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Pretty Sillynew
Scoop: Not Woody Allen's worst, but certainly not his best.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
08-02-2006 |
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Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
Unembeddednew
The Iraq war finally gets its definitive documentary.
The Village Voice |
Michael Atkinson |
08-02-2006 |
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Too Violent for Kids
This movie is skewed toward authoritarian attitudes and fear.
Tags: Steve Oedekerk, Barnyard
Women Spelunkers Find Out What’s In The Cave
Traumatizing terror serves as the ultimate right to passage for surviving the horrors of the real world in British writer/director Neil Marshall’s (“Dog Soldiers”) gory and cathartic horror film about a group of six women adventurers on a doomed spelunking journey.
Tags: Neil Marshall, The Descent
Bug Out
The Ant Bully is one insect movie too many.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
07-28-2006 |
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Tags: John A. Davis, The Ant Bully
Housequake
Monster House is scary fun for almost the whole family.
Washington City Paper |
Jason Powell |
07-28-2006 |
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Tags: Gil Kenan, Monster House
Homeward, Bound
Cavite doesn't have one false note.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-28-2006 |
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Remembrance of Things Pastel
Mann's latest is another illustration of a disappointing TV-to-movie translation, in which studios put their faith in the formula: prime-time plot + obvious filler = big box office.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
07-28-2006 |
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Tags: Miami Vice, Michael Mann
Facial Err
Robin Williams and his beard remain dramatically uninteresting in The Night Listener.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
07-28-2006 |
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We Are Not a Muse'd
It no longer matters whether Allen's inspiration is Russian literature or Catskills burlesque; his real subject is the slow death of a wisecracking ladies' man.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
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Tags: Scoop, Woody Allen
Menage a Blah
Director Betty Thomas has never learned that even comedy requires a certain measure of logic.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
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Tags: Betty Thomas, John Tucker Must Die
Dating Trips
This movie is like a half-dozen episodes of a predictable teen sitcom condensed into a 90-minute movie.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
07-28-2006 |
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Taxing Authoritynew
Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes -- and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
07-27-2006 |
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No Picnicnew
Childhood's fascination with all things small and squirmy makes this story of a boy who becomes an ant a pleasant, if undernourished, tale.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
07-27-2006 |
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Tags: John A. Davis, The Ant Bully
Fantastic?new
A cast of losers discusses the fate of a fish-girl out of water -- said discourse entails reciting ludicrous fairy-tale names in voices better suited to MAD TV's Mrs. Swan.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
07-27-2006 |
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