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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 16 Jul 2008

Dark Knight is epic, frightening, unforgettable, unstoppable, and every inch a classic Batman trial, brought to life with disquieting, mouth-slashing…

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Review of Up the Yangtze (2007)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 16 Jul 2008

A searing lament for China and the eradication of its historic farming culture, Yangtze is a stunning documentary that details every gut-churning…

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Review of Diminished Capacity (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 16 Jul 2008

A gentle, agreeable dramedy, Capacity reveals that Kinney has a unique hold on tone and shares a palpable charm with his actors…

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Review of American Teen (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 09 Jul 2008

Teen yearns to expose the aching heart of high schoolers, but comes up short in rather impressive fashion, taking cues from MTV's The Hills…

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Review of Brick Lane (2007)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 03 Jul 2008

Ultimately hopeful, Brick Lane feels careful enough to connect with its intentions, leaving behind an engaging, turbulent picture that pays…

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Review of Heathers (1989)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 30 Jun 2008

So grab your croquet mallet, load up on Ich luge bullets, and crank up the Big Fun: Heathers is a motion picture that continues to impress…

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Review of Xanadu (1980)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 28 Jun 2008

Look at Xanadu with an eye toward storytelling superiority and your head will explode…

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Review of Wanted (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 25 Jun 2008

An optical flame-thrower for the first hour, with the director pulling out all the stops to announce Wanted as a film cocked and loaded with…

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Review of Get Smart (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 18 Jun 2008

Segal certainly has great ideas for bullet-dodging set-pieces, but the picture indulges mayhem much too often, inadvertently handicapping Carell…

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Review of Kit Kittredge: An American Girl (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 18 Jun 2008

Kit Kittredge is hopelessly vanilla entertainment, and while it's sure to please some matinee attendees, it's going to feel like a demonic…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 11 Jun 2008

It's hard to remember cries for dramatic nourishment when Hulk is getting pelted with a swarm of bullets, dodging fireballs, and breaking police…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 11 Jun 2008

It's hard to remember cries for dramatic nourishment when Hulk is getting pelted with a swarm of bullets, dodging fireballs, and breaking police…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 05 Jun 2008

A real charmer; a lightweight, generously funny family film that benefits from simplicity and a buffet of Asian cinema influences to pick from…

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Review of You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 05 Jun 2008

There's just enough chutzpah to Zohan to keep it amusing and sporadically uproarious…

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Review of Sex and the City (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 29 May 2008

Certainly series devotees will find the return of the four ladies to be gift from Blahnik heaven, but the uninitiated would be best advised…

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Review of Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 28 May 2008

Bell isn't much of a camera presence, and he's an even worse journalist, but his ambitions for this documentary are commendable and, at times,…

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Review of The Fall (2006)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 20 May 2008

If Matthew Barney and Alejandro Jodorowsky were in change of filming a Gay Pride parade, it would be similar to what Fall has to offer visually...As…

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Review of War, Inc. (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 14 May 2008

Look at War, Inc as a back-flipping, over-the-top political farce, and the results are far more pleasurable…

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Review of Speed Racer (2008)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 07 May 2008

Speed Racer is an ocular slap, but it's strictly empty calories; a joyless, over-plotted nostalgia machine that barely limps out of the starting…

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Review of Surfwise (2007)

By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for BrianOrndorf.com (1,055) on 07 May 2008

Surfwise is a captivating documentary highlighted by some significant scenes of naked confession and an overall portrait of misplaced intelligence...a…

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