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Review of Personal Velocity (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Dec 2002

Ventimiglia yammers constantly about what the characters did, why they did it, and what they thought at the time and later…

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Review of Promises (2001)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Dec 2002

Give Shapiro, Goldman, and Bolado credit for good intentions, but there's nothing here that they couldn't have done in half an hour…

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Review of Satin Rouge (2002)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Nov 2002

An odd but alluring convergence of melodrama and fable…

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Review of Standing in the Shadows of Motown (2002)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 21 Nov 2002

A jubilant, highly entertaining, sometimes bittersweet valentine to a neglected confluence of musicians, who reunite 41 years after laying…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 14 Nov 2002

It nearly overwhelms its own inherent magical wonders and characters with an emphasis on action, but the movie also manages to work its way…

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Review of 8 Mile (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 11 Nov 2002

Eminem himself comes fully to life only during his raps -- which the film unwisely confines to the last 20 minutes…

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Review of Frida (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Nov 2002

It blazes with life and glistens with Taymor's daring theatrical and surrealistic touches…

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Review of The Grey Zone (2001)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 04 Nov 2002

Nelson's dialogue sounds colloquially American and betrays its stage origin…

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Review of Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Oct 2002

The film is too quirky and self-conscious for its own good, and never as clever as it seems to think it is…

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Review of Paid in Full (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Oct 2002

The story is familiar from its many predecessors; like them, it eventually culminates in the not-exactly -stunning insight that crime doesn't pay…

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Review of The Truth About Charlie (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 28 Oct 2002

With co-writers Steve Schmidt, Peter Joshua, and Jessica Bendinger, Demme takes a whack at a remake and mucks it up completely…

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Review of Bloody Sunday (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Oct 2002

Bloody Sunday has been rightly compared to movies like Costa-Gavras' Z…

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Review of Bowling for Columbine (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 20 Oct 2002

Moore's bag of tricks is familiar from Roger & Me -- smirking, oozing false sympathy, insinuating, fiddling with facts -- and it works best…

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Review of Moonlight Mile (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Oct 2002

The whole film is like the title: it sounds as poetic as all get out but doesn't really say anything…

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Review of Brown Sugar (2010)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Oct 2002

Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm, and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new…

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Review of Brown Sugar (2002)

By Jim Lane (1,151) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 13 Oct 2002

Lathan and Diggs have considerable personal charm, and their screen rapport makes the old story seem new…

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Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Oct 2002

Its breathtaking landscapes and tense physical confrontations feel like throwbacks to spaghetti (Sergio Leone) and bread and butter (John Ford)…

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Review of The Deep End (2001)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Oct 2002

The characters and their duplicitous relationships ... are riveting…

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Review of Piñero (2001)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Oct 2002

A movie of attitude that -- much like its main character -- consumes itself…

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Review of Dogtown and Z-Boys (2002)

By Mark Halverson (98) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 09 Oct 2002

It also paints a vivid portrait of a place, time and tribal gathering where environment, attitude, innovation, athleticism and emphasis on…

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