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Review of Black Snake Moan (2006)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 02 Mar 2007

Moan slithers into some totally unexpected emotional territory by the time it all gets played out, and the film is peculiarly touching if you…

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Review of Zodiac (2007)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 02 Mar 2007

An obsessive, ambiguous movie about obsessives struggling with ambiguity. And, yes, it's as fascinating and frustrating as that sounds…

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Review of Bridge to Terabithia (2007)

By Valerie Kuklenski (14) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 24 Feb 2007

[Director Csupo] succeeds in keeping his main characters well-rooted in their daily lives, and his restraint in creating Terabithia is commendable…

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Review of Reno 911!: Miami (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 23 Feb 2007

The film is just a loosely connected set of skits in which incompetent, narcissistic Nevada cops prove just as inept and self-absorbed in Florida…

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Review of The Astronaut Farmer (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 23 Feb 2007

[The filmmakers] subtle wit and feel for smalltown behavior gives AF a common-sensical veneer…

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Review of The Number 23 (2007)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 22 Feb 2007

With material this contrived, it's easy to understand why Carrey seems lost and Schumacher works overtime laying on the design to distract…

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Review of Breach (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 16 Feb 2007

A rare spy thriller, one that is more about true psychological suspense than espionage games…

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Review of Ghost Rider (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 16 Feb 2007

You know if you're into this stuff, and if you are, Ghost Rider is fine…

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Review of Puccini for Beginners (2006)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 09 Feb 2007

A mostly agreeable comedy of the screwball sort, enlivened by some good acting, smart dialogue and an impassioned desire to stretch viewers…

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Review of Hannibal Rising (2007)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 09 Feb 2007

What's left is a plodding revenge story, memorable only for the way it strips the last vestiges of interest from what was once a fascinating…

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Review of Because I Said So (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 02 Feb 2007

It's still no fun to watch one of our best veteran film actresses flailing so much…

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Review of Smokin' Aces (2006)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 26 Jan 2007

Why, after nearly 90 minutes of splattering limbs, cat-fighting hookers and characters gleefully being set afire, does Carnahan suddenly decide…

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Review of Seraphim Falls (2007)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 26 Jan 2007

It's hard to find a movie that's as brutal as Seraphim Falls that's also consistently boring, but somehow that's what's happened here…

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Review of Catch and Release (2006)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 26 Jan 2007

From scene to scene, it careens back and forth between honest emotion and contrived absurdity, the net effect of which is to make even the…

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Review of The Italian (2005)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 19 Jan 2007

There is uplift amid all the grimness. It doesn't always ring entirely true, but so much of it is so hard-won, it almost never feels saccharine…

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Review of God Grew Tired of Us (2006)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 12 Jan 2007

God Grew Tired of Us cares more about hope than it does full disclosure, and it goes about that agenda pretty expertly. It's emotional and smart…

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Review of Pan's Labyrinth (2006)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 12 Jan 2007

This isn't kids' stuff, though adventuresome teens would find plenty here to engage them…

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Review of Freedom Writers (2007)

By Glenn Whipp (553) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 05 Jan 2007

A flawed but engaging mentor-making-a-difference story based on the experiences of a Long Beach high-school teacher…

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Review of Lady Vengeance (2005)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 30 Dec 2006

Park Chanwook's latest revenge thriller isn't as graphic as earlier ones, but may be even more psychologically violent -- and that's a compliment,…

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Review of Keeping Up with the Steins (2006)

By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 30 Dec 2006

the comedy is too timid to really make much of a satirical statement…

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