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Southern Comfort
(2001)
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Chuck Perroncel
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Fact or docu-drama, it carries a punch.
Posted May 08, 2023
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C
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Dear Pillow
(2004)
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Sandra Beckmeier
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It seems to me that the filmmaker didn't take enough time with the development of the story.
Posted May 08, 2023
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Salmonberries
(1991)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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Queer audiences starved to see themselves on screen may he drawn to the film, but be advised, It's slow going.
Posted May 08, 2023
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The Shadow
(1994)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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What makes Baldwin's performance, and the film, so enjoyable is the refreshing absence of angst. Cranston Is no tortured hero... He's a good guy and he knows it, and he's not afraid to enjoy the high life when he's not fighting crime.
Posted May 08, 2023
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Speed
(1994)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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[Speed sets] the standard, at least this summer, for what a fast-paced, don't-think-too-much-about-plot actioner ought to be.
Posted May 08, 2023
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Blown Away
(1994)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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The movie's quieter moments... give audiences the time to ponder the film's almost ludicrous, contrived plot.
Posted May 08, 2023
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Wyatt Earp
(1994)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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In each of his fine, flavorful scenes, Quaid handily supplies the energy and humor sorely lacking from the rest of this tedious, windy film.
Posted May 08, 2023
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Inside Monkey Zetterland
(1992)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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An engaging, disarmingly loose little film.
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3/4
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Breakfast on Pluto
(2005)
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Steven Lindsey
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Overall, the film is a fantastical escape to the 1970s through the eyes of a fascinating character -- and a director with a solid vision for his onscreen world.
Posted May 08, 2023
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2.5/4
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The Producers
(2005)
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Steven Lindsey
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Where Rent and Chicago were liberated from the confines of the stage with spectacular results, director Susan Stroman takes the Nathan Lane-Matthew Broderick smash and films it as if it were playing to the balcony.
Posted May 08, 2023
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4/4
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Brokeback Mountain
(2005)
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Steven Lindsey
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Director Ang Lee, working from an adaptation of a short story from Annie Proulx, has created an epic motion picture about the power of love and the tragedy of separation. The chemistry between the stars is intense and tender.
Posted May 08, 2023
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3/4
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Loggerheads
(2005)
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Steven Lindsey
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If there's one thing writer Tim Kirkman does extraordinarily well, it's creating complex, layered characters.
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0.5/4
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Bewitched
(2005)
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Steven Lindsey
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There are possibly two genuine laughs in the entire movie.
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3.5/4
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Batman Begins
(2005)
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Arnold Wayne Jones
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The technical aspects are deft, especially the sound and cinematography... But what really works is how Gotham exists in a world apart from out own.
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3.5/4
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Saving Face
(2004)
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Steven Lindsey
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There are moments that are laugh-out-loud, but more importantly, there are times you can't pry the smile off your face simply in anticipation of what comes next.
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3.5/4
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The Education of Shelby Knox
(2005)
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Arnold Wayne Jones
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The directors, Rose Rosenblatt and Marion Lipschutz, show how Shelby's actions impact not just the Knox family but the community as a whole, with restraint but compassion.
Posted May 07, 2023
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3/4
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Memoirs of a Geisha
(2005)
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Arnold Wayne Jones
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When the initially muddled exposition finally begins to take shape and Geisha gets its blood flowing, things improve immeasurably.
Posted May 07, 2023
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3.5/4
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King Kong
(2005)
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Arnold Wayne Jones
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The visual effects are glorious -- a circus of cliffhanging suspense sequences that go on and on and on. But rather than just padding the story with gummy exposition and silly action, Jackson delves deeply into the psychology of the characters.
Posted May 07, 2023
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B
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Shrek 2
(2004)
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John Stephens
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This really is a fun movie series, and hopefully we can expect more offerings to please both the kid in us as well as the cynical adult, both of whom will have no problem enjoying Shrek 2.
Posted May 07, 2023
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Being at Home With Claude
(1992)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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[It's] consistently interesting... But this is essentially a two-character, two-location film, and the action simply drags.
Posted May 07, 2023
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One Nation Under God
(1993)
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Steven Alan McGaw
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An alternately hilarious and chilling look at the Religious Right's insistence that homosexuality can be "cured."
Posted May 07, 2023
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Orlando
(1992)
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Lynn C. Miller
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Audiences who enjoy the process of unfolding that this movie affords, with its wry commentary on sex, love, and freedom, will enjoy Orlando.
Posted May 07, 2023
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