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Review of Cloverfield (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Jan 2008

Producer Abrams pitched the project to Paramount as: Cameron Crowe film meet Godzilla meet Blair Witch Project, though judging by the result,…

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Review of Cousin, Cousine (1975)

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

This French comedy about an open adulterous affair was a smash hit in the U.S…

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Review of 27 Dresses (2008)

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

After Knocked Up, this is a step down for the gifted Katherine Heigl, who deserves a better vehicle than this fluffy, formulaic, retro romantic…

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Review of Stella Dallas (1925)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Jan 2008

King Vidor's tasteful direction and Stanwyck's heartbreaking performance as the self-sacrificing mother are responsible for the emotional power…

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Review of Day Zero (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Jan 2008

The semi-plausible Day Zero, a rather formulaic male buddy saga, asks hypothetical questions about the impact of a reinstated draft on three…

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Review of Stella Dallas (1937)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 07 Jan 2008

King Vidor's tasteful direction and Stanwyck's heartbreaking performance as the self-sacrificing mother are responsible for the emotional power…

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Review of The Sin of Madelon Claudet (1931)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 30 Dec 2007

Helen Hayes won her first Oscar for playing a self-sacrificing mother in this MGM soap opera, scripted by husband Charles MacArthur, which…

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Review of Pete Kelly's Blues (1955)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 29 Dec 2007

Like Love Me or Leave Me, also made in 1955, Webb's film is set in the golden age of Prohibition, mixing crime-gangster drama with great jazz…

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Review of The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 28 Dec 2007

One of John Wayne's better films before he became a star due to Henry Hathaway's solid direction, Duke's own acting, and strong supporting cast…

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Review of Savage Grace (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 27 Dec 2007

Given that the story concerns murder, incest and insanity, Kalin deserves credit for refusing to sensationalize the text, but the film is too…

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Review of The Full Monty (1997)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 19 Dec 2007

The premise of this British comedy, out-of-work male strippers, is contrived and calculated, but the film exudes charm and optimism…

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Review of Mr. Klein (1976)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Dec 2007

Those doubting the acting chops of handsomer Delon should have a look at Joseph Losey's existential and moral Holocaust drama, in which the…

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Review of Chain of Desire (1992)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 17 Dec 2007

This timely update of Max Ophuls' 1950 classic La Ronde is sharply uneven, containing good, mediocre, and silly episodes about a variety of…

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Review of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 15 Dec 2007

In a spoof that contests all the visual and thematic cliches of Hollywood musical biopics, from Elvis to Buddy Holly to Ray and Walk the Line,…

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Review of Advise & Consent (1962)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 14 Dec 2007

A poignant, biting expose of the American political process, boasting a large ensemble of terrific actors (Fonda, Laughton), Preminger's saga…

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Review of The Bucket List (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 12 Dec 2007

Those expecting acting fireworks or any pleasure from the first teaming of Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman will be disappointed by Reiner's…

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Review of Chop Shop (2008)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 11 Dec 2007

An intriguingly original look at one boy's version of the American Dream, Ramin Bahrani's third feature is filled with vibrant life, finding…

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Review of I Am Legend (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 08 Dec 2007

Looking terrific, star Will Smith gives a commanding perfromance that tries to link two disparate films competing for attention…

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Review of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 03 Dec 2007

Dark, haunting, and visionary, Sweeney Todd reps Tim Burton's best film since Ed Wood and his most challenging teaming with Johnny Depp…

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Review of Honeydripper (2007)

By Emanuel Levy (2,948) for EmanuelLevy.Com (2,771) on 18 Nov 2007

Examining the interaction of characters within the racially-tense, musically-rich South, circa 1950, John Sayles questions how much of our…

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