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Review of Moon (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 09 Jun 2009

Though there is a considerable gap between his level of ambition and execution, Jones deserves credit for making an intelligent sci-fi that…

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Review of The Hangover (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 31 May 2009

The male trio is so funny, the situations so wacky, the lingo so foul, and other characters and props so eccentric (absent groom, missing tooth,…

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Review of Away We Go (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 May 2009

Sharply uneven in humor and poignancy, Sam Mendes' road film, sort of updated version of the far better Lost in America, again reveals his…

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Review of Broken Embraces (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 May 2009

Stylistically compelling but thematically familiar, Almodovar's 17th film is a summation work in which he reworks ideas, characters and genres…

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Review of Taking Woodstock (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 May 2009

Light and amusing but shallow and diffuse, Ang Lee's take on the seminal music event is one of his weakest works, due to Schamus' poor literary…

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Review of Bright Star (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 May 2009

A solid, rather restrained rendition of John Keats' final years, Campion's period piece avoids pitfalls and cliches of the biopic genre, and…

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Review of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Apr 2009

Lacking wit and subtlety, this high-concept comedy suffers from casting McConaughey, who has the cockiness but not the likability as the eternal…

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Review of Star Trek (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Apr 2009

Revitalizing the stagnant franchise, the gifted, visionary Abrams has performed a magical act, a movie that stands on its own merits and will…

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Review of With Honors (1994)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Apr 2009

A politically correct, vastly sentimental and ultimately insincere saga of the friendship between a kind homeless man, played by Joe Pesci,…

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Review of Every Little Step (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Apr 2009

Life imitates art (art imitates life), repetition or recycling: This docu is a loving if not very provocative tribute to the socio-cultural…

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Review of Chéri (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Apr 2009

Mildly diverting but inconsequential, this costume drama reteams Pfeiffer, who's terrific as the aging courtesane but deserves better for a…

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Review of Ishtar (1987)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Apr 2009

A victim of its own hyped publicity and too harsh criticism, Ishtar is not the worst movie ever made or even a bomb, just a dim-witted silly…

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Review of Johnny Got His Gun (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Apr 2009

Dalton Trumbo (member of the Hollywood Ten) sole directing effort is one of the most hauntingly powerful anti-war film made, an experimental…

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Review of Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Apr 2009

Dalton Trumbo (member of the Hollywood Ten) sole directing effort is one of the most hauntingly powerful anti-war film made, an experimental…

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Review of Pinky (1949)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Apr 2009

Kazan's liberal tale of a black girl passing as white is rather simple and Jeanne Crain is weak in the lead, but it's worth seeing Zanuck's…

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Review of Hannah Montana: The Movie (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Apr 2009

Miley is charming, but every element of this concotion is calculated for commercial reasons, which would have been no problem if the picture…

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Review of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (1945)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Apr 2009

Kazan's first film, a sentimental family melodrama, is well acted (James Dunn won a Supporting Oscar), but it doesn't begin to suggest the…

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Review of Dragonball Evolution (2009)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Apr 2009

The movie is at best a mixed blessing, helmer Wong moves things around quickly (running time is only 83 minutes), but the film lacks the scope…

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Review of A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 Apr 2009

Sadly, Chaplin's last picture, a slender, old-fashioned bedroom farce, is a misguided effort in which neither Brando nor Sophia Loren are well cast…

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Review of Anvil! The Story of Anvil (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Apr 2009

Inevitable comparisons will be made with the cultish Spinal Tap, but Gervasi' docu-mocku stands on its own merits, offering a touching, loving…

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