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Review of Hell Ride (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 07 Aug 2008

Bishop ... seems to have thrown his prolonged-adolescence wet dream up on the screen, and I don't mean that in an entirely negative way…

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Review of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 31 Jul 2008

But the script frankly sucks. It lifts from sources that were themselves tired liftings from other sources…

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Review of Brideshead Revisited (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 31 Jul 2008

Boiled down to a manageable 2 1/4 hours, the story becomes uneven and the thematic development lopsided…

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Review of Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 31 Jul 2008

Marina Zenovich's documentary is that it fills in a lot of crucial details (including a few new ones), primarily about the rape and its aftermath…

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Review of Mamma Mia! (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 31 Jul 2008

Nusicals traditionally rely rather heavily on things like singing and dancing; but what stage director Phyllida Lloyd throws onto the screen…

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Review of Death Defying Acts (2005)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 17 Jul 2008

a decidedly minor addition to the résumé of Australian director Gillian Armstrong...The film moves quickly enough, and it's a passably…

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Review of Death Defying Acts (2007)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 17 Jul 2008

a decidedly minor addition to the résumé of Australian director Gillian Armstrong...The film moves quickly enough, and it's a passably…

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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 17 Jul 2008

It's another step in Nolan's attempt to make action blockbusters more serious without stripping them of the genre's benefits…

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Review of Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 01 Jul 2008

runs two hours, but, thanks to Gibney and his contributors, it never feels overlong…

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Review of Hancock (1991)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 01 Jul 2008

[A]bout three-fifths of the way in, things take a sudden turn....While this switcheroo has put off many critics, it is precisely what I found…

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Review of Hancock (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 01 Jul 2008

[A]bout three-fifths of the way in, things take a sudden turn....While this switcheroo has put off many critics, it is precisely what I found…

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Review of Meet Bill (2007)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 19 Jun 2008

Not awful or offensive, but pretty weak broth nonetheless…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 19 Jun 2008

A satisfying thrill ride. There are some witty bits, and the whole moves swiftly…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 19 Jun 2008

A satisfying thrill ride. There are some witty bits, and the whole moves swiftly…

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Review of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 20 May 2008

Let's get the thumb-orientation, star-quantity business out of the way first: thumbs up firmly but unenthusiastically; two and a half stars…

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Review of Reprise (2006)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 13 May 2008

both showy and precious.... On top of that, it feels like self-consciously warmed over Godard, with traces of Run, Lola, Run tossed in…

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Review of A Walk Into the Sea: Danny Williams and the Warhol Factory (2007)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 30 Apr 2008

Much more carefully shot and lit than most of the Factory output, [Williams's films] do suggest a talent and intelligence that might have led…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2013)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 30 Apr 2008

Morris doesn't let these low-echelon soldiers off the hook, but he's aware they were used to deflect attention from the system that allowed…

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Review of Standard Operating Procedure (2008)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 30 Apr 2008

Morris doesn't let these low-echelon soldiers off the hook, but he's aware they were used to deflect attention from the system that allowed…

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Review of Anamorph (2007)

By Andy Klein (675) for Los Angeles CityBeat (424) on 30 Apr 2008

Sure, it's better than 88 Minutes [what isn't?] but it's still pretty pointless, with unclear exposition and murky plot developments…

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