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Review of Breaking and Entering (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 16 Feb 2007

A close-up of two disparate families in current-day London, Breaking and Entering lacks the heart and emotional warmth needed to tell the story…

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Review of Factory Girl (2014)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 10 Feb 2007

Though George Hickenlooper's Factory Girl feels as vacuous as the picture's main character, superstar Edie Sedgwick, it manages to convincingly…

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Review of Factory Girl (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 10 Feb 2007

Though George Hickenlooper's Factory Girl feels as vacuous as the picture's main character, superstar Edie Sedgwick, it manages to convincingly…

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Review of The Lives of Others (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 10 Feb 2007

The Lives of Others is a gripping character drama that unfolds into an unexpected thriller through a complex script that is made remarkably…

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Review of Hannibal Rising (2007)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 09 Feb 2007

Hannibal Rising can't even be considered a thriller, but an overplayed and unconvincing explanation of how Lecter became a murderer and developed…

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Review of Smokin' Aces (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 29 Jan 2007

Director Joe Carnahan didn't know who to emulate first in making the over-saturated Smokin' Aces, Quentin Tarantino or Guy Ritchie…

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Review of Catch and Release (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 29 Jan 2007

Romantic comedies lately are surpassing the threshold of good taste, with death brought into the equation more often…

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Review of This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 19 Jan 2007

It takes balls for documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick to take on the all-powerful Motional Picture Association of America (MPAA) ratings board…

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Review of Miss Potter (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 12 Jan 2007

Renee Zellweger's pretentious and unconvincing portrayal of Beatrix Potter doesn't help much to endear the viewer to the artist…

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Review of Stomp the Yard (2007)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 12 Jan 2007

I couldn't stop groaning and rolling my eyes throughout Stomp the Yard, a shamelessly predictable and laughable underdog yarn…

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Review of Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 03 Jan 2007

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus points out in its title that the picture is mostly fictionalized, but in the opening prologue it…

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Review of Notes on a Scandal (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 22 Dec 2006

Notes on a Scandal is both dramatic and funny thanks to an incisive script by Patrick Marber (Closer), with Dame Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett…

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Review of The Good Shepherd (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 22 Dec 2006

Unfortunately a heavy pace and an unnecessary time-jumping device mar The Good Shepherd…

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Review of Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 19 Dec 2006

Tenacious D: The Pick of Destiny has some low-brow laughs, but ultimately the silliness of the story and Black's frantic antics aren't enough…

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Review of The History Boys (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 19 Dec 2006

Easily compared to Dead Poet's Society, the British classroom comedy is unable to shake its stagy origins, with claustrophobic settings and…

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Review of Blood Diamond (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 13 Dec 2006

The messages in Edward Zwick's Blood Diamond are multifold and as a result, the film is unfocused…

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Review of The Puffy Chair (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 13 Dec 2006

Jay Duplass' The Puffy Chair is proof that you don't need a lot of money to make a good film, just as long as you have an intelligent and sharp…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2007)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 24 Nov 2006

Unlike the brainier Kaufman stories, it's easy to understand how matters are proceeding here without an air of pretentiousness…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2000)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 24 Nov 2006

Unlike the brainier Kaufman stories, it's easy to understand how matters are proceeding here without an air of pretentiousness…

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Review of The Prestige (2006)

By Angela Baldassarre (259) for Sympatico.ca (259) on 24 Nov 2006

A sleight-of-hand thriller set in Britain's Victorian era where magic was mysterious and performing it precarious, the film is a dark and aggressive…

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