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Review of Pi (1998)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 17 May 2009

When the Torah is explained in mathematical terms, it's enough to make you want to take up second year trig - like the movie, a deeply flawed idea…

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Review of Bait (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 17 May 2009

Well paced, but weak on story, character, and variety, Bait is an underwhelming effort from director Anton Fuqua…

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Review of Intermezzo: A Love Story (1939)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 17 May 2009

A remake of the similarly titled Swedish film,Intermezzo is a classic tale of romance from 1939…

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Review of Under Suspicion (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 16 May 2009

It's hard to imagine anyone walking out of this movie satisfied, regardless of Hackman's and Freeman's solid performances…

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Review of Almost Famous (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 16 May 2009

Cameron Crowe has a knack for making contagious movies that pull audiences into a whirlpool of situations that make you feel impossibly cool…

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Review of Animal Factory (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2009

Animal Factory shows in unflinching scenes of stabbings, race riots, drug use, attempted rape, and constantly boiling chaotic violence, how…

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Review of Black Caesar (1973)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2009

A distinctive pastiche of the tough cynical attitudes held by oppressed minorities the world over…

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Review of The Triplets of Belleville (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2009

This is an animated movie to fall in love with…

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Review of Requiem for a Dream (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2009

Requiem For A Dream is a movie about drug addiction, but that's only where the plot resides so the thoroughly drawn characters can work toward…

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Review of Woman on Top (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 15 May 2009

Woman On Top is a chick flick with so much colorfully spicy Brazilian food being passed around as a shared aphrodisiac, that audience couples…

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Review of Girlfriend Experience (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 May 2009

Ultimately, though The Girlfriend Experience is a brief cultural oil check with a dipstick that you can barely read…

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Review of Tupac: Resurrection (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 May 2009

The winning conceit of producer/director Lauren Lazin's flamboyant documentary about the life of Tupac Shakur is that the late rapper's voice…

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Review of The Girlfriend Experience (2009)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 May 2009

Ultimately, though The Girlfriend Experience is a brief cultural oil check with a dipstick that you can barely read…

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Review of Casa de los Babys (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 May 2009

Casa de los Baby's is a frustrating and tedious experience to endure…

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Review of Gothika (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 13 May 2009

This shoddy B horror movie doesn't deserve a national theatrical run, much less the capable talent assigned to it…

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Review of Gloomy Sunday (1999)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 12 May 2009

With the Hungarian song Gloomy Sunday as its thematic centerpiece, this personalized story of Budapest during World War II becomes a satisfying…

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Review of Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 May 2009

Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles and Maggie Gyllenhaal furnish well-observed performances that frequently outshine Julia Roberts's reflex characterization…

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Review of Love Don't Co$t a Thing (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 May 2009

Love Don't Cost A Thing is loosely based on the 1987 teen comedy Can't Buy Me Love, and fails to improve on that tepid movie by using a milieu…

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Review of Cold Mountain (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 May 2009

Only Renee Zellweger maintains a Southern accent in this laughable attempt by director Anthony Minghella (The English Patient) at filming Charles…

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Review of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 May 2009

An expansive cinematic achievement that sits well against such adventure classics as Lawrence of Arabia, and is a sure bet for fans of ocean…

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