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Review of School for Scoundrels (1960)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

The characters are one-dimensional, the plot makeshift, and the jokes unrelentingly cruel…

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Review of Half Nelson (1985)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

The gifted young actor Ryan Gosling elevates Half Nelson from a project fraught with credibility issues into a surprisingly persuasive character study…

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Review of Brothers (2004)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

A poignant reminder that social issues, in the end, are personal matters…

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Review of Roving Mars (2006)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

The actual images from the barren surface of our solar neighbor don't fill the giant screen…

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Review of Confetti (2006)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

A textbook example of what happens When Improv Falls Flat…

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Review of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

Annie Proulx's beautiful, delicate short story...has been transformed into a beautiful, delicate movie under the masterly direction of Ang Lee…

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Review of A Prairie Home Companion (2006)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

[Altman's] trademark techniques...lend themselves perfectly to the setting, but his ability to coax remarkable performances from an array of…

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Review of Wah-Wah (2005)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

Grant has crafted a handsome period piece that never betrays his first-timer status…

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Review of The Libertine (2004)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

A difficult film to watch, but one that speaks to our own invidious world…

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Review of Cars (2006)

By Kevin Lally (258) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

There's a lot of heart and soul--complemented by some of the most eye-popping visuals the computer-animation pioneer has ever devised…

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Review of School for Scoundrels (2006)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

The characters are one-dimensional, the plot makeshift, and the jokes unrelentingly cruel…

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Review of Lost Embrace (2004)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

Does what it sets out to do--celebrate the good nature of those people who, despite life's difficulties, remain true to their loved ones, their…

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Review of Factotum (2005)

By Rex Roberts (125) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Feb 2007

Factotum isn't for everybody, certainly not the abstentious. But there's no denying it, Chinaski appeals to our inner anarchist…

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Review of Breach (2007)

By Doris Toumarkine (464) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 Feb 2007

The script is intelligent and Ray's direction solid...Performances are top-notch, especially from Cooper...and the low-key cinematography and…

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Review of Ghost Rider (2007)

By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 20 Feb 2007

Anyone who knows the character from the comics will be disappointed. Anyone outside a head-banging 13-year-old will be laughing their asses off…

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Review of Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

By Katey Rich (412) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 15 Feb 2007

[Uses] talented kid and adult actors and a remarkable attention to detail to perfectly capture the delicate, minute rites of passage that define…

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Review of Music and Lyrics (2007)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 14 Feb 2007

Quickly degenerates into sentimental sappiness…

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Review of The Namesake (2006)

By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 12 Feb 2007

Few film directors have captured the real immigrant experience with the uncanny empathy which Nair has here…

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Review of Norbit (2007)

By Ethan Alter (997) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 10 Feb 2007

A film that seems more like an act of revenge against womankind than an extra-broad comedy where the star dresses up in drag…

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Review of The Last Sin Eater (2007)

By Frank Lovece (341) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 09 Feb 2007

A watchable film for adults, though torturously glacial for kids…

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