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Review of Some Like It Hot (1939)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Jun 2011

The preeminent comedy of anima...effervescent and breezily paced, from the car-chase opening to the big finish capped with one of the all-time-great…

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Review of Platoon (1986)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Jun 2011

Remains an intriguing blend of the political and the personal, with Stone turning his memories and his opinions about Vietnam into potent drama…

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Review of Some Like It Hot (1959)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 Jun 2011

The preeminent comedy of anima...effervescent and breezily paced, from the car-chase opening to the big finish capped with one of the all-time-great…

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Review of X-Men: First Class (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Jun 2011

A superb, stylish piece of modern mythology…

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Review of Green Lantern: Emerald Knights (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Jun 2011

The cosmic equivalent of hearing a Homeric epic in ancient times: we thrill to the battles, we wait with bated breath for the appearance of…

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Review of I Am Number Four (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 May 2011

No creative inspiration gets in the way of the beautiful people running and jumping and kissing while things go boom in the forgettable teen…

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Review of Gnomeo & Juliet (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 May 2011

And thus the old joke has finally been fulfilled of someone pitching Romeo and Juliet to Hollywood and hearing in response, 'Couldn't they…

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Review of The Usual Suspects (1995)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 May 2011

While it's fair to call The Usual Suspects a gimmick in search of a movie, one could say something similar of, say, an Agatha Christie mystery…

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Review of The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 May 2011

Though the story is pat...there's pleasure to be had in the memorable one-liners, the irreverent humor...and the Western action against the…

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Review of Gods and Generals (2003)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 May 2011

Succumbs to turgidity. And...intentionally or not...conveys the impression that the film uncritically celebrates the Confederacy. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Grand Prix (1966)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 May 2011

Yes, the driving scenes dazzle, but Frankenheimer also embeds his 1966 Cinerama epic with some interesting commentary about risk-taking professions…

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Review of Gettysburg (1993)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 May 2011

Wins the day by giving a detailed account of the three-day battle (for the first time in a feature film), shot on the actual locations where…

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Review of The Double Hour (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 26 May 2011

The ostensible genre elements that seem to pitch The Double Hour somewhere between crime film and ghost story begin to look like the stuff…

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Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 May 2011

The problem with attempting to replicate the 'magic,' such as it was, of Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is you get…

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Review of The Beaver (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 12 May 2011

Gibson again stares deeply into the abyss. The question is whether—after his public disgrace—anyone will want to go there with him…

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Review of De-Lovely (2004)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 May 2011

Unfortunately, the film's post-modern staginess assists in keeping Porter endlessly at arm's length. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 May 2011

Branagh's highly entertaining and accessible take on one of the Bard's zestiest comedies. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 07 May 2011

Sweet, sad and funny...an entertaining fable about the phenomenon of socially crippled singles. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Something Borrowed (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 05 May 2011

Here we go again: big lies swell and then pop in a flick that's one-hundred percent adherent to the shiny, colorful Warner Brothers rom-com…

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Review of Thor (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 04 May 2011

Clobberin’ action, a touch of ’50s sci-fi, and a heaping portion of titan-clashing theatrics spell something a little different for the…

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