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Safe Travelsnew
At long last, Adam Sandler makes another watchable movie.
Missoula Independent |
Andy Smetanka |
06-30-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
Linklater Pushes The Envelope
Richard Linklater gives an audacious cinematic adaptation of Philip K. Dick's 1977 novel about corporate/government surveillance of a public led by their noses with drug addictions similarly fueled and fed by the "system."
Sandler Knows His Audiencenew
Sandler once again caters to aging man-children who have inherited the responsibilities of the family breadwinner, yet whose classic-rock intake and coarse vocabularies remain unsafe for little ears.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Click, Frank Coraci
Relearning to Flynew
Five years in wait, Superman returns as our coping mechanism in a cape.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
The Man of Steelnew
Superman fans, rejoice: You'll like his triumphant return.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
06-29-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Mournful Transitionnew
Clean is beautifully filmed and well-acted, but the plot needs, well, a plot.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
06-29-2006 |
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Tags: Olivier Assayas, Clean
War Is This and Thatnew
Two new documentaries about veterans from two wars serve up significant differences but also universal truths.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-29-2006 |
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Superman’s Blue Clothesnew
This version is merely a souped-up, CGI-enhanced extension, with fancy new tights on the hero that look like they were skinned from some kind of red, yellow and blue intergalactic reptile.
Style Weekly |
Wayne Melton |
06-29-2006 |
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En Voguenew
Prada probes the Wintour of a former assistant's discontent.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
06-29-2006 |
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Depp Charge
Jack Sparrow returns for more giddy smiles in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
06-28-2006 |
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Does the World Need Superman?new
The mastery of cinematic form that director Bryan Singer exhibited in his X-Men movies carries the super narrative and then some.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
06-28-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Bryan Singer, Superman Returns
Myths Americannew
Bryan Singer resurrects the Man of Steel in Superman Returns, while Meryl Streep sinks her teeth into the fashion world in The Devil Wears Prada.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
06-28-2006 |
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Paint it Black
Laugh now, feel guilty later.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-26-2006 |
Reviews
Tags: Jared Hess, Nacho Libre
On Thin Icing
This ensemble piece makes the least of a decent cast of Amerindie and TV veterans and fully embraces trivialization.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
06-26-2006 |
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Just Skidding
This film violates the axiom that a movie with all the intellectual rigor of a Hot Wheels commercial or a Street Low issue should at least feature charismatic stars.
Washington City Paper |
Josh Levin |
06-26-2006 |
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