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Review of Invincible (1992)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Ricson (who doubles as cinematographer) has a good feel for urban grit and blue-collar dreams, and he gets good, unpretentious performances-especially…

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Review of Kinsey (2004)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Performances are excellent, and the period look is impeccable, but Condon's worshipful tone makes the movie an exercise in unconscious irony…

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Review of 28 Weeks Later (2007)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Certainly scary and nerve-wracking, but it's also ham-fisted and monotonous; to call Fresnadillo et al…

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Review of Undertow (2004)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

The actors grapple manfully with the ersatz rural poetry of the dialogue, but Green's pacing is slow and self-indulgent, and the action often…

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Review of Ghost Rider (2007)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Johnson might have diverted some of his CGI budget to hire a writer to come up with a story with some internal logic -- then he could match…

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Review of Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

The computer animation of the two cats is once again excellent, but the novelty has worn off…

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Review of eXistenZ (1999)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

It's a disturbing, disorienting sensation -- puzzles within puzzles, games within games -- that continues right up to the last shot…

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Review of DOA: Dead or Alive (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Yuen's propensity for impossible computer-generated slow-mo combat action wears thin…

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Review of Delta Farce (2007)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Whatever your pet sensitivity -- the military, rednecks, gays, Mexicans -- this movie is an equal-opportunity denigrator…

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Review of Marci X (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

There's a tawdry, self-congratulatory air about the film that leaves a bad taste…

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Review of Hard Candy (2005)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Slade and his actors keep the tension high, and the questions don't come to mind until after the credits roll…

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Review of Invincible (2001)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Ricson (who doubles as cinematographer) has a good feel for urban grit and blue-collar dreams, and he gets good, unpretentious performances-especially…

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Review of The Covenant (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

This forgettable supernatural-teen thriller is the kind of WB-style soap opera where the characters have names like Chase Collins and Reid Garwin…

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Review of Crossover (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

The movie is also burdened by some amateurish acting in supporting roles, but Mackie and Jonathan are the real deal, and they get good support…

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Review of See No Evil (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

It seems Dark and writer Dan Madigan have no better grasp of insect reproduction than they do of filmmaking…

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Review of The Cookout (2004)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Director Lance Rivera has never directed a movie before, and he doesn't start here…

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Review of Undertow (1949)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

The actors grapple manfully with the ersatz rural poetry of the dialogue, but Green's pacing is slow and self-indulgent, and the action often…

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Review of Elektra (1994)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

For all its slow-mo kick-flying and computer-generated mysticism, the story is tissue-thin and simple to the point of being simpleminded…

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Review of Captivity (2007)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

[Joffe] makes us almost willing to overlook the unspeakable sadism of the first half -- but no, it's asking too much…

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Review of American Psycho (2000)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 06 Aug 2008

Harron' s incisive eye and Bale' s bravura performance carry the day…

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