‘The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe’ is too black-and-white, even for kids
Narnia comes to life in this colorful if shallow adaptation.
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‘Separate Lies’ asks a lot of hard questions, but only answers some of them
Julian Fellowes’ adultery mystery features Tom Wilkinson in one of the year’s finest performances.
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‘Annapolis’ is an interesting look inside the Naval Academy
“Annapolis” from director Justin Lin (Better Luck Tomorrow) is not, as many have attempted to describe it, a new take on An Officer and a Gentleman, the fine film from 1982 starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger and in an Oscar winning performance as the drill sergeant, Louis Gossett Jr.
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‘Fun with Dick and Jane’ tries to update 1977 comedy, but fails
Although its social commentary on corporate corruption could probably have been more fierce this film remains funny and entertaining. The DVD includes some good extras as well.
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‘Fun With Dick and Jane’ proves that remakes usually don’t live up to the original
Fun with Dick and Jane screenwriter Judd Apatow, fresh off of his big screen debut with The 40 Year Old Virgin runs into the sophomore jinx in this outing, and the efforts of noted director Dean Parisot (Home Fries, Galaxy Quest) can’t help the film overcome a horribly weak script. That’s the simple explanation, but…
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‘Munich’ is worth a visit
“Deuteronomy 19:21 – Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.” In Steven Spielberg’s brilliant film Munich, one cannot help but wonder if Israel’s Prime Minister Golda Meir (Lynn Cohen) thought about the above passage when she finally gave the approval for…
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‘Domino’ is the story of a model turned bounty hunter
There is an ancient Chinese proverb that cautions: “Be careful what you wish for, for your wish may well be granted.” Apparently it is a proverb that the late Domino Harvey never learned. She wanted to become a legend and now she has… posthumously. She died on June 27, 2005 and now, less than four…
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Don’t wait to see ‘Waiting’
“Waiter, what’s this fly doing in my soup?” “Looks like the backstroke to me, sir.” That old saw is worthy of a chuckle at best, but it pales in comparison to some of the choice humor that writer/director Rob McKittrick delivers to patrons of Waiting, a raunchy restaurant comedy. Set in a place called Shenaniganz…
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‘Roll Bounce’ revisits the era of roller-disco rinks
Director Malcolm Lee (forever to be known as Spike’s cousin) and writer Norman Vance take us back to the late 1970s roller-disco craze for Roll Bounce the latest in the string of films from producers Robert Teitel and George Tillman Jr. Teitel and Tillman Jr., who have given us Men of Honor, Soul Food, Barbershop…
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‘Pretty Persuasion’
She is pretty and she is so persuasive she puts the M in manipulate. Oh yeah and the S in slut.
