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The Taking of Pelham 123Money makes The Taking of Pelham 123 shine, but no amount of cash can buy creativity. [2 November 2009] 
The Taking of Pelham 123Nothing if not self-aware, this update of Joseph Sargent's 1974 thriller begins by rearranging the class dynamics. [12 June 2009] 
Déjà Vu (2006)The movie's leap from contemporary coppish thriller into science fiction is initially jarring. [21 November 2006] 
Domino: New Line Platinum Series (2005)Domino maps mythology, not as a means to heroic or sympathetic characters, and certainly not to narrative resolution. [28 March 2006] 
Domino (2005)Imagine Mallory Knox as her own reality tv show star, less inclined to take up with the absolutely wrong man, and able to handle her mascara like a pro. [14 October 2005] 
Top Gun: Special Collector’s Edition (1986)One angle on this newness was the boys' deep friendships, masculine and competitive but also tender and intimate. [13 December 2004] 
Man on Fire (2004)Tony Scott enthuses, 'I had such a brilliant smorgasbord of really odd, strange personalities and different looks.'" [15 September 2004]
Man on Fire (2004)Man on Fire means to distress. Punctuated by mobile subtitles and assaultive editing, the movie underlines the daily threat of living in places where kidnapping is a sort of business, organized and ongoing. [23 April 2004] 
The Gathering StormThe point in 'The Gathering Storm' is that Churchill is 'human', that he has faults. [7 May 2002] 
Spy Game (2001)The film's assumptions about the Agency, are, in a word, Before September 11, before top secret government agencies (CIA, FBI, etc.) were revealed as not doing what they've been pretending to be doing all this time. [11 April 2002] 
Spy Game (2001)The film's assumptions about the Agency, are, in a word, Before September 11, before top secret government agencies (CIA, FBI, etc.) were revealed as not doing what they've been pretending to be doing all thi [20 November 2001] |
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