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Review of Elizabethtown (2005)

By John Patterson (105) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 18 Apr 2007

Crowe's undeniable gifts -- his well-crafted individual scenes and his love for his characters -- are more evident here than his flaws…

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Review of Sacred Planet (2004)

By Chuck Wilson (418) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 16 Apr 2007

Despite his obvious passion, Long never fully ties together the human and animal footage, and so the film feels disjointed, as if two different…

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Review of Lonely Hearts (1982)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

Todd Robinson, grandson of the real-life Elmer, never fully commits to the heartlessness of the genre as Arthur Penn did in Bonnie and Clyde…

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Review of Lonely Hearts (2006)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

Todd Robinson, grandson of the real-life Elmer, never fully commits to the heartlessness of the genre as Arthur Penn did in Bonnie and Clyde…

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Review of Lonely Hearts (1970)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

Todd Robinson, grandson of the real-life Elmer, never fully commits to the heartlessness of the genre as Arthur Penn did in Bonnie and Clyde…

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Review of Year of the Dog (2007)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

So oppressive is Peggy's world -- Year of the Dog is the best evocation I've seen of how much worse it is to be depressed in a sunny climate…

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Review of Lonely Hearts (1991)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

Todd Robinson, grandson of the real-life Elmer, never fully commits to the heartlessness of the genre as Arthur Penn did in Bonnie and Clyde…

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Review of Hair High (2004)

By Ernest Hardy (466) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 11 Apr 2007

Famed animator Bill Plympton's legendarily skewed aesthetic and worldview are in top form here, bringing life to a script that plays like Carrie…

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Review of Wonderland (2003)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 06 Apr 2007

The vaporous Wonderland never moves beyond its grungily romanticized view of the past…

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Review of Are We Done Yet? (2007)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 04 Apr 2007

Fans of the first film can rest assured that a change in the director's chair has done little to curb the overall tone of slapstick desperation…

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Review of The TV Set (2007)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 04 Apr 2007

The TV Set is wry and true about the messy tangle of art, commerce, and family, as talented creative types try to stay true to themselves and…

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Review of Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)

By Paul Malcolm (112) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 30 Mar 2007

Nemesis never feels true to itself, its energy never fully engaged…

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Review of Kitchen Stories (2003)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 30 Mar 2007

In the landscape of contemporary movie comedies, Kitchen Stories is like a rejuvenating blast of crisp Nordic air…

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Review of Blades of Glory (2007)

By Julia Wallace (30) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 28 Mar 2007

Blades does capture the obvious eccentricities of the skating world, and is funny up to a point, but by now Ferrell & Co…

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Review of The Lookout (2007)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 28 Mar 2007

The Lookout is funny, tender and littered with elegantly written characters played by actors cast for goodness of fit rather than star wattage…

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Review of Race You to the Bottom (2005)

By Chuck Wilson (418) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 28 Mar 2007

Watching this interesting, well-acted debut feature from writer-director Russell Brown, one begins to reason that what Nathan and Maggie have…

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Review of Shortbus (2006)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 27 Mar 2007

The boldest provocation of Mitchell’s sweet, tender and gently funny film may be its exuberant celebration of community and togetherness…

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Review of Hannibal Rising (2007)

By Scott Foundas (913) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 27 Mar 2007

This Hannibal is a stick-in-the-mud altogether lacking in the wit, gourmet appetites and romantic flair required of any surrogate for Sir Anthony…

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Review of Party Monster (2003)

By Ernest Hardy (466) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 25 Mar 2007

There's really only one reason to see Party Monster, and that's Seth Green's scene-stealing performance as former (and somewhat reluctant)…

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Review of Close to Home (2005)

By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 22 Mar 2007

Though it clearly means to call into question the legitimacy of their work, the movie is formlessly episodic as it meanders from one day to…

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