at least partially satirical, its implausibilities wouldn't nag -- but it isn't, and they do
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
03-02-2007 |
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Collateral Damagenew
Zodiac examines the killer's other victims.
L.A. Weekly |
Scott Foundas |
03-02-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
The Killer Isn't the Only One Sending Out Ciphersnew
At 2 1/2 hours, Fincher's film is too long in the telling and too short on suspense.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: David Fincher, Zodiac
Road to Nowherenew
Middle-aged men cut loose.
Austin Chronicle |
Toddy Burton |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Walt Becker, Wild Hogs
Closely Watched Germansnew
This recent Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film is the story of the small redemption of one man, who happens to be a hated East German Stasi officer.
Austin Chronicle |
Josh Rosenblatt |
03-01-2007 |
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A Blues Howlnew
Like a steady 12-bar blues progression, Black Snake Moan lays down a groove and works the chords over and over 'til they're all spent.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Black Snake Moan, Craig Brewer
Wilderness Wondernew
Creepy Eastern European atmospherics encase this horror film, which nevertheless suffers from an anemic script.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
03-01-2007 |
Reviews
Tags: Nacho Cerdà, The Abandoned
