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Review of Selena (1997)

By Edward Guthmann (364) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

The movie, directed and written by Gregory Nava (My Family/Mi Familia), is only so-so but Lopez, who appeared recently in Jack'' and Blood…

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Review of Broken City (2013)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

It's never boring, but it lacks a cumulative impact…

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Review of Mama (2013)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

Mama is skillfully made, and although Chastain is the best thing in it, she's not the only thing in it…

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Review of The Law in These Parts (2011)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

This complex, fascinating documentary breaks new ground by focusing on the legal types who have administered, and justified, the occupation…

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Review of The Last Stand (2013)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

The movie equivalent of an idiot who, to avoid scorn, starts acting like an even bigger idiot, so as to get in on the joke, too...It takes…

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Review of LUV (2013)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jan 2013

The strength is in the performances and visual detail…

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Review of Off the Black (2006)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 16 Jan 2013

There's nothing too small about Nolte's performance…

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Review of Toys (1992)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Jan 2013

The script is a problem. It's mundane when it should be magical…

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Review of California Solo (2012)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 11 Jan 2013

Mainly worth seeing as a showcase for the appealing Scottish actor Robert Carlyle, who plays a has-been rocker reduced to eking out a living…

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Review of Prince of Broadway (2010)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jan 2013

Director Sean Baker's fascinating, impossible-to-categorize film relies on handheld cameras, improvised dialogue, jump cuts and a very photogenic…

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Review of Gangster Squad (2013)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jan 2013

Josh Brolin plays the leader of the gangster squad as a kind of dedicated dunce, which is appropriate considering their clumsy antics…

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Review of Only the Young (2012)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jan 2013

A charming, aimless film about the aimless. It plays like a nuanced MTV reality show (an oxymoron, perhaps, but you get the idea)…

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Review of Amour (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 10 Jan 2013

Amour is also unforgettable and one of a kind, two hours of torment that, in the end, you will probably not regret…

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Review of Black & White (2000)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Jan 2013

Toback presents specific characters dealing with specific problems and, through their stories, somehow manages to take the temperature of the times…

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Review of Redacted (2007)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Jan 2013

It isn't elegiac, but enraged. It doesn't look back with sorrow, but forward in dread. And it's made with a clear intention - to stop the Iraq war…

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Review of Finding Nemo (2003)

By C.w. Nevius (37) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 05 Jan 2013

The visuals pop, the fish emote and the ocean comes alive. That's in the first two minutes. After that, they do some really cool stuff…

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Review of Tchoupitoulas (2012)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Jan 2013

The film can be seen as simply a kind of impressionistic travelogue, but it slowly and irresistibly conveys that we're also seeing a rite of passage…

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Review of The Cabin in the Woods (2012)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 04 Jan 2013

By the time the ride is over, director Drew Goddard and co-writers Goddard and Joss Whedon will change course three or four times, nodding…

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Review of National Security (2003)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Jan 2013

A sour story with a repellent lead character, deadly comic schtick and tin-eared direction to produce 90 minutes of sheer, plodding mirthlessness…

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Review of Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Jan 2013

One of the most innovative and best made films of the past year. Every now and then, even Dick Cheney gets to like a great movie…

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