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Review of Awake (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

Writer-director Joby Harold's debut is stylishly self-assured and suspenseful enough to quicken the pulse…

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Review of Lars and the Real Girl (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

The story may sound intolerably precious, but 'Lars and the Real Girl' is disarmingly sweet and quietly affecting…

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Review of My Kid Could Paint That (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 04 Jun 2008

Marla's story is a sobering illustration of the way children can be exploited by adults who should know better %u2013 journalists, filmmakers…

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Review of Postal (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 28 May 2008

Is it funny? Not really, but it has isolated flashes of inspiration…

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Review of Paranoid Park (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 28 May 2008

In a film where dialogue comes at a premium, Van Sant allows his camera to do the talking, and when it rests too long on one subject, the commentary…

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Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 28 May 2008

The movie belongs to Depp and Bonham Carter, who dance slowly and seductively against the backdrop of Burton's London until it's time to paint…

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Review of Jumper (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 28 May 2008

As a travelogue, it makes a compelling case for Rome, Egypt and Tokyo as vacation destinations. As a story, it is stillborn…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 21 May 2008

It's as good as it needs to be to justify its place in the Indiana Jones canon, and that should be enough…

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Review of Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 21 Apr 2008

Forgetting Sarah Marshall' is needlessly long, but it is very funny, even when the humor is cringe-inducing…

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Review of The Simpsons Movie (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

The Simpsons Movie' only sporadically harnesses the boundless creative energy and satirical edge that earned Groening's series its reputation…

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Review of Vantage Point (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

Those inclined to scrutinize the logic of Barry Levy's screenplay are likely to come away as baffled by its farfetched twists as amused by…

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Review of The Bucket List (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

The Bucket List' begins with a bleak, unsparing glimpse into the unraveling lives of two terminal-cancer patients and ends in unblushing…

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Review of P2 (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

It's lurid and overblown, relying on its lionhearted heroine never to play her most obvious escape card, but for those with a taste for such…

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Review of Run Fatboy Run (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

It is neither as funny nor as wickedly subversive as 'Shaun of the Dead,' but it respects its characters enough to make them thoughtful and…

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Review of Into the Wild (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

A tale of life needlessly lost by a young man who realizes too late that reckless self-reliance is not necessarily the path to self-awareness…

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Review of Taxi to the Dark Side (2008)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

For those willing to go along for the ride, it is a harrowing experience, as Gibney makes his case that the United States, in its haste to…

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Review of The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

Gordon invites us to snicker at his cast of hardcore gamers, for whom 'Donkey Kong' tournaments are as vital as Super Bowls and as divisive…

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Review of Casino Royale (2006)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

Gone are the clichés of recent Bond adventures - the too-clever quips, the loveless conquests, the gaudy gadgetry and the BMW-sponsored sports…

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Review of Rocky Balboa (2006)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

Stallone, now 60, has something in common with Rocky - he's an awkwardly bulked-up dinosaur, fighting to prove that the game hasn't passed…

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Review of Saw IV (2007)

By Rossiter Drake (177) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 09 Apr 2008

Poor Jigsaw…

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