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Review of You've Got Mail (1998)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Sep 2012

Hanks and Ryan are as appealing as ever, and Ephron's fashion-conscious camera gives the action a slickly attractive sheen…

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Review of Hello I Must Be Going (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Sep 2012

Abbott has a compelling unpredictability, though, and in a couple of his scenes with Lynskey, you can spot the stirrings of a more complex…

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Review of The Eye of the Storm (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Sep 2012

Fred Schepisi, one of the world's great directors (The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith, A Cry in the Dark) is working at half-speed in The Eye of…

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Review of Bachelorette (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Sep 2012

As for me, I don't see why women being as slobby and gross as the guys is such a feminist breakthrough – especially since, as in Bachelorette,…

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Review of Side by Side (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Sep 2012

This may sound like a dry subject, but, as presented here, it's anything but – especially if you have more than a passing interest in the…

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Review of Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (1994)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 06 Sep 2012

Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle directed by Alan Rudolph, a wildly uneven filmmaker who's happily at the top of his form in this offbeat drama…

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Review of Samsara (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 30 Aug 2012

What does it all mean…

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Review of The White Ribbon (2009)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Aug 2012

It’s an M. Night Shyamalan movie with a PhD. Or maybe an MA…

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Review of A Lot Like Love (2005)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 28 Aug 2012

What's the point of the picture, except to allow Kutcher fans occasional peeks at acting talent he usually keeps hidden…

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Review of The Green Wave (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Aug 2012

It offers a rare glimpse into the insurgents' long-held hopes for reform. This green wave, as a blogger remarks, is a tidal wave…

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Review of The Green Wave (2011)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Aug 2012

It offers a rare glimpse into the insurgents' long-held hopes for reform. This green wave, as a blogger remarks, is a tidal wave…

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Review of Robot & Frank (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Aug 2012

Langella's performance turns what might have been a Twilight Zone-style trifle into something more: a movie about a proud, ornery man combating…

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Review of Daddy Day Care (2003)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 23 Aug 2012

Murphy gives one of his more-restrained performances, which suits the mood of carefully contained mayhem established by Steve Carr, the director…

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Review of Find Me Guilty (2006)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 20 Aug 2012

Most Mafia movies are unduly sympathetic, but this one takes the cake. Peter Dinklage is excellent as the mob's chief lawyer…

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Review of Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Aug 2012

Rollicking documentary that will have your toes tapping and your ears sizzling whether you're a die-hard Motown fan or not…

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Review of We Women Warriors (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Aug 2012

Karsin doesn't adequately detail the political complexities of the struggle, but how can one not respond to someone like tribal leader Flor…

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Review of The Campaign (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 11 Aug 2012

Potty jokes and bawdy gross-outs predominate, and the few good laughs are swamped by the overall laughlessness…

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Review of 360 (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 09 Aug 2012

Morgan is a wonderful writer when he's working from the headlines, but his personal movies, like Hereafter and this one, release a bleary,…

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Review of Hope Springs (2012)

By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Aug 2012

If the film doesn't really explore the pain and bitterness of this marriage, it's still leagues ahead of most such attempts…

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Review of Madagascar (2005)

By David Sterritt (1,643) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 08 Aug 2012

The animation is deft but the screenplay is stilted, the voice-performances are unimaginative, and the whole project is surprisingly clumsy…

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