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Review of Calendar Girls (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 29 Dec 2003

Thanks to its stars and Nigel Cole's inoffensive direction, Calendar Girls rises above the meddling of its writer…

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Review of Cheaper by the Dozen (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Dec 2003

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, reliable pros though they are, don't stand a chance against the forces arrayed against them: the bald cliches,…

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Review of Mona Lisa Smile (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Dec 2003

What saves the film from its own condescension is director Mike Newell's deft touch and the fine performances of the students -- Julia Stiles,…

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Review of Cheaper by the Dozen (1950)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 22 Dec 2003

Steve Martin and Bonnie Hunt, reliable pros though they are, don't stand a chance against the forces arrayed against them: the bald cliches,…

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Review of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 17 Dec 2003

The Return of the King is the longest of the three films, but at the same time it's the most relentlessly headlong, the most eventful, the…

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Review of The Last Samurai (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Dec 2003

Besides Toll, the cinematographer, Watanabe is the main reason to see The Last Samurai…

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Review of Bad Santa (2003)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Nov 2003

Too much of it was just repellent, redundant or irrelevant…

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Review of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Nov 2003

A bracing tale of comradeship, courage, leadership, loyalty, oceanic hunts, pitched battles and onboard surgeries…

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Review of Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Nov 2003

Back in action' is right; the movie (directed by Joe Dante at roughly Warp-22) never stops to draw breath -- or, for that matter, to notice…

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Review of Scary Movie 3 (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Oct 2003

The flood of silly jokes will either make you laugh or they won't, but at least Zucker enlists the services of several veterans of this kind…

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Review of Beyond Borders (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 27 Oct 2003

The chemistry between Jolie and Clive Owen is close to nil…

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Review of Mystic River (2003)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 15 Oct 2003

[Eastwood] masterfully gives the story and characters their proper amount of breathing room and translates the script into fluid, fertile visual…

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Review of Wonderland (1999)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

The movie has the hopped-up, sickening energy of a four-day drug binge, and it's as repellently fascinating as a pulp detective magazine…

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Review of Intolerable Cruelty (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

The story never really takes flight, but the Coens get a few good hops out of it as it bumps down the runway…

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Review of Wonderland (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

The movie has the hopped-up, sickening energy of a four-day drug binge, and it's as repellently fascinating as a pulp detective magazine…

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Review of Runaway Jury (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

Director Gary Fleder and four writers do nondescript work…

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Review of Wonderland (1931)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

The movie has the hopped-up, sickening energy of a four-day drug binge, and it's as repellently fascinating as a pulp detective magazine…

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Review of Wonderland (2016)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 12 Oct 2003

The movie has the hopped-up, sickening energy of a four-day drug binge, and it's as repellently fascinating as a pulp detective magazine…

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Review of The School of Rock (2003)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 05 Oct 2003

Black works better as a team player than carrying a movie alone, and neither White nor Linklater have their hearts in this kind of parade-of…

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Review of Lost in Translation (2003)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 24 Sep 2003

Murray is outstanding as the bearer of flawed maturity and gnawing melancholy…

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