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Wednesday, October 26 2011

Tough Guys Recite: The 5 Best Poetry Spittin’ TV Characters

Every generic hero on TV can finish a poetic quotation or identify a poignant quatrain (down to the line numbers). But few can spit Tennyson or Yeats with such venom as these guys.


Friday, March 27 2009

Elegy

Coixet’s examination of age and the natural process of dying are refracted through a spectrum of cultures, ages, experiences and fears that are atypical of contemporary American films.


Friday, January 23 2009

The Wackness

Ultimately, this film is neither dope nor wack — it’s just kind of boring.


Thursday, January 15 2009

Outside the Lines - The Top 20 International/Indie Films of 2008

With many indie/international films receiving more and more mainstream approval from unfamiliar audiences, many of the titles here could be considered part of the overall 2008 Best Of. But their individuality and multicultural appeal keep them a quality concept apart.


Friday, August 1 2008

The Wackness (2008)


Friday, July 18 2008

Transsiberian

Transsiberian makes provocative connections between external and internal states, the ways that composition can reveal character.


Monday, July 14 2008

China’s Stolen Children

For his remarkable documentary, filmmaker Jezza Neumann spent three and half months posing as a tourist in order to obtain undercover footage of victims, traffickers, and buyers.


Thursday, July 3 2008

The Wackness

The Wackness is a too familiar nostalgic movie, with period soundtrack, hot summer nights, and boys coming of age.


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You Kill Me (Reviews) [19.Oct.07]
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You Kill Me (2007) (Reviews) [25.Jun.07]
Lucky Number Slevin (2005) (Reviews) [7.Apr.06]
BloodRayne (2006) (Reviews) [13.Jan.06]
Oliver Twist (2005) (Reviews) [30.Sep.05]
A Sound of Thunder (2005) (Reviews) [2.Sep.05]
Suspect Zero (2004) (Reviews) [14.Apr.05]
Suspect Zero (2004) (Reviews) [10.Sep.04]
Thunderbirds (2004) (Reviews) [30.Jul.04]
House of Sand and Fog (2003) (Reviews) [18.Dec.03]
Tuck Everlasting (2002) (Reviews) [10.Oct.02]
Sexy Beast (2001) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
Rules of Engagement (2000) (Reviews) [1.Jan.95]
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