<P>One could be forgiven for approaching Penelope with a certain amount of skepticism. It has two points against it - not only is it opening in the middle of one of the bleakest cinematic seasons but it has sat on the shelf for nearly two years…
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Infused with as over-the-top and relentlessly quirky sensibility as one could possibly envision, My Sassy Girl quickly establishes itself as an uncommonly interminable romantic comedy that effectively squanders its relatively promising opening …
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<P>FULL disclosure: I don't even follow basketball.</P>
<P>I didn't view Michael Jordan's return to the game as the second coming of Jesus Christ, and I don't care what brand of shoe he wears. I also don't, as a rule, listen to rap music and,…
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<P>Mike Leigh has often been referred to as a prince of misery. His films, grounded in working class reality, are often downbeat. It's hard to argue with their quality or authenticity, but one typically doesn't walk out of a Mike Leigh film wit…
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<P>Ah, summertime: That sunny, carefree three-month window during which, ideally, we're supposed to be having fun at the movies -- and if we're not, we need to be beaten into believing we're having it. I don't normally think of Meryl Streep as …
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<P>In Neil Jordan's "The Brave One," Jodie Foster plays Erica Bain, a radio-show host who captures the sounds of New York and weaves them into observant, seductive narratives that celebrate her love for the city, in all its cranky, wonderful gl…
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<P>Perceptive is the best single word I can come up with to describe The Ice Storm, Ang Lee's near-masterpiece that deconstructs the American family. For, although the film is provocative, entertaining, and impeccably crafted, its greatest stre…
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<P>Here’s a helpful piece of advice for any aspiring film critics out there: never search out information on the making of a movie before you’ve seen it. I signed up to review Shanghai Kiss simply because its plot description sounded interes…
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<P>Starring Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Forest Whitaker, Radha Mitchell, Katie Holmes</P>
<P>I guess this won't matter to people who don't live in New York or who never go there, but the "Manhattan block" where most of "Phone Booth" is …
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