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Review of The New World (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 20 Jan 2006

For Terrence Malick, The New World is anything but -- it's the same mix of nature photography, monologue and sudden violence we saw in The…

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Review of Glory Road (2006)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 13 Jan 2006

Glory Road, the true-ish story of the first all-black NCAA championship basketball team, throws down a 360 slam dunk in the face of racism…

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Review of Match Point (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Jan 2006

Match Point moves Woody Allen to London, where we see if his increasingly dull ruminations on infidelity play any better with British accents…

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Review of Match Point (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 06 Jan 2006

Match Point moves Woody Allen to London, where we see if his increasingly dull ruminations on infidelity play any better with British accents…

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Review of Wolf Creek (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 25 Dec 2005

What is the point, other than to show up the director's technical skill at presenting mutilation…

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Review of Fun with Dick and Jane (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 21 Dec 2005

Fun with Dick and Jane isn't the least bit interested in the corporate satire it could have created…

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Review of Brokeback Mountain (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 20 Dec 2005

Brokeback is not always a great movie, but it has great moments…

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Review of The Family Stone (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 16 Dec 2005

In the spirit of the holiday family saga, I cry, Uncle…

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Review of Syriana (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 09 Dec 2005

Its narrative becomes clear enough in time, and along the way it gives the viewer the delightfully unfamiliar feeling (in prefab Hollywood)…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 18 Nov 2005

You feel the durable franchise (now on its third director, Mike Newell) has a promising future, since its young principals have developed skills…

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Review of Walk the Line (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 18 Nov 2005

Phoenix is a little gloomy for my taste, but his approximation of Cash's singing is strangely good -- not an imitation, but a musically acceptable…

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Review of Duane Hopwood (2005)

By Dan Gross (5) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 11 Nov 2005

The movie is understated enough to let the emotional, and sometimes comical, story tell itself, with no over-the-top dialogue, nor worse, overacting…

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Review of Chicken Little (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 04 Nov 2005

Given Disney's marketing muscle, most kids will probably se Chicken Little whether they want to or not…

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Review of Chicken Little (1943)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 04 Nov 2005

Given Disney's marketing muscle, most kids will probably se Chicken Little whether they want to or not…

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Review of The Weather Man (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 27 Oct 2005

The movie also makes a glib connection between Spritz'a weightless celebrity and his failings as a husband and father, and further asserts…

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Review of The Squid and the Whale (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 27 Oct 2005

For the most part, The Squid and the Whale feels right, and right on target…

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Review of Stay (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 20 Oct 2005

The movie is so carefully made and well-acted, it's never really unwatchable and Gosling has been playing pallid, tremulous special-case guys…

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Review of Doom (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 20 Oct 2005

Botched experiments unleash drooling monsters and zombies, and there are many chases through grimy industrial corridors, and if you think this…

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Review of The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 13 Oct 2005

It's a well-done autobiography, full of small but telling moments and details that add dark edges to the frame…

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Review of Heavenly Creatures (1994)

By Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 05 Oct 2005

Stylish and eerily compelling before it overplays its campy excesses, Heavenly Creatures does have a feverish intensity to recommend it…

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