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Review of Aliens of the Deep (2005)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 27 Jan 2005

The crew ooos and aahs and talks like so many valley girls (awesome, freaky, etc.), leaving the viewer hungry for some more substantive science…

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Review of The Woodsman (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 31 Dec 2004

Kassell's disciplined direction and sympathetic performances by Bacon and Sedgwick more than overcome the script's didactic leanings…

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Review of Hotel Rwanda (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 21 Dec 2004

Conveys the horror and anguish of anarchy and massacre while keeping the violence off screen or depicted at a distance…

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Review of Imaginary Heroes (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 16 Dec 2004

Emotional impact [is] lost in the mire of multiple motivations, less than fully realized characters, and tangential excursions…

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Review of Closer (2014)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 02 Dec 2004

Dialogue as riveting as Marber's, delivered by four first-rate actors in peak form, transcends the tricky transition [from the stage] to the screen…

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Review of Closer (2013)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 02 Dec 2004

Dialogue as riveting as Marber's, delivered by four first-rate actors in peak form, transcends the tricky transition [from the stage] to the screen…

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Review of Closer (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 02 Dec 2004

Dialogue as riveting as Marber's, delivered by four first-rate actors in peak form, transcends the tricky transition [from the stage] to the screen…

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Review of A Very Long Engagement (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 24 Nov 2004

There's such an excess of plot and detail that characterization is neglected--none of these characters is more than single-dimensional…

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Review of Finding Neverland (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 16 Nov 2004

Carefully sidestep[s] the pitfall of sticky sentimentality through understated writing, sensitive performances and brilliantly imaginative direction…

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Review of Kinsey (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 11 Nov 2004

What makes 'Kinsey' brilliantly subversive is the injection of a...warts-and-all, nonjudgmental viewpoint...into the format of the...adulatory…

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Review of Alfie (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 04 Nov 2004

The fascinatingly complex character who inspired masterpieces from the wit of Moliere and the genius of Mozart draws only humdrum mediocrity…

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Review of Alfie (2013)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 04 Nov 2004

The fascinatingly complex character who inspired masterpieces from the wit of Moliere and the genius of Mozart draws only humdrum mediocrity…

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Review of Alfie (1966)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 04 Nov 2004

The fascinatingly complex character who inspired masterpieces from the wit of Moliere and the genius of Mozart draws only humdrum mediocrity…

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Review of Ray (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 28 Oct 2004

When [the music isn't playing], the film seems conventional, unimaginative and stretched out well beyond its ability to sustain narrative momentum…

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Review of Shall We Dance? (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 13 Oct 2004

Audrey Wells' badly flawed adaptation of the original screenplay tries to bridge [the] cultural gap but it doesn't work…

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Review of Shall We Dance? (1996)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 13 Oct 2004

Audrey Wells' badly flawed adaptation of the original screenplay tries to bridge [the] cultural gap but it doesn't work…

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Review of Primer (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 12 Oct 2004

The Grand Jury Award for Primer is an embarrassment for Sundance…

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Review of The Motorcycle Diaries (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 22 Sep 2004

A romanticized and lightweight road movie, a charming diversion, rather than the incisive biographical work that it should have been…

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Review of Head in the Clouds (2004)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 17 Sep 2004

Theron lends credence here to those who think that her performance in 'Monster' was a prosthesis-assisted one-note one shot, Academy award or no…

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Review of Bright Young Things (2003)

By Arthur Lazere (236) for culturevulture.net (793) on 10 Sep 2004

Fry...makes his debut here...but 'Bright Young Things' has the complexity, along with the verve and polish and style expected of a seasoned filmmaker…

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