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Review of Amen. (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 24 Jan 2003

It's regrettable that director Costa-Gavras puts more of his storytelling energy into simplistic psychology and suspense-movie action than…

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Review of Paragraph 175 (2000)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 21 Jan 2003

Victimization of homosexuals during the Holocaust era has often been overlooked…

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Review of High Art (1998)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 18 Jan 2003

Sensitive acting and imaginative filmmaking help rescue the movie from potential excesses of its own…

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Review of The Believer (2001)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 04 Jan 2003

Stunningly smart, genuinely disturbing film…

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Review of Volcano (1997)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 30 Dec 2002

This disaster film has action from the get-go; but its awesome special effects hide a laughably corny plot, and for a picture about terror…

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Review of Short Cuts (1993)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Dec 2002

Altman shakes the camera like a two-bit horror director, and it seems a different sort of signature - less masterful than weary, less signed…

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Review of Loverboy (1989)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Dec 2002

Bacon lavishes his camera on her (Sedgwick) in various states of dress and undress, but the script, by Hannah Shakespeare - talk about having…

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Review of Chicago (1927)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Dec 2002

The trouble with Chicago is the sense it conveys that nothing is really at stake -- there's no moral or ethical question that can't be turned…

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Review of Catch Me If You Can (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 27 Dec 2002

Spielberg's directing is a tad less tricky than usual, but he doesn't have much talent for psychological suspense, which is the heart of the…

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Review of O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 26 Dec 2002

For all its ambitions, though, the Coens' odyssey is a scattershot affair with too many tricks and twists for its own good…

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Review of About Schmidt (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Dec 2002

Nicholson makes the movie so poignant that it's hard to resist, but I wonder if Payne and Taylor are rejecting the skeptical attitudes of their…

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Review of A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries (1998)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 12 Dec 2002

Soldier's Daughter thrives less on Hollywood-style drama than on nuances of personality, details of everyday life, and emotions so commonplace…

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Review of Saving Private Ryan (1998)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 10 Dec 2002

The story raises hard moral questions relating to the relative value of human lives and the overwhelming debt that may be felt by those who…

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Review of The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Dec 2002

Excellent acting, intelligent screenwriting, and dynamic filmmaking give this Mexican production a forceful emotional and intellectual charge…

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Review of Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 02 Dec 2002

Admirers of their MTV series will find a few laughs in this animated odyssey. Others will find it as repetitious as it is vulgar…

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Review of Treasure Planet (2002)

By Stephanie Cook Broadhurst (4) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 29 Nov 2002

Though families will enjoy the classic story with a cosmic twist, the most valuable gem is the beautiful mix of hand-drawn and computer animation…

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Review of Die Another Day (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 22 Nov 2002

Pierce Brosnan has mastered every smidgen of 007 schtick, making the role more thoroughly his own than any actor since Sean Connery -- still…

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Review of Fierce Creatures (1997)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Nov 2002

Kline stands out in the dual roles of the heartless tycoon and his playboy son…

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Review of Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Nov 2002

There are only so many ways to photograph black starry space and the under-bellies of spaceships, and the films that got there first used them all up…

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Review of 8 Mile (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Nov 2002

Pop-music biopics have a great history, but 8 Mile is for Eminem fans only. They're sure to make it a huge, huge hit…

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