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Review of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 14 Nov 2003

A handsomely staged snapshot of an era ... yet the film is so deliberately atmospheric that it tends to lose sight of its driving action…

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Review of Runaway Jury (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 16 Oct 2003

First-class Grisham -- a slickly plotted thriller that goes a little over-the-top but never gets downright silly…

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Review of Mystic River (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 14 Oct 2003

Vibrant and coldly compelling, Mystic River succeeds in spinning a profoundly American tale on the level of grand tragedy…

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Review of Out of Time (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 02 Oct 2003

Washington is too caviar of a presence for this reasonably compelling, standard-issue thriller…

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Review of Lost in Translation (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 25 Sep 2003

It's as if Murray opens the front door to his psyche wide and lets the whole neighborhood in…

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Review of Anything Else (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 18 Sep 2003

If Allen feels compelled to continue with his time-honored bundle of tics, New Yorkerisms and sexual insecurities, at least he's trying to…

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Review of Prey for Rock & Roll (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 18 Sep 2003

Alternatively sharp-witted and bracingly sad, the film fixes firmly on Gershon's floppy, unruly bangs and never lets go…

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Review of Swimming Pool (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 28 Aug 2003

Bracingly adult and ripe with an ambiguity that will promote coffee-house conversations for hours afterward…

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Review of The Man Without a Past (2002)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 31 Jul 2003

It's an oblique film, so quiet that at times it seems barely more than a whisper. But don't mistake that for fragility. It boasts a hard, clear voice…

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Review of Lara Croft: Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 24 Jul 2003

Under de Bont's tutelage the franchise has shifted from amiably plodding but unique to relentlessly plodding and generic…

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Review of Seabiscuit (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 24 Jul 2003

After stumbling out of the gate, the film finally emerges as a moving feel-good story -- and captures the thrill and pounding clamor of horse…

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Review of Frenzy (2015)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Jul 2003

Its violence and gore might seem tame in the age of Bad Boys II, but Hitchcock ratchets up the creepiness…

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Review of Whale Rider (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Jul 2003

It's truly a family film -- more so than many of the crass, commercial entertainments directed at children these days…

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Review of Frenzy (1972)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Jul 2003

Its violence and gore might seem tame in the age of Bad Boys II, but Hitchcock ratchets up the creepiness…

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Review of Bad Boys II (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Jul 2003

Despite a brisk comic chemistry between Smith and Lawrence and enough vehicular destruction to send an insurance-claims adjuster to therapy,…

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Review of Frenzy (1946)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 17 Jul 2003

Its violence and gore might seem tame in the age of Bad Boys II, but Hitchcock ratchets up the creepiness…

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Review of Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 26 Jun 2003

This snappy sequel improves upon the campy excess and cheerful stupidity of the original…

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Review of Hulk (2003)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 19 Jun 2003

Beautifully shot, strikingly edited, compellingly couched in terms of the clash between primal urges and the constricting effects of modern…

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Review of The Master of Disguise (2002)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 01 Aug 2002

This kiddie-oriented stinker is so bad that I even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater…

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Review of Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)

By Donald Munro (227) for Fresno Bee (603) on 25 Jul 2002

Yet for all the giggles, I can't help but feel that Austin's a little too full of himself these days…

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