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Review of Zodiac (2007)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 02 Mar 2007

A less-skillful director might, say, up the fog quotient for a film about murder and San Francisco…

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Review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

By Carla Meyer (580) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Feb 2007

Sweet-natured, meticulously observed love story…

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Review of Music and Lyrics (2007)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 14 Feb 2007

They're good collaborators, even if the song they're hammering out isn't very memorable…

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Review of Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 19 Jan 2007

Letters From Iwo Jima, director Clint Eastwood's look at the World War II battle from the perspective of the Japanese forces, is more accomplished…

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Review of Notes on a Scandal (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 12 Jan 2007

The sheer force and fearlessness of Dench's performance is something to behold, as Barbara's deeply ingrained class and personal resentments…

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Review of Dreamgirls (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 29 Dec 2006

Sometimes a splashy movie musical can be just the thing…

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Review of We Are Marshall (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 22 Dec 2006

This particular movie, obviously carefully and thoroughly researched, needed to articulate the experiences of the townspeople of Huntington…

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Review of The Good Shepherd (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 22 Dec 2006

The Good Shepherd does contain occasional tense moments and threatens, at points, to blossom into an actual thriller…

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Review of Rocky Balboa (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 20 Dec 2006

Sylvester Stallone, 60, still looks great with his shirt off. It's his directing, writing and acting skills that at times seem out of shape…

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Review of Pursuit of Happyness (2005)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 15 Dec 2006

It's the picture's lifelike approach, from the immediacy of Italian director Gabriele Muccino's use of a handheld camera to screenwriter Steven…

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Review of The Pursuit of Happyness (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 15 Dec 2006

It's the picture's lifelike approach, from the immediacy of Italian director Gabriele Muccino's use of a handheld camera to screenwriter Steven…

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

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 23 Nov 2006

Shows [Black] at his comic best -- overly enthusiastic and quick to anger without ever becoming a buffoon…

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Review of For Your Consideration (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 22 Nov 2006

Jane Lynch and Fred Willard are consistent bright spots as Entertainment Tonight-style bozo TV hosts fanning the flames of Purim fever…

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Review of Déjà Vu (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 22 Nov 2006

Cheesy at moments, but also well-crafted and elevated by Washington's singular blend of charisma, intelligence and tenacity…

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Review of Happy Feet (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 17 Nov 2006

Offering gorgeous visuals along with fun songs and plenty of humor, Australian director George Miller's (Babe) Antarctica-set, computer-animated…

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Review of Casino Royale (2006)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 17 Nov 2006

With Craig in the role, a Bond film suddenly seems like something to be taken seriously…

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Review of Casino Royale (1967)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 17 Nov 2006

With Craig in the role, a Bond film suddenly seems like something to be taken seriously…

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Review of Casino Royale (1954)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 17 Nov 2006

With Craig in the role, a Bond film suddenly seems like something to be taken seriously…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2007)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 10 Nov 2006

Hanging on a high concept never fully supported by its story, Stranger Than Fiction stays aloft thanks to an exceptionally appealing cast…

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Review of Stranger Than Fiction (2000)

By Carla Meyer (580) for Sacramento Bee (806) on 10 Nov 2006

Hanging on a high concept never fully supported by its story, Stranger Than Fiction stays aloft thanks to an exceptionally appealing cast…

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