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Review of That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 24 Mar 2010

Buñuel finenesses the unrequited love between his characters with such a command of cinematic spontaneity and humanity that you could watch…

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Review of Formosa Betrayed (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 21 Mar 2010

Actor/co-screenwriter/producer Will Tiao's heartfelt agitprop history-lesson about Taiwan is a tightly wound thriller that takes no prisoners…

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Review of Repo Men (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 17 Mar 2010

Repo Men is a joyless experiment in stupefaction. Like pornography, you know it when you see it, and you've seen all before…

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Review of The Exploding Girl (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 16 Mar 2010

The camera loves Zoe Kazan in newcomer Bradley Rust Gray's mumblecore snooze fest…

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Review of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 Mar 2010

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo is a sophisticated piece of exploitation cinema that announces its identity as such early on…

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Review of She's Out of My League (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 12 Mar 2010

Not as crass, or as sophisticated, as the Apatow-themed humor that it aspires to, She's Out of My League succeeds on the strength of its gawky…

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Review of Tales from the Script (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 12 Mar 2010

Essential viewing for any would-be or struggling screenwriters--all screenwriters struggle--Peter Hanson's uninvitingly titled documentary…

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Review of Greenberg (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Mar 2010

American 21st century post traumatic stress and economic desolation gets filtered through the mid-life crisis of Ben Stiller's troubled character…

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Review of Our Family Wedding (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Mar 2010

Writer/director Rick Famuyiwa's version of interracial marriage is about as much fun as a trip to the dentist…

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Review of Green Zone (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 10 Mar 2010

Carrying the moldy message that nonexistent weapons of mass destruction were a manufactured excuse for the war, Greengrass misses no opportunity…

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Review of Alice in Wonderland (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 02 Mar 2010

It's difficult to imagine another modern filmmaker doing this degree of justice to this well-worn but deserving children's tale…

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Review of Brooklyn's Finest (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 01 Mar 2010

Fuqua massages the script's obvious clichés with a sense of personal attachment to his characters that makes you believe in them nonetheless…

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Review of The Bourne Identity (2002)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Feb 2010

The Bourne Identity is a well-written action spy film that stays true to its espionage thriller genre while inflicting flinch-inducing moments…

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Review of Catwoman (2004)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Feb 2010

From the looks of French director Pitof's poorly realized effort of bringing DC Comics' Catwoman to the big screen, it seems unlikely that…

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Review of The Secret of Kells (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 28 Feb 2010

the ornate design of its execution tempers the tale with a whimsical sense of curiosity and imagination…

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Review of The Yellow Handkerchief (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 26 Feb 2010

With a guiding title premise that has little to no bearing on the story, The Yellow Handkerchief is little more than a glorified student film…

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Review of Stranger in the House (1967)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Feb 2010

You'll yawn, you'll squirm in your seat, and you'll wait impatiently for this interminable piece of trash to finally end…

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Review of Cop Out (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Feb 2010

You'll yawn, you'll squirm in your seat, and you'll wait impatiently for this interminable piece of trash to finally end…

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Review of The Art of the Steal (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 24 Feb 2010

The Art of the Steal is a well-researched and fascinating look into an endemic raping and pillaging of culture exacted with an erroneous idea…

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Review of Celine: Through the Eyes of the World (2010)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 21 Feb 2010

Presented as a performance rather than a documentary of her 2008-2009 Taking Chances world tour, Celine: Through the Eyes of the World is an…

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