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Review of Unfaithful (2002)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Feb 2009

Works precisely because it is so upsetting, unusually so for a studio film, and so empathetic for Connie at the hands of her attractive manipulator…

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Review of Antwone Fisher (2002)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Feb 2009

Rings false, belittling instead of honoring its sensitive subject with its twinkly score, kid-glove nobility and cloying payoffs. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Unfaithful (1931)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 01 Feb 2009

Works precisely because it is so upsetting, unusually so for a studio film, and so empathetic for Connie at the hands of her attractive manipulator…

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Review of RocknRolla (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Jan 2009

Breaks no new ground for movies or for Ritchie, but it is an amusing diversion and therefore a return to form. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Being There (1979)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Jan 2009

Whether Being There is an indictment of our narrow view of the world, a celebration of empty-headedness or all of the above, Life is a state…

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Review of Pride and Glory (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Jan 2009

Relentlessly dour, filled with unsympathetic characters, and made out of cardboard melodrama…

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Review of Being There (2011)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 31 Jan 2009

Whether Being There is an indictment of our narrow view of the world, a celebration of empty-headedness or all of the above, Life is a state…

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Review of Taken (2004)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 Jan 2009

A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes…

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Review of Taken (1999)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 Jan 2009

A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes…

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Review of Taken (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 29 Jan 2009

A blunt-force narrative...[though] Morel does good work with a string of brutish and short action scenes…

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Review of The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 20 Jan 2009

Jovovich brings an intensity to the role well-matched to Besson's stylistic energy, though this comic-bookish take on Jeanne D'Arc won't be…

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Review of The Last Emperor (1987)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 Jan 2009

Works the brain in two-part harmony: the melody skids effortlessly across the historical timeline of the Ching dynasty, China's last, and the…

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Review of Hulk Vs. (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 18 Jan 2009

Marvel's new deal with Madhouse Studio bodes well for the future…

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Review of El Norte (1983)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 15 Jan 2009

On the surface El Norte is the essence of simplicity…

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Review of Waltz with Bashir (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 14 Jan 2009

The most artful film of the year, Waltz with Bashir works equally well as a potent anti-war film and as a creative examination of the psyche…

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Review of Hotel for Dogs (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 14 Jan 2009

It's not a TV remake, with pooches playing the parts made famous by James Brolin, Anne Baxter, and Connie Sellecca. Damn…

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Review of Henry Poole Is Here (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 13 Jan 2009

Despite an excellent performance by Luke Wilson and a promising start, Henry Poole is Here ends up an overindulgent misfire. [Blu-ray]…

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Review of Doubt (2003)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Jan 2009

Good to the last drop: the guilt-drenched final line is a prism revealing new facets of character and theme to ponder on the way out of the theater…

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Review of Doubt (2008)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Jan 2009

Good to the last drop: the guilt-drenched final line is a prism revealing new facets of character and theme to ponder on the way out of the theater…

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Review of Doubt (2009)

By Peter Canavese (1,744) for Groucho Reviews (1,725) on 11 Jan 2009

Good to the last drop: the guilt-drenched final line is a prism revealing new facets of character and theme to ponder on the way out of the theater…

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