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Review of The Fast and the Furious (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Jun 2006

From first frame to last, this is an unabashedly B-Picture, elevated by A-level stunts but dragged down to C-level characterizations…

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Review of Falling Down (1993)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Jun 2006

Dealing with urban paranoia from a White POV is a good, timely idea, but film can't decide whether Michael Douglas is an ordinary or psychopathic…

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Review of Farewell My Concubine (1993)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Jun 2006

Visually impressive and emotionally complex, this historical epic, winner of the Cannes Festival Palme d'Or, relates the tumultuous history…

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Review of Far and Away (1992)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 Jun 2006

Poorly written and simplistically acted, the film also shows little chemistry between real-life couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman…

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Review of Evolution (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 23 Jun 2006

Paying homage to his previous and better work, Reitman's new comedy is marked by one-idea story, sporadic humor that lacks wit, and cheesy…

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Review of Cabin in the Sky (1943)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Jun 2006

Minnelli's feature debut was MGM's first all-black musical since Vidor's Hallellujah…

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Review of Eating Raoul (1982)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Jun 2006

Bartel's cult classic paved the way for many rude satires about sex, murder, and cannibalism…

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Review of Eating (1990)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Jun 2006

Though largely shallow, Jaglom's high-concept serio-comedy is timely and has a few observant moments about women's food and beauty anxieties…

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Review of Desperado (1995)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

A slicker, more expensive version than El Mariach, except that what was promising and charming for $7,000 now looks tiresome and repetitious…

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Review of Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

Playfully celebrating Asian cuisine (every scene displays food), this family melodrama deals with the erosion of traditional values…

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Review of Dinner Rush (2000)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

Set in a downtown restaurant, this is a small, well-acted (particularly by Danny Aiello) quintessentially New York film that recalls indie…

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Review of Drugstore Cowboy (1989)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

Lyrically shot, this chronicle of a bunch of bumbling petty-criminals who steal pharmaceuticals is a tad too straightforward by Van Sant's…

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Review of Mommie Dearest (1981)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

A peculiar hybrid: a high-camp Hollywood bio flick about child abuse, elevated substantially above its sordid material by Faye Dunaway's obsessively…

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Review of Down by Law (1986)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

More cheerful than Stranger Than Paradise, this movie plays a reversal on the Hollywood comedy in which a high-spirited American usually brings…

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Review of Desert Hearts (1985)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

Despite many shortcomings--narrow focus, stiff dialogue, and lack of humor--it's worth seeing for historical reasons: this movie herladed a…

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Review of The Desperate Trail (1994)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Jun 2006

The shadows of Sergio Leone and Sam Peckinpah loom large over this modest but well-executed Western, which boasts a strong performance from…

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Review of The Deep End (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Jun 2006

As the protective mother, the brilliant Tilda Swinton elevates this well-directed neo-noir way above its status as a loose remake of the 1949…

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Review of The Double Life of Véronique (1991)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Jun 2006

Kieslowski's most lyrical and metaphsical film, with a haunting performance from Irene Jacob, is also one of his most bizarre and enigmatic…

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Review of A Double Life (1947)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Jun 2006

Cukor's first teaming with writers Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin draws on the professional hazard of actors who fail to distinguish between…

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Review of The Devil Wears Prada (2006)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Jun 2006

This comedy for adults (no children, animals, or F/X) offers an inside, nasty look at the fashion world that's vastly entertaining, with the…

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