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Review of The Manchurian Candidate (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 29 Jul 2004

A taut, up-to-the-minute reimagining of the original... Demme, in his best film since 'The Silence of the Lambs,' superbly builds the mystery…

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Review of The Clearing (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 15 Jul 2004

Unfortunately, suffering in silence -- even when you're doing it as marvelously as Mirren does -- doesn't make for terribly exciting cinema…

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Review of Baby Face (1933)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 13 Jul 2004

The peppy title tune over the opening credits hardly prepares you for the sordid story that follows…

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Review of Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 08 Jul 2004

Although it has even less depth than its proudly one-dimensional hero, 'Anchorman' is frequently hilarious and full of delightful cameos by…

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Review of Super Size Me (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 06 Jul 2004

Often hilarious -- Spurlock makes fine use of…

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Review of Spider-Man 2 (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 27 Jun 2004

A rare summer megamovie with both a brain and a soul... [plus] enough visual fireworks to satisfy even the most discriminating action fan…

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Review of Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 24 Jun 2004

Moore has skillfully compiled many of the major allegations and charges brought against the Bushes…

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Review of DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 17 Jun 2004

Unlike the herky-jerky 'Stepford Wives,' which can't decide if it's a big-screen 'Will & Grace' episode or a sci-fi fable, 'Dodgeball' is raucous…

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Review of Saved! (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 10 Jun 2004

In a role that represents the flip side of her sweet-natured heroine in 'A Walk to Remember,' Mandy Moore is a demented delight…

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Review of Saved (2009)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 10 Jun 2004

In a role that represents the flip side of her sweet-natured heroine in 'A Walk to Remember,' Mandy Moore is a demented delight…

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Review of The Stepford Wives (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 10 Jun 2004

Not unlike a Hummer, the flashy 'Stepford' squanders plenty of precious natural resources while chugging down the road to nowhere…

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Review of Shrek 2 (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 18 May 2004

A charmer of a second chapter that builds on the ideas of the original, introduces a few bright new characters... and sends the audience home smiling…

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Review of Troy (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 18 May 2004

Crammed with near-campy moments and dialogue that often suggests 'The Young and the Restless -- 1200 B.C…

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Review of Van Helsing (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 05 May 2004

A monster mishmash... Pretty in a video game-ish sort of way and mind-numbing in a sledgehammer sort of way, it's this year's equivalent of 'Hulk…

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Review of New York Minute (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 05 May 2004

Here's a movie aimed at young girls that must have been created with the 'tired businessman' -- or at least the hormonally charged older brother…

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Review of Godsend (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 30 Apr 2004

It's impossible to imagine the Almighty actually endorsing the kind of shoddy workmanship that has turned ...'The Bad Seed' into what ought…

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Review of Godsend (2014)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 30 Apr 2004

It's impossible to imagine the Almighty actually endorsing the kind of shoddy workmanship that has turned ...'The Bad Seed' into what ought…

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Review of Laws of Attraction (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 29 Apr 2004

Not steamy enough to qualify as sexy fun nor zany enough to be a no-holds-barred farce, it adds up to 90 bland minutes of pseudo-sitcomy nonsense…

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Review of 13 Going on 30 (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 22 Apr 2004

Even when its laughs aren't as (pardon the pun) big as they should be, '13' doesn't lose the audience, and that's mostly because its leading…

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Review of Man on Fire (2004)

By James Sanford (927) for Kalamazoo Gazette (860) on 22 Apr 2004

A potentially absorbing thriller that Tony Scott demolishes with hundreds of unnecessarily arty effects…

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