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Movie Reviews by John Beifuss - Page 87 of 98

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Review of Broken Flowers (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Aug 2005

Jarmusch's movies are rigorously strategized and impeccably designed, and his attention to detail testifies to an intense commitment to a personal…

Review of The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Aug 2005

A raunchy sex comedy with a sweet 'date movie' center, 'Virgin' is more sustained in both tone and story than the similarly strategized 'Wedding…

Review of Red Eye (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 24 Aug 2005

Reminds us that moviegoers and air travelers both pack themselves into tight rows of padded seats where they may experience turbulence and…

Review of The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Aug 2005

Bo and Luke are played by Scott and Knoxville with a backwoods brio that makes Ma and Pa Kettle look like Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne…

Review of Murderball (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 04 Aug 2005

What wins us over isn't our front-row seat at the exciting rugby games but our intimate access to the lives of the players…

Review of Happy Endings (2014)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Jul 2005

Like the pilot for a pretentious HBO 'dramedy' that expects us to contemplate its significance during the silences that broadcast television…

Review of Happy Endings (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 28 Jul 2005

Like the pilot for a pretentious HBO 'dramedy' that expects us to contemplate its significance during the silences that broadcast television…

Review of The Devil's Rejects (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Jul 2005

Revives the gangrenous spectacle of its grindhouse models but lacks the moral compass and originality that can transmute even representations…

Review of Bad News Bears (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 21 Jul 2005

Linklater's message is almost subversive, not just for an underdog sports move but for our We're No. 1 political culture: Winning isn't everything…

Review of Heights (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jul 2005

Unlike such popular Merchant Ivory productions as 'A Room with a View,' this is contemporary to the point of cliche…

Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jul 2005

It's appropriate that Burton and Depp would reunite to resurrect Willy Wonka, who also found wealth and power by embracing rather than denying…

Review of Heights (2013)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 14 Jul 2005

Unlike such popular Merchant Ivory productions as 'A Room with a View,' this is contemporary to the point of cliche…

Review of Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 22 Jun 2005

I'm still eager for children's films that aren't supersized or edgy or flatulent. I just want them to be better than 'Herbie…

Review of Mad Hot Ballroom (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 16 Jun 2005

At its least inspired, it's like a dramatized newspaper feature story; at its best, it offers an unscripted slice of inner-city life…

Review of Batman Begins (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 13 Jun 2005

Offers much to admire, but it's shrouded in the pall of the comic book industry's hard-won 'respectability…

Review of Cinderella Man (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 02 Jun 2005

The specifics of past-due notices and hunger pains are as important to Howard's story as the prizefights and the period detail…

Review of Look at Me (2004)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 May 2005

The work of a wry, generous filmmaker who wants to sympathize with even her most self-centered characters…

Review of Walk on Water (2004)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 May 2005

Honorable but not particularly affecting…

Review of Nobody Knows (2004)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 May 2005

Profoundly metaphorical and almost unbearably heart-wrenching in its recognition of the essential aloneness of life…

Review of Madagascar (2005)

By John Beifuss (1,947) for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (1,944) on 26 May 2005

Ultimately earns my endorsement through the efforts of an Ali G-voiced lemur who dances the robot and a crack team of espionage-agent penguins…

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