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Review of Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 28 Feb 2006

[Dog Day Afternoon is] so perfectly executed that it almost feels like the wall of art is being pulled back slightly, revealing the reality…

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Review of Gone with the Wind (1939)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 12 Nov 2004

It's so full of iconic moments of plotting and dialog that a feature film could be edited just out of the most quotable moments…

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Review of Mean Streets (1973)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for Cinema Gotham (2) on 17 Aug 2004

Without exaggeration, you could make an argument for Mean Streets being the most influential film of the last fifty years…

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Review of Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 29 Oct 2003

Original Sun fans will probably have little use for the retoolings of the songs here and lovers of today's pop will probably roll their eyes…

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Review of Once Upon a Time (1944)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 14 Oct 2003

Why any creature, let along a caterpillar, would be able to find any rhythm in Pinky's spastic, asthmatic [harmonica] playing is beyond me…

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Review of Edge City (1998)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 13 Oct 2003

The film finds a way to develop a sharp, engaging style through unpredictable pacing and intercutting of numerous scenes…

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Review of Bone (1972)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 13 Oct 2003

An amazingly bold film that jumps right into a lot of touchy subject matter…

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Review of Shoah (1985)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 13 Oct 2003

It is impossible not to change a little bit after watching all 9 1/2 hours of Shoah…

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Review of Swept Away (2002)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 05 Feb 2003

Apparently willing to scuttle his own career, Ritchie writes and directs a film in which he does everything possible to make his own wife look…

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Review of Band of the Hand (1986)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 05 Feb 2003

It's the closest any film of the era comes to predicting the mission-based Miami world of the recent video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City…

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Review of Road House (1989)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 05 Feb 2003

Road House is rootin' tootin' moo-vee makin' at its best. Hats off for working not one but two huge explosions into a movie about bar-fights…

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Review of Revolution #9 (2002)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for DVDTalk.com (826) on 18 Nov 2002

There is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough…

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Review of Double Whammy (2001)

By Gil Jawetz (13) for Cinema Gotham (2) on 21 Jul 2002

It doesn't always mesh perfectly, but DiCillo is working with a broad palette and his ability to mix comedy and drama is shown at full effect…

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Gil Jawetz - Film Reviews

Gil Jawetz has written 13 movie reviews between 21 Jul 2002 and 28 Feb 2006.

This film critic has awarded movies a score of 70% on average.

Gil Jawetz has awarded high ratings to Gone with the Wind (1939), Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Mean Streets (1973), Shoah (1985) and Bone (1972). Read some of the reviews on this page to find out why Gil Jawetz liked these movies so much.

Gil Jawetz has given low scores to Swept Away (2002) and Once Upon a Time (1944). Read a few of the reviews on this page to find out what Gil Jawetz didn't like about these films.