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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 81 of 98

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Review of Open Season (1974)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Sep 2006

The stylized character design is witty and pleasing; these creatures not only look but move funny…

Review of School for Scoundrels (1960)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Sep 2006

Eventually, implausible plot mechanics replace winning character comedy…

Review of Facing the Giants (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Sep 2006

This time, Jesus rather than Burt Reynolds or The Rock gets the credit for leading an underdog team of football players to victory…

Review of Crank (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Sep 2006

D.O.A.' for the 'Grand Theft Auto' generation, 'Crank' is too scattershot to hone in on the cult masterpiece waiting within its brilliant…

Review of All the King's Men (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Sep 2006

Zaillian indulges his actors and himself, wasting time on showboating interludes and pretty pictures that halt rather than drive the narrative…

Review of All the King's Men (1983)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Sep 2006

Zaillian indulges his actors and himself, wasting time on showboating interludes and pretty pictures that halt rather than drive the narrative…

Review of All the King's Men (1949)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Sep 2006

Zaillian indulges his actors and himself, wasting time on showboating interludes and pretty pictures that halt rather than drive the narrative…

Review of All the King's Men (1999)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 27 Sep 2006

Zaillian indulges his actors and himself, wasting time on showboating interludes and pretty pictures that halt rather than drive the narrative…

Review of The Black Dahlia (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

Reaffirms De Palma's status as American cinema's cruelest social satirist…

Review of Half Nelson (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

The teacher treats his underprivileged students with good-humored respect; what's remarkable is that the filmmakers treat their characters…

Review of Fearless (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

The wushu philosophy offers a welcome alternative to the ideas that motivate too many movie heroes and too many real-world personal and political…

Review of Flyboys (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

An 'escapist' war movie with no discernible agenda or reason for being other than to entertain, which hardly seems adequate…

Review of Half Nelson (1985)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

The teacher treats his underprivileged students with good-humored respect; what's remarkable is that the filmmakers treat their characters…

Review of Black Dahlia (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Sep 2006

Reaffirms De Palma's status as American cinema's cruelest social satirist…

Review of The Last Kiss (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Sep 2006

Watching these privileged young people fret over the the banal soap opera of their protected lives made me want to don a bandana and join a…

Review of The Wicker Man (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Sep 2006

A castration-anxiety companion piece to 'The Da Vinci Code,' only this time the 'suppression of the female' is responsible for a murderous…

Review of The Wild (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Sep 2006

The diverse animals are beautifully rendered, but this cliche-riddled Disney failure represents one too many trips to the CGI non-inkwell…

Review of Hollywoodland (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Sep 2006

A kryptonite cocktail knocked back with a teary-eyed wink by Diane Lane, who emerges as the tarnished trophy wife to beat for this year's Best…

Review of Quinceañera (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 07 Sep 2006

Should be required viewing for the creator of 'Mallard Fillmore' and others who believe bilingualism is somehow a threat to U.S. security…

Review of The Illusionist (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Sep 2006

Everything is an illusion,' a character says, which, of course, is a description of the film itself: Our response to the action onscreen is…

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John Beifuss has written reviews for:

Chicago Sun-Times (7,580)
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