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Review of Jersey Girl (1992)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

But the formulaic nature of ``Jersey Girl'' and its unabashed embrace of suds makes it awfully sweet stuff…

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Review of Jersey Girl (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

But the formulaic nature of ``Jersey Girl'' and its unabashed embrace of suds makes it awfully sweet stuff…

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Review of RocketMan (1997)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Despite a comic performance by Harland Williams, Disney's formulaic kiddie pic ``RocketMan'' doesn't have enough of the right stuff to make…

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Review of The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004)

By Roger Catlin (31) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

If this poor stab at Indiana Jones is the best material [Noah Wyle] can find, he's better off at the hospital…

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Review of The Astronaut's Wife (1999)

By Mary K Feeney (1) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

The Astronaut's Wife,'' heavy on melodrama and skimpy on substance, is light years too long to engage audiences…

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Review of Shall We Dance? (1996)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Shall We Dance?'' celebrates marriage, self-renewal, the benefits of acting on impulse and the courage to dance to your own mambo beat…

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Review of Baadasssss! (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

Audiences unfamiliar with Sweetback'' can enjoy and understand the story chronicled in Baadasssss…

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Review of Bio-Dome (1996)

By Donna Larcen (1) for Hartford Courant (284) on 02 Jan 2018

None of this makes any sense and the humor is poorly executed. Mostly, this is an annoying film…

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Review of Only You (1992)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 Dec 2017

If it seems implausible that a young woman on a teacher's salary would be able to sport designer clothes and stay in posh pensiones all over…

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Review of Maids (2001)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 Dec 2017

Even if Domesticas'' had succeeded as a comedy it only manages its laughs by making a mockery of its subjects…

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Review of Only You (1994)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 Dec 2017

If it seems implausible that a young woman on a teacher's salary would be able to sport designer clothes and stay in posh pensiones all over…

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Review of What Would Jesus Buy? (2007)

By Susan Dunne (1) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Dec 2007

Billy and his choir know they are tilting at windmills, but they continue, because they believe in their mission so strongly…

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Review of Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 18 Oct 2004

Going Upriver'' is a worthy film for the portrait it offers of one candidate and, more lastingly, for the portrait of a generation that emerges…

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Review of Maria Full of Grace (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 Jul 2004

But because [Joshua] Marston lays out her alternatives so clearly and so grimly, it is impossible to watch Maria'' without cheering for a young…

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Review of De-Lovely (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 19 Jul 2004

The result is a collection of overblown, poorly integrated bits featuring performers who seem almost uniformly ill at ease in the Porter songbook…

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Review of Raising Helen (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 03 Jun 2004

[Kate] Hudson is her sunny, insouciant self, and she and the rest of the film's terrific cast help raise ``Helen'' above the typical retread,…

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Review of Mean Girls (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 29 Apr 2004

[Lindsay] Lohan and her fellow cast members give thoroughly engaging, likable performances, but the real star here is Fey…

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Review of Hellboy (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 01 Apr 2004

Hellboy'' is great entertainment, a triumph for freaks and fans of self-determination that leaves you hoping for a sequel…

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Review of Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London (2004)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 16 Mar 2004

Its flaws notwithstanding, the sum of the parts in this Cody Banks sequel make the film ``Destination Entertainment'' for kids and parents…

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Review of Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

By Deborah Hornblow (36) for Hartford Courant (284) on 16 Mar 2004

Newcomer [Pierre] Boulanger is as natural and endearing as can be…

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