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Review of Ben-Hur (1959)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Jul 2006

In the lead, Heston is stiff, and the writing is uneven, but overall, it's a rousing epic done on a massive scale with hundreds of sets and…

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Review of Scoop (1996)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Jul 2006

Woody Allen is back to his old, tiresome formats with a minor-league comedy-mystery that's a cross between Manhattan Murder Mystery and Curse…

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Review of Scoop (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Jul 2006

Woody Allen is back to his old, tiresome formats with a minor-league comedy-mystery that's a cross between Manhattan Murder Mystery and Curse…

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Review of Gentleman's Agreement (1947)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

Tame and too hopeful by today's standards, but Kazan's message drama was important in 1947, representing one of the first time that the word…

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Review of The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

Still one of the most rousing war films, Lean's epic is rich in characters and marked by an ironic and ambiguous POV in the way that it depicts…

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Review of The Fighting 69th (1940)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

In one of his few war films, Cagney displays his specialty of explosive energy, as a despicable Irishman, who initially sneers at the regiment's…

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Review of Some Like It Hot (1939)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

Nobody's Perfect, says Joe E…

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Review of The Firm (1993)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

This legal thriller is smartly directed and well scripted (by some of Hollywood's top writers), but, alas, Tom Cruise is Tom Cruise, playing…

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Review of On the Waterfront (1954)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

The film is shot on location in black-and-white, semi-docu style, which suits the realistic subject and commonplace characters, particularly…

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Review of Some Like It Hot (1959)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

Nobody's Perfect, says Joe E…

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Review of Hamlet (1996)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Jul 2006

If you're willing to sit through Branah's 4-hour Hamlet, you'll be rewarded with a lavishly mounted, full-bodied version that brings new dimensions…

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Review of The Men (1950)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Jul 2006

Zinnemann's film one of Hollywood's first and most honest attempts to portray the physical, psychological, and sexual problems of paraplegics,…

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Review of Jurassic Park III (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Jul 2006

Much darker than the previous films, this third installment feels more like a horror flick set in amusement park than a good sci-fi adventure,…

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Review of Judy Berlin (1999)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Jul 2006

A humorous, melancholy look at a suburban community in Long Island whose characters include lonely housewives, frustrated teachers, and aspiring…

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Review of Nell (1994)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Jul 2006

Somber, ponderous, and pretentious, this is a clinical study of a wild woman (Jodie Foster) raised in the backwoods, far from the interference…

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Review of Nell (2003)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Jul 2006

Somber, ponderous, and pretentious, this is a clinical study of a wild woman (Jodie Foster) raised in the backwoods, far from the interference…

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Review of Open City (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Jul 2006

Announcing the arrival of a new, revolutionary paradigm, Italian neorealism, Rossellini's masterpiece shows the tension between his realistic…

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Review of Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Jul 2006

I wish another director had chronicled the life and times of the vibrantly alert Tony Kushner: Mock's docu is diffuse, rambling, and fails…

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Review of Heller in Pink Tights (1960)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Jul 2006

More a comedy about showbiz that Western per se, Cukor's foray into the horseopera genre, based on Louis L'Amour novella, stars Sophia Loren…

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Review of Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Jul 2006

A funny and poignant if also broad reworking of Renoir's classic, Boudu Saved from Drowning, Paul Mazursky's satire also works as a critique…

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