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Review of Love and Honor (2006)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 06 Sep 2008

Final installment in samurai trilogy that features a blind swordsman in an utterly distinct fashion from the Zatoichi movies--a far more vulnerable…

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Review of The Hidden Blade (2004)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 06 Sep 2008

Second installment in Yamada's samurai trilogy. Once again the hero is unlike the super-warriors of the genre, but far more interesting…

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Review of Hamlet 2 (2008)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 Aug 2008

There are several pieces of vulgar language in the film that some viewers might find objectionable…

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Review of Speed Racer (2008)

By Shane Burridge (68) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 21 Aug 2008

The Wachowskis blur the definition of children's film as much as the original cartoon challenged Western perceptions of children's television…

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Review of The Dark Knight (2008)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 22 Jul 2008

It manages to bring together an action film and a thought piece. This is a lot more than we have come to expect from a comic book film…

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Review of No Regret (2006)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 18 Jul 2008

Invites comparisons with Brokeback Mountain, but this $100,000 Korean film is far better in every respect. Not to be missed…

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Review of Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 12 Jul 2008

The visuals of HELLBOY II: THE GOLDEN ARMY are a triumph of imagination, but the story is more of a failure…

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Review of Mongol: The Rise of Genghis Khan (2007)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 06 Jul 2008

A saga of blood feuds, betrayals, vendettas, and a lot of fighting The film is entertaining but more macho than intelligent…

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Review of Kabluey (2007)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 04 Jul 2008

There are worse ways to spend an evening at a movie theater than this movie that is far better with sight gags than character development,…

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Review of WALL·E (2008)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 30 Jun 2008

It is all about some serious problems our world is facing…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (1977)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 25 Jun 2008

THE INCREDIBLE HULK is a darker and grimmer superhero film with a more tragic hero than we have seen of late from the Marvel films…

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Review of The Incredible Hulk (2008)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 25 Jun 2008

THE INCREDIBLE HULK is a darker and grimmer superhero film with a more tragic hero than we have seen of late from the Marvel films…

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Review of The 27th Day (1957)

By Shane Burridge (68) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 13 Jun 2008

Smart enough to keep you watching and earn your forgiveness for clunky moments along the way…

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Review of Reprise (2006)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 11 Jun 2008

The highs and lows of getting one's first book published are intricately and delightfully examined in Norwegian director Joachim Trier's mature…

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Review of The Children of Huang Shi (2008)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 11 Jun 2008

A dull dramatization of -- and ill-fitting testament to -- British journalist George Hogg's experiences in war torn China…

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Review of Kung Fu Panda (2008)

By David N. Butterworth (570) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 11 Jun 2008

Jack Black puts the POW! in Kung' pao…

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Review of Take Out (2008)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 05 Jun 2008

A perfect jewel of a movie made by young directors who understand that social conscience is the handmaiden of all great art…

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Review of Heavy Metal in Baghdad (2007)

By Louis Proyect (533) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 04 Jun 2008

Excellent documentary about the struggle of a heavy metal band to survive in Iraq…

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

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 24 May 2008

This film is a compendium of geographic misinformation as well as solid collection of action sequences…

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Review of Iron Man (1931)

By Mark R. Leeper (892) for rec.arts.movies.reviews (2,454) on 17 May 2008

If you can get past the irony (or hypocrisy) of the central concept Jon Favreau's adaptation is reasonably entertaining and uses its digital…

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