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Review of Ultraviolet (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 03 Mar 2006

shot two years ago…

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Review of Aquamarine (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 03 Mar 2006

Much easier to sit through than your average Hilary Duff vehicle... and, for its target audience, it's sure to be a spring break must-see…

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Review of Date Movie (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 17 Feb 2006

Torturously unfunny and thoroughly aggravating... the year is still young, but don't be surprised if 'Date Movie' is the worst film of 2006…

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Review of Curious George (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 10 Feb 2006

Don't look for sassy 'Hoodwinked'-style humor here: George and his friends are a far more easy-going crowd, and they're drawn accordingly,…

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Review of Firewall (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 10 Feb 2006

Joe Forte's screenplay doesn't stop at merely stretching credibility -- it keeps pushing until 'Firewall' becomes absolutely absurd…

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Review of When a Stranger Calls (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 03 Feb 2006

Dial M for Moronic'... the call is still coming from inside the house -- and the stench is coming from inside the theater…

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Review of When a Stranger Calls (1979)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 03 Feb 2006

Dial M for Moronic'... the call is still coming from inside the house -- and the stench is coming from inside the theater…

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Review of Nanny McPhee (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Jan 2006

A delightfully odd tale... (Thompson) fills her story with amusing situations and an appealingly whimsical atmosphere…

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Review of Annapolis (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Jan 2006

Take along some Krazy Glue: It's the only thing that will keep your eyes from rolling repeatedly at the hoary cliches and trite situations…

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Review of Last Holiday (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 13 Jan 2006

A happy surprise... Latifah shines under the direction of Wayne Wang, who turns her into a classic screwball comedy heroine…

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Review of Junebug (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 13 Jan 2006

Comes on like a carbon copy of 'Meet the Parents,' then turns the concept inside out, revealing unexpected depths and shades in what initially…

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Review of Glory Road (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 13 Jan 2006

The story is convincingly told, and first-time director James Gartner builds it into a crowd-pleaser that belongs in a league with 'Remember…

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Review of Grandma's Boy (2006)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 06 Jan 2006

Less a movie than it is a string of mediocre 'Saturday Night Live'' skits, and it doesn't even attempt to develop anything resembling a plot…

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Review of The New World (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 02 Jan 2006

Malick's screenplay seems intent on keeping all of these people at arm's length, as if they were wax figures in a museum, separated from the…

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Review of Ringmaster (1998)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Dec 2005

Those hoping for inside dirt will instead be rewarded with a fictitious, shoddy piece of claptrap that has nothing to say about Springer…

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Review of The Laramie Project (2002)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Dec 2005

A potent, thought-provoking drama that offers insight not only into Shepard's case, but into the changing attitudes of Americans in general…

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Review of Hoodwinked! (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Dec 2005

Should satisfy anyone who's in the mood for a fairy tale with a sassy spin…

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Review of Munich (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 26 Dec 2005

Begins as a bold, riveting study of vengeance, but…

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Review of Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 21 Dec 2005

The very qualities that made the book a must-read are lost in the translation to the screen…

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Review of Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 21 Dec 2005

Irritatingly, Judd Apatow and Nicholas Stoller's updated screenplay opts for obviousness and strained slapstick over wit at every turn and…

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