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Review of Pretty Woman (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Apr 2008

He pays her $3,000 and they fall in love -- ain't Hollywood grand…

Review of Unlawful Entry (1992)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 08 Apr 2008

An efficient little thriller that imparts loads of queasiness and reasonable amounts of suspense while serving as an excellent corrective to…

Review of Elmer Gantry (1960)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Apr 2008

Brooks was the ultimate vulgarizer of serious literature…

Review of Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Apr 2008

[Brooks's] second Williams adaptation (1962) is literally a form of emasculation that offers little indication of what made the original play…

Review of Thelonious Monk: Straight, No Chaser (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Apr 2008

The musical value of this footage is so powerful that nothing can deface it, despite the best efforts of Zwerin to do so…

Review of Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Apr 2008

There's not much story here, but the characters are substantial: a single mother (nicely played by Juliette Binoche) who runs a local avant-garde…

Review of When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Mar 2008

Fans of Billy Crystal's amphibian qualities may be amused, but the rest of us have to contend with a slavish Woody Allen imitation…

Review of Big (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Mar 2008

As far as the movie's message is considered -- if only grown-ups could be more like kids -- Jerry Lewis did an infinitely better job of plugging…

Review of Stolen Summer (2002)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Mar 2008

There are many plot complications, most designed to get us to applaud our tolerance of religious differences…

Review of Secrets & Lies (1996)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 31 Mar 2008

The acting is so strong--with Spall a particular standout--that you're carried along as by a tidal wave…

Review of Smokin' Aces (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 28 Mar 2008

Based on this outing, writer-director Joe Carnahan (Narc) can't tell a story worth a damn--especially not a complicated mishmash like this one…

Review of Salvatore Giuliano (1962)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Mar 2008

This is arguably as good as or better than anything Rosi has done since…

Review of Space Jam (1996)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 24 Mar 2008

Simpler and cruder than Who Framed Roger Rabbit in terms of story and technique, this is still a great deal of fun, confirming that Jordan…

Review of Who Killed the Electric Car? (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Mar 2008

Nihilistic greed was the major factor when GM terminated the car in 2001, though Paine is also careful to note the passivity of the general public…

Review of Paranoid Park (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 20 Mar 2008

There's some striking camerawork by Christopher Doyle (in 35-millimeter) and Rain Kathy Li (in Super-8), though this doesn't alter the overall…

Review of Blood Diamond (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Mar 2008

Action-adventure pictures have a lamentable tendency toward mindlessness, but Edward Zwick's epic story has numerous virtues apart from suspense…

Review of Spider-Man 3 (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 18 Mar 2008

Given how bogus the movie is whenever it departs from formula, it's not surprising that the funniest bit (in which Peter Parker becomes a disco…

Review of Menace II Society (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Mar 2008

Don't let the silly styling of the title put you off; this is a powerful, convincing, and terrifying look at teenage crime in contemporary Watts…

Review of Happy Feet (2006)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Mar 2008

This curious ecological parable was directed by George Miller (Babe: Pig in the City), who still has an eye and a sense of humor but on this…

Review of Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman (2007)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Mar 2008

There are times when Fox's nervy endeavor to combine art and life obliges one to give way to the other, but her efforts and reflections throughout…

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