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Review of Semi-Pro (2008)

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

If you liked Will Ferrell's previous comedies, you may like his new vehicle, which is poorly directed but recycles elements of the formula,…

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Review of Dodsworth (1936)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 22 Feb 2008

In William Wyler's subtle, beautifully directed marital drama, Walter Huston gives a distinguished performance as an ultra-decent and honest…

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Review of Fiddler on the Roof (1971)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 22 Feb 2008

Though the acting is good and some of the songs are glorious, this film version of the stage hit leaves much to be desired due to lack of imagination…

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Review of Erin Brockovich (2000)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Feb 2008

In this Oscar-winning fairytale, combining traits of Norma Rae and Karen Silkwood, Julia Roberts is at her most winning and sexiest as the…

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Review of GoodFellas (1990)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Feb 2008

Based on Pileggi's book, Scorsese's biopic of Henry Hill is so well-crafted, shot, and acted that it easily overcomes some of the film's shortcomings,…

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Review of Blithe Spirit (1945)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 21 Feb 2008

As the medium Madame Arcatti, Margareth Rutherford stole every scene in David Lean's screen adaptation of Nowel Coward's witty play…

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Review of The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)

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

One of the first probes of mob lynch, Wellman's grim, uncompromising expose was critically acclaimed but failed, perhaps because it was released…

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Review of Vantage Point (2008)

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

Though gimmicky, implausible and repetitious with too many angles, this thriller is still worth seeing as exercise in audience participation…

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Review of A Farewell to Arms (1932)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Feb 2008

The first Hemingway novel made into a Hollywood film is also one of the better ones due to Gary Cooper's star turn and Borzage's stylized helming,…

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Review of The Divorcee (1930)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 16 Feb 2008

It's doubtful that this melodrama, in which Norma Shearer challenges society's double standards about sexual mores by flirting with several…

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Review of The Champ (1931)

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

King Vidor's first (and still best) version of this sentimental saga is worth seeing for the performances of Wallace Beery (who won the Oscar)…

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Review of Captains Courageous (1937)

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

Once you accept Spencer Tracy as a Portuguese fisherman, Victor Fleming's version of Kipling's sea-adventure novel is passably enjoyable by…

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Review of What's Love Got to Do with It? (2002)

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

As Tina Turner, Angela Bassett gives a powerhouse well-deserved Oscar-nominated performance, but the biopic has more than its fair share of…

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Review of What's Love Got to Do with It (1993)

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

As Tina Turner, Angela Bassett gives a powerhouse well-deserved Oscar-nominated performance, but the biopic has more than its fair share of…

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Review of The Champ (1931)

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

King Vidor's first (and still best) version of this sentimental saga is worth seeing for the performances of Wallace Beery (who won the Oscar)…

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Review of The Big House (1930)

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

A good early prison drama with a strong, Oscar-nominated performance of Wallace Beery as a tough murderer; Beery took over after Lon Chaney's…

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Review of Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

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

One of the weakest films to be nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, this biopic of Edna Gladney is uncharacteristically poorly scripted by…

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Review of Battleground (1949)

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

Though shot on the back lot, William Wellman's Oscar-nominated recreation of Battle of the Bulge is one of the better WWII movies, serving…

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Review of The Wackness (2008)

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

Sundance Audience Winner is a moderately funny variant of the coming-of-age saga (a staple in the fest), with the new angle that a flamboyant…

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Review of Barry Lyndon (1975)

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

A bold, experimental screen adaptation, Kubrick's much understood film at the time of its release, is a masterpiece, marking the helmer's meticulous…

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