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Angels & Demons
A Harvard professor is an unlikely candidate for the hero of a summer blockbuster, and Angels & Demons demonstrates exactly why. The film is filled with talk, talk, talk.
14 May 2009
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Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress
Cartlidge’s lady of the night is part Shakespearean tragedienne, part deliciously vague Hitchcockian mannequin in distress; the archetype is shattered.
28 Aug 2008
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Katrin Cartlidge: The Working Actress
Whether it was through silence, grotesquerie, fury or intelligence (or, at times, lack of intelligence), Cartlidge was not afraid to upturn the dark corners of the women she portrayed.
28 Aug 2008
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Mamma Mia!
Meryl Streep scampers and writhes with something like abandon in her tomboyish overalls, her glowing tan and perfectly arranged "wild" blond hair indicating Donna's stanch independence.
17 Jul 2008
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The Return of the Popcorn Circus: July 2008
And it just doesn't stop. If part two in this three-ring play was packed with well hyped product, July just keeps the receipt treats coming.
29 Apr 2008
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Goya's Ghosts (Los Fantasmas de Goya) (2006)
If Miloš Forman's movie doesn't take up his distinctive visual style, it does embrace his broad satire, ferociously targeting religious, state, and financial leaders.
22 Jul 2007
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Part 5: The Return of the Auteur
That noise you heard near the start of the new millennium was the creative din of a brash new breed of filmmakers tearing down the traditions of mainstream moviemaking. Their motion picture mission statements -- including the ones featured on this list -- remain the rulebook for new generations of anxious film artists.
21 Jun 2007
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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Demented and punctuated by Depp's scowls and "oofs," Jack Sparrow's stunty bits are mostly amusing and sometimes even surprising.
06 Jul 2006
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King Arthur: Extended Unrated Director's Cut (2004)
'The idea of these young boys being taken away from home at a young age... reminded me a lot of my own culture,' says director Antoine Fuqua.
Cynthia Fuchs
21 Dec 2004
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Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)
Father Merrin, action hero. Who could have imagined it?"
Cynthia Fuchs
26 Aug 2004
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King Arthur (2004)
This generically gritty and solidly PG-13 King Arthur isn't even much of an action picture.
Jesse Hassenger
07 Jul 2004
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Dogville (2003)
The accusation that the film is 'anti-American' says less about Von Trier than it does about the American psyche.
Todd R. Ramlow
14 Apr 2004
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City of Ghosts (2002)
A strangely moralistic romance, premised on his relationship with the setting, Cambodia.
Cynthia Fuchs
07 May 2003
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