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Dead Man’s Bounty

by Brian Holcomb

[29.May.08] :. This oddball film's closest progenitors are Fassbinder’s Brecht-influenced and just plain weird Whity, and Cox’s Americanized Spaghetti western, Straight to Hell.

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Mr. Bean’s Holiday (Les Vacances de Mr. Bean)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.07] :. Back with even less to say than before, Bean lurches toward his much-anticipated beach vacation with all the refinement of a train wreck.

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Mr. Beans Holiday

by Bill Gibron

[24.Aug.07] :. Physical comedy is officially dead, and Rowan Atkinson killed it.

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The Abandoned (2006)

by Stuart Henderson

[26.Jul.07] :. A perplexing little ghost story about one woman’s search for her roots, the film grapples with the weightiness of the past, the inevitability of fate, and the madness of desire.

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Hellboy: 2-Disc Special Edition (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[26.Jul.04] :. Speaking in his commentary track, del Toro is keenly passionate about the film, the character, and Hellboy creator Mike Mignola.

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Hellboy (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Apr.04] :. The latest hero for our time is red. Fire engine red. Looming over the city from a rooftop, he puffs his cigar and glowers.

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Bulletproof Monk (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[9.Sep.03] :. 'The big challenge we faced in the beginning is that, in the comic book, the Bulletproof Monk really isn't in the comic.'"

Bulletproof Monk (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Apr.03] :. Has a couple of ideas rattling around in its head, ideas that are -- or could be -- strangely relevant.

15 Minutes (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Every woman in '15 Minutes' is a function of the film's overriding theme, that tabloid culture is all about getting a rise out of otherwise cynical cops and villains, reporters and viewers.