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Review of Sicko (2007)

By Roberti (56) on 20 Jul 2007

He's right, of course. And he makes his point quickly. Along the way we chuckle at past obsessions and recoil at the present…

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Review of Miss Potter (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 13 Jul 2007

Entertaining in the Hollywood manner, in which lake vistas all hold poignant meaning, crescent townhouses hide pretentious, overbearing mothers,…

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Review of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

By Roberti. (56) on 03 Jul 2007

Semi-sweet, with over-the-top imaginative scenes worthy of the Wizard, yet with bitter overtones of a jaded era…

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Review of Little Children (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 02 Jun 2007

Unsettling in the way that the best drama can be. Everything in this so-familiar tale seems freshly told and personally resonant…

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Review of Marie Antoinette (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 06 Apr 2007

Visually ravishing, the film captures the imperial grandeur of 18th century France, animated by the shallow, exquisite creatures of fashion…

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Review of The Lives of Others (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 31 Mar 2007

Searing portrait of one human consciousness that triumphs over the totalitarian state. An affirmation of common humanity…

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Review of Volver (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 28 Jan 2007

Almodovar sprinkles us with movie magic, suspending belief while tugging at reason and emotion and the dreamworld, in a small film resonant…

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Review of Notes on a Scandal (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 27 Jan 2007

The character Barbara Covett (if the name fits, wear it), comes to electrified life in the arched eyebrows of Judi Dench, in a role that crackles…

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Review of Blood Diamond (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 29 Dec 2006

While Leonardo diCaprio inhabits his character with star-based assurance, we're led into a bloodbath that palls when it should be heightening…

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Review of The History Boys (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 10 Dec 2006

Despite moments which invoke the genuine joy of the liberal classroom, the film drifts toward the maudlin and the sentimental, with a final…

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Review of The Queen (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 19 Nov 2006

Biopics usually suck the life out of the corpse…

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Review of Old Joy (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 28 Oct 2006

As tedious as getting your teeth ground. The lack of dialogue! Seventy-six minutes seemed like 3 hours…

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Review of The Descent (2005)

By Roberti. (56) on 04 Aug 2006

What a perfect premise for a horror film--the claustrophobic passages of an uncharted cave…

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Review of A Scanner Darkly (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 29 Jul 2006

A scramble of reality and animation, drama and cartoon, druggie antilogic and metamessage, Scanner picks you up and throws you into the messy…

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Review of The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

By Roberti. (56) on 02 Jul 2006

Delicious summer fare. Streep is spot-on, holding back the fireworks underneath a velvet cloak. Hollywood goes to Midtown…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

By Roberti. (56) on 28 Nov 2005

By far the best HP Movie yet. Excellent performances, great adaptation from the book…

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