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Review of Dick Tracy (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

Too much of the story is unfelt and mechanical—the grimly humorless Tracy (Beatty) is never very convincing as an object of desire or admiration…

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Review of Hellboy (2004)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

Played by Ron Perlman, he's the most magnetic action hero I've come across in a long while, though I couldn't make heads or tails of this story…

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Review of Tank Girl (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

Lori Petty does a nice job in the title role of this enjoyable 1995 feature based on the postapocalyptic SF comic book and set in the year 2033…

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Review of Over the Hedge (2006)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

The final showdown, in which the critters tangle with security-rigged lawn flamingos and garden gnomes, would have made Rube Goldberg proud…

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Review of The Rocketeer (1991)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

The whole thing is good-natured enough, but increasingly mechanical…

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Review of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

That rare sequel that surpasses the original…

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Review of V for Vendetta (2006)

By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 17 Apr 2007

The swashbuckling first hour is superior to the second, which bursts at the seams with backstory, but a rousing climax makes this the most…

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Review of Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)

By Pat Graham (71) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

By ordinary movie standards it's awful, but fans of cinematic dementia should have fun for about half an hour…

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Review of Battleship Potemkin (1925)

By Don Druker (117) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Let it suffice to say that if you've heard something about “montage” (the joining of filmed images to suggest an idea, create a mood, or…

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Review of Breathless (1960)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Shot on a shoestring and none the worse for it, Jean-Luc Godard's gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when…

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Review of Road to Perdition (2002)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Results are classy entertainment with little to interest women viewers but very shrewdly and cleverly put together, and probably more rewarding…

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Review of Breathless (1983)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Shot on a shoestring and none the worse for it, Jean-Luc Godard's gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when…

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Review of American Splendor (2003)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

I can't say that this feature by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, about the life and art of Harvey Pekar, made me want to run out…

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Review of Breathless (2009)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Shot on a shoestring and none the worse for it, Jean-Luc Godard's gritty and engaging first feature had an almost revolutionary impact when…

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Review of Supergirl (1984)

By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Queasily suspended between drag theatrics (Faye Dunaway and Brenda Vaccaro camping it up on a soundstage replica of a carnival spook house)…

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Review of Nouvelle Vague (1990)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Apr 2007

Alain Delon stars in what may be the last truly great theatrical feature by Jean-Luc Godard to date…

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Review of Annie (1982)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Apr 2007

The movie offers an insulting 'let them eat cake' gesture toward the 1982 audience, but the pacing is so ragged and the characters so lifeless…

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Review of Akira (1988)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Apr 2007

Grade-school violence freaks may find a few kicks here, but even they may have trouble coping with this ugly movie's ending about eight separate…

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Review of Batman Returns (1992)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 15 Apr 2007

More of the same, but nowhere near as good (funny, disturbing, obsessive) as the uneven original, revealing arrested development on every level…

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Review of In The Mix (2005)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Apr 2007

Platinum-selling singer Usher is one hell of a clotheshorse, but he's too amiable to be convincing as a leading man--not that anyone is particularly…

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