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Review of Expired (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Jun 2008

Assuming the shape of an old-fashioned indie, this offbeat romantic fable is a minor work that promises better things from its director; the…

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Review of The Love Guru (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 13 Jun 2008

A sketch stretched to the limits of a feature, Love Guru, yet another Myers fish out of water comic creation (spoofing ashrams and gurus),…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 09 Jun 2008

Though uneven and structurally messy, new version is better and more entertaining than Lee's somber take, a summer popcorn movie that favors…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 09 Jun 2008

Though uneven and structurally messy, new version is better and more entertaining than Lee's somber take, a summer popcorn movie that favors…

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Review of Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 05 Jun 2008

While not denying the moral issue of a director sleeping with a minor, Zenovich's riveting docu places the controversial case in a broader…

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Review of You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 May 2008

Since the comedy is co-written by three scribes, my guess would be that the bathroom humor and childish goofiness are product of Sandler and…

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Review of And When Did You Last See Your Father? (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 May 2008

Exploring the difficult, complex bonds between fathers and sons, this restrained tearjerker from Anand Tucker (Hilary & Jackie, Shopgirl) culls…

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Review of Synecdoche, New York (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 24 May 2008

Even critics of this surreal postmodern narrative will acknowledge the rich female roles played by the best actresses today: Catherine Keener,…

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Review of Changeling (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 May 2008

Eastwood's femme-driven thriller explores police corruption and social injustice in an old-fashioned, studio-era-like film that lacks much…

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Review of Surfwise (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 06 May 2008

An intriguing docu about the psycho-social dynamics of one Jewish family that challenges our notions about basic American tenets, such as passion…

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Review of What Happens in Vegas (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 04 May 2008

Though utterly contrived, predictable, and disposable, this counter-proragmming date flick has a certain charm, due to Cameron Diaz's sex appeal…

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Review of Speed Racer (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 30 Apr 2008

Like other Wachowski works, this hybrid of f/x-driven family fare is technically inventive and in moments seductively surreal, but the plot…

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Review of Made of Honor (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 30 Apr 2008

Would the charming Patrick Dempsey ever become a Hollywood leading man…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Apr 2008

Though not as thrilling as Raiders of the Lost Ark, the second chapter still has merits, particularly its fast pacing, spectacular opening…

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Review of Son of Rambow (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 26 Apr 2008

Though set in particular context (Britain in the VCR Age), this charming reverie displays some universal themes--the meaning of friendship,…

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Review of Fugitive Pieces (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 25 Apr 2008

Though pretentious and structurally problematic, Podeswa's tale of a Holocaust survivor is ambitious and occasionally lyrical and powerful,…

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Review of Then She Found Me (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 20 Apr 2008

This serio comedy about the ups and downs of a schoolteacher is the feature debut of Helen Hunt, who's not as self-indulgent as other thesps-helmers,…

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Review of Baby Mama (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Apr 2008

Drawing on Baby Boom and Odd Couple, this high-concept comedy lags behind the zeitgeist and may be more significant as corrective counterpoint…

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Review of The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Apr 2008

What promises to be a thrilling Clash of the Titans (due to first teaming of Chan and Li) turns out to be a mildly engaging, formulatic multi-generational…

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Review of Tender Mercies (1983)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Apr 2008

Aussie director Beresford makes an impressive American debut with this rural Texas based saga of the recovery and redemption of an alcoholic…

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