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The Lodger
David Ondaatje's movie offers up a series of potentially interesting meta-texts, concerning the significantly named Manning's obsession and aggression, his professional identity and, of course, masculinity.
22 Jan 2009
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Nothing Like the Holidays
Nothing Like the Holidays is like a lot of other holiday movies.
14 Dec 2008
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Talk, Talk, Talk: November 2008
Like the sainted sigh of relief that comes after another shriek-filled All Hallow's Eve, November usually means the start of the 'nominate me' process for the proposed prestige pictures of 2008.
10 Sep 2008
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Indiana Jones: The Adventure Collection
There should be room in our collective imagination for a hero who makes mistakes, lots of them, and still saves the day -- these are films that should be owned.
26 May 2008
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William Shakespeare's As You Like It
The play's untidiness -- it's one of Shakespeare's most mischievous -- virtually guarantees a final product distinguished by individual performances rather than dramatic consistency.
Jesse Hicks
20 Aug 2007
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Spider-Man 2.1 - Unrated, Extended Cut (2004)
While Spider-Man 2.1 may add a few more dollars to the company coffers, it's definitely not doing the Spider Man series – or the digital domain – any real favors.
26 Apr 2007
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The Hoax (2006)
Even as The Hoax works to wring emotional consequence from its many layers of lies, you're hard-pressed to believe it.
06 Apr 2007
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The Da Vinci Code (2006)
If religion, to paraphrase Oscar Wilde, is the fashionable substitute for belief, then The Da Vinci Code, judging by author Dan Brown’s quasi religious following, has asserted itself as the fashionable substitute for religion
Marc Acherman
12 Nov 2006
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The Da Vinci Code
In straining to make its spaces and secrets 'scary', Da Vinci literalizes thoughts and dreams, and abandons mystery and nuance.
Cynthia Fuchs
18 May 2006
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Luther (2003)
This is the type of movie you can imagine history teachers embracing, on account of the facile and accessible way it tackles the subject matter.
Tim O'Neil
27 Dec 2004
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Uncomfortable with his abilities (they have come on him like a virus), Peter repeatedly returns to his central question: Who am I?"
Cynthia Fuchs
12 Dec 2004
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Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes is a return, of sorts, for Jim Jarmusch.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 Sep 2004
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Spider-Man 2 (2004)
Though Spider-Man plainly enjoys saving kids from danger and even instructing them ('Hey you guys! No playing in the street'), he also longs for a more regular, selfish life.
Cynthia Fuchs
01 Jul 2004
Film
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
Coffee and Cigarettes is a return, of sorts, for Jim Jarmusch.
Cynthia Fuchs
19 May 2004
Film
Coffee and Cigarettes (2004)
On its own terms, Coffee and Cigarettes is an effective addiction movie, self-indulgent but also familiar and low-key.
Jesse Hassenger
12 May 2004
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Identity (2003)
As James Mangold neatly puts it, these characters are running along 'a kind of Möbius strip of hell.'"
Cynthia Fuchs
08 Sep 2003
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Identity (2003)
Amanda Peet, not incidentally, throws some fine, even sublime, attitude.
Cynthia Fuchs
23 Apr 2003
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