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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 84 of 98

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Review of Poseidon (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 25 May 2006

Petersen stages some frighteningly claustrophobic sequences, but even the inevitable happy ending can't restore the humanity of characters…

Review of The Da Vinci Code (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 May 2006

You know a movie's a dud when even its self-flagellating albino killer monk isn't any fun…

Review of Art School Confidential (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 15 May 2006

a sort of John Hughes revamp of Fritz Lang's 'Scarlet Street' (another film in which sexual desire leads a struggling painter down a path…

Review of An American Haunting (2005)

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

The impact of the old-school effects is negated by Solomon's all too contemporary stylistic overkill: Sourceless but loud 'scary' noises accompany…

Review of Lonesome Jim (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 May 2006

As in 'Elizabethtown' and 'Jersey Girl,' the hero doesn't have to do anything but exist to attract the devoted attentions of a beautiful woman,…

Review of Hard Candy (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 May 2006

A calculated provocation with pretensions to public service value (think of the infamous 'molester' episode of 'Diff'rent Strokes')…

Review of Silent Hill (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 May 2006

Suggests the surreal, almost post-narrative horror movies of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci and other directors who favor the emotional impact…

Review of United 93 (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 May 2006

Greengrass is so determined not to exploit the deaths by 'entertaining' moviegoers that his film becomes almost an academic exercise -- an…

Review of Scary Movie 4 (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 20 Apr 2006

The humor is mostly flat and obvious, but Anna Faris' ability to maintain a straight face as well as her dignity under the most demeaning of…

Review of The Boys of Baraka (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Apr 2006

Is public indifference to the circumstances that produce these dead-end expectations fueled as much by the hopelessness depicted in well-meaning…

Review of Tsotsi (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Apr 2006

It is Tsotsi's own unresolved infantilism that is the story's true Baby On Board…

Review of Manderlay (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Mar 2006

Picks at the painful sores of America's racial legacy while withholding the brotherhood-of-man epiphanies that made the Oscar-validated 'Crash…

Review of Basic Instinct 2 (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 30 Mar 2006

If Paul Verhoeven's film was a potent if hard to swallow sex-and-blood pop cocktail, this London-set sequel is a cup of thin, tepid tea…

Review of Ask the Dust (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Mar 2006

Fante's novel comes to the screen as if dipped in butterscotch: Its abrasive surface has been coated with a golden, sticky glow…

Review of Madea's Family Reunion (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 17 Mar 2006

It's interesting that nobody ever connects the dots between Madea's frequent corporal punishment of children (which is presented as instructive…

Review of The Shaggy Dog (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Mar 2006

The doggie antics generate a few chuckles, but it's a sign of the film's inefficiency that the biggest laugh comes from a sight gag involving…

Review of The Hills Have Eyes (2006)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Mar 2006

After being led into the sandy middle of nowhere by an arrogant but ill-prepared conservative, a Democrat pushed to the edge savagely skewers…

Review of Why We Fight (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Mar 2006

It's hard to imagine a politician today addressing the public in Eisenhower's un-condescending, non-simplistic and honest terms…

Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Feb 2006

Droll literary humor, genital violence played for laughs, references to German New Wave cinema and Al Pacino impersonations are among the elements…

Review of The World's Fastest Indian (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Feb 2006

Surprisingly, Donaldson makes this movie about a speed demon work by adopting the philosophy of the tortoise, not the hare: Slow and steady…

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