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Review of A Child Is Waiting (1963)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 22 Oct 2012

John Cassavetes's attempt at commercial cinema is uncharacteristically conventional and sentimental melodrama, but it contains some emotional…

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Review of Onionhead (1958)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Oct 2012

Andy Griffith and the other actors are decent, but the film is verbose, overlong, and lacks sufficient humor to qualify as comedy…

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Review of Battle Circus (1953)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Oct 2012

Though not one of Bogart's strongest, this serviceable feature is one of few war (Korea) films in which he wears uniform, and his only MGM…

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Review of Cloud Atlas (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Oct 2012

Lavish, ambitious, and pretentious, this sharply uneven mental-physical trip displays all the strengths and weaknesses of its filmmakers, the…

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Review of The Sessions (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Oct 2012

Inevitable comparison will be made with My Left Foot, but on its own terms, the fact-based drama is touching, frank, challenging (breaking…

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Review of From Russia with Love (1963)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Oct 2012

The second Bond is one of the best in the series, due to the intriguing plot, sinister villains, and fabulously staged fight aboard the Orient…

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Review of Flight (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Oct 2012

Appearing in every scene, Denzel Washington renders his most impressive performance since Training Day in a film that's effective as thriller,…

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Review of Homecoming (1948)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Oct 2012

A serviceable MGM star-vehicle for Clark Gable and Lana Turner…

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Review of Skyfall (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Oct 2012

Skyfall is one of several Bond films (about five or so) with one-word title and its appeal can be summed up in one word: Terrific…

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Review of Sinister (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Oct 2012

Almost every narrative and stylistic element is overly familiar and second-rate in this wannabe chilling thriller…

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Review of Anna Karenina (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 Oct 2012

Playwright Stoppard and director Wright make a valiant but unsuccessful effort to modernize the classic, resulting in film that lacks emotional…

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Review of Hurricane Streets (1997)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Oct 2012

In what's easily his most zealous and fully realized performance since Malcolm X, Washington elevates the earnest, occasionally simplistic…

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Review of Not Fade Away (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Oct 2012

In his feature debut, Chase (Sopranos creator) walks a fine line between a familiar, sentimental coming of age tale and more personal and idiosyncratic…

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Review of Monsoon Wedding (2001)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Oct 2012

Mira Nair's most colorful and most fully realized film…

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Review of Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Oct 2012

After making several commercial but impersonal actioners, Philip Noyce goes back to his Australian roots with this message film, which is powerful…

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Review of The Young Land (1959)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 Oct 2012

A message film about interracial tensions, mostly known for featuring John Wayne's son Pat in the lead role and for its Oscar nominated song,…

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Review of Frances Ha (2013)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 03 Oct 2012

Greta Gerwig's charismatic performance elevates Baumbach's serio comedy way above its modest nature and scale…

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Review of Hotel Transylvania (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Sep 2012

The voices are colorful and vivid, but the tale is so conventional and outdated and the direction so pedestrian that it's truly a mishmash…

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Review of Pitch Perfect (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Sep 2012

A light feminist streak runs through this comedy, which is well acted by Kendrick but is better written than directed…

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Review of Life of Pi (2012)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Sep 2012

After making the disappointing Taking Woodstock, the versatile Ang Lee is back on terra firma with this enchanting fable of a shipwrecked adolescent…

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