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Review of Semi-Pro (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 25 Feb 2008

Will Farrell loiters in the comfort of his signature punch-drunk delivery of outrageous lines and sight gags in a '70s era parody that extends…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2013)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Feb 2008

With his trademark use of slow-motion images and direct-to-camera interviews, Errol Morris spells out the extent of one of the biggest cover-ups…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Feb 2008

With his trademark use of slow-motion images and direct-to-camera interviews, Errol Morris spells out the extent of one of the biggest cover-ups…

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Review of Chicago 10 (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 22 Feb 2008

Here is an unabashed call to a new age of protests. Is it agit prop propaganda? You bet…

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Review of Midnight Express (1978)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 21 Feb 2008

Despite the negative hullabaloo Midnight Express provoked for its brutal characterization of Turkish prison officials, director Alan Parker's…

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Review of Vantage Point (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 21 Feb 2008

What Travis has done is nothing short of create a new kind of American action film that feels European in the same way that William Friedkin's…

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Review of The Counterfeiters (2007)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 16 Feb 2008

Based on actual events, this is a dramatic war movie that shows the inner conflict at work in a group of prisoners stuck in an ethical quandary…

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Review of Jumper (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 13 Feb 2008

The eye-popping visuals soon devolve into a visual white noise, and you're left to ponder why you didn't make a better movie selection…

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Review of Definitely, Maybe (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Feb 2008

For a Valentine's Day romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe hits all the right notes of commitment, honesty and maturity that go into a young father's…

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Review of In Bruges (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 06 Feb 2008

Here is an unapologetically irreverent European flick that makes subtle character development as effortless as Colin Ferrell's upward bent eyebrows…

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Review of Teeth (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 20 Jan 2008

Writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein tosses in thematic elements of incest and pedophilia as so much narrative hamburger helper, but by then…

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Review of Teeth (2000)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 20 Jan 2008

Writer/director Mitchell Lichtenstein tosses in thematic elements of incest and pedophilia as so much narrative hamburger helper, but by then…

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Review of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (2007)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 19 Jan 2008

The stark drama is a consummate cinematic example of a socially charged parable told from a deeply personal perspective…

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Review of U2 3D (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 19 Jan 2008

The transparent state-of-the-art 3-D look of a colorful U2 concert at a coliseum in Buenos Aries, Argentina is extraordinary, and easily makes…

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Review of Man of the Century (1999)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 06 Jan 2008

A clever concept indie with old timey zip…

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Review of One Missed Call (2008)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Jan 2008

If the first wide release movie of 2008 is an indicator of the kind of year a writers' strike Hollywood has in store, we may all be watching DVDs…

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Review of The Great Debaters (2007)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 05 Jan 2008

For all of its hermetic dramatic license, The Great Debators hits its emotional marks with help from Forest Whitaker and a talented ensemble…

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Review of There Will Be Blood (2007)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 31 Dec 2007

Anachronistic and phantasmagoric, America's early race for oil is brought into personal terms that resonate with the withering decay of greed…

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Review of Dolemite (1975)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 14 Dec 2007

Not as good as The Human Tornado but absolutely essential as a cornerstone of Blaxploitation cinema…

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Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 11 Dec 2007

Outstanding singing performances from its gifted ensemble cast contrast unfavorably with Burton's trademark affinity for a monochromatic color…

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