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Review of North Country (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 19 Oct 2005

Theron has once again deglamorized herself for a meaty dramatic role, and she gives a persuasive performance that surely will not be overlooked…

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Review of In Her Shoes (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 05 Oct 2005

As it was winding down, I remember thinking I wasn't ready for this movie to end. These were people I liked, and I wasn't ready to give them up…

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Review of The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 28 Sep 2005

The film doggedly pursues its obsession with class, repeatedly teeing the point up and then following it like a duck hook into the rough…

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Review of A History of Violence (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 28 Sep 2005

In A History of Violence, director David Cronenberg's delirious wow of a movie about violence and sex and the American dream, cinema regains…

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Review of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 28 Sep 2005

Evelyn's behavior just seems surreal, and it doesn't help that the movie never settles on a consistent tone, looking back from an ironic distance…

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Review of Flightplan (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 21 Sep 2005

Here is a picture whose pleasures rise quickly to 37,000 feet - -and remains there until the captain has turned off the fasten seat belt sign…

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Review of The Constant Gardener (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 30 Aug 2005

The director's fluttering hand keeps the ground constantly shifting beneath our feet, which is just what this beautifully wrenching adaptation…

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Review of Bad News Bears (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 20 Jul 2005

The charm of listening to 10- and 11-year-old children swearing at one another begins to wear off quickly…

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Review of Wedding Crashers (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 13 Jul 2005

Vaughn, Owen and McAdams form a perfect three-way union…

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Review of March of the Penguins (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 06 Jul 2005

Comes with the shapely narrative of such animated classics as Bambi and The Lion King, and yet the penguins are all quite real…

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Review of Rize (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 22 Jun 2005

Rize is uplifting without being manipulative, and if -- at 85 minutes -- it is a little longer than it needs to be, LaChapelle is clearly committed…

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Review of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 09 Jun 2005

A high-gloss, high-caliber domestic squabble, a lip-lock and load romance that might just as easily have been called 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith & Wesson…

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Review of Cinderella Man (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 01 Jun 2005

Cinderella Man consistently delivers less than it wants to by trying for more than it should…

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Review of Saving Face (2004)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 01 Jun 2005

Wu's film takes the received wisdom of The Joy Luck Club for a delightful spin through unwed motherhood, lesbianism and Chinese-American family…

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Review of Roly Poly (1968)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 18 May 2005

A corrosive confection of style and bile, its gleaming, butter cream-frosted contours not really concealing the crumbs who have curdled British…

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Review of Layer Cake (2004)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 18 May 2005

A corrosive confection of style and bile, its gleaming, butter cream-frosted contours not really concealing the crumbs who have curdled British…

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Review of Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 15 May 2005

Lucas' pioneering work in computer-generated special effects has often gotten the better of him, but this time the action and the visual effects…

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Review of Kingdom of Heaven (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 04 May 2005

The Crusades lasted just over 200 years, which is longer than Kingdom of Heaven, although not by as much as you might hope…

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Review of xXx: State of the Union (2005)

By Bruce Newman (268) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 27 Apr 2005

Like an actual State of the Union address, there is nothing in State of the Union you haven't encountered already…

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Review of Kung Fu Hustle (2004)

By Bruce Newman (268) for Contra Costa Times (478) on 21 Apr 2005

At times, Kung Fu Hustle feels like too much of a good thing…

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