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Review of Stop-Loss (2008)

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

Sharply uneven, Peirce's film is structurally flawed in the first reels, but it improves considerably in the second half, which documents the…

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Review of The Promotion (2008)

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

Formulaic structure, inconsistent tone, and underwritten roles overshadow the few merits in the feature directorial debut of Conrad, who made…

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Review of Donovan's Reef (1963)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Mar 2008

Though not in top form, director John Ford and star John Wayne, building on previous and better collaborations in this easy-going (and lazy)…

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Review of Dark Command (1940)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Mar 2008

Nominated for the Interior Decoration and Score Oscars, this John Wayne pre-Civil War adventure is better than the norm due to Raoul Walsh's…

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Review of Allegheny Uprising (1939)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 10 Mar 2008

Set in 1759, this well-produced film is one of the few period (pre-Revolution) pieces John Wayne made, and the second of his pictures with…

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Review of Auntie Mame (1958)

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

Base on a book and Broadway play, the movie is still too theatrical due to Da Costa's mediocre helming, but it's a great, campy and colorful…

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Review of Flying Leathernecks (1951)

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

Though John Wayne plays a similar role to that of his other WWII movies (Sands of Iwo Jima), the tough but sensitive commander, this picture…

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Review of Daisy Kenyon (1947)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Mar 2008

Though one of Preminger's weaker films, it's still interesting to watch as a sampler of the woman's picture and star vehicle for Joan Crwaford…

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Review of Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Mar 2008

Vastly entertaining, Spielberg's adventure herladed a new breed of Hollywood blockbuster (and event film), a tale that combines classic Hollywood…

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Review of The Talk of the Town (1942)

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

Though verbose, this darkly humorous film benefits from star power of Cary Grant in atypical role, some witty dialogue, and timely subject matter…

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Review of 10,000 BC (2008)

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

Emmerich's epic is a formulaic mishmash of a movie, visually sweeping but silly blend of actioner, adventure, man vs. nature, man vs…

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Review of Sadie McKee (1934)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 Mar 2008

A quintessential Joan Crawford vehicle of the Depression era, this melodrama centers on a working-class femme (cook's daughter) and the three…

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Review of Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day (2008)

By Tim Grierson (1,482) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 02 Mar 2008

Isn't nearly as fun and frothy as it wants to be…

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Review of Bobby Deerfield (1977)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 01 Mar 2008

One of Sydney Pollack's worst films, this sechmaltzy romantic drama about the life and loves of a car racer (poorly played by Al Pacino) has…

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Review of Random Harvest (1942)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 01 Mar 2008

LeRoy's schmaltzy and literary romantic melodrama, about a WWI vet who suffers from amnesia, was a huge commercial hit due to Greer Garson…

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Review of Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)

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

Sharply written and extremely well-acted, Allen's serio-comic ensemble-driven saga about one large neurotic family, a huge artistic and commercial…

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Review of How the West Was Won (1962)

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

Though boasting the innovative technology of Cinerama, this anthology of the Old West is too long, often tedius, and only occasionally pleasurable…

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Review of Sleepwalking (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Feb 2008

As the abusive patriarch, Dennis Hopper gives such an atrocious, one-dimensional performance that he completely throws out of balance a family…

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Review of Since You Went Away (1944)

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

Selznick's schmaltzy tale of the heroic behavior of one typical American family during WWII boasts noble political values, but it's devoid…

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Review of The Heiress (1949)

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

Wyler's superlative rendition of Henry James' novel Washington Square is meticulously mounted with great acting from Olivia De Havilland, Monty…

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