Category: Reviews
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‘Pride and Glory’ is not glorious to watch
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Sadly there is very little glory or pride to be found in Gavin O’Connor’s Pride and Glory. an attempt at a gritty New York City police crime drama involving a family with a deep history…
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‘Iron Man’ gets the job done with thrills and fun
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The summer movie season blazes wide open to make room for Iron Man the first of many superhero flicks!
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‘The Bank Job’
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Director Roger Donaldson (No Way Out) brings the story of an actual bank robbery to the big screen, with major elements of truth involved that were covered up by British secrecy laws; and somehow it…
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‘Breaking and Entering’
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Anthony Minghellas Breaking and Entering is less sprawling than his previous movies but equally ambitious.
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‘The Pursuit of Happyness’
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The Pursuit of Happyness, Gabriele Muccino’s feel-good winter film, may be cobbled together from the real-life story of Chris Gardner, but the film itself feels a little stale, a San Francisco retread of Kramer vs.…
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‘Catch and Release’
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Jennifer Garner gives a great performance in Catch and Release but the film doesn’t do right by her.
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‘The Painted Veil’
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The W. Somerset Maugham story The Painted Veil gets yet another screen adaptation, this time directed by John Curran.
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‘Notes on a Scandal’
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Richard Eyres brilliant study of a friendship gone awry, Notes on a Scandal features two of the years greatest performances.