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State of Play
In this new universe where facts are mutable and ends are means, so-called ethical triumphs can only be short-term.
17 Apr 2009
The Princess Bride: Blu-Ray
Reiner and Goldman manage to marry timeless storytelling elements with modern comedic sensibilities in such a way that it will never feel corny, old-fashioned, or dated.
01 Apr 2009
What Just Happened
Less an expose than a recap of what even casual observers of the industry know or intuit, What Just Happened relies on clichés even as it deplores them.
19 Oct 2008
Talk, Talk, Talk: October 2008
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.
09 Sep 2008
The Princess Bride: 20th Anniversary Edition
This itself modern through that little smidgen of precocious reflexivity, and a healthy does of kitsch.
Rebecca Chang
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05 Aug 2008
Beowulf (2007)
Crawling with mermaids and monsters, irony, and gore, Beowulf delivers the goods, without betraying its core narrative.
Jarrett Berman
Reviews
02 Mar 2008
Breaking and Entering (2006)
While Breaking and Entering leans heavily on its metaphors (see especially, the titular allusions), it doesn't make any of its roiling notions compelling.
28 Jan 2007
Virgin (2003)
Jessie's belief that she might be special, chosen for this important role, changes her.
Kristen Kidder
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A Home at the End of the World (2004)
Unfortunately, Bobby's (Colin Farrell) vagueness tends to be more tiresome than inspiring.
Cynthia Fuchs
Film
21 Jul 2004
White Oleander (2002)
Seems stuck in first gear, grinding through a series of very "safe" clichés.
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Film
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