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Review of Elektra (2005)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 14 Mar 2006

This doesn't exactly set the world on fire, but I was charmed by its old-fashioned storytelling, which is refreshingly free of archness, self-consciousness,…

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Review of The Amati Girls (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 11 Mar 2006

The characters seem both reduced and idealized, and the plot has turns a dispassionate dramatist would avoid…

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Review of Friday After Next (2002)

By Hank Sartin (101) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 05 Mar 2006

Friday had moments of stoned charm and telling neighborhood detail; this second sequel never gets beyond the angry, cruel, and misogynist…

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Review of Vanilla Sky (2001)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 03 Mar 2006

It reeks of unearned profundity, but I found it entertaining…

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Review of Young Frankenstein (1974)

By Don Drucker (5) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Mar 2006

More about the myth of Karloff than the monster, this Mel Brooks pastiche is probably his best early film: within limits, it has unity, pace,…

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Review of Constantine (2005)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Feb 2006

Philippe Rousselot's elegant cinematography lends some gravitas to music-video veteran Francis Lawrence's directorial debut…

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Review of Forgiving Dr. Mengele (2006)

By Andrea Gronvall (422) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 25 Feb 2006

Eva Mozes Kor, the lecturer and activist at the center of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, is most notable for her zeal in refusing to be a victim…

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Review of Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

By J.r. Jones (1,066) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Feb 2006

It's the angriest comedy I've encountered all year, though it's pretty well spoiled by Carrey, who insists on turning it into a star vehicle…

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Review of Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Feb 2006

Now that Robin Williams has been emasculated--dangerously schizoid comic turned into nice-guy movie star--it isn't too surprising that a commercial…

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Review of Buffalo '66 (1998)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 16 Feb 2006

For me the film creates more embarrassment than sympathy, but at least it's a kind of embarrassment that's instructive…

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Review of Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 09 Feb 2006

Alternately mawkish and strident, with lots of fades to white and dog reaction shots, this can be recommended only for its good intentions…

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Review of Stigmata (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 07 Feb 2006

This serious if assaultively stylish meditation on faith uses traditional elements of religion-based horror in a way that's more innocent than…

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Review of The Tic Code (1998)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Feb 2006

I value the flawed Tic Code over a good many relatively flawless features because it has more heart, more life, and more spunk…

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Review of Caché (2005)

By Kevin B. Lee (21) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 04 Feb 2006

Caché is about how the way we look at people -- a spouse, a child, a homeless person, a security guard -- reflects our own humanity, exactly…

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Review of The Mummy Returns (2001)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Feb 2006

It's all very impressive without being particularly enthralling…

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Review of Anywhere but Here (1999)

By Lisa Alspector (408) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 01 Feb 2006

Poor execution sometimes points up the difference between the telling of a story and the story itself--in this case, without diminishing the…

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Review of Clueless (1995)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 30 Jan 2006

Though this drifts at times as storytelling, it's mainly lightweight but personable fun…

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Review of The Final Cut (2004)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 29 Jan 2006

Naim's premise has possibilities, but its execution often feels slapdash -- the viewer's sense of deja vu may be even more excessive than the…

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Review of The Sum of All Fears (2002)

By Ted Shen (33) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 22 Jan 2006

Screenwriters Paul Attanasio and Daniel Pyne stick to Clancy's sure-fire formula -- building tension from the political infighting behind a…

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Review of Park Row (1952)

By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 21 Jan 2006

Enthusiasm flows into every nook and cranny of this cozy movie: when violence breaks out in the cramped-looking set of the title street, the…

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