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Film Review

The Pink Panther 2

by Renee Scolaro Mora

[6.Feb.09] :. Much of the “comedy” in The Pink Panther 2 is a rehashing of the jokes from the first film.

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The PopMatters Fall 2008 Movie Preview Feature

Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008

by Bill Gibron

[10.Sep.08] :. What studio suit thought this was a good idea? With four months to schedule your high priced efforts, you instead unload almost 30 overpriced pictures on an unsuspecting movie audience.

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Jerry Weintraub is the ‘heart and soul’ of the ‘Ocean’s’ trilogy

by Barry Koltnow [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[8.Jun.07] :. BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.—Frank Sinatra lived two doors down. Cary Grant dropped by regularly. Tom Cruise just bought the house next door. George Clooney sits by the pool. Brad and Angelina have...

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Film Review

Oceans Thirteen (2007)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[8.Jun.07] :. Every time George Clooney or Bernie Mac admits to the lameness of Number Two, the third film in the franchise can't help but promise improvement.

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The PopMatters Summer 2007 Movie Preview Feature

Monkey Business (Part 2: June)

by Bill Gibron

[2.May.07] :. Apparently, as the sun's strongest rays finally settle over the movie going public, sequels are the remedy to cool down an overheated demographic. This month alone holds five examples of such redux refreshment. The rest of the choices are a variety pack of genres, ideas and possibilities.

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Film Review

Smokin Aces (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jan.07] :. Smokin' Aces mashes together at least four movies, with all plots and characters spinning around a Vegas card trickster.

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The Untouchables: Special Collector’s Edition (1987)

by Leigh H. Edwards

[1.Nov.04] :. It's a story of a (nearly lone) lawman standing up against the bad guys, replete with a High Noon type showdown.

 

Twisted: Special Collector’s Edition (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[30.Aug.04] :. 'I'd been wanting to make a film noir in San Francisco for many years,' says Philip Kaufman, 'And the closest I'd come was Invasion of the Body Snatchers.'"

 

Twisted (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Feb.04] :. Jess identifies with her dead mother but also takes up her father's professional aggression, not so much to right wrongs as discover them.

 

The Man From Elysian Fields (2001)

by Jesse Hassenger

[5.May.03] :. Despite much swirling and swooping of the camera, it winds up looking like a moderately well directed TV movie.

 

Confidence (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Apr.03] :. They meet at King's club, where he's auditioning strippers: Dustin Hoffman, big pimping.

 

Ocean’s Eleven (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Dec.01] :. The background surf, unbuttoned shirt, and look away from the camera -- all this demonstrates just how movie-starness is done. The plot, like I say, is beside the point.