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Review of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 23 Jul 2011

The movie [Sugarman] made gives little indication that she understands teen girls, dramatic or plain…

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Review of The Reaping (2007)

By Ruthe Stein (335) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 22 Jul 2011

Although The Reaping' borrows elements from classics of the genre -- rips them off might be more accurate -- it fails to build the psychological…

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Review of Friends with Benefits (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jul 2011

The takeaway on Friends With Benefits is that mores change, styles change, the rules change, and even humor changes…

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Review of Road to Nowhere (2010)

By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jul 2011

Road to Nowhere, a neo-noir in which art imitates true crime (or is it vice versa…

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Review of Make Believe (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jul 2011

Structurally, this becomes a little monotonous because there's just no denying that some kids are more interesting than others…

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Review of Chelsea Walls (2001)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 20 Jul 2011

With most movies that fail, the fault can be ascribed to carelessness or lack or inspiration or cynicism…

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Review of Frost/Nixon (2008)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Jul 2011

Morgan finds the right elements of action and character through which to make history leap off the page…

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Review of She's So Lovely (1997)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 17 Jul 2011

Considering that most movies, even today, don't present a woman's romantic or sexual behavior in anything other than a spirit of judgment,…

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Review of Project Nim (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 14 Jul 2011

After watching Project Nim, a distressing portrait of a misguided 1970s language experiment, you'll be glad you're not a chimp in a cage…

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Review of Beats Rhymes & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011)

By Peter Hartlaub (620) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Tribe superfan Rapaport doesn't fawn, but he juggles too much, and the ending feels pat…

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Review of If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Unless you are a true believer in the tenets of deep ecology, the film may seem more like an apology for the group's dangerous activities…

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Review of Terri (2011)

By Walter V. Addiego (363) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

If you've sworn off movies about adolescent misfits, I don't blame you, but make an exception for Terri…

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Review of If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front (2011)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Depressing. So is director Marshall Curry's avowal in the press notes that the film will leave viewers with a more nuanced view of the world…

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Review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

The epic and impassioned close that the saga deserves, a sweeping Wagnerian finish that's taut with suspense and wet with emotion…

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Review of Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

This latest from director Wayne Wang, about the friendship of two young women, travels from 2011 to 1997 to 1829 to 1838, in search of a reason…

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Review of Winnie the Pooh (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

The result is a nice little movie that does its job and doesn't spread misery under cover of spreading joy…

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Review of Terri (2011)

By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

If you've sworn off movies about adolescent misfits, I don't blame you, but make an exception for Terri…

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Review of Tabloid (2011)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 Jul 2011

Morris is a storyteller of the highest order, and within seconds, he draws us into his subject, doling out details, making us wonder what will…

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Review of Major Payne (1995)

By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 12 Jul 2011

A cynically made, painfully long comedy without a single laugh. It's a film to really make you wonder about Damon Wayans ' abilities as a comic actor…

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Review of A Better Life (2011)

By Amy Biancolli (582) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 07 Jul 2011

A Better Life isn't an instant classic, but it tells its story with a simplicity and compassion that other urban dramas would be wise to emulate…

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