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Review of Alien Autopsy (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Oct 2006

It's a droll story, told with a straight face that makes the quintessentially British shuck-and-jive all the more hilarious…

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Review of The Guardian (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Oct 2006

Performances are excellent -- especially from Kutcher -- [b]ut Ron L. Brinkerhoff's script is hackneyed, derivative and absurdly overlong…

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Review of School for Scoundrels (1960)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Oct 2006

[D]irector Todd Phillips sets up a passable premise but never even gets to first base; they're too busy hammering us with oafish, bird-brained…

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Review of School for Scoundrels (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Oct 2006

[D]irector Todd Phillips sets up a passable premise but never even gets to first base; they're too busy hammering us with oafish, bird-brained…

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Review of Half Nelson (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 26 Sep 2006

Co-writers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (who also directed) expand their indie-circuit short to feature length, and a padded-out short is just…

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Review of Everyone's Hero (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 26 Sep 2006

The setup of this computer-animated feature is strained, the story is contrived, and the ending is downright silly…

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Review of Flyboys (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 26 Sep 2006

It's a rousing throwback to a onetime Hollywood staple that has been off the screen for over 30 years: gallant devil dogs of the air defying…

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Review of Half Nelson (1985)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 26 Sep 2006

Co-writers Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (who also directed) expand their indie-circuit short to feature length, and a padded-out short is just…

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Review of An American Haunting (2005)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 02 Jun 2006

Director Courtney Solomon's script is a catalogue of the standard Exorcist-style special effects, hammered home by Caine Davidson's musical…

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Review of Akeelah and the Bee (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 02 Jun 2006

This is the kind of movie that audiences gather to their hearts (see Finding Neverland, Good Will Hunting, etc.), and it seems almost churlish…

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Review of Curious George (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

Director Matthew O'Callaghan supplies a bright, cheerful look that will please small kids, but parents hardly need rush them to the theater;…

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Review of Eight Below (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

The movie is a perfectly decent work of fiction and an enjoyable family adventure…

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Review of The Sentinel (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

Clark Johnson's slick direction and taut performances by a good cast fail to conceal the fact that the plot of George Nolfi's script is laughably…

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Review of Deep Sea 3D (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

After being in something of a rut for a while, the IMAX 3-D format is back at the top of its game with this fascinating tour of the world's…

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Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

The film is complex and droll--always amusing and often hilarious…

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Review of Something New (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

This 'new romantic comedy' fails on all three counts:It's not all that funny, it's not very romantic, and it's certainly nothing new…

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Review of Ask the Dust (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

The elements never quite come together, and the main characters never quite spring to life…

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Review of The Aristocrats (2005)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

In its simplest form, the joke isn't funny; it's all in the telling, and Provenza proves once again that some people can tell a joke, and some…

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Review of Mission: Impossible III (2006)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

[The filmmakers] deliver the goods, with a plot that's (just barely) coherent enough to keep us watching, a neat cliffhanger opening scene…

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Review of Match Point (2005)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 May 2006

It all looks suspiciously like the kind of movie Allen used to make fun of 30 years ago…

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