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Gifted-Class Malaisenew
This film's thoroughly bland characters are living thoroughly empty lives in thoroughly generic environs (the set decoration -- Naguib Mahfouz book here, Apple laptop there -- is subtly sinister in its glib "hipness").
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
Jackie Chan Passes the Torchnew
With The Protector, 30-year-old martial-arts mastermind Tony Jaa bests his own sensational Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, the 2003 film that brought the fearless fighter Western recognition.
Orlando Weekly |
John Thomason |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: Prachya Pinkaew, The Protector
Two New Neo-Noirsnew
We compare and contrast The Black Dahlia and Hollywoodland.
Orlando Weekly |
John Thomason |
09-15-2006 |
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Real-Life Dramanew
Nominated for the Jury Grand Prize at Sundance, this well-researched documentary fills you with frustration beyond measure, as a young black man is sent to prison for life for the brutal rape and murder of a white woman that he did not commit.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-15-2006 |
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Brooklyn's Black Cowboysnew
The rough documentary footage captures the street life and bustling interstates that surround Cedar Lane Stables in the tough Howard Beach area of the borough.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-15-2006 |
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Hiroshima, Through Survivors' Eyesnew
This harrowing documentary about the atomic bombing of Nagasaki tells its story through the eyes a few of the remaining survivors.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Save the Turtlesnew
Richard Ogust was eating at a restaurant in Chinatown when he purchased his first turtle -- it was bound for his plate, but he took it home alive instead.
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-15-2006 |
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The American Road Movie, in Frenchnew
Simultaneously mysterious and mundane, the debut film from French-Moroccan director Ismael Ferroukhi holds up a mirror to the American road movie.
Orlando Weekly |
Jessica Bryce Young |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: Ismael Ferroukhi, Le Grand Voyage
Stay in Debtnew
Hey kids, need another lecture on the evils of credit cards, complete with funny 60s-era footage of fresh-faced young'uns learning how to spend responsibly? Have we got the movie for you!
Orlando Weekly |
Bob Whitby |
09-15-2006 |
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Dizzingly Didacticnew
This film is from Tollywood, and therefore is capable of that peculiar feat of weaving a couple of choreographed numbers into a tale about Sri Lankan terrorism, guerrilla warfare, refugees' identity crises, adoption and heart-wrenching separations.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: A Peck on the Cheek, Mani Ratnam
Transcending Violence Through Artnew
Roving from one miserable refugee camp to another in the Republic of Guinea, a group of musicians transcends the horror of murder, mutilation and destruction through their art, which sounds like roots reggae.
Orlando Weekly |
Lindy T. Shepherd |
09-15-2006 |
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The Story of James Beveridgenew
Beveridge's The Idealist sets its observational sights on something resonant: the discovery of her own neglectful father by following the trails of film and travel that he left behind.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: Nina Beveridge, The Idealist
Romeo and Juliet in a Kitchennew
If Romeo and Juliet were set in the gross, dysfunctional kitchen of a drab Dutch hotel, it would resemble Schnitzel Paradise, albeit with considerably less humor.
Orlando Weekly |
Jason Ferguson |
09-15-2006 |
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Braff's Leading Man Bidnew
The Last Kiss is being marketed as a classy romantic comedy, but despite its laughs it's not a comedy, and you'd be an idiot to take a first date to see it.
NOW Magazine |
Glenn Sumi |
09-15-2006 |
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Tags: The Last Kiss, Tony Goldwyn
American Dreamernew
Idealism is under siege in The U.S. vs. John Lennon.
L.A. Weekly |
John Payne |
09-14-2006 |
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