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Review of In the Loop (2009)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 26 Apr 2012

The language is brilliant, and the laugh lines come so quickly that you'd probably have to watch the movie twice to get them all…

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Review of The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

For the most part, The Five-Year Engagement has charm and emotion…

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Review of Natural Selection (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

The results are often comical, but Pickering who made the film in tribute to his mother, the real Linda White - imbues them with faith in something,…

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Review of The Raven (1935)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

The story has its moments, and yet there is something about this tale of a serial killer's patterning his crimes on Poe's most gruesome works…

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Review of Safe (2012)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

None of this bears much or any resemblance to the real world, but the violence crunches, the editing snaps and the humorous one-liners pop…

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Review of The Raven (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

The story has its moments, and yet there is something about this tale of a serial killer's patterning his crimes on Poe's most gruesome works…

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Review of Hit So Hard (2012)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

An absorbing, educational, sad, humorous and ultimately uplifting film that is easily accessible and entertaining even for those not familiar…

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Review of The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! (2012)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

That the film happens to be in 3-D, with digitized settings and backgrounds, doesn't detract from the timeworn charm of watching blob-like…

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Review of Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 25 Apr 2012

Warriors of the Rainbow is Taiwan's Braveheart, with a nod to The Last of the Mohicans…

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Review of 17 Girls (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Apr 2012

The film captures a moment when irrationality and romantic self-delusion go viral -- and the difficulty of containing such elements…

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Review of Class Action (1991)

By Judy Stone (30) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Apr 2012

Grounded in a good cause but never puffed up or preachy, the father-daughter drama transcends the issues…

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Review of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)

By Michael Snyder (9) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Apr 2012

Everything is a puzzle and it's as though Lynch lost track of his reasons for making this prequel and got hung up on filming the sordid details…

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Review of Working Girls (1987)

By Judy Stone (30) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Apr 2012

This is not a laugh-out-loud film, though there is a lighthearted tone that runs consistently throughout, Griffith's innocent, breathy voice…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Apr 2012

Kang is so over the top and jumbled in his storytelling, this could be his Michael Cimino (Heaven's Gate) moment…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Apr 2012

Kang is so over the top and jumbled in his storytelling, this could be his Michael Cimino (Heaven's Gate) moment…

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Review of Marley (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

There is no diverting from strict chronology, no point the documentary wants to make that requires moving forward and back through time…

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Review of Think Like a Man (2012)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

Though it is funny - at times, laugh-out-loud funny - this comedy is by and for adults…

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Review of My Way (2012)

By G. Allen Johnson (514) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

Kang is so over the top and jumbled in his storytelling, this could be his Michael Cimino (Heaven's Gate) moment…

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Review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth (2012)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

Though it gains traction toward the end, viewers may finally feel puzzled or indifferent. You expect a bit more from the end of the world…

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Review of Chimpanzee (2012)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

The stunning and mostly uncompromising visuals more than compensate for the frequent corny turns of phrase…

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