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Romance Over Glovesnew
Claire Danes helps Steve Martin's novella Shopgirl finally come to life.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Shopgirl, Anand Tucker
War Is Murdernew
Jarhead has a lot going for it, including realistic soldiers and Jake Gyllenhaal's bod.
Tucson Weekly |
James DiGiovanna |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jarhead, Sam Mendes
Austen’s Powernew
To judge from Joe Wright’s adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen may have invented the tracking shot.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
11-11-2005 |
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Alien-Busting Adventuresnew
Jon Favreau's sort-of-sequel to Jumanji is full of nonsense physics and missed opportunities, though it almost redeems itself via its realistically fractious portrayal of brothers forced into a playtime gone weirdly cosmic.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Zathura
Hip-Hop Hypocrisiesnew
Determined to star in his own 8 Mile, Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson comes up a day late and a dollar short.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Another Adultery-Driven Adrian Lyne Knockoffnew
It's impossible to ignore what an unimpressive film has received the honor of being the first release from the newly formed Weinstein Co.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Mikael Hafstrom, Derailed
Costume Dramanew
After umpteen film and TV translations, what reason can there be to take another whack at Pride and Prejudice?
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Joe Wright, Pride & Prejudice
Lying Downnew
Distributor ThinkFilm raised so much of a stink about its Where the Truth Lies receiving an NC-17 rating that one had to assume the movie was some sort of crusading artistic statement.
Orlando Weekly |
Steve Schneider |
11-11-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Atom Egoyan, Where the Truth Lies
Aw, Shoot
For all its absurd complications, the plot of this film is ultimately unsurprising and not all that interesting.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-10-2005 |
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Outsider Drama
Turning his multiplatinum Get Rich or Die Tryin' into a movie is a logical way for 50 Cent to expand his franchise, but that doesn't guarantee he can enlarge his abilities along with it.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
11-10-2005 |
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Love in Space
Ultimately, though, this is a story about love -- with robots, reptilian monsters, and unfriendly spaceships that try to shoot the kids' home into oblivion.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-10-2005 |
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Twit Wit
The heroine of Jane Austen's novel is not a giggler. She is quick-witted and headstrong, capable of being charming and even playful but more known for sharply speaking her mind. Unless, that is, she's being played by Keira Knightley.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-10-2005 |
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Derailed
Though it may take a few years and many movies to wash the Rachel out of Aniston's hair, her turn in Derailed is a good Good Girl-ish step.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
11-10-2005 |
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It Died Trying
The problem with this 50 Cent biopic glamorizing the grit of the rapper's life isn't so much that the star is a bad actor as he isn't any kind of actor at all.
Columbus Alive |
Melissa Starker |
11-10-2005 |
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Game Onnew
With his follow-up to Elf, director Jon Favreau sticks with family-friendly filmmaking, this time delivering a bang-up version of Chris Van Allsburg's bestselling children's book Zathura.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
11-10-2005 |
Reviews
Tags: Jon Favreau, Zathura
